I have meant to create an analytical beginner's steemit guide for a while now, but it has just been accomplished!
In this post you will find useful information about steemit and useful links where you can go to for greater analysis.
When I first 'landed' on steemit (but also before my registration) I was trying to read as much as I could, gathering information that were everywhere and it was time consuming as well as a bit frustrating.
The one thing I felt that was missing was information gathered together, instructions, a guide with all content items about this platform.
This guide has been structured based the initial guide by @indigoocean here
I made some changes and addition with a few of my links, translated it in Greek and now it is time to write it in English.
I hope you enjoy reading it and I hope it is clear and easy to navigate.
Welcome to steemit and I hope that you will enjoy yourselves here, while making the most of your time!
PART ONE (1): What is Steemit?
It is a blogging & social media platform. After your registration and after creating your profile, you have the ability to post images, blog posts, videos, to comment on other people's posts, to reply to other people comments, to upvote (like), to downvote (dislike)attention, to resteem (share), to follow other users and more.
Almost all your actions on steemit are rewarded with steem + steem dollars. However it should not be considered as a platform for a quick profit (not, unless you have a great amount to invest for buying steem in the first place). It requires devotion, content of good quality, time and you need to have a big community to support you by upvoting your blogs.
Steemit is still in beta, operates in a blockchain and is a promising, innovative idea constantly evolving.
PART TWO (2): What to do after creating an account
1. Quick Welcoming Guide
You are surely excited with your new account and perhaps you area already crafting your first blog post! However please take the time to study Steemit's Guide > Quick Start Guide
2. Security and Permission Keys
Pay extra attention to your codes, they have the access to your wallet! Read this useful article for your account security
Here you will find useful information regarding the different passwords
3. Make yourself comfortable!
Take some time and discover where everything is located. Check the tags, your blog, your replies, your wallet etc.
Here you can find a guide that shows what is where
4. Create your steemit profile
Read here instructions about how to easily create a nice profile!
5. Your first blog
Take some time to write your first post, which should be your 'introduce yourself' in the platform.
Read posts by new commers here. It is recommended that you have a photo with yourself + a paper with the date of your post.
6. Explore
Take the time to explore topics that you are interested in, while surfing steemit. You can upvote, comment, and choose the tag you wish (by clicking the steemit logo on the left.
PART THREE (3): Your strategy for making new friends and increase your rewards.
I will say it again. Steemit is NOT an ‘easy to get rich’ scheme! You cannot make lots of money if you do not devote time and produce useful content (it can be blogging about any topic, photos, stories, poets, guides, how-to etc etc)
1. Engage
After you see what the posts are all about (you will be surprised by the variety and quality), you can comment some of the posts that interest you. Follow users that post content you find interesting and engage. You will surely be entertained and learn many new things!
2. What you will blog about
Think about your topics. You can read here suggestions about
3. How to create appealing content
Steemit uses MarkDown for content. You insert images by dragging & dropping. Read Instructions & Tips
PART FOURTH (4): Etiquette & Guidelines
Steemit is a social network, and as such, it has its 'well behaviour' guidelines. There is no 'censorship' (with its strict meaning) but exactly due to the thousands of users from around the world, the bad behaviors are 'punished' while the good ones are rewarded.
Read here about steemit etiquette and if you want, please take a look below
PART FIRTH (5): Attention. There is NO privacy on the Blockchain. Everything is public and nothing is ever deleted.
Every action of yours is recorded. Every upvote, comment, post, transaction. In addition, anything that you publish cannot be deleted. I suggest attention with photographs or any personal information you publish (this is valid for all social media of course and any online information you publish)
Attention. Every action of yours on steemit, will reduce your bandwidth. This means that at least the first few weeks do not overdo it with extra (unnecessary actions) Read more here > Bandwidth
Everytime you upvote, your Voting Power will decrease by 2%. Read here about what voting power is
After writing a post, every upvote from every user equals rewards. The author receives 75% of the total amount 7 days after the publish and the rest 25% is distributed among the curators.
! You can only do edits to your posts before the posts pay out (7 days)
Read about rewards by @ilyastarar
Steemit community is very strict regarding 'plagiarism' and the content uploaded is of great improtance.
- We can NOT just copy-paste articles, even if we have written them. We should always cite the source and accompany the posts with our point of view.
- We are extra careful when uploading images from internet. We need to respect copyrights.
- If we are not sure of something, it is best if we search in advance or ask someone.
Useful Links
How to exchange SBD for Steem Power
Steemit Wallet
What are Vests
Conclusion - Is it worth the time & efforts?
If the time and efforts are worth it, is a really personal point of view different for each one of us. For me, it is a platform that has helped me realize what blockchain is, how to enter the crypto-world, learn and develop something that I love doing (writing and research)
If you want, read my point of view about how to make the most out of steemit and let me know your thoughs below.
It is really important that we have the right expectation for every move we make. So we need to devote time for research and evaluation.
Good News
Steemit is becoming a very popular social media with thousands of users around the world More than 80.000 users, a number constantly increasing!
Enjoy your time her, make new friends and help in making this platform great!
Improve yourself, improve your writing skills, smile and have fun!
The best way to predict this platform's future, is to be a part of it and create it!
We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it Source ~ Nigel Calder
Thank you so much for your time, please let me know at the comments if you have any questions and feel free to follow clicking the below links!
My original source in Greek here
Great post that I'm sure will help many new folks get off to an easier start on here. Thanks for the reference, but you work really stands on its own.
Thanks @katerinaramm. It's a very helpful post.
Good job. It should be very useful to new members especially. I like the initiative :D
greetings, Katerinaramm, thank you for help us!!!!!
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Well done Katerina. A complete guide. Useful tool for every beginner and not only...
Thanks a lot for this guide. This is very helpful for people like me who just joined. Also congratulations on your well deserved second place win of the writing contest. I enjoyed reading your article.
Great compilation of newbie resources. Thanks!
Great post! You really took your time writing it and I appreciate that with my upvote :-)
I've been annoyed lately with too much useless junk on steemit and it's getting harder to find good content and who to follow. You are one of the better ones on steemit and I suggest to all new and existing users to read this post. They'll learn something from it. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot to me.
I did not want to overload this one with info, people new here feel already overwhelmed (I still do myself sometimes!)
If anything is unanswered for you, feel free to reach out!
All the best,
Katerina
You did not overload it. It's perfect! I'm serious... Good job!
I gave you an upvote.
Your post provided me much more information.
Thanking you again.