Urdu Community Contest | S2W1 - Why and How Steemit is Different and Better than Other Social Media | by @wase1234

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Social Media social media... Social media has become a huge part of our lives to the point that I sometimes sit and imagine what the world will be like without it. I can remember when WhatsApp went down for a few hours and everyone was panicking and quickly downloading different apps like telegram to be able to connect. Yes that's the power of Social Media.

My Social Media History

I got my first phone when I was 11 years old. That was in 2012. It was the old button phones that was used for just calls and SMS. I used that phone up till 2014. In 2014 I got my first android phone which my sister gave to me. It was a Sony Xperia phone. I started noticing that I couldn't get fast replies on from my friends to through SMS anymore. I asked what was going on and they told me there an app that's making waves now, it's called WhatsApp. Everyone has it and I should download it.

Unfortunately my phone couldn't take WhatsApp. So it was still just calls and SMS. So one day I decided to try downloading Facebook and it went through. So that's how I had Facebook. I had already created and account with my brother's phone so I just logged in.

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I just became addicted to Facebook. I started posting pictures, liking pictures, making friends and chatting there with people I don't even know. I used to spend so much time on Facebook that I didn't even realize.

In 2015 I got a better phone that could take WhatsApp.

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It because my new addiction. Sending pictures, doing calls with data, doing video calls, having group chats and all. Worst of all when they brought in the status. Everything just became more and more addictive.

Sometime in 2019, I now had Snapchat.

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This one was a wow app for me. All the filters and the videos I could do, I couldn't gave enough of it. It enhances colors, makes you look for beautiful and all 😅. For most ladies it was love at first sight.

So at the ends of 2021 now I found steemit. Wow wow and wow. I couldn't believe the whole thing at first but as the days went by, it started becoming more real to me. As in you get paid on a social media platform was something I don't think I would've thought about in a long long time. And as it stands now steemit is my most addictive platform.

The history I gave above is for the apps I used the most even though I have used many others like Instagram.

At the moment, the only social media platforms I have in my phone from the history I gave above is Steemit, WhatsApp and Snapchat. And for steemit purposes I now have telegram and discord.

Facebook started becoming a bore to me, I didn't really fancy using Instagram so I deleted those apps.

For Snapchat, I rarely used it except I want my pictures enhanced or u want crazy filter videos with my friends. So Snapchat is my least most used social media platform.

Coming to WhatsApp, it's just for chatting, and keeping in touch with my friends and family from far and near. Also seeing nice things on people's status. This makes it my second most used app.

So my most used social media platform is steemit. For some reason I'm always here. Checking out communities and reading posts. I just like spending time here trying to explore my mind and help me see what I can post because from reading other people's posts, you can have an idea or two.

Being here I have seen cultures, learned recipes and travelled the world just by reading. I read about health tips, farming tips, life tips, business tips everyday. I get to see joyous moments and embarrassing moments in diary games as well. The way the different communities are designed and the rules they have makes me know that as I am getting in here this is what I'll see.

Socially steemit has helped me be more expressive in writing and in person. I have noticed that since I joined steemit my vocabulary has increased and when I am asked to do something in details, I know how to give the details.

In here the truth is mostly guaranteed because there's always proof of pictures to be presented. If I didn't join this place I wouldn't have found out how serious of an offense plagiarism is. I have made more friends and I continue to make more money as I Keep sharing posts. So I can say that steemit has positivity contributed in my life out of the platform.

Comparison Between Steemit and Other Social Media Platforms

• Steemit and it's communities have content restrictions as per the different communities while most of the other social media platforms don't have any content restrictions.

• Steemit pays even it's baby users while for the other platforms you must have a certain huge exposure before they start getting paid.

• There's no age restriction and uptop of that it's user friendly. Some social media platforms just share content which are not children friendly.

• On Steemit you can't hide anything, everything is open to everyone so it is a very transparent platform. For most social media platforms, you cannot access ones account because it could be private, you cannot maybe be able to see what they post because some people choose who views their content.

• Steemit is decentralized meaning no one has right to temper with your account and even if they wanted they cannot most at times. All other social media platforms are centralized and your account can be blocked by the controller of that platform.

• Steemit provides achievement tasks which helps it's new users to find their way and understand the whole website while on other social media platforms, that isn't present.

Advantages of Steemit

• Pays users from the early days of posting content.

• It is decentralized.

• It is built on a Blockchain technology.

• Aids you financially when you withdraw some of your earnings.

• Teaches about cryptocurrency in the crypto academy.

• User Friendly.

• Very transparent.

• The way the platform is built, it is very easy to find your way around.

• You get rewards from liking the posts of others.

For all my stay on steemit, I haven't really noticed any disadvantage because everything has been working well and the rewards keep motivating me to do more.

I have become better, and added one r two skills to my tap. So the ride had been a thumbs up since the beginning.

Social Media is addictive, but the addiction I have for steemit I believe it's a good one. I'll conclude by saying I'll choose steemit over and over again.

I invite @inspiracion @gertu @josemen @sabrip and @talktofaith to join this contest.

Thanks for reading!!