I feel like there are instant gratification monsters everywhere in social media! The difference is that elsewhere I am left feeling dirty and used. With Steemits I am left feeling minty-clean and refreshed. Booyah! ✊
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Yes, that is right. The first time I heard about psychological effects from social media was from people getting addicted to likes. Steemit is much more than that.
I was just telling someone on FB about Steemit. I mentioned that initially, when I heard 'how great the community here is...' I thought... yep - of course. One. Giant. Huge. Circle-jerk. Of course everyone is nice and friendly - WHEN THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE!!! And OBVIOUSLY there is an element of that. But what I have come to actually see is how genuine people are, how it fosters sharing and collective collaboration, that people will GENUINELY upvote when given reason to, that if feels good to, in some small way, lift other people up. Of course there are exceptions to every rule but yeah, overall, this place is pretty sweet!!!!! Loving that I'm finding little tidbits of random crazyness people have come up with! 🙌 Like... I'm not actually going to @ mention him because I feel like I'm 'taxing' the bot to death(even though, that's what he's there for...) but have you heard of cleverbot? He will re-follow if you follow him and upvote your stuff... you can even just @ mention him in a comment. Something as little as that can put a smile on someones face. I found that thanks to @ubg. Anyways. Keep up the good work! See you around 😎
I agree, on the surface it is a bit weird. But love and compassion are stronger than greed and have flowerd into a marvelous community here! The financial aspect makes it so powerful, without it the effect would be like hot air. Nice but doesn't change much. Steemit DOES change for so many.