Agreed, a factual observation. I have been on here since October and had that same hype as those you have spoken of. Started me self up and Posted bland content. Luckily, My recently Deceased friend (aka @adept) was a Computer Programmer and then some. Reason I am here now is his doing. Always had the heads up. His upvote was worth around $15.00 and really helped me out with getting upvoted, as well as gaining followers such as Dolphins or Whales. He had been hired by @ned and the team but sadly had passed on from Earth. So that, along with little to no rewards and followers lead me to step away from @Steemit.com.
Tho I had not lost faith nor do I really doubt the success @Steemit.com is and will attain. I came up with some tactics on how to gain the people and the money.
1. Optimism and Confidence- A MUST! Steemit is still in infancy stage. Of coarse there are mishaps. Steemit.com/Steem Blockchain is young and shall adapt
2. Consistency- In the idea that content I create has a core. A general basis of Theme and main topic that I bring to the platform most frequently
3. Find other Steemians that hold your interests and ALWAYS CHECK THEIR CONTENT and create a bond. They will do so as well
4. Blockchain/Crypto Education- The help is everywhere. Use the tools and do research.
That is a few ideals I can see as a huge aid here on Steemit.
That is it for now, time to sleep.
That is, one of the main conditions here is to contact other users (support, promotion, commenting). It is important to find people who will support your interests. Here the principle - "you to me, and I to you" works. Reciprocity.
Recently, I prefer to communicate with users in a discord. In a personal conversation, it's easier to start an interesting conversation and learn about a person and his goals. It is interesting.
Yes it seems that Discord and Steemit have somewhat of partnership here lol. Perfect Social interaction through Discord. I became aware of Discord after I had already been on here, so I never knew that Discord was generally for Gaming until few months back.
I too have never used discord before. Now this is the best tool for communication between users of steemit. This is a good decision. Are you a member of the discord communities?
yea about 10 of em. that is an estimate tho. World of Photography is one. That is a good server for taking Photo and doing contests. Follow @juliank, she is the creator of that community.