Are you one of them? I bet you face it too !! LOL
Working head to toe to earn some steem, ๐ธ
thinking different ways to get a few votes,๐๐ป
using bellyrub, randowhale and upgoats!๐
But it doesnโt work much,
and you beat your head,๐คฆ๐ปโโ
because after seven days
your posts goes dead.๐
That post, on which you spent a week, ๐
for which you researched on net like a geek.๐
You thought and typed and rechecked so many times, ๐๐ปโโ
only for readers to ignore it like blinds?๐คท๐ปโโ
Damn it, you get frustrated!! ๐
To see all your effort becoming a wastage, ๐ฉ
but then you see huge dollars on the trending posts, ๐ฐ
you again get motivated & your depressed self gets lost. ๐ป
Then you post again,๐
promote it like a crazy man.๐๐ป
On steemitchat, on Discord, on FB and Instagram,๐ฑ
you try ALL platforms, you even try to SPAM ! ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป
But still what you earn is just 2-3 extra votes ๐๐ป,
you wonder if there is something wrong with people
or something wrong with your posts?๐ค
You try new promotional techniques,
try praising people from India, Asia, Africa or Greece,
you make random comments to gain attention ๐
you vote, follow, tag and mention. ๐
Fail, fail, fail !! After so many tries, โน
Okay! I will leave steemit, you finally decide. ๐
But then curie or a random Whale upvotes you,
and again, you get emotional & change your choice.๐
Trapped again by the only website,๐ฅ
where your talent has a chance to shine real bright,๐
you again put time, again put efforts,๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป
with a vision to increase your steem networth๐ต,
You beg for votes from people, ๐๐ป
you make deals to vote back, ๐ค
you ask others to follow for follow,๐๐ป
you unwillingly chat.๐
But how can anyone chat so much,๐ง
that too, when you have SO MANY Discord servers. ๐๐ป
How can you write, promote and gossip all together, ๐คท๐ปโโ
and read and comment further.๐คฆ๐ปโโ
So you drop the idea and cease to chat,๐
๐ปโโ
you stay awake late night like a bat ๐ฆ
thinking of new ideas, to increase some views, ๐
trying to hit the section TRENDING and not just the NEW !! ๐ฃ
Then you participate in a bucket full of contests,๐ฅ
and hope to win them all, ๐
only to realise that not a single window ๐ผ,
was struck by your ball โพ.
Then you SPAM peopleโs posts with COMMENTS,๐ฅ
until someone warns you to flag your spams. ๐ฉ
What to do? What to do? You think again,๐ฐ
wasting time on making a new plan ๐.
And then you decide to attract a Whale,๐
painting their pictures, following their trails, ๐จ
commenting on their wall, saving your fall, ๐คน๐ปโโ
but Oh My God, you fail again! ๐๐ป
You sit there expressionless,
not knowing what to do? ๐
Whether leave it down there,
or should you continueโ
You read peopleโs lengthy posts and leave quality comments, โ๐ป
but until how long would you read, just to keep a hold of them?โ๐ป
But look at you, even after such a huge fall,๐ฅ
you still have strength to stand tall๐ด๐ป
You still donโt give up, you are still trying, ๐๐ป
look, you are already a winner, why are you crying?๐คท๐ปโโ
Your votes might not be increasing, but your followers are, ๐ฌ
your dollars might not be rising, but your reputation has jumped so far. ๐คพ๐ปโโ
Big things take big-time, ๐
keep patience until you are confined, ๐
your time will come quick, if you keep up your pace, ๐๐ปโโ
ENJOY THIS PLATFORM, donโt take it as a race.โ
Fail a 100 times to be successful once, ๐
Trust me, that once would be enough then,
because someday you will be noticed,
this place is full of good men ๐จ๐ผโโ.
Be prepared for failures, ๐คฅ
donโt take them seriously, ๐
provide value, provide help, donโt behave viciously. ๐
And the most important is that you post to enjoy, ๐ค
earning is just a bonus, Oh boy !!๐
Be happy when you receive it, but when not, donโt cry, ๐
do here WHAT YOU LOVE, and wait for it to reach the sky. ๐ซ
1st picture taken from @minnowbooster. All others from pixabay.com or pexels.com.
