Make the Switch?

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago 

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Shall I make the switch? Or at least a partial migration? I am on Minds, Gab, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube and Facebook as @wirkman. I have a blog and other pages here and there.

I just posted two items here, with links to other sites (one mine; the other, someone else’s). I am now merely starting to learn how Steemit works, and am still confused. I do not understand the money aspect. I am not a Bitcoin aficionado. I get the general idea of blockchain, but in the case of Steemit, I do not really understand how one participates in the blockchain aspect of the platform. I do not know how much time I will be able to devote to it, this coming week and month.

I am busy, to say the least.

Books to write, contract work to edit, taxes to do, yards to mow. And my Adobe suite started working again after a reinstall, so I have catching up to do in the video-creation and -editing department. What’s more, I spend several hours a day reading books. Usually between two covers, "boards,” but some books on the iBook and Kindle platforms (I just opened up my pre-ordered copy of Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb).

But I am interested in moving off of Facebook entirely — I have been for well over a year — and Steemit may suit me well. I will see. We will see.

Kiitos.

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If you are an active blogger somewhere else, then blog here. You wont make much to start with but you will make more than the big fat $0.00 you are earning on your other blog. That's a good reason to switch.

There's a lot to learn and you will need to be patient as it's no get rich quick scheme, but as I said, you really have nothing to lose by switching your content here.


Welcome to Steemit @wirkman!

I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.

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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings from @introbot & @bycoleman

Welcome. While I support leaving Facebook I haven't done so yet myself. I will also say Steemit isn't a replacement for that kind of interaction....yet. And also it takes a little while to figure it out and effort to network and build community. Once you get started and seeing a little success it's fun.

I wanted to be one of the first to give you an up-vote and 1¢ too.

Please follow me if you like and we can share posts and up-votes and help build our profiles. Below is an example of a recent one. Please up-vote if you appreciate or find it interesting.

https://steemit.com/goldenhourphotography/@shauntaemonte/goldener-moment

https://steemit.com/sportsphotography/@shauntaemonte/evan-strong-adaptive-action-sports-athlete

https://steemit.com/goldenhourphotography/@shauntaemonte/sunset-session-in-daybreak-utah

https://steemit.com/cityscapephotography/@shauntaemonte/hola-panama

https://steemit.com/sportsphotography/@shauntaemonte/glow-bowl-deep-in-oc

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The Blockchain means the Servers (computers) which store this website, but this website is saved on all of the Servers all at once, decentralized, like a Bitcoin network, and the system of that is locked and saved and copied on all the servers and my name is Oatmeal and what you comment, post, upvote, flag, resteem, is saved on the blockchain. Generally, blockchain networks, like Steemit, uses cryptography or at least Bitcoin does.

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