I was spending a lot of time reading posts today, and I noticed that overall, I feel the engagement is kind of low.
Do you think this is an ongoing trend?
As @whatsup pointed out, if your goal is to get on the trending page, most will be disappointed. If this is you, then you will appreciate this Steemicide Hotline video I made that addresses this exact issue:
I haven't made a Steemicide Hotline video in a while, as I am still searching for topics.....and pain. Like @infovore mentioned in his last post, I do succumb to getting in an information absorbing mode where I am not thinking about what to create, but am consuming information like it's going out of style.
After getting back from vacation, I see that I am spread way too thin, and I need to simplify my jobs. I see the need to get off Facebeook Page managing, and write more, study more. I am trying to see where I am needed the most on Steemit. I was helping @steemgigs along, and working with @efrageek to support his Venezuela Project at @provenezuela, https://steemit.com/@provenezuela which has been very successful in onboarding many Venezuelans. It was one thing I felt I could do to help ease a small amount of pain in Venezuela. @efrageek has been tireless in his project and amazing to work with. Please follow and support the Project that he has been creating. So if you ever watch the news and you're thinking to yourself, "I feel very bad that this situation is happening to people in Venezuela. What can I do?" You can do something! You can follow @provenezuela and upvote the posts created by real Venezuelans who are on Steemit.
Also, soon, the Afghan CEO whom I wrote about recently said she will be coming into Steemit. She was named among the most influential group of people by TIME magazine a few years ago and her work is incredible. See my post about her here: https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@stellabelle/steemgig-i-will-pay-you-100-steem-to-onboard-one-female-digital-citizen-fund-student-from-afghanistan-into-steemit.
I'm also starting up a new physical school called Bitcoin School in Kansas City. All classes will be free. A local friend and successful entrepreneur, Franny Knight, is letting me use her enrepreneur house to have my classes in. I'm calling it Bitcoin School, but my main focus will be Steemit. And speaking of Steemit, I had a lot of time to think about Steemit recently. I think moving forward, I'll be committing more time and resources to advancing projects in Steemit than anything else. After all, it was Steemit that changed my life.
The Bitcoin School I'm starting will be every other Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri. I'll have more details soon, and also I'll be interacting with students right here on Steemit. Helping these new students learn as a group.
The one thing I've been noticing is: as Steemit gets bigger and bigger, we will need to form groups that all can all support one another.
A really cool project I found today while reading is @blueorgy's @helpbot project. It's a friendly AI project that can help all of us. Check it out.
And a big shoutout to @lauralemons who created this amazing avatar for me. Thanks Laura!
Hello @stellabelle. I translated this post in Russian. Translation here: https://steemit.com/life/@igor-steem/esli-vy-khotite-nakhoditsya-na-stranice-populyarnoe-no-nikogda-tuda-nikogda-ne-popadali-eto-video-dlya-vas . Thank you! I was pleased to translate this post.
Thanks for the translation! Are you also posting on Golos? Keep any rewards, and posting on Golos is another revenue stream.
@stellabelle you are simply amazing and welcome back from your vacation (fired up and ready to go) . I agee with you on the issue of quality contents-pls see my latest blog post on this issue (I mentioned you on the post). It is high time all work harder on their posts and bring in top quality people on steemit.. Upped-Thanks and have a blessed weekend
thanks for your kind words. checking out your post now. thanks
You are welcome, always.. thanks for checking out my blog post. Wish you a blessed weekend
4KHQ! First off I am so impressed with your video, it is entertaining, informative and excellent production quality! I appreciate your wisdom shared here and during the other interactions we have had! You create amazing content!
Thanks! I put everything I had into Steemicide Hotline!
While everyone strives for that trending page, people should realize that success takes time and a lot of work. Nothing can be achived by coppying someones content or trying to get someones attention.. without being yourself it simply cannot work.
yes, and I think everyone probably forgets that I gave up everything instantly just so I could spend 10-12 hours on Steemit, EVERYDAY. Posting, commenting, encouraging, and building up social interaction.
Exactly there is no success without hard work and since this is a social media it is a bit different since you need to engage more with people.
1o to 12 hours a day well done, i do 3 to 4 hrs at moment still learning. steeming on......
That job description kinda sounds like mine too :)
it's almost like a no-brainer for people who are social. Sometimes, I can't believe people don't quite get it, but I guess not everyone is as obsessive/passionate as we are....
A super-passionate person called Stella was mentioned in the Daily Dose today :)
Especially liked the video. The puppet is a nice and funny touch.
cool not bad
Thx for sharing
Hilarious.. thanks @stellabelle for sharing this amazing video...
I feel that many people have never seen my steemicide hotline series...
This was my very first one! I'm day 27 here on Steemit. I was reading that very same article last night from @whatsup It made me think in a greater context of how I interact here on this "magical mystery tour" ha,ha Love, Peace & Hair Grease!
