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RE: Everyone On Facebook Needs To Quit And Come To Steemit... But Won't Because... Reasons...
I think where Facebook users get stuck in their ruts and don't come over to steemit, is because you have to basically become a writer/blogger in order to do so. Sure you could just upvote, resteem and follower users all day on steemit. But if you want to make a decent penny on here, you gotta write something appealing. I know from my experience, it was a struggle (still a struggle) to make content that both appeals to others While holding to own interests.
I think the appeal of money alone is not enough. It's still a very different forum from Facebook, that can alienate someone coming from fb quick.
I agree! Blogging here takes a lot more consideration than updating fb status or clicking an emoticon.
I don't see why, tho, people aren't more open to rounding up their usual posse, and doing one photo with a paragraph type posts, and then upvote one another like we do over there anyhow. Could invent cliquish hashtag to sort feeds.....
Yes, I agree that that is a big part of it - I'm just surprised by how many of the 'free thinker' types I kno w who aren't here and also those who always say they hate Facebook who aren't even here and are still on facebook!
It's still possible to use Steemit and not care about the money - maybe things will change once more evolved websites are created that operate on the Steem Blockchain.
I know what you mean. I honestly can't even scroll through fb now. It's all garbage on there. I don't get how my truther friends can still use it for any kind information, it's all social conditioning and privacy invasion.
Like tribe... Ya know...
I've never been tribe.
Tribe has been abandoned to really horror show types. Sad.
Agreed, although I do think that if millions of people flock to Steemit and people are able to largely recreate their friend networks on here mimicking their networks on FB, they they will be upvoting and replying to each others' content fairly often and regularly, even for posts devoid of much meaningful content, kind of how one sentence tweets can get thousands of retweets and likes, for example. Of course, that is a potential risk of the content quality degrading, but that will be entirely up to the democratic nature of people upvoting posts that are meaningful and helpful.
I agree 100%. Above, I suggest people start off with 1 pic and a paragraph to get their feet wet.
My first 3 months here, I was fortunate to be curated a few times and got some whale dolphin sized attention. I made like 170 sbd and cashed it for summer vacation at about 1.50 usd. This week was about my second 3 months here, and I penny and nickeled my way to 50 sbd. Well, that cashed into $700 usd for my bday trip etc! I like to say that "I only gamble on sure things". Well, sbd value is holding firm way above $1 usd--between 6 and 12 in fact!
For 6 months, I am averaging over $100 a month with lackadaisical participation. Any time I actually hang out and socialize, the numbers go up. It works if you work it.
It is a sure thing to gamble putting time and creating some care here!
Steem OM!
Pretty sure I can degrade the content all by myself ;)
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