Good evening, fellows!
Glad to see you are all fine and creative. I've found a relatively big number of old user on the platform and this cheers me up. But who am I?
I am @BogdanGe (@gaitan by the username I've used in the past). To be more specific, I am kind of "Steemit Joe" - A random creator and curator.
I'm saying that because I was a part of that wave of new accounts in july-august; someone who never wrote before on a blog, heard about Steemit and started to dream about his future, doing this for a living. Thinking about the posibilities (writing on Steemit from anywhere in the world, traveling around with a laptop and looking for an internet connection)
But, as you all know, this was bullshit. Of course I never managed to do that! After a short period of time, I started doing something else, leaving this platform behind (just for the record, I've finished my term as a Vice President in an international NGO and right now I've managed to get a position at Uber).
Why I've quit Steemit? Because I was an active user for the wrong reason. I got a bit too in to the money side rather than the writing side. Ok, I'm not feeling bad for that, it was something.
Right now, I don't know why, but I felt I need to get back to writing. I feel better without those 10.000 $ posts around and without all that urgent sense of posting. Right now, it seems more natural and I also feel like I'm doing this for the good of the community and for myself. Opening my laptop and write down some thoughts and ideas, following some old friends and checking out the work of others.
As you can see, this is an article about me and how I'm feeling right and I would like to state some impressions on how Steemit is looking to me at the moment:
- As I've stated before, quite a lot of old users are still active (upvote)
- A decrease in boobs and introduce myself posts (upvote)
- An increase in cooking articles (I can't say yet if I like it or not, but I'm sure the community is loving it)
- The users and the bots achieved peace (nice)
- The chinese and german communities are growing bigger and bigger
- I've discovered some new functions (promoted posts, the ability to decline payout, repost, etc) (upvote)
Of course a lot of others aspects are changed, I'm sure. As a new and growing platform, the evolution is pretty significant in a short amount of time. I'm curious to see what's gonna happen in the future.
The other aspect is Steem and its value. It has dropped... like really dropped (lol!). We already knew that in august, but is still surprising. Is important to state that this is a positive aspect. Right now everything here seems more real and written with pleasure. I'm glad. The value dropping is one of the best curation methods until now.
In conclusion, I've came here for the money, left, came back for the pleasure of blogging and it's nice to see how Steemit evolved in what is is right now.
I'm looking forward to any new updates and thoughts in the comments, maybe introduce me to events in the past.
Have a nice evening!
Regards,
BogdanGe
P.S: I'm at a Hub, just finished work and it happens that I'm looking at a fashion show which is happening outside
I've never thought of it, but you're actually right: posts on Steemit seem more genuine right now, and less fake. I guess it's a result of people realizing that you're not going to be making millions over night on Steemit, so they just focus on having fun writing.
Or something like that.
Exactly! And also people spending time writing for a long article already knowing that they will not make money seems to be a great resource of inspiration, creation, innovation. I think that's why being a writer is perceived as a bad job from a financial point of view :))
Awesome read, I joined a few weeks ago and am having a blast. I have been a blockchain cheerleader since dogecoin funded a bobsled team. This site is a great POC and has an interesting road ahead. Your post makes me feel better for joining post price crash and some of the other issues. With the push to censor social media this platform might see a title wave of users soon.
Yes, I think august was the first wave of users and I'm curious when the next one will be. Just like like the stock market, there is a drop and after that a huge increase, but you never know for sure if this drop is THE DROP :))
Glad to have you back! One of the most significant changes I have seen since August is that it's much easier to get noticed now - Curation guilds have formed (basically, some whales lend out their voting power and teams of users find quality posts to upvote with those donated accounts).
Back in August, it was very common to spend hours writing a post and have it earn just pennies. That still happens occasionally, but now if you produce quality work, it's highly likely to get picked up by a curation guild.
This seems pretty cool! I remember people bringing ideas for a better curation method back then and now I see this evolved to something. Do you know where I can find more info on how that works? Also (if they still exist), Steemit Magazines?
P.S: How can we get in touch? I'm curious about Steem Cleaners
As for curation guilds, you can search for posts about the various curation guilds: @curie, Steem Guild, Robinhood Whale, Steem Trails, @better.
@infovore puts out a digital Steem magazine on Steemit.
I go by shenanigator on Steemit Chat. You can DM me on there.
Welcome back
Hello! Glad to see other romanians on Steemit!
I came in on the tail end of the Steemit Gold Rush.
Hung around and I'm glad I did. I have referred to it as the Busking Blockchain Blog.
I still get a kick out of getting a cent for a reply or an article I publish.
More is always appreciated though, the Hat is always out.
Anyway, glad you came back;D~
I don't know how it was for you, but in july or august when I was seeing articles paid with 10.000$ I was dreaming about getting there. Also not getting to connect with the others made me quit. Right now I'm back just as a form of expresion and creation. Thanks for the warm welcoming!