I think you pretty much covered everything someone hearing about the idea for the first time would need to know. Maybe powering up could have been slipped in, or rather just the idea that as that as your contribution grows, so does your influence, so (in theory) do the rewards. I'm new here myself, getting ready to post what I consider to be good quality content - frequently - but just nosing around for the moment, finding my feet. Anyone who has an interest in Steemit succeeding should be thankful for posts like this, so good on you and thanks.
Saw this through @omitaylor's RT on Twitter, which I've re-retweeted in turn. Love your instrumentarium, btw, which I just saw in all its glory (well, except for the didgeridoos) in your Creation Station post.
Thanks so much @gussiefinknottle! I appreciate that heaps!
I didn't really want to get into the nitty-gritty of how Steemit best works to grow an account in this video. Powering Up is an important concept to grasp for a newbie. No doubt, but that's a video/blog post for people who've already joined.
The purpose of this video is for attracting the attention of an FB user that has never heard of Steemit ever before.
That's so cool that you saw this through Omi's retweet on twitter. She's friggin' awesome!
Yes! Don't hesitate any longer. Get posting asap. At least start by resteeming posts that you like so that you're supporting other content creators and generating some income flow and reputation to your account.
Commenting like you have here is key to building a network, but people aren't likely to follow you until you post some content to your blog, so they know what you stand for.
From that point you'll have the opportunity to be invited to some fun and powerful group communities here.
Yep, point taken about reaching out to the outside world rather than preaching to the converted. My comment about powering up certainly wasn't meant as a criticism, I should make clear.
You nailed it with Omi. She's the best, and like I told her she's just the kind of (highly competent) glue that's needed to help bind this whole thing together if we're going to build it into the fantastic thing it could be. Not that it isn't already but, you know, there are some problems too.
I have to put one or two things in order (not least positioning myself for any crypto bull run :o)) but very soon now I'll be putting my strategy into action, which is to get writing some posts then start to upload them while writing others. Then work towards becoming a steemiteditor, though that's another story. Have been putting time into building what promise to be some really solid connections, but of course you're right, it's by posting that I'll start to grow.
Enough about me. Point is, this was really useful, exactly because it's designed to pull in people onto the platform from outside. Thanks for the super-friendly reply, and certainly hope to have more contact, not least because music is my main thing.
Yeah, it’s a great question to ask, @mattclarke mate. I was vaguely aware that fb might shadowban Steemit links so I used a YouTube link instead and made the rest of the post native on fb.
That way it could get seen.
That being said, it only got seen by a fraction of my normal fb audience, which means that there’s possibly a keyword shadowban also on even using the name Steemit in posts on fb.
A year from now, a friend is going to wonder why I didn't tell him about STEEM. He's going to go to my Facebook page and see dozens of posts that never appeared in his feed.
Then he's going to delete Facebook, and that's how we win :)
I love that line of thinking. I’ll be sure to keep up the Steemit blast on fb even more now with that in mind. thanks for that
It’s true. Our genuine fb connections are going to start thinking, “hey where’s _____? They’ve not posted in ages.” Then they check. “Oh those fb cunce!”
Haha
Steemit is rewarding. they have set a new standard- Now, because of their reward system any social media/community that will be introduced will be forced to pay users for participation; if they want to succeed.
It may seem like a great idea to self-vote your comments. Hey, you get all the value back and you get sent to the top of the user's page! Isn't that nice? Well, all the reasons Nathan gave you not to do that are valid ones, and I'm about to give you another: people who are a lot less nice than he is will come along and flag away the value of your vote. So not only don't you get it, neither do the nice people you might have voted on if you were valuing their content. You have 77% self-votes, so you're clearly not approaching the concept of voting as a way to reward other users and grow the community. Please change.
Gah! I almost followed you from your first comment, until I saw this comment and saw that you gave yourself 100% upvotes (but that you're not really giving upvotes to others).
A piece of advice.
The follow for follow type of comments are frowned upon on this platform and this platform doesn't need more people who are mostly interested in paying themselves rather than making great content and supporting other people's content.
