Noticed a lot of new people so here's my super half-assed steem intro:
go here minnowsupportproject.org
half your upvotes will come from steemfollower.com (down atm)
also steemengine.com (which is basically steemfollower and not shy about it)
everyone is making money with smartsteem, both buying and selling upvotes
use that clunky ass discord chat to socialize and... upvote each other (I talk to like one person idk how it works). there's a ton of subcommunities and seems easiest way to enjoy steemit is finding your niche and building rapport in a small but tight circle
the one person i talk to runs a help thing for new people https://discord.gg/2EBqDF
ok done.
fun fact: when smartsteem first came out i thought having a whitelist was weird and wrote an incredibly obnoxxious application (like even for me) got blacklisted so i gotta use the other bots at like 3am like an asshole. lesson: dont be me.
With just 18 SP, just for trial, I tried selling votes at smartsteem. It might take a few weeks before I get to receive my first payment. :D I'm very excited about it. Hehe.
In regard to minnowsupportproject.org, I couldn't log in to Discord, probably because of my slow internet connection (painfully slow this week and certain sites don't seem to load because of it).
In regard to steemfollower.com, is it true that the points you earned could be sold? If that's true, then which of the two is more lucrative: steemfollower.com or smartsteem.com? Thanks!
They're not mutually exclusive, steemfollower is about getting your post noticed whereas smartsteem is about self-promotion via votes\making consistent sbd from selling your vote or delegating SP.
The website even calculates the expected ROI fr you.