What do you think was similar to your situation from the above poetry. Comment with #iagree if you face anything same as I mentioned above. SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS TOO TO GIVE THEM A GOOD LAUGH. Keep steeming hard !! :)
Needs to be shared Facebook! This made me laugh and smile at the same time! A great read to myself
Haha. I am glad that it made you laugh. But facebook might not appreciate my post ๐ . As the poem shows struggles of steemit, we should better keep quite, for Steemitโs progress ๐ท๐ค
Feel your pain. Good post!
Hehe :p Thanks for understanding, and commenting :D
That was so helpful really! beautifully put. A sort of a movie trailer for me. I couldn't resist writing these lines:
I am a newbie so I am a steemit amoeba,
yearning to evolve and fight all crisis
Your poem, elixir, a knowledge plethora
hints at success but with a bit of amoebiasis
Haha how was it a movie trailer ๐ ?
Haha !! Hi five โ๐ป. You too can rhyme. Where are you from?
hahaha. Hi five! Movie trailer because as a newbie it gave me a preview of what's going to happen to me in future. I believe poetry is the strongest form of expression. So fewer words yet so deep and multifaceted. I am not good at it at all but I admire those who are blessed with this skill. I will keep coming back to read this to get motivated :). Following you. I am from Lucknow, India.
I liked your rhyme. I dont think you arent good at it. Yes you might need motivation on this platform. Steemit is awesome if you know how to use it. All the best :) Good to see indians getting on board !!
Thanks! That's encouraging. Happy that you liked it. If I write something poetic in future please take a look :).
Hehe. I am glad you could relate with it :D .Thanks for commenting.
I'm not so into lyrics, but I like this one :) "Big things take big-time, ๐
keep patience until you are confined" - How true that is :)
That gives a big relief that a person with not so much interest in rhymes LIKED it. Thanks a lot :)
Hahaha! Bloody excellent :-) I was really hoping that you would have a decent amount when I got to the bottom. Really nice poem and beautifully encapsulated. The advice I was going to give you, was basically the last part of your poem.
Essentially, be the 1% of people who don't give up, not the 99% that do :-)
Steem on!
Cg
Thanks, but this nice amount that you see right there is because of the bots and whaleshares. If we actually had so much support on steemit, this poetry would never have been made :p .Thanks for your comment though :D. I will just keep on enjoying :p
I know what you mean, and it is a shame that you can have 300 votes and still have less than $2 if at least one of those people isn't a whale. I'm sure that will change eventually though, as that is the only way this platform can truly thrive.
Anyway, I'm glad that that hasn't stopped you and you're still Steeming on :-)
Cg
Damn, it feels so good when someone can understand your situation. That is enough for me to keep going :D :D Thanks a lot. I won't give up :D :D
My pleasure :-D
Cg
This poetry just made my day !
Amazing....
Hehe. I am glad I could make someone's day :D :D
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You touched my heart with this poem and this is not a poem actually this the life of every new steemit user even i and you do a lot of things that mentioned in this poem,very very good poem thanks for writing this dear :)
Haha, not just new. I think even users older then 3-4 months face the same situations. I am glad u liked it. :D Thanks for the comment.
everyone can relate with this, good job! :) #iagree
Yes, everyone :p Thanks :D
This verse simply filled my heart with joy !
Hehe. I am glad that it did. Thanks a lot for commenting :)
Good poetry!
Enjoy writing!
Making new friends!
thanks dear. You too :)
you definitely hit the nail on the head! Great writing and everything you said is spot on with my own experience. But, for what it is worth I did upvote and follow you and so this is my best attempt at helping you in the small way that I can!
Haha. Thank you so much. It is the story of every person here. Thanks a lot for your vote and comment ;)
Well done indeed, I have very much enjoyed reading this, I'm sure we all have some type of similar situation going on in our life on steemit.
Appreciate your thoughts very much and it was quite entertaining to read. Thanks & be well @himshweta
I am glad that I could entertain. :D Yes we are all going through the same struggles. Thanks for commenting. Hope to see you around ;)
nice poem, I loved it #iagree. still haven't caught a whale though.
Haha. Then I gave you the next step to perform :p
Great. Precise and rightly summarized pain points. Someone might make a rap video of this :)
Hahahaha. Good idea :p I might do the honours :p Hahaha. Thanks for the suggestion, and the comment
:D
Lol.....i respect your creativity
Thanks A LOT :P
This is very creative!
