Lets make #introduceyourself great again! We all will benefit!

acidyo (80) · 7 years ago

Hey, I try to browse through the intro posts section every now and then - how I stumbled on this post. The biggest problem is the mass of users abusing the tag for people wanting to reward legit newcomers.

A good idea would be to have someone or a group of people you follow that either resteem or comment on intro posts made by real new users which would make it easier for us with more influence to both cast votes more safely and make it less time consuming and reward the users going through them by voting up their comments.

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10 votes

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago (edited)

Hey acidyo, thanks for stopping by!
I have a suggestion for you - Starting from today, I will resteem around three promising introduction-posts every day till Christmas ;)
You can look them up every day! - All others are of course invited to do so as well!

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acidyo (80) · 7 years ago

For sure, if you want you can create an alt account for it since resteems aren't yet filtered from own posts and you don't want to spam up your profile. Let me know in that case and I'll try to check up on it daily, threw you a follow just now.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Actually I have found a better solution than using @taug - I have just made the account @welcoming via anonsteem. I have already resteemd a few accounts I remembered from the past days. I will however make a post about @welcoming's purpose on monday and then resteem a few promising users every day. Thanks for giving me this idea, I think it's a way I definitely can add value to this plattform! Have a nice weekend!

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emilclaudell (53) · 7 years ago

So how do one go about being a promising user? I've recently made my first post, and would love the chance to discuss my ideas with people. My ideas are weird though. Anyhow, this is cool of you, thank you!

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

If a introduction is well done and meets certain criteria, it's promising to me :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

True, that is probably a better solution! I actually have made an altaccount before - @taug . Originally I made it for short content - But I will use it for those resteems instead for now" Greets!

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ethandsmith (62) · 7 years ago

Hey there @acidyo and @theaustrianguy! I like to browse through the new introduceyourself posts as well to add some value to new users. Thanks for both of your efforts in doing this! I know it's one of the main reasons I decided to stick around on Steemit.

Anyhow, I wanted to draw your attention to a couple of new efforts to support new Steemians.

First, there's @mitneb's daily curation posts. He targets users who may not speak English as their first language. He's done a great job of picking through #introduceyourself to find the actual intro posts. I'd suggest keeping an eye on the users that he curates. They're always worth a vote.
Next, my friend @gogogadgetupvote has started hosting a kind of contest for people to pick out new intro posts. Check out his blog if you want to find some more posts to support.

Once again, I appreciate both of your efforts to welcome new Steemians. There are also some project dedicated to Steemian "retention," which I first caught wind of thanks to @mikepm74. Still lots of work to be done, but I personally am looking into trailing accounts that curate intro posts so as to add value and promote new users' retention.

Keep up the good work!

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6 votes

bronevik (61) · 7 years ago

I've made 0.08 on my introduceyourself in august.
So, $1-2 is not that bad.

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8 votes

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I don't say it's bad. But more is definitely more motivating :)

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bronevik (61) · 7 years ago

We did forget introduceyourself topic here.
We do need to go there and upvote from time to time.

Thank you for reminding it.

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4 votes

irime (62) · 7 years ago (edited)

I think what you propose is a really good initiative, since like you pointed out, those days when people made dozens of bucks (or sometimes, even over a hundred) with their introduction posts are gone.

Last time I took a look at it, it looked like a wasteland of posts making less than one dollar, flooded by comments from bots and/or users just going there to plug their own gigs ("Welcome and check out my photography/cooking /travel page!").

In my case I can say that I stopped checking the #introduceyourself tag mainly for two reasons:

There seemed to be a tidal wave of minimal effort posts made by people who obviously came here just for the "free money" but had zero interest in actually contributing anything valuable to the community.
When I found a rare gem of a new user, I would comment on their post, upvote them, followed them, etc... only for them never showing up again or making just a couple of posts before quitting, ending up just as some dead number in my following.

So while I agree with your points about supporting those who stand out, I whish there was a way to also increase the quality of new users... is that even possible? Or is this just the way it is?

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8 votes

positivity420 (52) · 7 years ago

My friend I as a minnow often check introduction posts, and upvote all of the very well made ones, and always give a tip or two that helped me a lot when I started a week ago, but when I see people with 2 sentences and no pics of their own, I just ignore it... As for bots, if we real people keep commenting with real opinions and discussion, bots will be minority in comments, and feel less spammy, just my opinion...