Thank you! That was very funny, an the perfect answer to my satirical comment! Kuddos!! See it Here: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@joedirt/re-helpbot-hi-i-m-helpbot-a-helpful-little-bot-created-by-blueorgy-20170723t130813500z
Bitcoin/Steemit school? That sounds awesome! Unfortunately I live in Switzerland :/
great post @stellabelle
And yeah we need to work hard to achieve what we want. :-) resteemed and upvoted.
Thanks for the upvote and resteem, much appreciated.
You are such a big hearted human being @stellabelle, have been missing you all these days! So glad you are back!
It would be great if you check out my posts and let me have some feedbacks if i am doing well or not and how can i improve!
Your advices have always been so important to me.
Have a great Sunday!
@progressivechef
What an excellent idea @stellabelle ! Your Bitcoin school is fantastic idea imho, very close to my mission to develop a #Cryptocurrency Think Tank. This was main motivation to join and contribute on steemit ♨ Glad to follow and assist with your Kansas City mission. I'm already involved in your locale.
So glad I found this post!
HAHA I love it, I actually just mentioned @steemgigs I also moderate the Spanish room with @efrageek in PAL and I try to help out the Spanish community as much as I can as well as many others. My son loved your video haha trendolizer. Thanks @stellabelle hope all is well :)
thank you! yes, i'm overwhelmed, but all is good...
Eh, you do a good job at multi-tasking and you always do great. Glad to hear everything is good. TTYL :)
well, it seems like my energy is dispersed all over the place.
I can see that lol Thank you Stellabelle means a lot to me (im sure you know what I mean)
Haha let's all call the number to get Tag Trendolizer (I like the name). But seriously, I don't think it's that important to get to the trending page and it shouldn't be the main focus for everyone. There's so much more to steemit than the trending page :)
Great post! Thanks for sharing :) @stellabelle
Agreed. We love to all trend. We all want to be stars.
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Maybe I will never get on trending page.... BUT at least my comment can many upvotes, right??
Good info.Thanks!
Maybe one day I'll get on the trending page, seems like the minnows don't though.
Trending is far out of reach. Hot used to be a more attainable goal, but even that feels out of reach lately! So now, we'll just have to settle for fun and engagement :-)
I love your avatar! If I wasn't already following its creator, I would now.
Agreed. Time for some fun full engagement in a hot tub.
Laura has been drawing Steemians!
I noticed and was even worried that you weren't active much on steemit as you use to but i am glad to know that you've been behind the scene doing a lot of good stuff and supporting projects that helps everyone here and make our world a better place.
I felt i need to drop this comment before checking out the video but thanks for sharing that awesome guild (i believe it will be awesome since i know you to be awesome)
let me go check it out :)
I was on an electronics-free vacation for a week and a half.
Steemit is great place because of creative innovative people like you, Thank you for your engagement.
and steemit has thanked me in many ways, too, so I am very lucky.
Hahahaaa! This is great!..I saw it over on @whatsup wall lol. I haven't ever seen the steemicide hotline series...I have to check it out!
It does seem like engagement has been down but I attributed that to summer vacations from school, but maybe not, eh?
I don't know, but i suppose it's because steemit is getting larger.
Very creative video, stellabelle! You did a lot of work to make that happen and we appreciate it. Thank you for all you continue to contribute to the Steemit community.
ah, yeah, I was averaging one Steemicide Hotline video per every other day.....I need to get back into it.
Very good work on this. What video editing and production tools do you use for this? Great job!
I really feel that this one is my best Hotline video:
you're going to laugh, because I only use an iPhone, and an app called Videoshop. And to make the covers, I use the Enlight app on my iphone
You're doing an amazing job! Keep up the good work!
I am in PaNiC mode!!! All the lines to the hotline are busy and I am worried that I will miss the opportunity to upgrade....lmfaosrag.
It is great to see you involved in so many different communities and helping them evolve on a global scale, this is truly an environment without borders. The impact that you are able perform ripples through the universe. The school concept is a fantastic concept and looking forward to updates as to it's success.
don't worry, I have cloned Dan and I can forward you the 4KHQ mind upgrade. Are you ready?
As long as it doesn't hurt. I have a lot of empty space up there, so lots of room to work with.
@stellabelle, that puppet was hilarious. I need the future tag trendolizer ASAP now 😊. 4KHQ will do just fine. Was that your voice in the background? I mean are you the ventriloquist in the video?. Now I know how to get on trending page ☺️. Look out for me..
that was my voice that I sped up in video edits. The trendolizer was my computer speaking from the text i typed.
Steemicide Hotline, what an intuitive name haha.
What a wonderful video. I can't believe despite he fact Dan has been working on steem, bitshares and EOS, he found the one to make the Super Future Tag Trendolizer.