Hehe. Thanks Kittygirl :D :D
OMG!!! Everything you said it's true. You fight with yourself; so many times I had to convince myself to make another post, felt like it wasn't good enough, though to give up and again to post; doesn't matter if it's paid or not, just to convince myself to post again ๐๐๐. Nice though btw
Haha, Steemit is a drug :p :p :p Thanks for commenting. Hope to see you around often. :)
Nice post
This is so true. Steemit is truly an addiction
Yes !! Thanks for the comment :)
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You have accurately summarised all the points, a new steemian feels. Really liked it and resteemed.
Good Luck!
I can understand their pain !! :p Thanks a lot for commeting and resteeming dear :). Good luck to you as well.
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Haha, I have tried everything and so I can understand. >D Thanks for your upvote and comment :) :D
I enjoyed this post :):) Well said and it will most certainly appeal to many. Just keep on Steeming is definitely the main part of the post to take home :) Gg
Yeah. I wish it could help people as well and not just entertain. Thanks for your comment :D
That was simply amazing.
I am glad you liked it :D
Not sure if this belongs in #funny or #whysoserious :) But definitely a #popcontest worthy entry!
Hey !!! I wasn't aware about this contest. Thanks for informing me !! I might put my entry their now :DD Thanks a lot for your comment dear :) Followed you.
Thanks :) I am not good at poetry but I do post the occasional #infographics but definitely found the competitions a very good mental exercise. I think you'll do quite well in the competition so good luck!
Thanks dear :)
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Creative. :)
Thanks nate ๐
Well said! Good post!
Thanks annie :) ๐
Ok this post really made me smile hahaha! :D
And you mentioned GREECE of all countries (ok and India haha) so as a Greek I approve :D :D :D :D
It is exactly how you describe it, that's why your post is doing so well! Congrats! You funnily through poetry described our every day struggle on Steemit! Congrats @himshweta :D ;)
Haha that ainโt true. The post is doing good because of the bots and whaleshares ๐. If there was so much appreciation of good content here, this poem would have not been written ๐ ๐ . But let it be. I have my motivation ๐ฌ. Thanks for your comment meanmommy ๐
When reading your poem from the start,I got frustrated,but at the end of the poem it motivated me too be strong and remain calm.thanks for the motivation man๐โ๏ธ๐๐
Hehe. Sorry for the frustration ๐ and thanks for the appreciation ๐ค
Enjoyed reading this
Thanks for your comment ๐
Wow. You have painted a very nice picture.
I was heading towards the spamming. Now I will skip to the enjoyments only. I did joined the steemit community to write. But I really hurts when the efforts goes unnoticed.
Yes true story. I think whales should do something about it. Afterall, they have all the power on this platform. But until they donโt, we can only enjoy here ๐ค. Thanks for commenting :)
Hi! @himshweta
You made it real. I guess you wrote from you heart not from your head. That tells a lot. All you are saying is "Keep moving non stop no matter apparent failures. I dont agree less. DONT GIVE UP! Thats it. Thanks and more of you. You got my resteem
@praise-eu
Yea !! Heart only can describe situations the best way. Thank you so much for resteeming :D :D and commenting :*
gd post
oh damn, thaaaaaaaaaanks that is so true, @hectgranate lee esto. No es solo a ti, ยฟte das cuenta? #iagree
Hehe. Thanks for resteeming dear :D :D
Deeply agree with your post.
Thanks Vindy.
This is one fine piece of poetry expressing the journey of a steemian in a rather funny way. That's all I've got to say.
Hehe. Thanks a lot amarbir :D.
Absolutely BRILLIANT my dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRILLIANT I tell you!!!! Love, love LOVE it!!!!!
Hehe, That's a lot of love raining :D. Thanks Jaynie :D
Credit given where credit is due my dear ;)
Excellent! Great job on this! ๐ #steemitbloggers
hahha love it! it does illustrate the struggle indeed, and being a lovely poem is just the icing on top!
Thanks mcfarhat :) sorry for the late reply. I am not well these days.
oh sorry to hear, hope you get well soon !
I feel your pain nonetheless
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