In recent weeks, Steemit has been growing at a brisk pace, with Steem and SBD prices surprising us all. Even signups have increased as new members continue to join us from all parts of the world. There are several new applications on the blockchain powering new websites and our community is thriving.
These are generally some indications of rising popularity of our platform on the web. There are of course many things that needs to be improved, but development is also moving at a good pace. 2018 is lined up with several updates which we expect will propel Steemit towards mainstream adoption in the future.
As a stakeholder and user of the platform, I find it intriguing to find out what brings everyone back to Steemit. Today, we will discuss these aspects of our platform, to find out what aspects of this website and/or the blockchain creates the most user interest and increased engagement.
1. Social Interaction
Steemit has been good for blogging and sharing content from it's early days. However as the community of users grew, the need and potential for real world networking and friendships became apparent and also possible.
Over the past year and half I was able to forge real world friendships with people from different pars of the world thanks to Steemit and Steemit.Chat. Many of us came together twice during Steemfest and stay connected on a regular basis. After 1.5 years of work, many of my friends have signed up as well. It's great to be able to watch their participation and growth on this platform.
2. Financial Freedom
If we scale properly and get things right, there is a possibility that Steemit could be named amongst one of the top social media websites that helped shape the internet as we know it. If we scale to a level where we can support millions of people across the globe, we may also be able to provide some kind of basic monthly income purely by way of user participation in the millions!
The idea that this could happen, and we could create this reality, motivates me to come back everyday and give this place my best! I strongly believe that we're all contributing to changing 'business as usual.'
As a cryptocurrency enthusiast, just as many of you here, I have profited by investing into different crypto projects. However, Steemit and Steem blockchain captures my imagination beyond it's monetary benefits. But monetary benefits cannot be ignored. Our time is limited. In my opinion it is incredible that we can earn a little extra from our time spent using a social media site. More people should be doing this.
I'm sure in the past year and half, many here have earned a decent bit of crypto money on Steemit. I know for a fact that some of you are able to manage your monthly living expenses completely just by using the platform. In our materialistic world, financial freedom provides real freedom to many of us. Maybe holding Steem might just help secure your future while the little curation rewards that we receive adds to our passive income.
3. Steem Ecosystem
Many developers across this space continue to build some amazing apps. Sometimes when I visit Steemtools.com, there seems to be a new project listed there or trending has a new announcement for an application built on the blockchain. Apps such as @steepshot, @busy.org, Chainbb, Dtube etc are very promising with regular updates and an increase in user adoption.
I have immense respect for developers and engineers who are building new useful applications on the Steem blockchain. The fact that so many people are working together to create a solid foundation to what could be a game changer in the market is quite frankly inspiring to observe.
These are some of the things that draws me to Steemit everyday. I'd like to know what brings you to the platform. If you've been around for over a year, what is it that made you stick around?
Please share your experience in the comments below.
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Guidence
Assurance
Motivation
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First, I was attracted by the money who pay the bloggers (as I was already a blogger for years). Then I discovered the blockchain technology and Crypto (with Andreas Antonopoulos, in fact, I read all his books). Then by building the french community, I fell in love with the community ! :-)
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I came for the money (#2) (and I got it), but I mainly stayed for the community (#1).
I am not using many of the "active" apps.
One thing I like to do on Steemit is to run contests.
For example, on the @adsactly society account, I am running the SteemShort contest, where writers and illustrators compete to create collaborative short stories.
The first SteemShort has been written and this week we will know its title and illustration: https://steemit.com/steemshorts/@adsactly/adsactly-contest-steemshort-1-post-4-request-for-an-illustration-and-the-title-of-the-story
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That's quite interesting!
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I believe it will be great for contests and engagement we also came for the community not the money so to speak a lot of us minnows do not know how to use the platform and to be hones there is vague information out there so we hope to find some profiles that actually explain how it works.