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gogogadgetupvote (60) · 7 years ago

It is really hard to find those decent users who are actually going to stick with the platform. I have started a new daily bounty for Intros that meet certain requirements, where I reward users for finding me Introduceyourself posts that meet my criteria, then I upvote and resteem the intro, as well as reward the user who found it. I started my project to help boost the introduce yourself posts a couple months ago, but really started to see some support and success when I started the daily bounty/contest about a week ago. Please feel free to check out my blog and my posts. My blog @gogogadgetupvote is full of mostly resteemed intro posts, and every once in a while, you can find a post by me. You can find my most recent daily bounty post LINKED HERE There is still one more prize left to be claimed, even!

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

LOL - Just now reading this answer after posting this today: Welcome @welcoming, an account for manual #introduceyourself curation!

So guess we had the same idea :) Well, I guess two accounts are stronger than one!

gogogadgetupvote (60) · 7 years ago

Two is definitely stronger than one in this case! I have a reply of my own somewhere towards the bottom of this post! My feed is basically the same thing, intro's that I have resteemed and my contest posts that helped me find them. do you have a discord? I would love to chat with you a little about how we could maybe work together?

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Yes, you can find me under the same name I use here ;) Definitely would love to talk to you!

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

There seemed to be a tidal wave of minimal effort posts made by people who obviously came here just for the "free money" but had zero interest in actually contributing anything valuable to the community.

I just don't upvote those :)

When I found a rare gem of a new user, I would comment on their post, upvote them, followed them, etc... only for them never showing up again or making just a couple of posts before quitting, ending up just as some dead number in my following.

That risk is always included - That's why I only try to vote well made introduction posts - Sure it's not granted they stay - But chance's are higher. And there always will be some who quit. That's just the way it is.

I whish there was a way to also increase the quality of new users... is that even possible? Or is this just the way it is?

Support good users and flag spammers + report them to @steemcleaners!

creatovert (58) · 7 years ago

fair points @irime ... But it's almost like drying up a whole pond just because you don't like a few fishes... :) Hope you'll change your mind soon because it's not easy for new steemians to rise up here :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I would invite you to check my most recent post about that topic: Welcome @welcoming, an account for manual #introduceyourself curation!

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creatovert (58) · 7 years ago

followed & upvoted. Noble project :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I would invite you to check my most recent post about that topic: Welcome @welcoming, an account for manual #introduceyourself curation! - Maybe it will help you to find the promising users and not the spam!

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irime (62) · 7 years ago

Thanks for the heads up! I will check it out for sure :-)

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celestal (71) · 7 years ago (edited)

I gotta admit I haven't checked the #introduceyourself tag for a long time. I'll go change that. Now that I've been rolling here for a few months I can potentially give some hints too!

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4 votes

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

That's agreat idea :) Maybe you still know the problems/questions you had at the beginning and can share your tips!

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falconspy (36) · 7 years ago

I woudln't mind some tips. I joined the network yesterday and find it rather difficult to get even people to visit my introduction post. Granted I've only submitted 2 posts that I've authored (including the introduction) just doesn't seem like I understand what's really required.

I figured I'd kind of treat this a bit like Reddit but that is probably the wrong way to look at the site.

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celestal (71) · 7 years ago (edited)

Ok, so here's what I'd say based on my experience:

At the moment when Steemit is still in beta, it's very lacking in features. So even if you write a great peace it likely won't get huge payouts even if it was better on quality than the average on 'trending' tab. But luckily there are curator teams, like @ocd; by using the 'ocd-resteem' tag it's much more likely you'll get an appropriate upvote from the team for your underappreciated article.

But what I'd do first would be getting to know people; this is a social media after all! Earning money from authoring is great and all but should not be the main goal as a new user because at the moment it's almost impossible to get a following which is pretty much a necessity on the state of Steemit for a good regular payout.

So, try find some interesting content and authors and throw comments preferably that add value to the original posts and show that you have really read their content; every author can appreciate when their content get responded with a little more effort than "Nice post". Of course it's easier on topics that you're actually interested in.

But of course you should not get discouraged about writing your own content, you definitely should write about anything you feel like. Steemit isn't very new-user friendly but you'll get some following if you keep writing decent content, slow but steady. But with time I believe some of the problems, that new users face also, will get solutions

So, take Steemit as it is at the moment; an experiment. Enjoy your time here!

