Last night I had the privilege to attend a Steemit meetup here in Los Angeles.
It was a good night of networking and meeting other Steemians. Some people had only heard about the Steemit platform this week, while others were veterans, including one who attended last year’s SteemFest in Lisbon.
My main goal in attending was to see what I could do to help other Steemians along. If you have been on the platform for more than an hour, you know this can be complicated to figure out, though once you know it, it is not too hard. I was lucky to have some friends who helped me figure out the platform, so I figured this would be a good way to pay it forward and help some others out in my local community.
The event was held at a nice WeWork office in Hollywood. We started off with some mingling and networking, and then had a Steemit overview and SteemitLA community presentation done by @woodrow who was also one of the hosts for the evening. Of course, there were a lot of clarifying questions once the presentation was completed – what does my reputation mean? How do the payouts work? What’s the difference between Steem, SBD and Steem Power? What content is most popular? How do I get followers? – It seems like there are no simple answers, and every question is loaded with a number of rabbit trails you can go down.
Once the presentation and Q&A was completed, there was more time to network with other Steemians. I was able to meet nearly everyone who came, though quite a few were still waiting for their account approvals. I am following quite a few more users now, and I look forward to seeing the content they put out!
This was the second meetup for @steemitla and they are already talking about having the next one in March – you can bet I will try to make that one as well! Thank you again to last night’s hosts and it was great meeting so many of you!
Brian
That's awesome man. Glad you got to attend!
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Where do you find the time.
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pretty cool, did you have to wear a name tag, and if so real name or steemit name?
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No name tags... not a bad idea to add usernames on name tags as it is was difficult to meet so many people at once and try and remember both their name and steemit name. My memory is not that good!
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Good idea and why I use my blockchain name as my name!
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Damn! I am in Temecula, would love to attend something like that down here 😩💰😩
Steemit-wine country?
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Temecula is great... have done some wine tasting there! One person was from hemet so some people made the trek. Take care!
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I'd make it to that!
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This is amazing! I hadn't realized the Steem community had evolved this much. I see no reason why Steem can't be well positioned to capture share from both traditional social media (Facebook, Instagram) and in-person apps (MeetUp or even EventBrite!). Would be a great addition to Steemit infrastructure to be able to plan and coordinate events through the site. Excited to see what's next for all of us
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Damn! I'm so annoyed I missed this. I think it was super close to my loft. I didn't see this was happening until it was too late. Looks like a great turnout!
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I was looking for you... didn’t know you were so close tho! You would have been king of the room- most steem power!
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Looks like great fun! Out of interest, how did you hear about the meetup?
Would love to meet fellow Steemians around London!
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Hey friend, I had seen a group created for steemitla and started following it so that is where I learned about it. Hopefully you can find something similar in London!
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Thanks Brian, I’ll do some digging,
Maybe a good opportunity for you to visit us Londoners! ;)
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Hello, my friend, it really is that the Meetups are a unique experience I had the opportunity to go to one in my city and it was great to meet many people and learn so much
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Sounds like a successful event. Glad you got to attend. Looking forward to attending our first meet up come spring. It'll be nice to put faces to accounts.
The issue of numerous rabbit holes is soo common. There are just so many directions to head on steemit. That's one thing I love about the platform, you can use it in so many different ways.
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That great @brian.rrr I had the opportunity to go and it was very nice I learned a lot, I met people, we saw very good presentations of groups and you know something? attended more than 100 people to that meetup was very big
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Really bummed that I didn't know about this. I feel alone in LA lol. I threw my own meet up last month. Love to connect with you guys locally.
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Sorry you missed. They are likely going to have another in March so keep your eye out and follow @steemitla for updates!
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thanks @brian.rr . I'm following now. I have a restaurant to host for free at in Brentwood if you guys need a place.
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Nice meeting you. That was a pretty well run program. Mostly things we would know if we have been on but important for new members.
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Nice meeting you as well!
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Getting out to a Steemit meetup sounds like such a great opportunity. I have seen several posts about meet ups all over the world but nothing here in my neck of the woods. I’ll have to start more actively searching for these meet ups. It’s amazing to have supportive Steemit veterans like yourself on the platform. From my perspective I found your blog early on when I was still tying to find myself on steemit. You have always been really receptive of my comments and ideas as well as providing support on my posts. Thank you for that. It is greatly appreciated. The platform will grow strong as long as we have members like yourself and people like me remember to pay it forward when we have the opportunity.
