More great points here @jefftek! Consumption versus engagement is a big differentiating factor between platforms. Monetizing popularity on Facebook is not all that easy and often doesn’t equate to much. People need huge amounts of followers on Facebook to even start monetizing, we’re here on Steemify people have the potential to start ordering something right away, even without a huge follower base. Of course, the more people you know on the platform and the larger your follower base here helps, but there’s always that possibility of an article being “noticed” and upvoted! You are right that experimenting with different content types is usually a good way to get started. It can help people figure out what they enjoy posting about and how people respond to the content.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
So here is a question, does your Steem Power erode/decay over time? As I understand it, more weight is given to those with more steem power as far as their curation goes. In a traditional sense, if I stop posting content/interacting on FB/YT, my previous followers may move their attention elsewhere, eroding my visibility. However it would seem that once you build up SP, it's persistent so you don't have to keep fueling that fire to maintain visibility. The SP you earn/buy is retained over the lifetime of your account (unless you power down? or delegated SP is over?). As a side question, are there any notifications in the web app of replies like a time line or do you just have to periodically check your comments/posts feeds?
Sorry that I’m just responding now!! You bring up some really great questions.
Your steem power stays there as long as you don’t power it down. The amount of money that it is worth though, depends on the fluctuating price of steem. For example, my 100% upvote is currently worth about half of what it was the beginning of January, because the price of steem has dropped. Starting out the year, steem was at a record high! Which meant that everyone’s votes were worth more, and so post payouts were higher.
You are correct that if someone stops posting regularly, their follower base may move on to support other people. This is part of why staying consistent is so important to building “your brand”.
As for notifications, there are a few things you can do! First, If you click on your thumbnail image in the top right-hand corner, it gives you a few options. You can either go to your feed, your blog, your comments, your replies, or your wallet. Checking the reply section, is a good way to make sure you haven’t missed anything!
Even better... get the Steemify app if you have an iPhone. It is currently only available the App Store, but I think they have plans to make available for android in the future as well. This app is such a game changer! It sends you notifications if you get a reply, an upvote from someone, or someone mentions you in a comment or post.
I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other follow-up questions, and I promise it won’t take me three days to respond this time! :-)
Thanks for the answers, and no problem taking time to respond!
I'm using android, and have tried a few of the SteemIt apps, with varying degree of quality. eSteem does provide notifications, so I did turn them on for replies/mentions. It doesn't seem to be near real time, so it must be polling periodically to determine it. I did see Steemify and am waiting for it to appear on Android.
I have since learned the limitations of bandwidth, which kind of was the missing link to understanding the platform a bit for me. I was wondering how the system attempts to limit the of people freely voting/reblogging/commenting less than quality content since it seems like there was no penalty for spamming. I like the bandwidth approach since as your reputation grows based on your quality of content, you get more bandwidth, etc.
I also learned I wasted alot of votes on voting in the first 30 minutes on new content since I was browsing the new stream alot :)
Thanks for the info!