Okay, so first of all, i used to be active on steemit, and just returned there. I saw that it had gone to shit, so now i moved here instead. I am probably one of those people you mention who didn't put in the work, but i would like to add my thoughts.
For me, this is mainly a social website, that has the added benefit of making you a bit of money. So for me, i was simply too busy to spend time on a social media/ blog/ idea site. Now that i am finishing my masters degree however, i hope to have some more time.
But i don't think people should get into the site to "make it big". People should just post about stuff they are passionate about, take part in the community, and be happy with that. If that ends up making them "rich" that is great, but it shouldn't be the goal. That seems to happen way too often with youtubers, and they rarely succeed if they just want to make money.
The people who are successful on youtube are the ones who are passionate, and puts out great content (most often), and i hope it's the same here
Welcome back -it has been a while since steem.chat :)
The challenge for many is that they either don't know what they are passionate about, or think that it won't earn them money. People put the money over the value of doing what they are passionate about.
Because the audience knows that they are faking it. Though, people are pretty blind these days in regards to this, which is why so many of the social movements get traction.
Thank you, i am looking forward to seeing what the community has turned into!
I know that it is extremely privileged to say that you should choose passion over money, and not everyone is able to do that. I will most likely start a new job in a startup soon, with equity instead of a salary, meaning that i won't be making a dime in a long time. But i am still excited about doing it.
I normally find it easy to spot the youtubers/ creators who has a genuine love for what they do, and it always makes their channel 10 times better
Yeah, I can agree with so-called passion posting. But you need to have some luck, too. Or a whale who supports you ... but that's another story ...
Sure, a little luck never hurts :)