I hope in the future I can make some great 4KHQ content to induce some people into a temprorary abdominal paralysis haha
What a creative amazing way to spread a message with that 'Mumpets' like vibe which I think we all love
Exceptional video @stellabelle! :)
There's an entire collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2c_He_9ZFMBW_OOj8pe1B8o_uquzrKa
They are not too long so I'll be sure to binge watch them over the weekend haha
Thanks!
It would be cool to incorporate different people in the future....are you interested?
Are you ready for the mind upgrade, or did you already get it? I think you might have gotten it already.
@stellabelle I am ready for a mind upgrade! :D Btw your dedication on Steemit is EXTREMELY admirable! <3
Thanks, was that the very first one you saw?
Salute to that Venezuela Project! I've been keeping up with the situation out there since last summer...definitely will upvote
thank you
I like what you said about trying to see where you are needed most on Steemit. I am also looking for a place where I can be helpful
what are your main interests?
You are really a masterpiece of nature. So much intelligent. Good advice..
This is actually an inspiration to those people who are trying to be on trending just for the sake of earning money. Earning money is not important, first acquire some talent and for sure, eventually money will follow you.
What you're doing is simply extraordinary @stellabelle. You are doing actual hard work which this community needs . Wish you all the best for your work.
Thanks! When I was making those Hotline videos, it didn't feel like work, but it really was.....I'm trying to get that level of energy back...
Yes, you actually are doing something good. Keep doing it full enthusiasm.
Im definetly IN too! Give me my 4KHQ Too! And great music too! hahaha
no worries, i'll send the 4KHQ mind upgrade over the air. are you ready?
Uhhhhhhhhh!!! hahaha
Hi @stellabelle, and welcome back (I'm thinking you're "back?")!
Yeah, maybe engagement is a little lower at the moment... not feeling it personally as I am fresh off doing @merej99's "Community Engagement Challenge" which was a pretty monumental effort by 40-some very active Steemians to not only publish a lot of high quality original material... but also to genuinely engage with as many people as possible through a pretty frenetic commenting schedule.
As for getting onto the "Trending" page, that always strikes me as pretty arbitrary. UNLESS you're making a system/hardfork/announcement type post. I think it's just a matter of persistence and publishing clean attractive content with value. Last week, I wrote a post for my smaller art gallery account... at the end of the day, the post had 7 upvotes and about $1.00. Next morning? It was a top 10 post. Point? I have NO CLUE why... but it was cool!
Yes, you sure have a LOT of initiatives going... and thanks for all you do! But don't burn out...
Thanks for your welcome and updates! Yeah, I think I may have too much going on, now that I'm starting a SCHOOL! I love changes, though, and new projects, and I'm definitely a starter, not a finisher......wow, i found that engagement challenge....amazing initiative by Meredith.
I can't believe she managed that whole challenge BY HERSELF! Freakin' Energizer bunny on speed. We (meaning Meredith and a few of the core participants) are tentatively looking at the possibility of making it a quarterly event... it was a lot of fun, and we had a substantial number of "I wish I'd known about this" comments.
Would you ever consider traveling to do bitcoin classes? We'd love to have you in Denver or Orlando!
i have to do it in my home city first! I struggle with a short attention span....
Thank you very much for the good information. I also watched you on a YouTube. You seem like a very nice person and that means more than upvotes :-)
exelente posts,,,, ojala todos fueran como usted,,, siempre tendras mi voto,,, gracias
Very funny video. Overall I feel like people try way to hard to get money and forget about what make a social platform awesome: interaction and collaboration.
A lot of newbies just want to get upvotes and forget that real followers are way better. I mean I prefer comments more than upvotes. I guess because I have been there when the bots were going crazy but I would hardly get a comment.
Vote for witness @cryptohazard
I agree I feel community engagement has been low and like you we need to do more to aid new comers. I love your idea of hosting a school program in Missouri. I spend my college days there and love to see people mention it. Creating small groups makes a large community feel smaller.
Great post!
heyyy. Blessings. i like your post. I would love to be at that school.
Greetings from Venezuela
Great 4KHQ post!
nice info
Great post,really enjoyed reading it and it certainly sounds like you've been busy helping people and promoting steemit. I'm new to steemit this is my 5th week and i've been on it every day since i first joined.What an amazing platform this is,everyone on steemit seems so friendly,full of advice and willing to help.
Cool video @stellabelle. I particularly liked the use of sticky tape 😂
You bitcoin/steemit classes sounds great. I hope they go well.
LOL love the tape on the phone and hand... glad you are having fun.. I still am never sure what tags to use.. I usually just write "blog".
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Thanks @stellabelle , i find your posts and comments all day. How you find time for that !!!
it's easy. I gave up everything else.
very helpful video ,i learned a lot.
Nice article