Oh, almost forgot: do take a look on @minnowsupport and their discord channel. There are many different chat rooms where you can hang out and get support, really nice and welcoming people there. There's also an upvote bot you can use to upvote your posts, with instructions on how to get using it.

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millhouze (46) · 7 years ago

That's what I'm thinking too. But maybe sprinkle in some good content with the shitposts and we will be golden

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creatovert (58) · 7 years ago

Thank you @celestal .

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ervinneb (61) · 7 years ago

Very interesting post with strong logic and good examples behind it ! It is a bliss to see someone that is IN for the long run !

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4 votes

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I hope many in here are there for the long run ;) What are your first impressions on steemit?

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ervinneb (61) · 7 years ago

For now its mostly that I have a long road ahead, in order to learn the basics of the platform. For now I am still testing stuff, so can't really answer properly :)

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flipstar (71) · 7 years ago

I went through the introduceyourself the last couple of days a bit to welcome some new steemians what was "disturbing" was the amount of posts which were not really introduceyourself posts but using the tag because it have (had?) a lot traffic and generous upvotes.

But you are right I will also make more of an effort to welcome new steemians.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

That's true - Maybe it can be implemented that every user can only use that tag once? Or once in every 3 months or so! That would definitely stop that.

Or maybe somebody can create a bot which highlights if a user made more than one introduction? Similar to @cheetah...

But for now we just have to look manually - I didn't mean we should just blindly upvote the comments - otherwise many users would maybe go for doubleaccounts as well.

But if just 10% of all Users with significant votingpower would manually find and vote one introduction per day, it would already make a huge, huge difference!

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flipstar (71) · 7 years ago

I saw a bot auto posting comments how often people used the tag already but I am not sure if it is still active.

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bypaul (58) · 7 years ago

There was indeed a bot, it got triggered when I posted my second introduceyourself post. Just to clarify I wrote two because the first one was english and the second one german. However I just clicked through a few posts on introduceyourself and found a user who posted several posts daily with only pictures of female celebreties. I reported the account to steemcleaners I hope that helps..

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doelist (51) · 7 years ago

Can someone make #introduceyourself after a 4- 6 months on steemit? When he got a camera, and something to say

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flipstar (71) · 7 years ago

if you havent done one before sure. otherwise probably, too as long as you dont introduce yourself every post or week

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creatovert (58) · 7 years ago

@flipstar ... Thank you brother... Do check it out. I have recently submitted my introduction post too. :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Vielleicht hilft dir ja der Account den ich extra zum Resteemed vielversprechender User gemacht habe - Details findest du hier: I would invite you to check my most recent post about that topic: Welcome @welcoming, an account for manual #introduceyourself curation! - Maybe it will help you to find the promising users and not the spam!
Liebe Grüße :)

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specialaffairs (53) · 7 years ago

In Anlehnung an Deine Ausführung "Let me just tell you a quick story:"
nach nun 93 Tagen der Mitgliedschaft habe ich die selben Erfahrungen, mit Ausnahme des "whale" - ist mir noch nicht begegnet.

Bei allgemeiner Betrachtung der Beiträge und deren Votings habe ich noch nicht genau erkannt, nach welchen Kriterien im allgemeinen die Votings abgegeben werden.

Bei mir direkt hängt es eventuell an den meistens auf die Finanzen bezogenen Themen. Unter Umständen werden damit relativ wenig Personen angesprochen. Da muss man einfach durch und sich selbst motivieren.

Wenn nun in "introduceyourself" gut gevotet wird, dann mag das eine erste Motivation sein. Wenn sich danach jedoch die Votingbeträge im unteren einstelligen Bereich bewegen, schwindet diese Motivation eventuell wieder sehr schnell.

Einen Lösungsvorschlag habe ich aktuell jedoch nicht.

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bypaul (58) · 7 years ago

Wie @theaustrianguy schon geschrieben hat hatte ich ziemlich Glück sehr früh entdeckt zu werden. Ich hab dabei unbewusst etwas nach geholfen indem ich mit einem angehenden Curie Moderator ins Gespräch gekommen bin. Ich wurde dann gleich seine erste Empfehlung was super für uns beide lief :)
Ich kann nur sagen mit den Leuten ein wenig ins Gespräch kommen, auf höchstmögliche Qualität achten und eventuell (falls man die SBD dafür hat) den ein oder anderen Post mithilfer von Minnowbooster oder Votingbots auf Hot oder Trending bringen. Ich weiß, das ist verpönt, aber wenn du von deinem Post so überzeugt bist, dass er es verdient auf Hot oder Trending zu landen werden vermutlich die meisten Leute nichts dagegen haben. Bis auf berniesanders vielleicht ^^
Wenn man einmal ein wenig Fuß gefasst hat wird es leichter oben zu bleiben.

