I've been on Steemit.com now for two weeks. I'm not able to grasp the full concept of Steem and the Blockchain... YET. What I do know as a 'digital enthusiast' is I have been sleeping shorter nights since I've arrived on Steemit:
- For it's potential for me as an artist and person with sudden lessened mobility to create content/share my work from the couch and maybe even earn some income
- For it's feel of a pioneering opportunity! Although I think Steemit could be even BIGGER in the way it can mean something to people, it feels similar to 'discovering' Twitter, Facebook... And I've joined all those big names always quite early, when they weren't big names yet. I like this early bird feeling, and I feel it on Steemit.com
- For it's community! Yesterday I listened to the WhaleShares radio for the first time and it made me happy to feel people are really connecting with one another. Of course not all of Steemit, but still.
I've been experimenting up until now with a lot of things around Steemit and plan te write them down in a few weeks (spoiler: I regret using voting bots, I don't regret reading, commenting on blogs and diving into some Discord communities). That's the point where I will share my experiences with Steemit with friends / facebook / twitter. Who knows. The price might be surging for many reasons, but one of them might be that in 2018 non-tech/crypto-savvy people like me who intuitively feel it's potential are willing to get other people on board!
Hi @soyrosa. I am glad you joined steemit. Over time you will make new friends who share the same interests as you. Unless you live in a particularly impoverished country it is going to be hard to make a living on steemit. There are few dozen - at most - out of the half million who signed up, that are clearing more than $100 per day. You will quickly come across them in the hot or trending sections. What you do get is a community. It takes a long time, but if you write alot and you write well, followers will arrive.