Today I realized, I have a better chance of meeting the best of the web on steemit than anywhere else!
The idea of steem and steemit is to build a *brand new* social network. A community of strangers who can interact with one another, and share in the value of it.
IT WORKS!
You get paid to upvote good content. You get paid to write your own good content.
The value of the system is obvious.
I've only been here less than a year, and already I've been able to decipher good people vs bad people.
What does that mean?
- Some people are here for the greater good.
- Some people are here for themselves.
The lines are blurred... but if you spend enough time here, people's personalities become obvious.
I can count at least 10 people I've met via steemit that I treasure, and would have never met otherwise.
I can count at least 50 people I've met via steemit that I normally would shove past on the sidewalk and have no time for...
That's life. However, in blogs, we spill out our life and our thoughts to whomever is listening. With enough time it becomes very obvious who is here for money, and who is here to just be the better part of society..
Read between the lines and you can see it too.
That is a very intelligent blog post, probably my most favorite one I read tonight. As a newby, I appreciate your insight.....it gives me something to think about, and choose to be a light rather than a suction cup.
With that mindset, you'll do really well here. Good people shine quite easily on steemit.
P.S. it just takes time. Don't give up, and just be you. :)
Good person meets good people.
You are quite a positive person, aren't you?
Good for you!
Upvoted and followed there.
Each and everyday I wake up, I want to be positive, and want to meet positive people with positive aspirations. Unfortunately that doesn't happen very well. Yet I can't shake my positive outlook. So yes, I'm a positive thinking person... and I hope I never see the day that stops. :P
So:
Then:
And:
Don't think positive. Do positive. Don't be unfortunate. Be fortunate. I only wish you all the best.
It's almost like Ghandi wrote that... Makes a lot of sense.
Question is, why do you agree?
Because our lives are what we make them. Not how we are perceived. Do what is right and feels right... and that's as simple as it gets.
Perception is a form of criticism. You accept criticism as feedback? And life literally changes. You ignore, well, then you live in this deluded bubble you have created yourself seeking positivity and happiness and whatot.
Just brutal truth I have observed over the years.
I see, we meet again! * evil grin *
I liked how you concluded. :)
Just so you know @prakashghai you are one of the 10 and you're still new. You expanded my horizons. Before you, I didn't know what minimalist photography was... and your choice of photos to showcase a person selling peanuts for a living woke me up to my own issues that I deal with everyday. I complain about my life, but I'm not selling peanuts.. but if I had to, I would. You brought an image from Jaipur (Northern India) to share that daily life there.
Most people will spend a large sum of money and vacation time to travel to India to stay in a hotel, airfare, and walk the streets to see something as simple as this..
Your photography is very thought inspiring. It's ARTISTIC, in one of the best forms.
To put it simple:
We never would have met on facebook, twitter, or reddit. BUT on steemit we did!
Lol
I suspect you don't get as much as I do out of person selling peanuts for a living. Where I live, NO ONE does that. This is a big deal where I live and perhaps where you live... it's very common.
Eh, I didn't even read that comment. All I saw was a wall of text there. So was loling. :)
Well gee.. I'm not going to pour my heart in thoughts if you're not going to read it... awww
Don't take it to your heart. I have a funny character account, so I do this often. I do read.
Thank You @intelliguy that bag of $0.15 cents of peanuts created our bond here. All Thanks to that old man ☺
I was here for money, but now it seems like it's changing and I am really glad about that :)
yes Its aazing to finally be on a platform wheer you can talk to anyone without "mods" deleting your posts etc! @libert I followed, I see youve beenhere since Nov last year! u seem to resteem alot, u should start creating ur own posts, i canhelp you write em! i am addicted to writing steem articles now! I love engaging with users in every coment I can!
I can tell u enjoy curating, u shoudl really invest insome more steempower so u canreallly earn some more from ur comments and upvotes!
I followed you too :), I write my own post but my resteemed posts are in more numbers so my own posts sometimes gets lost in oblivion :D
Yes I would love to invest in steem power but don't have money to invest, so I guess my steemit earnings will be only source of sp as of now.
Steemit is the best online community I have ever found. Very helpful and encouraging.
yes and beta.chainbb.com makes steem even better! have you tried it yet? it lets u view all related posts in a forum style!
like ive said, money or promise of money makes people nicer and better behave here in our bee hive so beehave yuor self beehive yourself!!!!
you are not BeeHiving like a buzzy bee you are downvoting good posts and that will hurt you
u arent hive minding! you say u meet nice people and youre not beeeeeeing nice at all yourself
My vote pushed you past $13 on this post! How about you show some respect and some gratefulness to your followers like me who share yoour posts onfacebook and intagram ow could yo even think of calling me a comment spamer or a copypasta for just TALKING about reposting MY OWN instagram posts??? is @craig-grant a spammer for reposting his own Youtube Videos from years ago when there was no steemit?????
Laws of Reciprocity - "You get what you give! You reap what you sow!" ~ Bible
Was going through your posts and I enjoyed reading this.