I'm happy to read you survived the first three months. :) I'm only a month ahead of you, and while the climb is still steep, it is getting a little easier.
I'm not sure what it is that makes us all think we're going to have instant success when we get here. It's probably due to a lack of information about how this platform really is, and that might be purposeful since we might have not joined had we known what we found out within our first few weeks.
The mere idea that some potential reward can be affixed to our posts and comments makes this place unique in the blogging/commenting world. The fact that it is based on a cryptocurrency, which is primarily the domain of investors right now, makes the combination an odd mix, and not at all what I thought it would be.
Trying to figure out a way to help those who are here to invest and those who are here to create and engage is going to be the ongoing issue, especially when people see those two sides (and either other you could add in) working at cross purposes. I'm hoping, though, there's a place somewhere in the middle where we can all meet.
Thank you
For me it was watching YouTube videos by one of the witnesses pretending it was simple to make hundreds per post, lol. There is a lot of misinformation being purposely pushed by those who should know better. I am guessing some of the retention issues Steemit has is due to those videos that brought people here.
I believe there is, and my growth on here seems to be a testament to that. Despite getting discouraged (which I didn't touch a lot on in my initial post) and not posting for awhile, I continued to engage with others on their posts and my account grew. After enough growth I finally had my aha moment and saw the solution to the visibility issue.
This made me laugh. I am that guy you wouldn't have expected here. I was ignorant of crypto at the beginning of the year, skeptical of it in fact. It was this platform that pulled me into testing the waters. Thanks for reading my post and sharing your thoughts. Hoping the next quarter will see great growth for the both of us.
May it be so!
And skeptical is a good way of describing me when I initially heard about STEEM, or I might have joined when I first heard about it back in July of 2016.
I really don't know why people feel the need to sensationalize these things. Well, actually, I do. They're hoping to make quick money. Which is too bad. Because they could make long term, long lasting money if they chose to educate people instead of find ways to grab money first.