I find steemit a much different place than other social media platforms. It is a business to many and the up-voting can be about strategy and working within your network. But I find it resonates much higher than any other platform I have been on. My approach has been to seek out other poets and artists, to really read the posts and to give thoughtful comments. And slowly I see my community grow.
We are very lucky ... we get paid to create and support other artists. How cool is that. I guess I am extra lucky because steemit is something I do for me, but it just also happen to be supportive.
I too found the lack of vote power limiting and I made the choice to buy into the platform. It did grant better flow and allowed me to move around the platform more and to like those who took the time to leave a nice comment on my work. 500SP gets the slider, but then of course you will have to make a point of getting up and getting outside:) As always it comes down to balance:)
That has been my approach for reaching out, when we write poetry, we share a bit of ourselves, so it just feels right to respond with sincere and thoughtful comments. I always sincerely appreciate yours myself :)
It is amazing! Getting money from sharing what we love and getting to know wonderful people. It is so fortunate that we can do things for ourselves that benefit others, I found it so hard to think of things I could do for myself that didn't benefit anyone else. I love to bake but I also love to share. It took a long time for me to come round to trying it but I am glad I did.
Oh my you are right! I missed another parallel there, just as we can buy into steemit and be able to give more back to others, we can buy into ourselves, and be better able to be there for others. I am waiting for the prices to tip the right way and plan to convert some sbd but I don't think I will be able to get to 500. I do really wish I could upvote more things, but I can understand buying in works out very well as a platform concept. It allows for it to support itself and so many others. Even without the ability to vote as much as I would like to, I still should probably get outside a bit more lol
You are so right. I saw it as investing in myself.
I would covert the SBD asap. I think the value of steem is only going to go up from here. There may however be dips in the day. The other things is that you ability to earn goes up with the more steempower you have. Even if it just means a penny increase in voting power, it makes a difference. Given there is not interest paid on SBD. It makes sense to keep it either as steem or steem power. There is more of a return.