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I am a health advocate and blogger. I've been consistently active since April this year. I want to help more people but also need to survive financially. With advertising on my blog and over 2000 visitors a month I make about $10 a month. Not enough to cover my outgoing costs to keep the page running.
Since joining steemit I made, after conversion about 10 x that on my first post. Which opens opportunities to do more. It's an exciting thought and one of the main reasons I joined steemit.
We would have never found steemit without first looking into Altcoins and Crypto currency. The idea of being able to dabble in Crypto and get paid in crypto is another reason we joined.
And lastly my hubby @shai-hulud joined and recommended it to me. He very rarely gets excited about anything, so anything he does get excited about I know will be a winner.
I'm also loving the community and the varied posts. So nice to see people's lives rather than what they had for breakfast or their latest bi#@h session or gripe.
I no longer flick though Facebook feeds. I checkout my fellow steemians instead.
Have a great day!
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I'm glad Steemit was so beneficial to you! I hope your blogs on and off Steemit continue to grow over time. Good luck to you! :)
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The finances got me started and certainly help to keep me plugged in, but the real sense of good content often being truly valued and supported (because, especially now, we are all on the same "team" in a real way if we are invested in the platform long-term). With the algorithms on other platform, it's become nearly impossible to get traction anymore without a lot of advertising money; here, it's been very different.
Finally, but certainly alongside the other two, is that I authentically love the people here--I think we attract misfits/creatives/think-outside-the-boxers a lot, and I'm finding a real niche community here which I love to visit every day--thoughtful people who want to find real value and offer real value.
Great post, friend! :).
Xx, Kay
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Great to read your thoughts on this Kay. Great to have you stop by! :)
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:)
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Well, I come here for
New platform for me altogether, lot to learn about this world of block chain, crypto, ...
Worth the time spent as it seems much more rewarding than wasting my time scrolling through FB posts as the posts on this platform are making me learn
Making sure others learn from the little knowledge & experience of traveling in the Himalayas I have on my blog, so that it can be shared with others. In turn, one hidden reason will be to promote the Himalayas of India on this promising community.
Less than 5 days, I am totally addicted to it which I never was to any other site than my own blog ;)
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Great to hear that you are starting to enjoy using this platform. I've been here for over 1.5 years and it's awesome. Feel free to share about your experience of using this platform with your friends. :)
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The financial freedom part definitely gets me back to SteemIt. I'm so grateful and thankful for the cryptocurrencies existent ... it will help all kinds of people gain wealth .. hopefully benefitting the poor who could not have access to this kind of wealth with regular banks/gov't.
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The concept behind steemit it is revolutionary, just needs some tweaks to the formatting. And it will moon, getting paid to use social media is crazy. Still don't know when steemit will be out of beta if ever, but that day will be huge.
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Oh man @firepower you said it ! I come here for the friendship , freedom and creativity . Such a beautiful place :)
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It is good to know #steemit in the first place.
There are some certain things that normally brings me to steemit everyday.
The first thing is to check my reply box and view the reactions of people towards what am doing on steemit through my post or comments and to know the area to improve on.
The second thing is to check on my followers and know what they are feeling through their posts.
The third thing is to learn about crypto and what people are saying concerning steem blockchain and to watch how it grows and ho i can invest.
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Yeah those are the 3 things i like about it as well. I look forward to new stories and memories of people that I interact with.
I recently had my first personal payout and it felt so good.
But I am also here long term so I usually power up and want the community to get better. I always promote steemit.
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all of the above ...LOL
you nailed it man
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haha thanks :D
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I want to be a part of something.
I think Seemit has a good chance of being something.
I am fascinated by patterns of human behaviour on social media and when you add a currency element it makes it a lot more interesting.
Those are my 3
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Freedom
Community
Support
This is the three things I enjoyed here in Steemit. The community is awesome
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Thank you for the motivation...I love steemit mainly because of the social interaction....thank you for sharing.
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you are right , These reasons are really important to make us open this site daily !