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specialaffairs (53) · 7 years ago

Vielen Dank für Deinen Hinweis.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Ist am Anfang auch viel Glück im Spiel, zur richtigen Zeit gesehen zu werden ;) Gibt einfach so viele gute Posts mittlerweile. Frag mal @bypaul z.b.. Der wurde gleich mal von @curie entdeckt, seit dem läufts bei ihm (Seine Posts sind natürlich auch super, keine Frage, war nicht nur Glück ;))

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mladenpaunovic (51) · 7 years ago

Very interesting idea! I just made my introduceyourself post so maybe you could check it out :)

creatovert (58) · 7 years ago

You have some skills brother... and an artist's perspective for photography :) Welcome to steemit. I also just made my introduction post! :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Just did :) Congrats on a successful start!

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mladenpaunovic (51) · 7 years ago

Thank you! :)

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millhouze (46) · 7 years ago

Kudos to you

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embutv (37) · 7 years ago

Great post! I just started on Steemit and you are right, that the community should encourage and support new members. A growing platform is beneficial for everyone. Could you tell me how one can lease steempower? Greetings, Leon!

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Hey Leon!
Actually there are many ways, you pretty much just need to find somebody who wants to delegate to you.
@blocktrades and @minnowbooster are the most popular ones who lend SP for money!
But there are also whales supporting minnows by delegating to them - But that's rather lucky to achieve.
Or you make a personal deal with a whale!
Hope this helped you ;)

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falconspy (36) · 7 years ago

I read the FAQs for acquiring reputation / SP but how long does it take to actually reflect on your account? I've made 2 posts, made some comments on other posts, upvoted and have been upvoted but sitting at the default reputation.

bashadow (65) · 7 years ago

It takes a little while for the votes to add up @falconspy. You can get a better handle on your Rep score by looking at yourself in steemd ( https://steemd.com/@falconspy ), there you can see who responds to you and who votes for you and you will eventually see Reputation 25.1. Look for articles you are interested in, read them, upvote them, and leave a comment.

When first starting out try to vote on 10-15 articles or comments a day. Try to make a post once a day or every other day. And most important, if someone leaves you a real comment on a post you made, definately give them an upvote. It will pay dividends in the long run. By day 3 if you have been posting, commenting and voting, you should see your reputation climb. It does take time. I have been here almost 4 months and am only up to 54, some people that joined around the same time are in the 60's.

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falconspy (36) · 7 years ago

@bashadow - I appreciate the information and link!

I made my introduction post as my first one but I am wondering if I did it "wrong" seeing as others had a number of welcome comments or upvotes.

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millhouze (46) · 7 years ago

Nah u good fam

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embutv (37) · 7 years ago

Thanks for your reply. But doesnt it make more sense to buy steem, steempower with that money instead of goving it to someone for a defined period of time?

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poeticsnake (70) · 7 years ago

I always loved to scan the introduceyourself section but after it got turned into the most best and amazing tag to use i stepped away for a while.
For a week now I have been back there trying to find the great new posts! I hope this section will soon be blooming again with great warm welcomes on posts from amazing new members!

theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I think there should be some limit on how often you can use the tag... This would keep the area spam free :)

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creatovert (58) · 7 years ago

Maybe you'll change your mind soon? It'll help new steemians like me :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

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modernpastor (66) · 7 years ago

Again great analysis.
I like the example you showed how to write unique comments. :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Thanks my friend ;) I still remember your post btw. - One of the most surprising ones yet :)

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akashas (64) · 7 years ago

GUter Artikel mit guten kritischen Fragen und Punkten! Resteemed my dear

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Dankeschön :)

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sco (64) · 7 years ago

Thumbs up. And thanks a lot for resteeming my post yesterday, by the way!

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Your welcome ;)

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vee.uye (33) · 7 years ago

Thanks for posting this. I'm brand new to Steemit so I'm glad to see that genuine attention to inclusivity is happening so transparently. Makes me really excited to be a part of the project.

