Can't say I'm a fan of what you do and I disagree with your position entirely, however, it's great to have higher profile people expanding to this platform because it increases the value of Steem and contributes to the community. Good to have you.
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Thanks. I'm glad there exists a place online where people of divergent viewpoints can get together to discuss them in a real and authentic way. I look forward to any shit you wanna give me for my views in the future, and I appreciate you being so welcoming, despite not being a fan of my content or ideas.
This is what we need more on steem! Welcome @tjkirk, we are glad to have you.
I am followed you
My first question to you is, if advertisers aren't paying you here, then where is all the money coming from?
Steem represents blockchain cryptocurrency mechanics in a different and novel form.
A lot of people couldn't understand it at first either which is why even those in crypto can be seen calling it a scam/ponzi until they apparently got used to it sometime this year. Although that's not saying much in crypto as accusations of "scam" is thrown at just about everything and as soon as someone so much as sneezes or a websites page takes slightly longer to load. Ethereum and Dash are similar to Steem in that they also imagined blockchain mechanics in a different way to Bitcoin... and also they got called scams at first as well. ^_^
For example I saw Dash called an obvious scam on forum posts about a year ago accusing it of being some kind of criminal plot to create a free money printing machine on the account of it's masternodes where if you have enough coins to qualify can allow you to generate many many more and without all the expense involved with Bitcoin POW mining. These Dash masternodes will have become incredibly profitable had someone started a masernode last year when Dash was as cheap as peanuts
The simplest way to think of it is to remind yourself of how Bitcoin works. New Bitcoins come into existence through Bitcoin mining. MIning is necessary because they are validating transactions. From the miners point of view they aren't trying to validate transactions they just care about getting those Bitcoin mining rewards and the Bitcoin from peoples transaction fees.
Where is the money coming from to pay Bitcoin miners? The system itself.
Bitcoin miners earn Bitcoin, the value of that Bitcoin is completely up to us. In the early days you wouldn't be asking where the money comes from to pay the miners because Bitcoin mining didn't really pay anything valuable at the time even if you'd mined thousands of coins.
The point is you're not really being paid in USD on Steemit, you're being paid in Steem and Steem Backed Dollars. No new money is needed to find it's way into the system to pay people like we're used to thinking it needs.
The difficulty in understanding is that cryptocurrency is less like money as we know it and more like an asset that can also be used like a currency. We find Steemit valuable, therefore it's assets (the coins) become more valuable. In an indirect way it's us that bring in the money to pay people but not in the same way as we're used to thinking. Regular fiat money is only worth something because the government/banks say it is. Something like Steem or Bitcoin is worth something because WE say we think it's valuable.
Steem is allocated as a reward for using the system, which (at least as I understand it) is something created by the genius idea to represent blockchain mechanics with a blogger/reddit type front end. Using the system is what allows it to work, the reward in tokens are like the nearest equivalent of coins which use POS mining to validate transactions earning staking rewards.
These coins don't need to be worth anything for the system to run, it works independently of what we decide to value the system in terms of price. Like the Bitcoin blockchain doesn't know or care how much we value Bitcoin, whether it's $0.05 per Bitcoin or $20,000 per Bitcoin it doesn't matter. The system is it's own economy and would function regardless. WE give value to the coins it pays. The SYSTEM is what pays people, it does this as part of it's block reward for keeping the system functioning. From our perspective the payout reflects a reward for creating valuable content.
i like how u have explained the concept of value on the blockchain. nice one.
nice one
Upvotes from fellow Steemit users mate.
I wanted him to answer!
he gets 4x more for this one post than my whole blog is worth, so lol, how does he get paid? I don't know, I have not figured it out. Oh, wait. He has a name on youtube so gains immediate payment when switching platforms. Yeah I get it now. I needed a name to make money, oh right, not good content. I get it now.
I got my name by making content that at least some people thought was good. Everyone has to start from the bottom, sir. But, I'll tell you what, I'll give you a follow to help you out.
Not having a go at you at all mate. I am not here for the money, I am here to try and build the best blog I can manage in the hopes it helps the community grow. I was just amused at the previous comment asking how you were going to make money.
I have been subbed to you on YouTube for years, watched the DP episodes and followed along the dramas. So yes, I know you have built your following honestly and with hard work and diligence, and a hell of a lot of perseverance. So please do not take my comment as sour grapes.
Love your work and hope to see it just get better as it builds up Steem!
And thanks for the follow.
1million subscribers on youtube! lets anticipate a min of 10mil on steem...welcome to d club.
An interesting rant-like way of expressing yourself....the effect is cool, @tjkirk has decided to be your follower. kudos
So if I am following him and he is following me, who is leading who?
@louisthomas asked that question in one of his posts: "Is Steemit Just for Popular Content Creators?"
Well, I feel like I am a good example of how you don't have to have an existing audience to succeed quickly on steemit.
I joined June last year and made my first post early July. I did not know a single person on steemit, did not know of any chatrooms or discussion forums, had no audience on any platforms (apart from 400 followers on twitter, lol), and did no external outreach. Yet, my introduction post got 336$ worth of upvotes at a time when STEEM was well below 2$, 1,060 views, 333 upvotes and hundreds of comments since gone on to obtain a reliable size of upvotes on my posts ever since. All of this is completely unheard of for any traditional social media or blogging platform. There would be no way to get such traffic without lifting a finger, but instead letting the platform and community do its own thing, and it would take months to achieve a similar level of monetizing and regular following.
I then went from 0 to 400 Followers in 3 weeks, again without anything but the organic growth of engaging with steemians and receiving upvotes.
Now I feel like I have established myself well and hope I can contribute to taking the platform to the next level to compete with mainstream alternatives. I may not hit the trending page at all times, but occasionally which means I'll have periods where I get a fair amount of new steemians finding my content.
All it takes, imo, is showing the determination and desire to make valuable contributions to the Blockchain and the platform, which may come in many different forms. Finally, there is certainly something in steemit also for those who are not "Popular Content Creators", but simply making positive engagements with others and contributing to fruitful conversations. At least anyone who does that on my posts are guaranteed an upvote from me. So if you struggle to get seen with your posts, spend a bit more time engaging, positively, in comments on posts that get a lot of views and gain traction that way.
You noticed the amount if steem dollars this post is already worth, didn't you? :)
It beats YouTube where videos get demonetised if they have the "wrong" opinion or go against the narrative. I'm sure criticising Christians is perfectly fine to YouTube, but the moment you mentioned Islam you'll get hit within minutes. I know that you're a bit of a lefty, but you're at least consistent in your liberalism. Straight-shooters can earn my respect.
But man, that sky wizard dude is pretty important when it comes to morality and the foundation of society. We'd be lost without him.
I don't know if you actually do anything too good (tried to watch a random video), but I assume you got some political views differing from anarchists (those guys are fucking flooding here). If so, it is nice to get some people, who drag more of their kinds, here. I hope to grab few persons to check my blog post about new goverment form.
Cybele, our omni-creatrix of the many multiverses, doesn't like your apostasy and nihilistic atheism. How is she going to sustain the cosmic spirit if you apes don't believe in her any more?
Which position?
Of atheism.
This seems like the opposite of the average YouTube comment. Aha