I also add some reasons that make me open this site daily like
1I want to make my sister happier and enroll her in university
2 I want to learn drawing better than I do now
3 This site increases my ambition and hope to help myself and others in the future
in the end i want to say maybe this is the first comment from me to you , but i remember you , You are one of the people who Welcomed
me when I registered in this community so i see daily your blogs and i want to say thank you for the optimism you give me inadvertently when I see your success :)
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Those are some very good points! :) Wish you the very best.
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My wife @insideoutlet already posted here with her things that make her check steemit but here are my reasons.
Can my wife and I profit and add value to this community? For the sake of transparency you will note profit was the first motivation.
After my little indroduceyourself post got a tiny bit of traction I checked more than daily to see if I was gaining money.
After a tutorial I wrote gained a tiny bit of traction I began checking even more frequently because I was excited that I might actually have something to add.
On top of all that I check again because while I I don't know if they agree I feel like I am making relationships and engaging with people I don't know which is something I would never do on facebook @amyinautumn @jessandthesea @kindstranger and perhaps @hitmeasap but that guy is blowing up so I'm not sure I register
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I totally agree with you! Our introductions brought us into each others' worlds, which I find awesome. Because we're feeling things out together and I feel like I have a micro-community of minnows to reach out to, if need be! You can feel confident that you have the same in me! One day, when we're octopi or piranhas or something....we'll look back and laugh.
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Also, if you don't know about it yet, the app Steemify will allow your obsession with Steemit to get even more out of control. But it's very useful....
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I tried searching Steemify buy it didn't come up in my app store, do you know if it's available on android?
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Agh, yeah....I did read that it's for IOS only :-/
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Balls... lol, that is the only thing I didnt know about before switching us to Android. Lots of things come out on IOS first or only. I hope that Steemify gets so big they need to develop one for us Android users. Until then. Mobile internet app it is. Thanks for replying.
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I think the three points that brings you to Steemit are the same that brought me too,, Except me being a beginner and I read too much on the platform in order to improve myself in blogging.
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That's great. I read an awful lot myself throughout the day.
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I like your list and have been psyched of course these past weeks as the steemit site has functioned like a well-oiled machine and of course the markets have been well-oiled supporting cryptos too, dynamite combination! STEEM/Steemit has made huge strides and in 2018 will WOW everyone with eyes on the decentralized prize !! peace
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I just signed up...i hope to enjoy what everyone is enjoying here
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I have always wanted to blog, or I guess just ramble about what is going on in my mind and see if people would care to read about it. I have always loved to write, and I spend a majority of my time on social media sites anyway lol, so I figured I would give this a try! Let me tell you, this is going to revolutionize the social media platform! The community is AMAZING, supportive and respectful, and you can get paid to do what you love! So, I came for the money. I'm staying for the community and the ability to share my opinions and knowledge with others. Hopefully I can inspire a few people along the way and also learn from others!
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Why i am visiting Steemit? I'm new, excited and curious what this place can offer. And i am tired of facebook and all the other companies...
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I come here because its users have the best intentions when they engage with you.
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I’m still new here @firepower I came for #1 and hopefully get #2 :)
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Hey, thanks for sharing your reasons why you visit Steem every day.
As for your question: When I read about steemit, I was more than enthusiastic about the idea of a social media platform on the Blockchain. At the time, I had no idea that you will be rewarded here in monetary terms. In the course of my Steemit existence, I have read and tried a lot, and the fact that the user could send a few cents or more to me, impressed me.
But what was really special was the experience of the dynamics that can develop here on the platform. The dynamics of interactions is insane. Even though I was skeptical at the beginning about the bots and the many "fake accounts", I find that when you connect with the right people, things look very different. Suddenly you have high quality, exciting new input and get to know the people on the keyboard "personal". This is unique and brings me back every day.
I am looking forward to the further development of this project and hope to be able to participate a bit more in the development than in content at some point.
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I'm glad you stuck around. I'm sure the fake accounts will be tiny in comparison when we get to millions of accounts.
