Dear Steemians...
I have been a member for 15 months. - It's been a helluva ride but now it's time to let you know why I would leave Steemit.
We'll start right away.
- Steemit is and always have been considered a lottery.
Many Steemians have stated numerous of times that Steemit is a BS, Lottery-site. - Some people even claim Steemit to be pure scam. - I have always been a self-claimed support pillar on Steemit, and I've also been there to defend and protect Steemit when these things occured.
When I first joined Steemit, 15 months ago, I had great success quickly. With articles being rewarded $500+, $700+ and $800+ I obviously had to defend Steemit and protect it from these scumbags who called Steemit and the creators con-artists and scammers. - I was able to withdraw the money I made and it was the best experience I've ever had online. Period.
I have been working as a full time freelancer from the "comfort" of my home for several years and I had never made so easy money this quickly. - I joined Steemit for the money.
My success continued and I was able to reap great rewards more than a handful of times. - One year ago.
Most of these amazing and incredible rewards I got was due to @dantheman's upvotes. He not only boosted my rewards to ~$300, he also put my article in the trending pages and I was able to reap even more rewards from people like @blocktrades and @smooth.
@smooth was also the first Steemian who ever voted on my old content, and gave me an amazing boost of an extra $100+ or so on at least two of my articles. - One year ago.
Not only have I brought a bunch of people to Steemit...
I have also gained more than 1280+ followers and have reached almost 2600 posts in total. - I have never had consistent support by dolphins or whales and I've "walked the walk" so to speak. - From scratch.
Let me share something else:
- This is my stats for my previous articles.
If we dig deeper and check the actual upvotes I've got on the first mentioned article in the picture above you'll find this:
- Do you notice the marked usernames?
Look at who these people are. - They are not people. These are bots who I've paid money.
- And that pretty much sums everything up.
I tend to be rewarded for my contributions by the bots I pay.
Take a deeper look on my other articles:
That being said...
- Take a look at http://steemvp.com/, A SteemTool by @roelandp.
35 posts and $161.14 in rewards.
teamsteem is my mvp and I am truly honored for all the support he has given me.
Here you have something you'll recognize...
This means that I basically pay to give myself rewards. - There's no question about it, teamsteem and other users who upvotes my content is obviously a factor. - But the most rewards I get is paid votes which I've spent money to get.
This basically means...
That if I didn't pay for these votes, I would have about 60% less rewards in total.
- Thank god for randowhale and other bots, right?
In all honesty.
I deserve more than this. Way more than this.
I've contributed a shit ton of things. I've written articles about my panic attacks, my depression, my anxiety and my fathers death. I've shared many personal things, tons of photos and a bunch of articles to help, aid, support and assist minnows. - I've shared my own experience and I've given people ideas. - I strive to help, encourage, inspire and motivate others... And I pave the way for others.
- Am I really worth these nickels and dimes, and nothing besides that?
What hurts the most, is that I've witnessed so many fantastic and amazing things on Steemit during my here. - I've seen some users who've been member for just a few weeks reaping hundreds of dollars. On a daily basis too..
- And I'm still sitting here with holes in my pockets begging neoxian for a loan when I basically should be able to earn those 350 I borrowed from 2 or 3 articles maximum.
I've been a member for more than a year... - I publish articles on a daily basis... - I help people... - What more do you want from me?!
I bring people to Steemit. I advertise Steemit. I talk about Steemit on a daily basis. I write articles on Steemit. I help minnows. I help others around me on a daily basis. - I share content in various niches. - I do everything... Yet, I'm being almost ignored.
WHY....?
Why am I ignored and others are laughing all the way to the bank?
Is it because I'm from Sweden?
Is it because I'm not native in English?
Is it because I don't publish food related content?
Is it because I don't publish content in chinese?
Is it because I don't publish NSFW content?
Is it because I'm a lousy author?
Or... Am I just unlucky?
These are all questions I have floating around inside my head. 24/7. - What more can I do? - Is it time to just give up?
- Why should I pour my heart into this when I'm not being appreciated for the things I do?
I've had great success. - One year ago.
- Perhaps I should've just stopped and moved on when I had the chance of turning my back on you with my head up high.
Perhaps I should've quit Steemit when I was proud of the things I'd accomplished. - When I had great success.
Unfortunately... - For all of us.
I'm not a quitter. I don't give up easily, because that's not in my nature.
One can only do so much...
I had high hopes and dreams... - Those are almost shattered.
I joined Steemit for the money... But I stayed for the community and the possibilities.
- Perhaps I was wrong.
Perhaps I should've published articles for the money at all times. Perhaps I should've been an greedy arse who never gave anything back. Perhaps I should never have given away SBD to people around me who was in need of help. Perhaps I should never have donated SBD to the travel fund for STEEMFEST... - But I did, because I am a giver.
- And I'm still here. Still almost ignored. - Still struggling.
Before I end this article... I want you to realize one thing.
I DON'T QUIT.
This is not my "farewell" article. This is nothing like that. - However, this is some of the reasons for me to leave Steemit, if I would quit.
- And you know what?
This is also why OTHERS are leaving.
That's all for now. Hopefully, you'll figure out what to do next...
