Rewind few years ago, Facebook was the social media monopoly king ( and remain so with regard to selfies, gossips, political fake news ) where many business owners like myself advertise, connect (before Linkedin ) and lost to ever increasing greed of the platform –which is requesting more advertisement money however ready to censor and delete what they think is unfit. Most worryingly, is that non business customers who used money to build their following base, however have to pay money in order to reach their followers. This is a case of extreme capitalist greed which is wealth maximization or shareholders wealth maximization in this case.
However will people be blinded forever? Here are some few points:
Mature conversation: I forgot Facebook because most contacts share only issues relating to them like babies, birthday, gossips and selfies (see here for example –in search of likes or who ignored them. Steemit , on the other hand, is different because the conversations here are more mature and business like where people tend to have more self-respect to themselves and others. Moreover, there are many great communities to join at steemit and network with great people, make friends and learn from them.
New opportunities: Steemit is still at its infancy (many rooms to grow) however there are many top business opportunities shared here daily –especially with regard to good cryptocurrencies. One good example is the one I invested : Ethereum Lyte (Elyte) with 1M total supply and far less circulation, top project and team see www.elyte.io (see whitelist section of https://main.elyte.biz/?page_id=433 for their current crowdsale and join their telegram community: https://t.me/joinchat/E6tXj0dThqzzjVlWJRuxLw )
Financial reward: Facebook has ruined many people financially because of hours spent there without earning nothing (except few that command millions of followers). Steemit, on the other hand, has been a blessing to many people around the world-irrespective of religion, creed, race , sex, status and geography. This is evidence in testimonies of many African members- especially Nigerians (see Nigerian tag for example). This shows that, you can make it at steemit even if you are broke-you just need a laptop (or even smart phone), internet and willingness to work hard and smart.
Conclusion: Steemit aim is not to take over Facebook, rather to appeal to mature and intelligent segments of the blogging and business communities who are tired of the censorship nature of Facebook –including unintelligent posts there. On the other hand, we still need Facebook to take care of the baby photo sharing, selfies , political jingoism and fake news .
Do you agree? now is your turn, send in your comments, would you upvote and resteem in order to send in your support.
See my former post: Is Steemit , Face Book, Tweeter , Instagram (social media ) full of Fools
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Ethereum lyte (Elyte) is the next best thing. Offering just 1m tokens as total supply with far less circulation supply, top visible team see https://www.elyte.biz/ , excellent and innovative product plus deflationary nature ie token- therefore early adopters of Elyte are already smiling as they see bright future in their investments because price has shot up over 3K% since inception just 4 weeks ago even as they are yet to be listed on Coin market cap (coming soon). Therefore , we decide to give out this social media bounty in order to share tour tokens to the masses who appreciates the ingenuity of elyte.
You won't believe that's what exactly I wanted to share with this community. Never Mind.. You presented well. You crafted this post beautifully. It's appealing. Maybe I'd not have brought this feel what you have been able to show with your post.
what do you like about the post?
Everything. That's why I told you I wanted to make a similar kind of post. Your kind of presentation is very well-crafted.
I feel like steemit is just as good platform as facebook, just needs more users and active members.
Point..however steemit is better for me
Same here...steemit, here I come!!!
congrats mate
why? did you read the post...bot?
I'm a newcomer, I need support from you. I'm from aceh indonesia. thank you
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I am sorry. Thank you for your suggestion @charles1
Frankly, I don't like social media at all. I never opened my Facebook account, but was contemplating to do so a few monts ago to try to broaden my business reach. I'm glad I didn't do that :)
However, I learned of Steemit just a few weeks ago and I already feel at home here. I even started blogging for the first time in my life, which is an achievement in itself! The community is on a much higher level than on other classical social media platforms.
Here I can learn much new things everyday and most people are so eager to help you, which is incredible.
Long live Steemit ;)
Good point, I agree...keep steeming to more success.
I truely agree with you @charles1.
Switching to steemit helped me divert my mind from those irrelevant post, selfies and updates.
Now I read , read much mature information.
News , health awarness predictions in finances and so much more.
More than happy to switch my social media.
Absoluetly...good point.
Yeah, I too want to say that I have forgotten Facebook but It will be a lie since I never bothered to make post on it anyway, seriously man I haven't even updated my profile photo there since 5 year, I really believe it to be waste of time,I only use Facebook to wish my friends and family and to chat with them. Instead, I love to read book both fiction and non-fiction one to increase my knowledge.
It was a month ago I learn about Steemit from a good friend, he suggested me that It is wonderful platform where I can share my knowledge with people and also can increase it by reading various articles.
And, Thus far I'm loving it.
By the way love the post, keep up the good work.
-A Casual Writer
Good point, I agree.
I'm new to Steemit, so you present some things for the newbie to consider. I use Facebook primarily to promote my consulting business. It has helped to to establish a strong community and credible presence. In your opinion how do you feel Steemit compares when it comes to business?
Steemit can help you connect with investors and established business people however you need time to learn about the platform. You can post via Dtube and or blog via steemit or busy.org and earn good money doing so. Read my older posts on how to be successful here.
Thank you. I will. There definitely is a learning curve.
In Facebook you get likes and comments even if you are full of crap. But on Steemit you will get treated as what you are, what you think and what you do.