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It's a great news that steemit is at first place.
All you said is very true, @firepower and time freedom may be the next.
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The idea of financial freedom is very exciting and honestly, I think that drives a lot of people to come to Steem and to continue to come to Steem.
Although, I wish fewer people would come for that and more would come for the social interaction. Granted, it can be hard to get social interaction with your own post but it is quite easy if you go search for others content.
The problem with many people coming for financial independence is many people fail to realize that it is a long and hard task especially if you don't have a ton of money to get your content noticed on its own. It is a lot of hard work for those who are starting with nothing. Produce good content, interact with others and leave meaningful comments and this takes quite a bit of time because you actually need to read what was posted!
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The way I see it, you can't reap rewards without some quality input of your own. People who wish to be financially independent have a long and challenging road ahead of themselves. But once you are prepared to take that path then it will work out somehow. :)
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What I love about steemit is that it empowers also the users and not just fill ups their wallet like facebook, tweeter or many other alike. It's the brick of a new society, is the expression of freedom build on the people and giving back to those who make the effort working and growing the network. Let's keep it up as I don't see any limits for this platform and new horizons can appear at any point!
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I joined Steemit in June. I have not been working as hard as I should on Steemit but I have other commitments. I must say that STeemit has opened up A LOT of friendships for me. The people are genuine and loyal. I have managed to form a little starting nest egg. I am betting on Steem and the community and think it will go far. I can look back and think I wish I would have started sooner BUT I am looking forward and thinking how far I can go...personally, financially and even better...FRIENDS!
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I'm new in Steem it, but the dynamics in the network and the work for the community is something that it's just beautiful. The grow of the steem it's something that will feed a lot of projects that want just the improve of the web. Steem on!
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Motivation✊
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Thanks for always having good content friend @firepower
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thanks for advices!
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I came here out of curiosity. I'm totally new to crypto and don't understand that bit of it at all yet. But I'm really enjoying the people I've spoken to here. It's a really friendly place and it's much easier to join in conversations here than it is on other social platforms. I'm excited to see where it all goes from here.
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Everything you said! And what everyone is saying in these the comments too. It's exciting to be part of it and seeing it grow
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I heard from @donkeypong your into bikes... nice to make your acquaintance. Steemit has a ways to go yet, much of which will do with policy, community guidelines, leadership abuse control etc.. stop by, read and article or two, lets talk crypto, bikes, or STEEMIT.. your choice... @pawsdog.
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Will do. Thanks for the headsup. I love motorcycles very much :D
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What do you ride? I've been in and out of bikes since the 90's, mostly Super Sport Bikes, GSXR's, 1000RR etc. A bit older so I'm rolling an sv1000 now, and my wife rides the sv650.. I could was never really able to get into the cruisers. I tried but just figured I would feel silly wearing and eggshell on my head and leather chaps... :) Not sure your age bracket or if you remember the move POLICE ACADEMY, but it ruined the Harley Look for me.. .LOL..
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Good article
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Limitless support, open people, tons of content to go through (there is just EVERYTHING!), contests and what not! It's super versatile <3
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it's really easy i didnt even take a sec to think it
i dont care a lot about money from now, not that i have but the primary reason that both connected to each other are the ones i mentioned and an example is that if you make a post about ''how to paint'' and i have a question i can easily comment or talk to you via steem chat and get insta answers
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Same is attracting me.. steemit is a great social as well as financial platform
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With dlive, dtube, dsound, steepshot, and all of the other ones.. I have no reason to go to any other social media sites, except maybe to bring them to Steemit, but I would say my top 3 reasons would be..
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I came here for a friendlier atmosphere and to make some extra money. Now the interaction with Steemians is the #1 reason and making a bit of extra money is #2. Thanks to everyone we are building a great social site.
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Steemit is the evolution
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for me this community is more than just a social network. There is a lot of useful content and great people here.
minus the fact that my blog is not read much.