When you make a comment, make sure the comment is interesting, relevant (in that it shows that you actually watched/read/listened to the post) and doesn't ask for a follow back.
Why?
Because when you ask for a follow back you expose your ulterior motives for commenting in the first place. It's disingenuous. And besides, you should only follow someone if you are genuinely interested in them and the content they make, not because you want something in return.
Having a large following here that doesn't care about you is completely pointless and won't earn you more money either.
Not only that, but you will be completely ignored by scouts of great communities that really help you grow your account. I am a scout, but I blacklist people who demand follow for follow or upvote for upvote.
I hope this advice helps you on your path here in Steemit.
Blessings
“There is always something positive in something that someone created.” I could not agree more ❤️
This video is fantastic and the post is just fucking brilliant. Thank you so much for making this.
Never made the connection that the positivity comes from the fact that negativity on the platform will simply costs ppl their money and reputation! This is the solution to trolling indeed! So obvious to me now! Man, thanks for spreading the word on steemit!
An activist friend of mine @Tawasi introduced me to steemit and Im just finding my way around but this post gives me hope. I too am sort of stepping away slowly from FB for not so cliched reasons and this site is proving to be great. I want more of my friends to use it. Im definitely sharing this to facebook. :) Thanks man.
Still Steemit hahhahah!!
But yeah true where else but in Steemit would I get to meet people like you and the rest of the Helpies.
I know it's steemit @maverickinvictus!!
This is a post I intend to share with my FB networks and want opinions from my Steemit colleagues...
I love this. Sorry for the short comment. I'm speechless.
Naw! Thanks so much spunky!
And thanks for retweeting it! Yay!
You're welcome (love the nickname "spunky" haha)
Top stuff, Nathan - testify!
I think you pretty much covered everything someone hearing about the idea for the first time would need to know. Maybe powering up could have been slipped in, or rather just the idea that as that as your contribution grows, so does your influence, so (in theory) do the rewards. I'm new here myself, getting ready to post what I consider to be good quality content - frequently - but just nosing around for the moment, finding my feet. Anyone who has an interest in Steemit succeeding should be thankful for posts like this, so good on you and thanks.
Saw this through @omitaylor's RT on Twitter, which I've re-retweeted in turn. Love your instrumentarium, btw, which I just saw in all its glory (well, except for the didgeridoos) in your Creation Station post.
Thanks so much @gussiefinknottle! I appreciate that heaps!
I didn't really want to get into the nitty-gritty of how Steemit best works to grow an account in this video. Powering Up is an important concept to grasp for a newbie. No doubt, but that's a video/blog post for people who've already joined.
The purpose of this video is for attracting the attention of an FB user that has never heard of Steemit ever before.
That's so cool that you saw this through Omi's retweet on twitter. She's friggin' awesome!
Yes! Don't hesitate any longer. Get posting asap. At least start by resteeming posts that you like so that you're supporting other content creators and generating some income flow and reputation to your account.
Commenting like you have here is key to building a network, but people aren't likely to follow you until you post some content to your blog, so they know what you stand for.
From that point you'll have the opportunity to be invited to some fun and powerful group communities here.
Keep in touch...
Blessings
Yep, point taken about reaching out to the outside world rather than preaching to the converted. My comment about powering up certainly wasn't meant as a criticism, I should make clear.
You nailed it with Omi. She's the best, and like I told her she's just the kind of (highly competent) glue that's needed to help bind this whole thing together if we're going to build it into the fantastic thing it could be. Not that it isn't already but, you know, there are some problems too.
I have to put one or two things in order (not least positioning myself for any crypto bull run :o)) but very soon now I'll be putting my strategy into action, which is to get writing some posts then start to upload them while writing others. Then work towards becoming a steemiteditor, though that's another story. Have been putting time into building what promise to be some really solid connections, but of course you're right, it's by posting that I'll start to grow.
Enough about me. Point is, this was really useful, exactly because it's designed to pull in people onto the platform from outside. Thanks for the super-friendly reply, and certainly hope to have more contact, not least because music is my main thing.
"Enough silly Nathan." Nevvaaahhhh. Resteeming because yessss.