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atmemestable (54) · 7 years ago

Thanks, @theaustrianguy, this was an insightful post. I'm relatively new to Steemit (I've been on the platform for almost two months) and am just getting around to introducing myself. For me, it was kind of hard to put myself out there. I'm by nature a very private person. But, I guess if I want people to read what I post on Steemit, they need to know who I am. We are all shaped by our experiences. I know that I was shaped by mine. Anyway, I took the plunge this morning and posted my #introduceyourself . If you get the chance, I'd love it if you'd check it out and get to know me a bit. Thanks for listening and looking out for new Steemians.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Checking it out now - glad you finally did one :)

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atmemestable (54) · 7 years ago

@theaustrianguy, thanks for checking out my #introduceyourself post. If you're on Steemchat, I'd love to know what you think. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.

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th1nkfast (56) · 7 years ago

Lol, I've never wrote an introduce yourself!

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Why not? :(

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th1nkfast (56) · 7 years ago

I like reading them, I just never felt like writing one!

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kupi (43) · 7 years ago

good review, i will do like this tips
thank for share buddy
@kupi like your post

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jctdesign (51) · 7 years ago

I started with Steemit almost a month ago, found the photography community, and immediately started sharing my photos. I never really proper introduced myself though, so this is a good reminder that it is not too late.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

It's never too late ;)

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kamchore (70) · 7 years ago

yes you can @theaustrianguy keep sharing nice stuff. Resteem & Upvoted

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albertvhons (64) · 7 years ago

I will visit then,

rajag234 (54) · 7 years ago

I agree @theaustrianguy ...we must warm heartily welcome newbies and give them welcome upvote whatever our value is...its good for their motivation, its good for steemit community and its goods for our relation with them....Lets warmly welcome the newbies...
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maverickinvictus (64) · 7 years ago

I remember my own introduceyourself post about two months ago and I got 6 votes for it and two of the votes were from bots.

I remember that my mentor gave me some guidelines about making that as my first post and to include a real picture of me, some interesting facts about myself and to properly give credit to my images from the net. I poured all the skills and passion I got.

I got barely 10 cents. I was dejected because others that started the same time as I did got so many votes and comments. Was my introductory too long? Did I alienate people because it was too quirky? Did no one understand it? I wanted to stop at that point. I came because of the incentive that good posts would be rewarded and yet I saw what some people wrote and they were getting so many votes. Later on I would learn that they would use vote bots and have groups that would upvote each other.

Then a blow came that someone was bragging that even if he does shitpost he gets so many votes because he has so many followers and that he is on the autovote list of some whales and that he did that with a literal post of a turd. I immediately got out of that group and unfollowed that person. Don't really want to emulate someone like that.

I came for the promise to earn but I don't get anything. Most of my posts get less than 50 cents but it's ok. I no longer write to earn but more to heal. I write to pour out the darkness in my heart, I write to let go of my sadness, I write to get better. I write to hopefully get better in writing.

I am happy to have met some kindred spirits here and the freewrite community who aspire to encourage people get better and quality stories. I am afraid I am not photogenic, nor do I travel to exotic locales so photography is not really a good way for me to post. I only have my words, my stories, my feelings.

There is another person who is @shello who has been advocating for the stop of shitposts. I hope it gets traction.

Then there was this whale that may a post about 3 or 4 weeks ago that said he gets better returns in selling his Steempower to bots rather than commenting and voting on people because the rewards are a mere pittance of the return. That was the 2nd blow to me and it really made me want to stop but then I saw how some people reacted and took comfort that not everyone thought of using their whaler and being a mercenary of sorts to bots. There is still some hope.

The reward system is indeed broken and we must stand and curate, upvote and create meaningful comments and interactions. We need to stop being cynical and letting ourselves look at the number beside the name to dictate how we will react to the person. It is understandable though that some people will kowtow to someone that has a high Steempower because if they gain favor to that person their earning power is exponentially increased but there are so many planktons and minnows scrambling for attention. You see it on those that will comment that they followed you and ask you to follow and upvote them. A lot of people are desperate for some crumbs.

The reward system is broken. Yet I do not know how to fix it.

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creatovert (58) · 7 years ago (edited)

Thank you for your noble initiative @theaustrianguy brother.
It really helps the new steemians like us :)
I've just posted my #introduceyourself post a few seconds ago.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@creatovert/hello-steemit-you-have-a-creatovert-here
Please read it and tell me what you think about it :)

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navil (42) · 7 years ago

Nice bro. 😁

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sajda (2) · 7 years ago

when i join i had never idea about any thing about steemit i did not made the introduceyourself but one day i saw here is a tag name of introduceyourself in which people are introduce their self i did a post but the post was not so impressive so no one response on my post which is my fault

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midnightcode (44) · 7 years ago

YES! Just the motivation I needed to write my intro blog! hope the community listens to your advice lol lets see if my post can break the $5 mark, wish me luck!