Shit mate, while I was reading I was thinking the proper answer to convince you to stay, the arguments I would use to tell you this is not the way to leave, that you still have people who reads you and care. I might not vote on everything you do because I hardly keep up on my own posts, hadn´t wrote in almost 20 days and recently started again.
I can´t tell you how hard you played me like a fiddle while reading this, you wrote this marvellously and I can´t express how happy I am to read that you are one of the winning team, the one that does not quit, the one that resurfaces from the ashes.
I gotta tell you as I told you before, you have a pal in me. For real.
I know it is not much, it will be around 20 SBD extra, but if you let me nominate this post for @ocd I would gladly do it. It is usyally a boost for new users but shit, I will convince the team to make an exception.
Peace my friend and keep that freaking chin up like you always have.
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Haha, I'm glad you liked it @anomadsoul. :) - Feel free to nominate this or refer to this thread at any point.
I do appreciate your comment and I totally understand that one cannot vote on everything, comment on everything and resteem everything. It's impossible and we all have a life outside of Steemit too. :D
That being said though, Steemit is, and have always been a pretty hard community to become well-known and established in. And without being that, you'll also face a really difficult time being well-rewarded for your contributions too.. But many of the minnows out there doesn't fully understand that. - Which is one of the reasons I chose to target minnows and support them. - I want others to be rewarded for their contributions and I want others to feel welcome and appreciated too.. - But during the same time I wish these things for others, I also wish the same for myself too. - And I truly am thankful and grateful for each and every single upvote, comment and resteem I've got during my time on Steemit. And I truly appreciate every single follower and reader I have. Follower or not. - Those things are for me, the real rewards.
However, when you stop for a few seconds and take a look at the details.. - You can clearly see that you haven't been rewarded as much as many, many other Steemians... - And it has to be some sort of reason for that.
That reason is what I've been trying to figure out for a long period of time now.. Without much success. And even though I feel despair and if I feel unlucky or sad at times. - I am still honored and grateful for the opportunity I've been given.
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I have been here far less than you but can relate. I can be disheartening when you spend literally hours creating content to post, only for any rewards to be relatively low. Ultimately, we did ALL come here to earn. But it is the community that keeps us here.
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That is very true. This is actually one of the most common things I have to answer too.
Tons of people are asking me this, and several people are angry, sad and desperate, and many of them are calling Steemit a lottery, scam, crap or bs. Because those with money continue to earn money and most others doesn't earn more than a few cents or a dollar.
I mean, I've always said that effort, time and quality will be rewarded, at some point. Sooner or later. But it's hard to stay positive and tell them the same thing on daily basis when you spend a few seconds thinking about the time you spend and the rewards you get.. In comparision to others.
I wouldn't compare myself with whales or dolphins as they have tons of SP.. But compare yourself with a minnow. With a user who've been a member for a few weeks... - And once you do that, you realize that some of these people are getting hundreds of dollars in rewards on all their posts. Regularly. - That's kind of hard to explain with a positive attitude and encouraging words to those who're about to leave.
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what a touching story, I have been on the plat form for about 5 months now and the reward has not been attractive to me at all, but what can I do I have to keep pressing on and hope that things turn out well one day.
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When posting ask yourself how can i help the community
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Yeah. That's a good and valid question. However, I've been asking myself that question for about 15 months already and I've been doing tons of things for the community during the time I've been here.
So, even though it's a good and valid question, the answer you find might not be the same as for others.
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Nice insides on the early days. It was much easier to survive on Steemit. I am quite new here and understand why are you suffering now. The platform is big now (already) and more and more users are joining. Tough times.
I like your post its. Hold on, don't quit.
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I've read a number of "goodbye" posts recently, which is sobering as a new minnow, but yours is unique because you're telling me you were making a lot of money on posts, even early ones, but now you aren't.
Do you have any more insight into why your earnings went down? Is it due to your whale "benefactors" being less active? Is it due to the recent fork?
I personally think the curation system itself is completely faulty and actually encourages people to only vote for whales. It's a bad faith system.
I also read that one way many whales got to where they are is by buying a lot of steem power when the price of steem was super low (this person claimed $.07). That would make sense--and also means they didn't get their initial leverage by "contributing to the community", even if they now do.
Anyways, I intend to keep at it, but definitely won't be spending large sums of time here until I can know I'll get a decent payout from posts. It's just not worth it as a minnow.
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I guess it's becoming harder to get noticed as the platform grows.
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glad to see you @hitmeasap I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community :) Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me at @Gnichov
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These are hard times indeed here on Steemit...at least, you're not alone...most of us are in the same situation.
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More than wonderful thank you for the
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It hurts both ways!
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I wish the best for you ! Follow me thank you
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I just stumbled upon your article and I needed to express myself.
Since a week, I was considering to leave Steem too. So, Your article is the kind I could have written... But as you, I am not a quiter.
I have the exact same feelings. And the exact same questions.
At least, you got some lucky articles on the plateforms.
Maybe as you, I am considering every day, to leave steem. Because I think, Steem it's not about what you do but about who you know...
And then I got lucky, someone vote me, and I decide to stay... Until the next time.
I think you (and me) should start to be less perfectionnist so we wouldn't spent so much time on our article.... We have to learn to lower our expectation and just play the game. Just as we were on Facebook or in our own blog...
I can believe that for you it must be very difficult(because you had been lucky). It's worst than being someone who have always been ignored.
I wish you good luck.
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