I first heard about steemit around December last year on our local platform here in Nigeria. The platform is www.nairaland.com where a user had created a thread on how to make money online. I was sceptical at first until I joined and saw people like @jerrybanfield topping the steemit platform making "cool" money. Though a little less than 4 months on steemit.com, but I must say it's worth every second. Not only has my writing skill improved tremendously, it has also kept me informed.