But I prefer to read smart writers like you, because you can learn a lot.
so I want to be useful to people.
Thank you for what you are doing ...
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@firepower
Still in my early learning days...but i would love to hung around. with Steemit for many reason. Apart from the social interaction and financial freedom.as mentioned in your post.......Steemit provides me with proper "Time Utilisation". I used to have many spare time..which i used to waste. Now i can say I am utlising my time in best fruitful manner.👌
Also i got to see the world through steemit., not only this i get into a world which i was not aware of its existence i.e the cryptoworld a different sphere altogether....quite magnetic ☺...still shaping / buddying up in the sphere...😀 needed a good mentor (if you can)☺
Thanks
@steemflow
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Keep learning and growing. Good luck to you! :)
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Walking in the woods..😶 on my own luck..😒.pretty challenging....... Still looking for your guidance n support.....dont let me stray😉
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I come here to get better in Enligsh ( not my native language ) and to talk and engage with people.
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Useful post.
Hey bro I am from india I visit your blog it's so nice.
I need your help can you delicate me some sp please
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I was wondering why Steemit has not an own app, 86% of the people in the world connect to internet trough the cellphone, the Alexa ranking show us some numbers about Males and Females in Steemit, Males are using the platform much more that females, Why? I think probably is because Steemit has not and own mobile app.
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@elguarodigital bear a little patience!
In the upcoming days, there will be an Official Steemit Application for Smartphones as informed by @firepower.
Till then, you can settle with the @esteem app developed by @good-karma.
Cheers!
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I believe we come here to a part of a project that have the potential to change the world. Steemit has a great future ahead.
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I am agreed with your statement, It gives me the platform to write and share my work and financial freedom is off course the biggest motivation.
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I admit, I'm addicted to steemit :D
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And the addiction is unstoppable..!!
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A very great publication and a great effort that merits further voting
Happy to try my way here
Greetings to you
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The sense of community for sure is what keeps me coming back to steemit. Yes the money is nice :P however the people I chat with and new ones I meet each day is simply amazing. Full of ideas and creativity
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for me its become family and now i am so addicted to it and glad to see now that lots of user join from india and hope they enjoy too. i still keeping my friend that join this social site which is batter then faceblook and twitter and now they started too and i am glad that now my steemit earning is more then my own regualr per day earning and this is amazing things attract to me here. we can learn a lot of thigs here too and that learning skills also attract me here.
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Good to see some familiar faces from India sharing their experiences. :) Wish you the best on Steemit.
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Thank you so much and it because of you and i got extra power since i see you because glad to see indian person on admin level and your post always motivate to keep going on.
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one stop shop for all that is progressive
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We are here to see, read, make friends, build a community and grow.
Together we manage, learning by doing and at the end we make some steem.
Its so good to be part of it.
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Great post and I wish you the best in the future. Three things that keep me coming back are:
The fact that I'm able to make additional income from posting content on the platform.
The fact that I can interact with many people from all around the world. Making connections and building a network with trusted individuals is an important key to growing your profile and putting you in a better position to succeed on the platform.
The huge investment opportunity and chance to be a part of the new age of social media platforms. This is an enormous plus for content creators.
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Can't be more happy I joined. Gonna bring you guys some action sports! My dream will be to just travel and make videos. Hopefully that will come true with Steemit!
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Steemit became an addiction for me yet:)
To be honest, i came here to learn English better cos i knew that it needs some time to start earning here. So i start posting for fun, i found new friends here and now i pass even more time on Steemit than with my real friends. I have the opportunity to communicate with interesting people from all over the world, to be a part of this great community! It's like a very big family yet!
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Like almost everyone, I came for the money. The layout is similar to Medium (and I'd say that steemit could definitely take more notes from what Medium is doing in terms of post writing) so it's nice and friendly for newcomers like me to write their posts.
I haven't been here for long, but the money is definitely still a nice motivation booster to actually write, not just observe. So the things that are bringing me back are the desire to write, the money and the nice interface.
