Hello Steemians (?).
I ran into Steemit through a post by Fred Wilson where he talked about Steem as a viable way to fund content without advertising or monthly subscriptions. I was intrigued and decided the best way to learn about steem was to jump in.
Personally, I am the co-founder of Gladly, an ad tech startup that is hoping to fund content through ad experiences that internet users actually enjoy (I know, that probably makes me unpopular around here). In college, my friend and I built Tab for a Cause, a browser extension that allows you to raise money for charity each time you open new tabs in your browser. Watching Tab for a Cause grow and evolve showed me how quickly a small, dedicated online community can start to make a real difference. I'd love to see (and help) this community build up a head of steam (sorry...) and change the way online content is shared and funded.
Outside of work I enjoy playing music, hiking through the many parks of Northern California, playing board games, and making really terrible puns.
I am excited to learn more about Steemit in the coming days, weeks, and months and I appreciate everyone's patience as I get up to speed by asking lots of questions. In fact, I'll leave this post with a big one:
What is one thing that has surprised you about Steemit/Steem so far?
Thanks for existing!
Alex
Personally, I don't have a problem with ads as long as I don't see them unless I've consented and I would be more likely to consent if my attention was rewarded. welcome to Steemit! Best of luck
Thanks! Glad to hear you have an open mind about ads. I agree wholeheartedly that the ad viewer needs more appropriate compensation, and I do think we can get there :)
Hello Alex, welcome to Steemit! :-)
Welcome aboard Alex, as Steemit is very much still in Beta I think you will find there are many ways to grow with Steemit...
Enjoy yourself and if you need help just ask, we have a pretty friendly community here :)
Full Steem Ahead!!!
Thanks! Enjoy the double train reference :)
Welcome to Steemit Alex. I am looking forward to getting to know more about your ventures particularly Tab for a cause.
To answer your question what has surprised me most about steemit is the community. Its so friendly and welcoming.
Thanks! And great to hear it is a friendly place :)
Welcome to Steemit. Looking forward to seeing you apply some of those awesome skills to help out the platform :-)
I'll do my best :)
Welcome to Steemit @hellhen. See U around!!! :)
Thanks!
You should fit in nicely.
Wow I'd like to hear about your startup story 'Gladly'. Welcome!
I'll definitely share more about Gladly in future posts and am always happy to share. Sounds like you have an interesting path as well!
Welcome to Steemit ! I would also be likely to subscribe to ads if I was compensated for it ! like if the person wanted to advertise a product or whatever on my posts I would be more then willing if they paid me for the service ! 😁 Also im always looking for new people to follow so I will follow you , feel free to follow me if you like ! steem on !👍😉
Thanks!
Sorry i had a glitch , now following thanks for following back ! steem on !😉👍
Welcome! What i love here is the interaction and members are very helpful if you ask. Have fun!
Thanks! I am already getting a sense for their kindness :)
Ideas and energy building on a platform of experience is what will be rewarded here. Good luck and welcome
Welcome to Steem(it) Alex! Ads will be indeed something that will grow the value of the platform and will need to be carefully added to not cause too much controversy :)
I'm intrigued by what you're doing with Gladly and look forward to hearing more of your thoughts. Welcome to Steemit! Following you now... 😄😇😄
Thanks!
welcome to the steemit community! hope you stick with it and enjoy your time here
Welcome! I expect ads will be funding the web for a while yet, but they do need to avoid being annoying. There are sites I won't go to without a blocker as they are unusable without.
What has surprised me was when I found out yesterday that I'm ranked 46th for number of posts! I'm obviously having too much fun here.
Thanks and wow! Can I ask how many posts it took to get there?
Hundreds of posts and thousands of comments :) Over 3000 in all over 5 months. See http://steemwhales.com/steevc
Impressive. I am amazed there are 45 people ahead of you!
Welcome to steemit @hellhen. My sister is a pun maker also. I look forward to sharing your puns with her. Great intro post. Nice question to add in there to spark dialog - my biggest surprise is the overall friendliness of the community. Overall, the international mix of really caring people.
Welcome to Steemit. Stephen
Welcome aboard!
the biggest surprise for me was the spirit of friendship and respect among a group of people that don't know each other. In other social networks we have all our friends and family and we don't really get to know much people outside that circle. Here the main reason for gathering is the common interest in a given topic. We come for the money and end up staying for the experience.
That is great to hear. I look forward to making some new friends
Hi welcome to Steemit
Welcome to Steemit!
What surprised me about Steemit is the amount of genuine, kind, interaction among users. I was made to feel valued and welcomed, as you most likely will as you gain followers.
Hello Alex, and welcome,
The thing that surprises me about Steemit is how broad the dynamic is to be involved in this community in comparison to what I thought upon first learning about Steemit last month.
Seeing you're in north CA, have you ever been to Redding?
Hello! I have been through Redding a couple times but never spent much time there.
HI @hellhen Im also a brand new member around here, just joined. Mutual welcome?
Welcome!
Welcome to Steemit! :))
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Welcome to the party!!