2017 is drawing to a close. It's certainly been an eventful one. We have a Twitter troll in the Whitehouse and a young dictator has been showing off his dangerous toys. It's not like there's not enough suffering in the world. When we have the tools to bring us together people are killing others just for being different to them. We can get excited about Steemit and cryptocurrencies, but you have to have some perspective about how bad life is for a large portion of the world population. I do think tools like Steemit have the potential to empower some of the poorer people if they at least have access to the necessary technology, but some need the essentials before that.
I like to think there is hope for the world. I believe that most people are good and that it's a tiny minority who want to stir up trouble. We can't let them win.
Now I've got that off my chest, let's do a quick run-down on what this year has been like for Steemit.
The Steemit site has rocketed up the Alexa chart. It's currently the 240th most visited site in South Korea and doing really well in many other countries. The trend is still upwards.
The Steem price has gone up over 15 times in a year. People worry about it dropping a few cents, but it's really doing okay. It's been higher than this a few times, but it could be worth a lot more next year. Of course Bitcoin has also gone up by a similar amount, but I expect it to lose dominance.
I'm not sure how many accounts Steemit had a year ago. It was probably around 100k. Now it's well over 500k. In a year I expect it to be many millions. Hardfork 20 will bring changes that will allow this to happen. That's going to make it a very different place. I hope we get the tools to make it manageable.
My own journey has been fairly dramatic. The Steem Whales chart has not been updating lately, but you can see I've really powered up. I've gone from 300 followers to nearly 3000. I appreciate that many are bots or inactive, but I get far more responses here than on any other social site I've used.
We can't ignore that there are disruptive elements here. Some of the whales seem intent on causing trouble or just on enriching themselves. That's the price of the freedom we want here. I hope they don't choose to attack me. I've been trying to avoid confrontation, but I have been supporting some of those who deal with the abuse. In some cases we would need the biggest whales to counter the attacks as most of us fear retaliation. I will continue to flag some of the lesser spammers to discourage their behaviour. I want Steemit to be a friendly and productive place. I'm supporting some people who are doing good work here. It's up to us all to try and make this the place we want it to be.
Steem on into 2018!
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I don't mind so much about the crypto-prices, but hope the nations keep peace.
Happy New Year, Steve! I share your hope for the world. Even though many things seem to move backwards I am looking forward to 2018.
Happy New Year Steve.
It has been good to get to know you and thank you for all your help on my journey on steemit.
i think the more content we put out here that helps people build a solid base of connections will empower them to go and out do that for everyone else too -- at least that's my hope. want to thank you for the support, chats, hanging out at steemfest and information you have posted over the course of 2017. have a great 2018 matey!
Keep Steemin’, @steevc. Things are looking great and this could become one of the most pivotal, in an empowering way, social networks the world has seen yet.
Thanks for your regular upvotes and comments, to be found by somebody who has been here a longer time and who actively contributes to the community is a reward to any newcomer and the perfect motivation for everyone to keep going.
2016 and 2017 were the years which brought, and validated, way too much nonsense. 2018, and beyond, will be the year sense takes back control. Despite all impending doom, as Bill Gate so often repeats, this is an awesome era to live in and we are even luckier ourselves, because we have found and contribute to the Steem ecosystem.
Happy new year. You have doing well. It is 50th day of mine in steemit . Not much new or not old. within 50 days I learn more. The more I have entered in steemit the more I have learnt. sometimes I have wrong and punished 😀.
Sometimes I could not recognized what could be write or not. Though I think I am new here till. Because I have to learn more here and do work for go ahead. There are some people supporting.Thank you for sharing. I am your follower. Best of luck.
2017 has definitely been a roller coaster of a year, but for me and probably you to, there have been far more ups than downs. Here's to hoping 2018 brings in even more.
I don't know if I would call Trump a young dictator, but he has definitely spread fear throughout the world. Politics aside, I think we are still just at the beginning of the journey in crypto, especially here on steemit. A few more big names, an easier signup process and a few other improvements and this place will really take off. Happy New Year and all the best in 2018
Happy new year in advance Steve.
I'm trying hard not to let the current disruptive behavior and somewhat negative vibe i'm getting here let 2017 end on a flat note.
It really shouldn't be the case looking at the progress the Blockchain has made this year. Look at all the new applications, look at the price of Steem and SBDs - it's been a great year!
Best wishes for 2018
Asher
Have a great 2018!
2018 will be the year when many project need to deliver, many projects will fail and their tokens will lose their pumped value. Be sure to follow high quality projects, we are still watching a revolution that we will look back to many years from now.
Can we just agree to call him a twit?
You have reasoned well. This community must be to the betterment of every follower, we must all work together and never allow selfishness to rule us. Steemit...Together to greater height
Happy New Year!
If you're gonna celebrate tonight big, you can check the New Year's contest I do on my blog.
happy new year 2018';;
You have contemplated well. This people group must be to the advancement of each adherent, we should all cooperate..
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Informative post....
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Nice post.Upvote and resteem done.
What about your thoughts?
Happy new year sir
yeh i agree steemit is growing day by day and keep rising positively