It feels way longer than 2 years since I introduced my alter ego "Flipstar".
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A journey full of ...
...full of mixed emotions. Jealousy, disappointments and frustration but also a lot of laughs, support, hope and friendship.
2 years ago Steem was a different beast. No one was playing Steemmonsters or got gray hair because magic dice just exit scammed.
It was only about blogging and Steemit. When I joined the drama was all about if you should upvote your own comments.
Trending was bid bot free and full of good and shit posts. A hardfork was around the corner, people were talking about whale wars and in the middle somewhere a clueless Flipstar trying to make sense out of Steem, SBD, SP and Steemit.
Confidence or arrogance
Probably a mix of both made me post my introduction post. I could not find a blog like I was planning and despite people never asked for this they clearly wanted one...at least that was my hope.
Also Jerry Banfield promised Steem will be the way to the promised land (yes looking back I would like to had a better reason why I joined as well).
I think you also need both to blog. The confidence to put yourself out there and the arrogance to believe people will actually read, enjoy and here ultimatelyupvote your content.
Envy and hope as a carrot on a stick
Works for them so why does it not work for me...it will work for me as well.
Something like this had to be my thoughts for quite some time.
And with every new follower and true interaction I had, the carrot seems to come closer and suddenly the person holding the carrot let you have a bite and I were able to cross over several goals I set for myself.
- x amount of follower
- x amount of upvotes on a post
- x amount of payouts on a post
Not only Steem changed
No, in those 2 years I ve changed myself and with that my perception of Steem.
This seems to be an ever evolving process.
I take my account and my journey here serious...mostly. This came to a point were I had absolutely no fun here and was only frustrated. This even spread into my "real life" and was not what I signed up for and so I had to rethink and adjust my relationship with this blockchain (sounds ridiculous if I write it out tbh)
Looking ahead
I figure also in the next 2 years Steem will be a source of frustration. But I am making an active effort to make it at least an equal amount of joy.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum zweiten Steemjahr und zum Überleben der Windpocken ;-)
Da mein Vote momentan sowieso etwas kleiner ist habe ich dir mal ein paar SBI shares geschickt, auf das die kommende Frustration dem Spaß unterliegt ^^
Die Pocken sind leider noch da aber es geht mir schon erheblich besser.
Das ist sehr nett von dir vielen dank.
Der Spass soll auf jeden Fall wieder erhöhtes vorkommen haben
Das ist gut zu hören, hoffentlich sind die Pocken auch bald endlich weg.
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Where is my 2 year anniversary notification! Damn, time flys! 😎
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We need miuch more role model steemians like you :-)
Congrats dear @flipstar :-)
Resteemed :-)
I doubt that but I appricate the lie :-)
thank you for all the support through those 2 years
Beep Boop, botty loves you. :)
Happy steem-iversary, thanks for the support . Weve been through some good and bad times, but weve all made it this far.
Here is to another 2 years. Cheers (@welshstacker)
thank you.
Will be interesting to see how everything will look and work in 2 years.
Happy birthday man!
I know you've been up and down like a [insert country here] whore with the Steem at times, as have most of us I suspect (maybe without the whores though).
No longer enjoying something but doing it anyway sounds like a recipe for disaster and so I hope that your readjustments have worked and expectations are balanced right. Because, I like your shit-posts and banter in DM :)
Actaully there was. Before I got sick I made an effort to comment more and with that I got a lof of comments under my own shitposts again which was really motivating.
When I am totally recovered I want to continue on this path as it made my steem micro cosmos much more enjoyable.
The arrogant thought that people should come to me was in my subconscious somewhere I guess
Chicken Pox... you should have had it as a 6 year old!
I think you only need 20/30 frequent interactions - better for you and your account if these guys have some SP. oh, I just described a circle-jerk :)
But yeah, replying to almost every comment/visitor and a little vote, and some daily exploring of the chain is the way to do it.
6 year old Flipstar was an ass and dodged this somehow that sneaky bastard.
This circle jerk thing sounds intersting :-)
Like a I scratch your back and you mine kind of deal...like a backscratcher
C pox is one to get over and done with, I hear it becomes worse with age.
Something like that, although it's better to scratch the backs of people you engage with and enjoy making fun of :)
it is a bitch nevertheless and I hope I will no be Scarstar from now on.
The people I make fun of are not the people I engage or want to scratch their bags but the people I make fun with way more therfore
Glad you stuck around for 2 years. You are one of blogs I enjoy because it comes off as “real” to me.
Hope many of us are able to stick around for a long time to come!
that is quite the compliment.
thank you
Ohne Dich wäre es definitiv erheblich unlustiger hier. Ist mal wieder ein drunken Rage-Video geplant? Auf die nächsten 24 Monate. Cheers
Na ja wirklich geplant nicht aber ich werde bestimmt nochmal drunk sein und dabei ragen also, alles kann nichts muss
Herzliche Gratulation! 👏🏼
Auf weitere tolle Jahre! 😊Auch von mir viel Gesundheit! 👍🏼
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vielen dank
How quickly the time flies around that's a perfect example what a journey you had here is spectacular many more years to come :D congratulations
thank you
Happy anniversary, flipstar!
It's good you stick around here. No matter how this place becomes to this day, I'm happy to know some friends like you. You are one of the coolest steemians out there!
wow thanks but I really hope I am not that would look bad fro steem :-)
Hahaha a two years where you've definitely seen it all, from bid bots to shit posts and whale dominance I definitely think it must've been a dramatic two years and well the good old days are changing, I imagine your relationship with steem and how it can be frustrated sometimes, yet Still congratulations buddy on your milestone.
thank you.
Will be intersting when we look back in another couple of years
Yeah we shoul, well your posts aren't really shit, I've seen real shit posts lol ,
so I cant really shitpost proper...dame it
Congratulations to 2 years on #Steem. I hope the next two are going to be fun and not frustrating.
Chicken pox as an adult is a terrible thing!! Hope you will be fully over it soon.
Thank you so very, very much for the delegation. Very much appreciated!
I hope so as well both the fun and the chicken pox.
Enjoy the bit of extra SP :-)
wow! 2 years! heypi steemiversary to you! 🎉
Gratuliere zum Geburtstag, ich wünsch dir einfach mal passend aktuell viel Gesundheit ;)
Die kann ich im Moment auch am besten gebrauchen. Vielen Dank
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