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ankarlie (64) · 7 years ago

I think what you are trying to do here is really good for the entire steemit community. I totally agree with you when you said that there is a Psychological effect on new users when they get at least something substantial when they do their introduction. It is a positive motivating factor that may motivate them to do higher quality post, be more active in this platform and ultimately (hopefully) be an investor here. They can also invite other people who could be big investors here. Anyway I will support your initiative.

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madviking (57) · 7 years ago

Interesting reading... I'm a newbie myself, but I'll go there right now to spread some love, as I was well welcomed too. ^^

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geekpowered (69) · 7 years ago

I have one point of contention. You mentioned that many of the posts in #introduceyourself are not new users. What's wrong with that?

When I first got here, I knew next to nothing about the platform. For my first post, I decided to explain what brought me here. At the end, I sort of introduced myself a bit, and said what kinda content I'd be posting. I don't want to share too much about myself though, and blamed that for why I didn't get many upvotes. It was shit though. I went all over the place. Users that have been here for at least a little while will have gotten the hang of things, and be able to make a much better #introduceyourself post. Perhaps not people that have been here too long though. People that have been here months might want to give it another go though.

I actually question posts in #introduceyourself that are too well done. If you just got here, your first few posts should probably be shit, as well as your #introduceyourself post. If they aren't, I wonder if they got some coaching, or have been hanging around for at least a while.

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atul8888 (48) · 7 years ago

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mizanur (8) · 7 years ago

😀😀😀 😀😀😀 ⤵⤵⤵
Thank you very much friends,,I like your post,,your post is very nice,,, So you are talented
🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I don't like your post, because it is just copy&paste spam. That's why you got reported to @steemcleaners :)

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occupywallets (55) · 7 years ago

I posted an introduction just a few days ago... I got like 2 replies, or votes, or whatnot... I still don't get how people ever see my posts...

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endymionoriax (44) · 7 years ago

I tend to always remember my humble beginnings ; in everything i do, especially video games - and i constantly find myself searching through the introductions and even asking people to possibly think of remaking their intro post if it lacks information, because even i know that it is hard to make it in the beginning but with extra experience and practice comes more reward .
With that being said i for sure think that a lot of the whales should be searching for minnows and finding ways to better the minnows in any way possible ; because where would the whales be if it were not for them ?
especially for any projects that need fresh new ideas to people learning the platform and want to get involved and gain as much knowledge as possible ; like me for example, i find myself constantly looking for information, even finding two or three that need translation ; i think personally there should be just a one click button for that - i see other social networking platforms with a translation button, even some video games do it automatically .
Perhaps this is something to think about ?

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purplefuse (25) · 7 years ago

I'm still new to Steemit. I heard about it though a friend of my mom who said she made more then $100 from 2 months posting on Steemit. I don't know if that's good or bad. I have been here for a few days now and have a total of 57 cents so far. I still have much to explore and chat about here.

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leximiss (36) · 7 years ago

It matters and I think you said it well so I reposted it in hopes more will see it. I'm also going to make sure I do it every time I log on here too :)

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katniawatkins (38) · 7 years ago

This is definitely encouraging! It’s my 3rd day here and my post got 2.50.. I thought it was just my fault

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lopezdacruz (54) · 7 years ago

welcome on board

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samsuel (50) · 7 years ago

Wawww,, amazing post, follow back @sam

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Nope - please try posting something different than that ;)

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sajda (2) · 7 years ago

can i do again???

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

I think a second time is ok ;)

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amin-al-hadid (35) · 7 years ago

I am a new member in steemit @theaustrianguy, I hope to be friendly and familiar with my friends in steemit, I really hope that.

