To the Minnow Who Wants to Quit: An Open Letter by @gandhibaba

in life •  6 years ago  (edited)

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You were excited the first time you heard about Steemit, a decentralized social network and blogging site which pays users for posting creative contents.


You were told that Steemit pays STEEM, a token that can be converted to fiat on major crypto exchanges. Your eyes brightened greatly; you wanted to make some money. You wanted to deploy your writing skills and smile to the bank. You were tired of Facebook and other shit sites that exploit their users. So, you joined Steemit.


It is now six months since you joined Steemit. You have attained a reputation score of (54) but your Steem Power falls below (50). You have invested a lot of time and energy, churning out quality articles and comments but your earnings are still unsatisfactory.


Sometimes, you earn a meagre $0.08 after spending several hours on your blog posts. At first, you were optimistic, optimistic that things would improve with time. But now, your patience has been exhausted. You have made up your mind to quit, to say goodbye and never return.


Your frustrations grow like grass whenever you see the trending pages and find less quality posts. You see the self votes; you see the bots abuse. You see the greed. And you can't take it no more.


But, dear minnow, do not quit. Do not quit because history does not remember those who quit the race. Do not quit because Steemit and STEEM hold great promises. Do not quit because you're lucky to here ahead of millions of other potential users across the globe.


Regardless of what your present earnings are, dear minnow, imagine what happens when STEEM one day reaches $100 or even more in a few years from now. Although your 50 SP may be small today, it could do wonders tomorrow. And that tomorrow must be built by your not quitting today.


I admit that Steemit is tough and nobody wants to give minnows a chance. But do not despair. Be consistent with your blog posts, make new friends, and interact with the community. Soon, you'll have great reasons to smile. Remember, Rome was not built in a day.


To use the words of my Steemit mentor, @majes.tytyty, I wish you a full STEEM ahead.


Yours sincerely,
@Gandhibaba.

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Sometimes minnows are make a horrible moment to platform

The advice is timely. To be honest, I was tired of being exploited and giving out good content for nothing.. At least I needed a platform for my posts to be seen as valuable and my jaw dropped when I heard of the pay.
I can't quit now,I'll add more steam and steemit.

Much needed. I'm not giving up, do get frustrated a little. I did get a happy surprise today. I got a 8 week delegation of SP. So I guess I need to increase my posting a bit more. Steemit was being dumb this morning and wouldn't show my pictures. Hopefully it will now.

You got a 37.56% upvote from @upme thanks to @gandhibaba! Send at least 3 SBD or 3 STEEM to get upvote for next round. Delegate STEEM POWER and start earning 100% daily payouts ( no commission ).

I take steemit as my long term investment plan. At first I do feel that I wanted to quit but before quitting I decided to stay a little bit longer and I'm glad I took that decission for I am still here powering up slowly but steady.

I don't get much for my post but gaining little by little everyday is better than doing nothing or having no investment plan at all.

Good sharing @gandhibaba. Love the idea.

Thank you for these encouraging words...
Really needed them...will never quit ..

其实很感谢这个平台提供给大家写作的机会,第二,大家希望得到回报,但是请大家一直加油,每天一步一步往前走,总会有回报。

It's frustrating to post what you think is amazing material only to see the pay out at 0 even with a few upvotes but I keep on for I find surprises along the way

Thank You so much for the encouraging and relatable post.
It's a real honour to be sharing here together.

I'm sticking to it and resteeming this 💚

Funny how when talking about steemit whales and dolphins usually only upvote positive posts. Few weeks ago or a month ago I wrote "An open letter to the whales and dolphins" and no whales and no dolphins upvoted it and not to be an asshole but it was a way better letter than yours in every possible aspect...

Anyway I like your attitude and I wish I could be as positive as you are but if things don't change, no way steemit will reach 100 US dollar, if things don't change steemit will probably reach 20 dollars and then will slowly die because in the meantime something better will be created..

PS: I followed you bro, I need to follow some positive people, lol...

One more thing...

Is that OK for you if I do a post with this comment, your letter and my letter???

This post has received a 15.83 % upvote from @boomerang.

Perfect to inspire this minnow. Thank you @gandhibaba
Hopefully my resteem will inspire a few more people who need to read it.

Thanks, my friend for such encouragement and you are right sometimes I find clueless where I need to improve more.

Nice post my friend! This platform is for the tough, resolute and determined guys. Succeess cannot come without persistent.