Thanks so much, you angel being @paintingangels!
You even wrote "Never" in an Aussie accent!
Yesssss!
Haha!
She's all apples, mate!!!! (my hubby said that means everything is awesome in Aussie... is he right?) Are we all apples, mate?
Haha! Kewl!
“She’ll be apples, mate.” Is a more common term, but yes, that’s what it means - it’ll be all good or it’s all ok.
Hehe
How'd this go, Nathan? I've found steemit links tend to get shadowbanned on facebook, not sure if Mark's added dlive to the algorithm yet.
Yeah, it’s a great question to ask, @mattclarke mate. I was vaguely aware that fb might shadowban Steemit links so I used a YouTube link instead and made the rest of the post native on fb.
That way it could get seen.
That being said, it only got seen by a fraction of my normal fb audience, which means that there’s possibly a keyword shadowban also on even using the name Steemit in posts on fb.
A year from now, a friend is going to wonder why I didn't tell him about STEEM. He's going to go to my Facebook page and see dozens of posts that never appeared in his feed.
Then he's going to delete Facebook, and that's how we win :)
I love that line of thinking. I’ll be sure to keep up the Steemit blast on fb even more now with that in mind. thanks for that
It’s true. Our genuine fb connections are going to start thinking, “hey where’s _____? They’ve not posted in ages.” Then they check. “Oh those fb cunce!”
Haha
Not my first rodeo ;)
Super awesome Nathan, love it. Spread the worrrdddd!!!!!
Thanks so much lovely @amymya!
Bless ya <3
Steemit is rewarding. they have set a new standard- Now, because of their reward system any social media/community that will be introduced will be forced to pay users for participation; if they want to succeed.
Hi @nathankaye, i have followed you. please do follow me @itsystems. i needed to reach out to steemit users
It may seem like a great idea to self-vote your comments. Hey, you get all the value back and you get sent to the top of the user's page! Isn't that nice? Well, all the reasons Nathan gave you not to do that are valid ones, and I'm about to give you another: people who are a lot less nice than he is will come along and flag away the value of your vote. So not only don't you get it, neither do the nice people you might have voted on if you were valuing their content. You have 77% self-votes, so you're clearly not approaching the concept of voting as a way to reward other users and grow the community. Please change.
Gah! I almost followed you from your first comment, until I saw this comment and saw that you gave yourself 100% upvotes (but that you're not really giving upvotes to others).
A piece of advice.
The follow for follow type of comments are frowned upon on this platform and this platform doesn't need more people who are mostly interested in paying themselves rather than making great content and supporting other people's content.
When you make a comment, make sure the comment is interesting, relevant (in that it shows that you actually watched/read/listened to the post) and doesn't ask for a follow back.
Why?
Because when you ask for a follow back you expose your ulterior motives for commenting in the first place. It's disingenuous. And besides, you should only follow someone if you are genuinely interested in them and the content they make, not because you want something in return.
Having a large following here that doesn't care about you is completely pointless and won't earn you more money either.
Not only that, but you will be completely ignored by scouts of great communities that really help you grow your account. I am a scout, but I blacklist people who demand follow for follow or upvote for upvote.
I hope this advice helps you on your path here in Steemit.
Blessings
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STOP“There is always something positive in something that someone created.” I could not agree more ❤️
This video is fantastic and the post is just fucking brilliant. Thank you so much for making this.
Every youtube insta-famous wannabe needs to watch and understand this!
Thanks to @tcpolymath, this post was resteemed and highlighted in today's edition of The Daily Sneak.
Thank you for your efforts to create quality content!
Never made the connection that the positivity comes from the fact that negativity on the platform will simply costs ppl their money and reputation! This is the solution to trolling indeed! So obvious to me now! Man, thanks for spreading the word on steemit!
An activist friend of mine @Tawasi introduced me to steemit and Im just finding my way around but this post gives me hope. I too am sort of stepping away slowly from FB for not so cliched reasons and this site is proving to be great. I want more of my friends to use it. Im definitely sharing this to facebook. :) Thanks man.