That photo! Woah! The perspective feels so weird, and yet so right. Love it!
Also, congratulations on surviving a whole month! ;) I started around the same time as you and had mostly positive experiences. It took a while to get into it - there was a learning curve, eased by collaboration with friends, and when I first joined I felt lonely and lost in a land without groups or obvious organization. The contests and #photofeed have helped me find a sense of purpose and place here, if that makes sense, and now I'm at home.
Besides the obvious monetary benefits of being in a place that rewards content, the best part of participating in Steemit has been the way it's prompted (and in some ways forced) me to be more creative with my posting and comments. I haven't written so much in more than a decade, since the golden age of internet forums, and I love it.
"the golden age of internet forums" ; I remember those days back when its rained doughnuts and you could swim in chocolate streams.
Yes, a bygone era. The good ol' days. ;)
Isn't that want Discord is for here? The golden age of chat rooms?
Thanks for bringing up forums... it's going to bug me now the name of one I was super active on but can't remember now...what was it...hmmm...nope. Lost it.
@photofeed has been awesome. Just starting out on Steemit and instantly having something great for photographers... perfect.
Oh and "mostly positive experiences"...do tell about the other ones
Haha, I don't know about Discord, but I used to live on vBulletin forums many years ago. Nothing else in social media has managed to recapture the magic of those days.
I don't have any juicy negative experiences to recount - I'm just leaving room for improvement - there was the steep learning curve, and dealing with bandwidth issues was frustrating until I got over that hump.
OMG! CELLAR.ORG! That's what it was and it's still active! I'm going to have to check t out. I wonder if I can remember my username and password...
My thing was Tolkien forums, hehe.