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Your post is one of the early ones I read since I joined Steemit a couple of days ago. Very inspiring for me as one of my motivational concepts is supporting people achieve financial freedom through the true creation and preservation of value. Thanks for sharing @firepower. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your posts.
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Thank you :)
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Sharing ideas/experiences
Searching inspiration
Learning
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I came to steemit for the chance to write and blog again.
What brings me back EVERY day is the communities I belong to on Discord, the way I have immersed myself into the communities, the writing and blogging (interaction), the routine of when I comment and reply and, most recently, learning more about cryptocurrency and the financial advantages it offers.
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Great post and promoting questions!
For me its connecting with people, other social media hasn't felt this connected. It's giving me a chance to share things that matter, like living well, caring for self, soil and Earth. Feeling like it offers a delivery system to share things I and others have learned or are experimenting with. It offers an alternative paradigm which is actually financially viable to put effort into writing. I wrote and published book and haven't received royalties after 1.5 years. I've already seen the rewards and real connection after being joining steemit after 10 days ago. Plus it's an introduction to the crypto world.
I'll be following your posts from now on, thanks for sharing.
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I was drawn to steemit because I saw the chance to get compensated for sharing. What I've found in the 10 days since joining is a thriving online community that offers a lot of chances to connect. Already learned a lot, been exposed to new things (including all things crypto) and have gotten to share meaningful content.
I'm here because I believe in improving the world and making a change together is the only option.
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Recently i was on a holiday to USA and Mexico, i found out that alot of mexicans know about steemit. The blockchain technology is far bigger then cryptocurrencies i guess. For me its still like a Christopher Nolan movie...lol so still learning and trying to understand. Only issue is the governments are now getting into it, hopefully our blockchain freedom is not taken away.
Three things why im here is:
I have some free time to write my thoughts down
To gain knowledge and i love reading blogs about almost everything.
Extra income (our thoughts and time get some value)
Just a suggestion, if we remove the option of Trending, Hot and New, people will only see what they want to see by selecting the catagory. That way everyone gets a fair chance. Because alot of beautiful posts vanish without any like, just coz there is no girl photo wearing a bikini or not related to steemit/blockchain/crypto. Some 2 line post make 100z of dollars, and someone who puts time and effort writing about more important things gets a few cents. No offence...
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Nice Post on Steemit, I gained more info about Steemit. I'll follow up immediately to get in touch.
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As a social blogging platform with blockchain based rewards Steem is the absolute number one, with everyone else far far behind.
However, it can still be a bit hard to understand for new onboarders. Aside from all the social engagement some elements of being crypto-based can take some time to adjust to. The active Steem community is still largely early adopters. Time however is on our side. Steem on!
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I came here mainly for financial freedom and in the process made so many good friends, learnt so many things which broadened my perspective. I'm staying here to share my experience with everyone out here.
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Its like popcorn tastes like paper
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You have a good post. Keep it up:)
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All three are also on my list.. number 2 I started with but now number 1 and 3 are also a big part of my steemit adventure..
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I am a newbie from India. your post motivated and excited me. I regret nobody told me before but I am confident enough to write my posts regularly and sincerely and it will surely pay off. I see the mammoth work you have put in to be so successful. Thanks for this wonderful post. Cheers!!!!!
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@firepower mine is interaction while commenting, always looking forward to read great post like yours to learn from, posting great things to inspire steemians
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I’m actually very new but my number one reason, for me, is to be a part of something that I believe can change the world.. that might sound delusional to someone outside of the platform but it really hit me yesterday. I transferred a few Steem over to litecoin and while it wasn’t an extreme amount by any stretch of the imagination, the immediate value if I had cashed out was roughly $90 and it hit me... this is global access (assuming internet connection) and non discriminatory. What is $90 worth to someone in a poverty stricken nation? This can change lives and I just want to watch it unfold while enjoying my own craft ❤️🌏
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