What you adviced is something good but I noticed that the biggest percentage joining this platform never reads. Not even if they join a contest they read the rules or what is asked next to that all entries look the same. It's the same for the diaries and if it looks the same, people will easily skip reading because if it comes to it it;s not interesting to read how everyone woke up early, washed himself, ate, had a nap, watched tv, ate again, slept, waited for a friend. Next to that if Ten times with one word difference you wish someone well and there's nothing else to read people also give up on reading comments. Worse is even if a commenter writes the same back to everyone else. I find it disappointing, the same is if you write a longer comment and the answer is: okay.
The lack of comments, the lack of engagement is the biggest problem of platforms and I understand why the average writer prefers to join a writer's platform instead. They like to receive some feedback which you rarely find here.
Everyone has the same role to play. It's not about a quick post and asking to be upvoted. I am allergic to that also to people who ask me to pay them 10 dollars for? (that happened to me by a new team member of a community). I told him to pay me first since I need money too. I didn't receive a response which is strange if you ask for money or?
If new Steemians or those who remain small do not invest in the platform and other Steemians I don't see any point in giving an upvote. I do that enough and most do not even notice it or take if for normal and an easy way to earn. I do believe that SCs should make a difference since I also noticed that many my team upvoted in September left. So it's feels as "taking the money and run" but if you are not active and easily leave it's hard to connect with others.
As I joined I was told that the only way to receive an upvote was upvoting yourself and by commenting. How else can one be noticed, make friends and be rewarded?
Like you I can write no matter about what. I never have a storyline only a lack of time. I try (and tried) to teach people how to freewrite because this is way easier than to sit and think about what next to write but I noticed that even those who joined don't use it to make their writing easier and more interesting.
If everyone would practice it the diaries wouldn't be so boring, same for them all using the same title. It's not inviting and if I read 2 good ones (your daily posts not included) than it's a lot.
Everyone who can talk can also write. All you need to do is writing down what you think or say. There isn't more to it and it makes whatever is written more personal, interesting and easier to read.
A great day/evening to you and I hope with not too much pain.
The difficulties about using this platform still remains to be a great hurdle especially for those that are new or just starting in this platform MIss @wakeupkitty for the reason that as I had said, not much curators and everyone is competing for attention unlike in the early years of Steemit where STEEM token is more valuable and thus making almost everyone with a few thousand Steem Power "feed" small users and the same from content creators, all because we got empowered for supporting each other even in a random way.
One problem that I see now in Steemit was actually the lack of users, developers, investors, and all that. That is why the Steem economy went thin, which is why we are likened to a small country and the inhabitants thereof are not empowered enough to make this platform as vibrant and colorful, not having much development like useful DAPPs as much of the developers and users went to the other forked chain.
It is also not fun in doing activities with rules set in, I mean I feel that I am not free to write my thoughts which is my niche for using this platform where I just like to write whatever that I want and not just concentrating on one topic per post. In that way I can get to enjoy writing everyday and is the reason why I survived this long. In actuality I just want to tell my world and want to be left alone while doing it, I feel so much relaxed in doing it that way, just like I do not want to be bothered in "real life" when I am doing anything.
Part of the reason that I am still here is that I kept my "skin in the game" and remained invested in because I always feel indebted in Steem and I wanted to still see it grows and stay a per of it until my end. This platform had been the instrument of God as I see it about saving my life and my sanity, it gave me this relative financial security although I actually had invested more in STEEM more than I gained from it.
It so happened that during the fork of Steemit and the other chain, I sold my Steem holdings for BTC, after BTC price went high relative to STEEM token, I bought as much as I can which is why my account grew this relatively big. Although I know that BTC will run-up to greater prices, it is part of my plan to buy STEEM with the proceeds of that profit after selling them on the onset of the fork. Back then I actually anticipated that the value of STEEM might go up if the developers will fork it to create hive, actually hive was already existing but what I want was selling STEEM at a high price. When the rumors and then news of the impending snapshot started to happen, I powered down my SP and sold them at a high price for BTC during that crucial price pump.
It was the best "luck" that I experienced from this platform because it made me to empower myself more by buying more steem as a result. Also, the absence of bullies now unlike before had benefited me greatly because of course, there are no more bad people that are trying to destroy me now, the all left this platform. However, majority of my former steem friends left as well. That is why I felt a sense of loneliness and just coped with sing this site as my shoulder to cry on and imagine that people listens to what I would say no matter how uninteresting my stories are, but with incentives that I get monetarily in the end, it always makes me fell better thanks to what this platform can offer.
Anyway, I always tell people to use steem and offer what they can offer based on their likes, specialty, desires, dreams, hobbies, talents to make them comfortable in using this platform and in the end, their account will pick-up but slowly because of the factors that I mentioned. So only those that really invested in can roll for the most part while others just work harder with due persistence and patience that can truly find a considerable success in Steem and it is also sensible to say, "Go bog or go home" and or "Break a leg... to bring home the bacon" .😀👍
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First of all, it sounds to me like you are a freewriter and there's a community where you can write what you like but so you can in the community of Italy and there are others. I believe by now the rules are no longer as strict as they were but you should also know that those rules set could be ignored.
Like you I like to write and share what I feel about and not be pushed here and there although I did try at the start of this year to follow all those rules set by hosts of contests. It made me feel unhappy and grumpy because it takes me way more time to copy all those links, resteem, upvote, and markdowns. mention someone and and and .. and also those stupid question that has to be answered or show how short-minded the host is and force you to think in the same way. I hate it. For sure you know those contests where you have to write about your happy childhood, your great father, happy school time and so on. All things I never had and can't rely on and if you ask me the average person didn't have it but we are forced to pretend which is what I hate most and refuse.
I never quite understood how Steemit worked so the first years I just did something and that worked out very well. I do believe it's possible to find your way if you read and connect with nice people but what I dislike is the begging for upvotes.
I never had the first 1000 SP very fast for sure I was in the wrong circle and if you mainly blog on your own it's hard to be discovered. I would say I work hard but you can't see if if you look at the upvotes I become but that's fine since I don't have the option to change Steemit anyway. Perhaps one day if still alive or my children figure it out. If it comes to right now I would find it normal to power down, sell wait till Steem goes down and buy again. Although Steemit asks for investors strangely enough this isn't promoted.
If it comes to new development I believe what we once had is kind of back or worked out.
For example fanbase (auto upvote, selling SP, scheduling posts) you have twice (witness xpilar and witness italygame both have one.
if you use the site: boyblikegirl.club you can also schedule posts and have some nice extras like earning UVF (see @upvotefund) and SBI is also back and you are not longer downvoted if you have them.
What more do we have? The witness pennsif brought the Steem Atlas back to life. I haven't tried it out yet because I don't really travel and already posted as I did in the community Italy.
Do you remember steem bounty? If you added to the link of your post it could always be upvoted. @etainclub works on an app that makes this possible called: Ever Steem
There is also @ luciojolly leaving comments behind (a smile or mouth) and promoting his new steemit site. Perhaps it's worth paying it a visit and share what you like or need or would like to see? (I didn't yet, I am a bit busy right now but I will although he didn't pay me a visit.
It is a piece of good advice to say do what you like and only do what you can offer. It is my belief that everyone has a different taste and if you only like to share music that is the best.
LIke you I do find the platform better after the fork and the leaving of the bullies although they did invest a lot of time and energy to downvote and leave nasty comments behind. If it comes to certain comments (and those who did it) I am still not over it.
Thank you for the information and the good talk.
I stop by again. I wish you relaxation.
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