Facebook is good area to get "fake" friends which gives you nothing more than crowded selfies.
Well steemit can be a good place to make money to buy Facebook friends.
Liked your post, especially conclusion part.
Good point, I agree
Thanks @charles1 for your Post. I, too, have grown weary of FB. I think having the opportunity to interact and post Content here at Steemit while getting paid at the same time...is revolutionary.
I know I'm loving it. And maybe we get more people in the future posting selfies and family photos here :)
welcome
I completely agree with your statement above.
Since became active on steemit, I didn't even visit my facebook page. I really enjoy being a steemit user.
And steemit has great tool to prevent people from posting immature comments : flag. Thats why steemit has peaceful atmosphere and mature conversation.
Good point...
I joined few days ago, and believe me @charles1 you sound amazingly satisfying. Thanks for the knowledge too.
Peace :)
welcome to steemit and read my older posts fr tips on how to be more successful here...I wish you success.
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Nice one... I also have forgotten just all about Facebook due to my love for steemit
Haha
Most people who are in steemit don't have time for facebook again. Steemit is more beneficial. Upped.
Good point..I agree
I hated face book from the off set- I wouldn't even know how to navigate it.
I did around 4 months on twitter - but once I had found steemit , I never went back (literally logged in 2 times a long time ago, since starting here).
Hopefully fk book and twatter will keep the zombie selfies, and people who really want real discussions, will come here.
This place is great !
Good point, I agree.
I'm not sure if you know the answer to this, but I'm spamming my contacts!
Cheers if you can help...
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This post has received gratitude of 1.61 % from @appreciator thanks to: @charles1.
I agree with you @charles1. the evidence we see a lot slowly but surely will leave facebook and other media including myself now I feel comfortable with steemit
Good point, I agree
I have forgot facebook like you. Steemit is really good.I love it.
Same here
Yup, Facebook helped me learn a lot more about some acquaintances than I ever wanted to. Since I found Steemit, FB has become a boring chore I use a couple times a day. I still use FB chat a lot.
Good point..
facebook close your mind , steemit open your mind simple
Point
Ha ha ha.... Really ? How it possible ? Never u came back there ?
????? did you read the post, bot?
By 'there', I think they mean Facebook?
İyi bilgi
Bot!!! ???
Congrats on making it to the other side! Welcome to the club. ;)
On which side???can you elaborate
To the better side - Steemit!
Felicitaciones desde Venezuela.
Bot????
no no soy un robot
Awesome @charles1 Get sucsessful... Thanks..
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@charles1 try this
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Bravo, you have taken a bold step
what bold step? elaborate ls
I also can't remembervthe last time I log into my Facebook account, great things are happening on steemit, steemit is the real deal!
I agree
esta muy buena el post te sigo sigue así :)
WOow Very good 😇😍
I agree with everything. Over the last few years I have wasted so much time on Facebook, and made nothing in return. It causes stress too as I end up arguing with people. I love the fact some of the most successful Steemians come Africa or Indonesia, if you have a phone and a wi fi signal you can totally do it. I've become a big fan of Steemit
This steemit platform is so organic, fresh and unpredictable. Kind of reminds me of the wild west. lol I have gone on Facebook soooo much less. However, I believe as awesome as steemit is....until the masses come on over...we kinda need to head back from time to time.
I truly believe the wave will come. Pretty amazing for us to watch something grow like this. A story to tell our grandchildren. lol
Awesome post @charles1!!
BTW-I can tell you're getting fed up with the spam"help me" "you bring great knowledge" comments. I love how you actually question them. lol
most just ignore them
I have to admit @charles1 that I agree with you a lot in this article. i have been part of steemit now since New years Eve and I have been big Facebook user for a while now and over the last year I have found it more like sleep book. Every single day FB have give me nothing but grief posting anything related to steemit. It breaches their community standards and then I challenge it they then repost my post and after several 2 or three posts i just get blocked whilst getting emails from FB asking if I want to pay for their advertising for the same freakin advert they warned went against their community standards a joke bt to be fair I can get so much more reach of one post in instagram and twitter. If you want to hear who has had an affair with who and catch up on the latest soap opera gossip and lose meaning less hours of time then sleep book is great but yes what I like here is a nice balance of communication skills. Its kinda weird that alot of people just don't get that the word social has to involve the engagement of two people at least so that is one of the things that I love about steemit is that what ever niche you are in this platform does encourage some good old fashion communication skills. One thing that do need to work on here is how we educate new people that come to this platform. For me im one of those I will just network until i find the right people but have to admit for newbies my first 21 days was full of sleepless nights because I loved the platform that much I wanted to make it easier for a lot more people I introduce and it is sad that I see and hear stories here of some of the bigger whales some of them spoiling it I could say abusing it and although I don't want to rant to much but us newbies us new tadpoles little fish are needed if we are going to hang on to what we have here we need welcoming better and educating and we need protecting from the big whales that have forgotten that we all climb when we reach out to pick others up so I hope we can hang on to the general nice genuine community we have overall :)
Yeh I'm starting to move away from Facebook. Steem is more interesting. I've been in for a few weeks now and also bought some steem.
Interesante tu publicación. Aunque tengo poco tiempo en la comunidad steemit me parece que es una red con mucho auge en los ultimos tiempos.