I think a major problem about steem is that most newbies believe they have to publish content to make money.
It is true. For most people who open an account in steemit, their first motivation is to achieve an income.
A distorted expectation has been created in this regard. At the end of 2017 - beginning of 2018 when the STEEM / SBD reached their historical highs in Venezuela very few people knew Steemit. Presumably the news ran fast and then began to enter new users. Of this wave of novices, currently there should not be even half.
Disappointed by the low income they left the platform. Currently there must be a high number of dead accounts.
Another way to reward your readers is to put a steem bounty on your post, like that you can give an additional value to your upvotes.
Actually it works, you're absolutely right. But if we talk about that mass of new users who are more interested in getting at least a few cents per publication, then this is not an option for them.
In summary, the only valid option is to take care of our followers by giving them the treatment they deserve. As you say, responding to all your comments.
I see it as an act of strengthening a friendship.
Thank you appreciated @achim03.
I enjoyed this publication very much.
Everything you said is true.
The most important thing here is not the money, the most valuable thing from Steem is the connections the platform try to make in order to change reallity faster than with normal means we have available today, I mean, like democracy is full of bureaucracy and slow solutions from politicians.
Witness and everything behind the frontend is really interesting as an experiment trying to bring answers and better aproach of the social problems as a community, all together, unite instead of divide, positive circles.
Greetings friend, @hijosdelhombre.
I'm glad we share the same criteria.
The connections between human beings. The exchange of thoughts, of ideas, of cultures. That's what really is important.
As you say it is like an interesting experiment of global magnitude, because here in Steemit there are no borders.
Hi @juanmolina,
Thanks a lot for this detailled comment
I agree with you that for new users steem bounty is not the solutions also because they probably don't have a couple of steem around. I believe that new users shouldn't post too often to start with. They should build up relationships first by commenting other poeple's post. If done well, they can earn much more than by publishing their own posts that only few will read.
This is totally true. The value of friendships is however often forgotten or ignored. When on steem we are more than just people interested in money and that values like frienship take a bigger importance, we can become an expemple for a new set of values on the internet...
I just realized than you promoted this post big style. Thank you very much for it! I appreciate it a lot but I feel its not really fair that you have all the expenses ;-) A memo will come around soon...
You would not have bothered, dear friend.