Two months on Steemit are only a tenth of its entire life, but that's my experience so far. One that is completely new for me, interesting and promising at the same time. It's actually my first attempt of becoming a blogger and hopefully a successful one.
After making the previous posts about old social media platforms and new ones that are very promising I thought of trying to paint in words the portrait of a great Steemian. At least how I see him/her. There are some important names that I could include in the post, but I don't want to make it an advertising one.
First thing that got through my mind is that no blogger on this platform could be great without inspiring beginners like me and more to come. Every great leader or successful businessman has inspired others through his work. That's why we call them role models. Because they spark the desire in you of becoming great and proving at the same time that is possible.
That doesn't happen though without learning. Looking beyond the thousand of followers and Steem rewards in their wallet you may see thousands of hours invested in learning how to do it the best way. No one was born wise, but some have proven that time invested in learning always pays off.
After all the hours spent learning and all the hard work followed by the awaited achievements some decide to teach the newbies how to become successful on Steemit. Not all are greedy and selfish. There are many old and new posts very useful for the newcomers like you and me that give you some tips about life on Steemit. That's how some of them became teachers around here backed by a lot of experience and knowledge.
All this can't be built without trust. You have to earn your trust of your followers by offering the correct information, interesting and valuable content and your attention to their feedback. Without followers there's no chance of being great considering that most of your rewards come from them. Thus trust is as important as the learning process and is not easy to build at all. It takes time and effort to make someone read your posts every day trusting they won't loose their time scrolling through meaningless words.
Last, but not least my favorite topic: sharing and carrying. Without sharing your voting power, opinions and patience with other users you will end a lonely wolf devouring his prey. Great communities are made of individuals that interact with each other, not individuals "interacting" with themselves. After all it's not that hard to offer your attention to the ones crumbling to upvote your posts everyday.
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