Nice to see you @beeyou. I hope things are well with you and yours. :)
Well, spending 10-14 hours on Steemit is how I find the time. Writing consistently and as you say, commenting fervently, has been a little tougher. I went through a period of about two weeks nearing the end of June that I found myself not able to do much of anything. I wanted to. I was sitting in the chair in front of my computer, but not much happened. Not enough anyway.
Things are improving on that front and I'm moving on, and trying to get back into the consistency and fervency. :)
I'm glad you remember the comment because I don't think I do. I look forward to the response, though, whenever you can make it.
I've been told by no less than a lower witness (for now) that I've been doing this all wrong, and that if I truly want to get anywhere on Steemit, I need to get busy networking on Discord. I've been told that by a few other people, too.
And who knows, I might just start hanging out there one day, but there's just something about it that rubs me wrong. Like needing to go offsite, where the reward pool is, so I can improve my growth and earnings. It just doesn't sit right.
And the feeling isn't with those doing their best to make things work, thus going to Discord, it's the fact that there's not a messaging app or ability with Steemit itself, or even busy for that matter on site. Like Facebook. Like a 21st century social media site.
After that, though, there's this feeling of, "Why aren't you on Steemit doing the same thing?" I've managed to do some networking on Steemit. Surely, it can be done. i don't know. There's something clandestine or backroom about it that I need to figure out how to get over. :)
Hi Glen. Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I am always late in getting back, huh? :( I am well, but did have to deal with a bout of pneumonia. Still not fully better, but on my way!
I have to agree with the witness about networking being key on here. Don't get me wrong, there are individuals that will support others without asking anything in return. I have two big supporters that do so because of community support/or they like my content, and I've never once talked to them in discord.
I have seen others active in discord, in many discord rooms in fact, and they are also successful on steemit. As far as content being quality, well, that part is always subjective, right? It really also depends on the type on interaction you have. People that interact with influencers will always get more support. For my own experience, my focus back when I first started was helping newbies with the newbieresteemday team. Some newbies stuck around and others moved on, but we are all small so we grow slowly together. Definitely no big support there.
As with you, it doesn't sit right with how I see the system working on here. You have to play the game to succeed and many of us are too old for high school games. That is not the reason for us joining this platform. I do see your commitment to the platform and sincerest interaction with people. That is why I show my small support with steemauto, albeit not much. Most days, I have a hard time keeping my VP at a decent level, especially when I am interacting online.
Hope you find what works for you. Many people are finding themselves in similar predicaments. I guess we all have to go soul searching on the blockchain. :)
Oh, wow, pneumonia. I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you do get all the way better. It's okay if you're late. It's that you're still around and alive that counts. :)
I get all the networking, and I also can see that there are people who are successful because of it. You can tell, because it's certainly not all about their content (sometimes, yes, though), or their engagement, or their curation. They've managed to fall in with the right people through time spent offsite and, well, good for them.
I'm hoping to do exactly the same thing, but onsite. If all the influencers are offsite, well, then I don't know what to say about that other than it's not helping me, and anyone else who might decide going to one more workaround site because Steemit or busy or none of the other apps have built in messenger capabilities is, while well intended and better than nothing, not helping STEEM. The app needs to be onchain and it needs to be integrated into one or more of the apps people use here.
Also, I can't believe that everyone that goes to discord to chat is making headway. There's just too many mouths to feed. It's like a mama bird that instead of four of five chicks instead has five hundred. It feels a lot like begging, too, like going to the feet of the master.
Okay, I should stop. I'm not trying to take this out on you. You're not the one that need to hear it. Which goes to your point. This proves that I am waaaaay to old for this. High school is an apt description, especially when time and friends in high places are the two big factors for rapid success here. It's a popularity contest, just like it is on any other social media network.
I appreciate any support, @beeyou, great or small. Most of the autosupport I do get is small now, anyway, thanks to the STEEM price. I'd be nowhere without it. :)
Please take care of yourself.
Yes, I am still around. Still not fully well, but definitely on the right track.
We do share the same sentiments. You said it, popularity contest. For the socially adept, well, there is always self-voting and alt accounts! Too many variations to consider for a site claiming to pay for good content. We can go on and on but let's not. It is a broken record right now.
Thank you for the best wishes @glenalbrethsen. :) Happy to see you back in the reward pool for Asher's league (accepting it I mean). You deserve it being on the top every week!
I appreciate that. It's nice that so many have echoed that sentiment about me being back in the prize money on Asher's post this week.
I agree that it is a broken record. I'm just hoping it's not a dead horse, because I feel it's still worth discussing, and still needs to be discussed.
The issue will probably always be, though, that quality is subjective. After that, visibility stinks. Not much you can do about the first one without a pretty lengthy set of guidelines that people would probably not adhere to anyway, and while there's some things you can do about the second, it really needs to be coded, not worked around.
Unfortunately, there is also human nature, and when some don't want to post, comment and curate because they think it's dumb, or they're not good at it, or they don't have the time, or they can't wait to grow, they start figuring out how to use the system to their advantage. They shouldn't, but they do. So they do.
And that might be why we can't have nice things. Because there's a big pool of rewards sitting their for the taking and so people figure out how to get as big a share of it as possible with whatever resources, talent and time they have at their disposal.
Yep. I guess I talked about it. It's been 19 hours since you said you wouldn't, though. :)
I am glad you are around and on the mend. You are missed when you are away. People, including myself, do enjoy your comments and your company. You always add value, and you bring yourself to everything you do here. You are the reason why this platform was created, and the rest of us need to remember that always. :)
You still have to do what you need to do, so absolutely no pressure. Family and personal needs first. Always.