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Dear friend @brian.rrr such meetings are very good they give theinformation required for newcomers and their knowledge of his platform , You are a veteran of the veterans here ,,, and wonderful you help everyone ,,, Platform Stimit will be the existence of wonderful people like you ,,, I always wish to be invited to such meetings ,,,But unfortunately there are not many Arabs here ,,, though I think that the number very few.
good luck my dear friend @brian.rrr
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Wow, that looks like a pretty good turnout, especially considering some of the users don't even have their accounts approved. It sounds like you weren't helping host the event, but you were helping to field questions and network with people? That's cool you're able to meet up in real life. I think it tends to make things feel more real. I like at least chatting with people on Discord because it feels more like a conversation.
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Brian,
You make me envious! :)
It sounds like you had a great time and the camaraderie is evident. I have to check out meetup.com and see if anyone is doing the same here in Bellevue, or Seattle, WA.
It looks like you had a good number of community members present. 17 just from the picture. Were there even more there than that.
Thanks for sharing, and best of success to you!
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Great to meet and look forward to another time!
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Great to meet you as well! Thanks for the rounds... might need more next time!
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Most welcome!
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Oh Man, I would of gone! Didn't even know this was going on in our neck of the woods. I'm following @steemitla right now so I don't miss the next one.
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Good idea my friend... should be happening somewhat soon 👍🏻
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Good to meet you last night man! It was super helpful to meet you veterans and learn something. See you at the next one!
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Friend, I'm new in steemit I did not have the opportunity to attend two that they did in my city because when I found out about this page they had already made them, but I have seen the publications and the comments are very good, they learn more and they clear all Doubts, I really want to have that opportunity to attend one.
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Gathering together with the steemians is very fun .. sharing information and supporting each other for the advancement of this incredible steemit platform. Thank you for sharing .. warm regards from me in aceh, indonesia ..
Hopefully someday I had the opportunity to attend meetups abroad
Once again, thank you
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Good to see that you was there to support others and even new members which are waiting for their account. Respect for the lessons and information you did share. The FAQ sheet is a good guide for all.
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Thank you Brian. I learned a lot in this event.
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That's awesome
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es bueno ese apoyo que dan ya que es bueno ayudar a mas personas .
@calitoo
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Good meet up man hope we will get to see some hike in SBD currency, wishing you luck
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Wow
Great.. i think such a great meeting
And u all enjoy alot
🙂🙂☺😚
Nice job sir
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hi brian.rrr its good to know your sharing your knowledge to others about steemit..it would be a great help for them most specially to minnows..keep it up.
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Man, these meetups get me all excited..
Meeting so many creative people , it sure is great
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Sounds like it was such an awesome meet up! looks like you had a good night :)
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sounds like it was good to meet up x
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all looks so amazing I love it the meet up
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Meet ups are always great ..you meet new people ,analyse where they cud fit in steemit..the joy ..it is all great ......
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it seems very fun to get together with senior steemit
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No way!! So it DOES happen! . ughh. . wish I was there.
Was just thinking - I wonder if local city groups do 'meet ups' with this platform - sharing ideas, content, networking. .
Guess that answers that Q! haha
In all fairness I just joined last week and every day i'm learning/researching something new on this site. . there's just so many Qs I have regarding this. .would love to meet with other locals in person soon.
Hopefully there's another gathering in LA again in the near future - and hopefully on a weekend haha
Cheers!
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Hello how are you? that nice experience I have not yet been able to attend one I am always full of work already in my city go 2 meetups but if I could see the photos and it was a success @brian.rrr
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Good idea For Steemit platform that You attend. Steemit is a great platform and only suportting each other we can succeede
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This meet up really awsome, everyone look paying their attention to the presentation of Steemit on the display. For me steemit promo presentation is always made the participant always want to understand deeply aboutbthis platform, good job for the commitee, thank you for sharing the spirit in the meetup @brian.rrr
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Amazing how different people from different spheres of life meet through a common platform..simply amazing and all people have one quality in common, all are kind and gracious
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Good community, always succes
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Its a really good work also good team keep it up @brian.rrr
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posting anda sangat bagus dan saya sangat suka
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A little progress every day really adds up to something big later on .....
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wonderful
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The steemit Platform has a good path
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Wow !Superb !! Hope you guys enjoyed a lot there .
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