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ebrahyeti (25) · 7 years ago

Greetings fellow traveler! My name is Ebrah

and just so you know..
you are my muse in making my "introduce yourself" post.
I have already started to receive positive feedback!

thank you

I think I like it here : )

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jayasstarbazaar (30) · 7 years ago

I wish I had read this post before posting my #introduceyourself literally 10 minutes ago =D Trotzdem Danke! Helpful! I may try again and of course support who is already there! LG

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ldacey-laforge (54) · 7 years ago (edited)

Now this is an interesting piece and lively thread. New to Steemit I am an artist/writer/lightworker with plenty to share and am keen to interact with genuine folks. That said my introductory post was probably not my best work but was, at least an honest and revealing, Facebook live repost which kinda summed up where and what I am about these days: https://steemit.com/introducemyself/@ldacey-laforge/introducemyself-artist-writer-lightworker Personally I am all about encouraging and love the generous vibe of your article. BTW I got 0.04$ for my #introduceyourself!! haaaargh!. So, I have upvoted and followed and invite you (all) to reciprocate. With well wishes xox

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cydel (32) · 7 years ago (edited)

When i read this article. I write a post a while ago. And it gives me $0.03. However. There are many terminology in steemit that i can't understand. And how to handle my reputation, also what votes for? I hope that you can teach me that i don't know in steemit. Godbless.

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djouad (29) · 7 years ago

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drewyboy (30) · 7 years ago

Brand new to Steemit myself, just getting used to everything, Lining up to do my introuceyourself post tomorrow..... Here's hoping my story resonates with some peeps. Great post :)

Drewyboy

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karensuestudios (71) · 7 years ago

Omg! I love this post! I totally remember the first time a whale hit me up. I was sitting on my bed and I was like... wut... $30 in five minutes! 😳😳😳 let's bring joy to others! Great idea

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Was it @xaero1 for you as well ;)? But he seems to be gone for now :(

I actually did some more work today: Welcome @welcoming, an account for manual #introduceyourself curation!!

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karensuestudios (71) · 7 years ago

Awww yea I miss the guy! He's so awesome, I really hope everything is okay with him.

Ohhh I'll have to check out your post! 😀

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stephie.spicer (56) · 7 years ago

I was surprised at the number of people who saw, commented, and upvoted on my introduceyourself post, even though it only amounted to $0.13. It encouraged me to keep going. However, the attention petered out. My last two posts didn't even receive any views, let alone comments or upvotes. Any advice on what to do once the initial attention is over? I have really worked hard on my posts, and I believe I can contribute valuable content to the platform. I have worked professionally as a writer and I'm an amateur filmmaker as well. It's hard because there are so many posts every minute that a new post quickly disappears down the page. I really need more followers, so that my posts will show up in their feeds, but how do I build a following from nothing? I only personally know one other person on Steemit.

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gogogadgetupvote (60) · 7 years ago

Hi @theaustrianguy! I am quite familiar with the issue that you are talking about in the introduceyourself tag, and I fully agree with you. It makes it really difficult for us (users of the platform) to convince our friends to join the platform when introduceyourself posts (which used to make at LEAST 5 bucks a piece for the not spammy ones) only make a few cents. I have been renting delegations to try to increase the amount that I can influence these posts, as well. I have started a DAILY INTRODUCEYOURSELF POST BOUNTY HUNT in which I reward users for finding me decent introduction posts so that I can Upvote and Resteem them. Been going for about a week now. Feel free to check out my blog @gogogadgetupvote and see all the great new Steemians intros I have been trying to give a boost. Also, do you have a Steemitchat or a Discord? I would love to bounce some ideas off of you on how we can further support quality intro posts and make people excited about having joined the platform. I am "inspector gadget" on discord.

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emaro (39) · 7 years ago (edited)

I'm new here, so thank you for this post. It already motivated me enough to write an introduction. I didn't thought it would take this long... I think I has over an hour to write it.
This is one of the first posts I read an it convinced me to give Steemit a try! :)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Hey ;) Visited it and resteemed it via @welcoming :) Greets!

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emaro (39) · 7 years ago

Thank you :)

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ccryder (26) · 7 years ago

I want steemit to win. Period! Great post!

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bennierex (58) · 7 years ago

I just visited this section to see if I could at least cast some (small) votes and help new users, then I read your post. Right on the money! 😄

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lopezdacruz (54) · 7 years ago

welcome to the club, theaustrianguy

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Really, you are spamming twice on a post which suggest not to spampost and you welcome me to steemit even if I am here for almost half a year?! Think about that!

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Btw, you juts got reported to @steemcleaners!

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rainsa (54) · 7 years ago

It is a very important topic you brought to light. I joined steemit 15 days ago and did not manage to reach $1 upvote. Yet a 15 upvote was a positive encouragement to continue.

