RE: My second week on Steemit - What I don't like to far

Atmosphere

It kinda feels dead here, no real connection, most people here just trying to make money and that's it, I don't know, it just doesn't feel right.

You have not found the right communities or people yet then. Do you recall the Bali Volcano from late last year, and all the peoples in several small communities had to evacuate, they were evacuated for quite a long time. @samstonehill and @chron did a charity drive on steemit to try and help ease the peoples burden a little bit, they raised money, awareness, and followed through with their promise of camp kits for some of the peoples.

Go visit @lynncoyle1 's blog, ask her if she thinks there is no "Connections" between people on steemit. There are good people on steemit. You just need to find the right community.

I'll leave all the "upvote" issues for someone else to explain it to you. A lot of the whales Invested their money in steemit, so yes they have more SP than you, or me. Once again it comes to community, find one that looks good to you, see if you fit in there. Trying to make a *community fit you is not going to work, unless you build your own.

If you have not done so yet, examine some of the steemitchat rooms, or the discord chat rooms, surf a little bit through all the tags, tag the weekend to do a little bit ore exploring. I will tell you most of the stuff on trending and hot tabs are bought and paid for spots with bots, so usefulness is somewhat questionable when it comes to finding a group of like minded individuals.

Thank you @bashadow for using me and @briancourteau's story as a beautiful example of what a community actually looks like here! I'm so glad that you are a part of ours :)

@talkingwiseshit, I'm not too sure how long you have been here, but here's a little analogy I've used in a past post to explain my take on steemit and why commenting is so very important (as opposed to blogging) to develop your community here:

Imagine moving to a new town where you don't know a soul. You're so excited to be there, so you decide to throw a party. You meticulously plan everything, you buy and prepare food and drinks for everyone, and you even decorate. It takes a lot of time and effort, but that's ok, because when the night of the party arrives, everything is perfect. Your house looks great, the food and drinks look awesome, and you even look like a million bucks. It's all ready. So you open your front door and you wait, and wait, and wait...

...and not a single soul shows up. Absolutely no one.

Of course there are those here who focus on themselves and the money they can make. I choose to focus on like-minded indivduals who want to develop genuine relationships, and like @bashadow suggested, there are a lot of groups like @newbieresteemday whose focus is on community and welcoming and supporting folks here. I am a member of several and would gladly extend an invitation to you if you are interested.

I'm glad you are going to stick it out; trust me, it is worth it :)