Five Biggest Mistakes You Can Make On Steemit
The Steemit community is an amazing place and we can keep it that way if we all avoid the five biggest mistakes you can make on Steemit.
1. Not Backing Up Your Password
You don't want to be locked out of your account with no way to get it back because you never saved your password. This is very important. Don't lose your password and save a hard version of it if you can. I strongly recommend keeping your password safe and backed-up. There is no larger mistake than being locked out of your account.
2. Not Investing Into STEEM Power
When you get all that SBD do you send it to Blocktrades and cash out or do you buy back in to Steemit and buy STEEM Power? If you want to grow on Steemit, then invest back in to SP. I generally pull out 20% of my SBD or 10% of my total rewards to put towards buying bitcoin and stashing in my wallet. Aside from my minor withdrawals, almost everything goes back into investing in Steemit and my account.
3. Not Providing Value
The people on Steemit that succeed are the ones adding value. Writing valuable content, posting great and valuable replies or just supporting new minnows with votes. There is are a lot of ways to add value to your readers and if you do, then you will succeed. You add value by posting what you want, but trying to help or inform the reader. If you are not adding value in some way, you are making a big Steemit mistake.
4. Asking For Things
Don't vote on a blog post and then after they have written 500 words on a topic with pictures and links, you reply... "This is great, follow me and I'll follow you back." It isn't cool. That doesn't add value and I don't follow people who ask me. Don't ask whales for an upvote, just make them notice you because you add valuable replies to their content. Just don't ask for things... instead offer value and you will see more valuable posts.
5. Being A Dick
Don't be a dick. This is a really great community with a lot of similar minded folks that don't like people being rude or offensive on their posts. It doesn't add value and you will likely get downvoted and then walk away from Steemit angry. Don't do that. Be kind, add good value and you'll find Steemit is a wonderful place.
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I hope these helped. Share if you think another Steemonian will find this valuable. Please let me know what other big mistakes people can make in the comments below.
To my followers, you are the rules that keep me in line.
Especially the "add value" part is important. If Steem is to become the new YouTube and Facebook, it is essential to be better.
You will be mentioned in an upcoming article about people abusing the reward system, congratulations!
Some good points you have here. I've been holding on to my SBD. I'm waiting for the price of alts to rise and then I want to convert some to Steem Power and the rest to BTC. Thanks for the tips.
Sounds like we do a lot of the same things. I like buying as much STEEM as I can when it is below $1.30. Thank you for reading and supporting my work.
"Follow me"
hahahaha, that made me laugh
It's hard not to be a dick on the internet after years of senseless arguing, but a financial incentive seems to the key. Everyone here is so polite the few jerks I have seen are downvoted to single digits, the system is working.
I agree! The financial incentive is key, lol. Great way to put it. you have a new follower for making me laugh.
"This is great, follow me and I'll follow you back." ; )
HAHAHAHA.... I like your style.
You scored great on #4 & #5!
Another one knocked out of the ball field, yup sharing!
Thank you! I really appreciate your support.
It's also sad when someone just copy and paste the same comment in every post. Like.. " I am writing with my heart, I did some research" , and at the end I got .. " Nice post.. I upvote and resteem and follow, please follow back" kind of comment 😑😑😑😑
It's nice someone vote for you, but it sad when you comment without reading it. The purpose of blogging is write and read.. will be happier if you reblog it 😁😁
I agree. I hate when people clearly don't read or vote sometimes and still say... "great post" lol You are right. You got a new follower. I appreciate you reading and responding.
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A great list, however I do disagree with number two :O)
I think that it can be good to invest in steem power but if you dont it is by no means one of the biggest mistakes you can make. I think it is down to choice and circumstance
You are probably right, but I think that not powering up is giving up a way to really maximize the success achievable on here. If one needs the money, it is good to take out, but not investing in STEEM may be the biggest mistake in about 2 years. Not reinvesting is a bad call for new people too. We'll see, but I do agree with your statement. Thanks for your reply.
No worries, I like a bit of healthy debate :0)
I never thought to send SBD to buy bitcoin then with that buy steem. Brilliant idea, your always so helpful :)
As long as you just hold off and buy it when it lowers out, you are good. Generally bitcoin is easier to ride the waves and you can make profit in trading you SBD to BTC and then buy back into SP when it is low and around $1.00, it is a win win. Glad you find value in my posts. Thank you for your support. I hope all is well.
Great advise and using some of those coins to buy stocks. Full circle
Nice post for new users which would surely help them growing on steemit.welldone n expecting such more posts from you.👍👍👍
Thank you and welcome to Steemit. It is a great place! I'm following you to help you get started.