Last week two of my post made trending page of fashion and made more than$5 but what is sad is that not more than 3 people went through them. The number of upvote is below seven. The reason is i am new user so don't have a following.

A post for minnowsupport did not get more than one upvote while i managed to get more upvotes for my comments than my posts on which i tirelessly work.

This is a drawback of this ecosystem that initially you will struggle for acknowledgement.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Just keep trying :) If you keep posting valuable content, the followers will come! Glad you already made a few $ on your posts!

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rainsa (54) · 7 years ago

Thank you. I will try my best to keep up with value.

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choogirl (64) · 7 years ago

I would love to see all the tags being used appropriately, particularly the most popular ones. This one of my steemit pet peevs. Surely it's not that hard to use tags that actually reflect your work.

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Maybe this can help you to find the tag posts who use #introduceyourself appropriate :) Welcome @welcoming, an account for manual #introduceyourself curation! -

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sultnpapper (61) · 7 years ago

Hey @theaustrianguy,
I like what you are suggesting and have a couple things I would like to offer up in the way of suggestions.
When I came here I knew zero people, I found this community by accident. But I had a need for it and decided to join.
I didn't know anyone so I kept going back to the introduceyourself list and would welcome and engage people as often as I could, plenty of times there would already be 10 or 12 bot's that had "welcomed" the poster , I would be the first human.
As I gained experience doing my own posts, I would tell the newcomers what I had found out about being on here. The only followers I pretty much had were the bots, looking for me to follow them back.
But I made it a point to actively reach people in the introduceyourself area and have made several good friends who post really interesting stuff.
A cleaner "introduceyourself area would help people like me who are active there. I know that people need a place to introduce new apps and stuff but there should be a section that is solely for the introduction of REAL people, not services, bots, or coins.
The second suggestion would be that the REAL people section would only be accessible for new posts for 30 days from the date an account is activated, and preferably for two or a maximum of three posts by a user.
There are cases where a new user will post four, five even six posts trying to hit the "timing" right and catch a wave of upvotes. I've worked three months building my REP to it's current level, it is disappointing to see REP levels that exceed that number by those who have only been on the platform sometimes less than a few hours. When the only post they have made is the intro post, it would be hard to determine how good they might really be for this platform, they may say all the things they are going to do but it doesn't exist yet. Capping the maximum REP for 30 days to the REP30 level would not hurt anyone new if they are here for the right reasons and plan on being a contributing part of the community.
Just my thoughts, see you at the tables @lucksacks.com
Until then take care,
@sultnpapper

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Hm, don't know how I feel about capping the rep to 30 for 30 days - That seems rather low. Maybe allow max. one rep level per day?

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emilclaudell (53) · 7 years ago

I just made my very first blog post, in the introduceyourself section. Let's see if anyone sees it. I put some thought into it, so it would be lovely :)

Merry Christmas

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Checked it out, upvoted + resteemed with @welcoming ;)

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emilclaudell (53) · 7 years ago

Again, thank you so much. I'm looking forward to creating quality content :) It should really become a lot better with time, as i'm learning, i'm still new to all of this

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hidden84 (62) · 7 years ago

Glad I found this.
I am new here, and i failed my introduction post three days ago. I am not saying that is failure because low money it raised, but because it didnt bring me much connections.

But I decide not to give up, and this last couple of days was really hard. I started to ad valuable comments to the newbies, and join couple of great discord channels where I can learn form friendly Steemians. I decided that I will start to publish content continuously, and I hope that I will build some auditorium here.

Today, I reached my first milestone - over 10 followers ;-) It is small step for Steemit, but big for me :-)

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theaustrianguy (72) · 7 years ago

Hey ;) I gave the post a look - Maybe you should think about adding a picture and removing the ref-link (people don't like reflinks here ;))!

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hidden84 (62) · 7 years ago

Thank you for reply! I did it, and it looks better now :-)

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aussieninja (62) · 7 years ago

I try and go through this section too... but honestly it seems rare that there is actually a real person actually introducing themselves. I'd love to support newcomers, and I think a little incentivizing boost will help people get into the groove of adding value into the platform.

I can tell you from experience as someone who barely made $0.30 in all his posts, it's very demoralizing to spend time on posts only to have them ignored, even in the #introduceyourself section. It's not the money, it's the value and attention. I honestly can't tell the difference between my posts and the posts of people I like who get $0.03 and other #introduceyourself posts that get $50. It doesn't make any sense...

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