If you're reading this then congratulations,you have reached SteemIt. Yay for you! So you already discovered SteemIt and see how much people make just by doing something you're already doing on Facebook,Reddit,Twitter etc. You're excited to finally be financially independent,you spent 5 hours writing your killer post. You finally wrote and publishes it and excitedly stare at your computer to watch the upvote pours. But much to your disappointment it didn't get enough votes.
Disappointing right? You spend all day thinking what you did wrong,it was a killer post. So you're on a desperate state,you're in dire need of follows and all the upvotes. Here's some tip you should do if you DON'T want to be successful on SteemIt.
Beg people for follow: "Good post,follow me I will follow you back." You probably see that generic comment on popular posts. First of all,it's been said a lot of times that Follow4Follow is lame! That's a great way to NOT get followers. Trust me it doesn't work. Knock it off,its for your own good! If you insist on building a follower however then engage on posts that you actually like. Leave related and well thought of comments and likeminded people will follow you. Rome wasn't build on a day,it takes effort and a lot of work.
Plagiarize: You're thinking to yourself "SteemIt sucks,my killer post didn't get paid like i supposed to. Fuck writing and thinking of a killer article for hours,im just gonna copy and paste!" My protip: DONT. Don't even think of it,you'll get caught. There are a couple of SteemIt police bots that are going to catch you and you will be put in internet jail. Trust me internet jail is the last place you'll want to be in. @cheetah and @steemcleaners are policing this place 24/7. Cite your source everytime you have to use their material and link to the original material. Not only they pick up plagiarize contents but they will also flag you for comment spam and tag spam. So make sure your tags are appropriate to your post.
Be a link friend on chatrooms: What's a link friend you asked? Read @neoxian 's perfect definition of a link friend. Trust me you're risking a downvote doing that. It really grinds people's gear when someone just pop up on personal messages on chats and just straight up send you a link to their post asking for an upvote. Not even a hi or a hello,they will just send you a link! Being a link friend is a good way to gain people that will rage downvote your post,however. (Image below grabbed from neoxian's link friend definition comment thread.)
Piss off a whale: Fun fact: Whales loves to snack on minnows. You definitely don't want to piss off a whale,spamming them messages begging for upvote on your post is a good way to get whales to flag you instead. I've seen it on every whales profiles,check it yourself and look how a lot of people are sending messages to whales on their wallets begging for upvote on their post,or asking for "donations". Trust me 9 times out 10 they will never upvote your post! Be creative,write valuable content and you might get noticed by whales.
So those are ways to NOT be successful on SteemIt. Do all of those and i can guarantee you 100% that you're destined to fail. However,if you still insist on making it on SteemIt then go read up @teamsteem 's Ultimate Guide To SteemIt post. And make sure you join PALnet discord channel. What's PALnet? It's an initiative dedicated to help minnows on SteemIt. It's a minnow support project ran by @aggroed , @ausbitbank , @teamsteem , and @canadian-coconut .Click Here to learn more.
I recently experienced the link friend scenario and I'm not even a dolphin or a whale or anything significant. I can only imagine what whales go through on a daily basis. I still cannot believe that people send .001 SBD and ask to be upvoted to these whales. I mean come on people that's where the bots are for. I was speaking to a whale the other day, he had a similar post, and I asked him what he dose when people send him $ for upvotes. Very sternly he replied, I send it back and warned them not to do it again. I was so proud
That's a whale with principle LOL It's funny that some people thought that sending someone .001 SBD will actually give them their $20, $30 upvote in return.
That person/whale seemed very cool. A little to out there with his writing for me to follow, but filled with integrity nonetheless. I was looking at another whales wallet and noticed she received over 100++ request a day. There is no way she can reply to all her comments(which she does daily) post, edit, and comment on other post while also sending all this $$ money back to people. If I were her I would just keep it. Not worth the hassle.
Wow that's a tremendous number of probably .0001 SBD messages LOL I would keep it too, no way I'll spend all they sending those back LOL
K.E, you ARE Significant!
Loved meeting and chatting with you and K.K! 2 fine new Friends!
Aww,you're an awesome friend to have, too. Glad to have you as a friend <3
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aww, thanks underground! You da best! See you two in discord :)
I wholeheartedly agree with every single point you have made. These words should be inscribed on the doors to Steemit.
Thank you so much for that very rewarding comment :) I like to guide fellow minnows to the right path.
Lots of important information here, thank you for resteeming this post! I found it thanks to you :)
Thanks for the mention.
Your link friend post definition is spot on and hilarious xD
Yeah apparently many people have no idea what they are doing and they often do the wrong things regarding forum ethics especially here.
Yeah and i hope we can guide them to the right path,make them do it right.
Yes there is always time/room for learning like what I had experienced as a noob in a forum. I was trolling but never realized what I was doing and I soon changed.
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I love that .06 "reality" hahaha
It's true 90% of the time xD
Haha nice post!
Ive not heard of PALnet I'm going to check it out. Thanks
You should join,its a great support program for us minnows.
Your post shows me that I'm generally doing stuff right. Yippee :)
I hope others will take heed!
Oh and I think that's a picture of a whale shark, not a whale. Just sayin' ;D
Glad to hear that you're on the right path! And thanks for correcting that it's a whale shark and not a whale,but it's to late to remove LOL Also,thanks a lot for the @randowhale gift! <3
It's still dannnnng big and can screw up a minnow real good, so — close enough XD
I've been tipping myself a lot with @randowhale, then taking the profits and randowhaling others — bwhahahaaa
Barely breaking even has never been more fun!
That is so kind of you to do that! Wow <3
The past week and a half has been a blur of support, kindness and encouragement from both large and small in the community, I just want to show my appreciation.
That meme is so accurate lol
Haha i know right!
thank you for your tips and share it with us. I agree with you, very annoying people asking to follow ahahaha could you follow me back ? ahahaah joke - love is the way -
Hahaha so true. Follow 4 follow won't work. But since you asked nicely,im following you now :)
Thank you very much. always have a nice way to ask something. - love is the way - keep up with your posts and thank you for share your knowledge
Awww :) You're welcome :)
Very good and useful post. Helpful information for all the new users:)
Thank you :) I hope this helps new people on SteemIt.
I have been on STEEM for a year now and this article will really help me in my success going forward. I want to Thank you for laying out the information on how to properly do things as a STEEMIAN.
You're welcome :)
Wow! Nicely done buddy! That was really funny at the same time. Very big help for us minnows, Keep it up buddy give some more tips. Haappy steeming 🤗🤗
Thank you! Steem on!
Agree 100% with pretty much everything you've said! Seems to me part of the problem is that people arrive here with completely unrealistic expectations of what "get rewarded for posting" means. Steemit isn't some kind of freebie handout event! Even after 5 months and almost 5000 posts, I still take nothing for granted... and I am "owed" nothing simply because I happen to be here and am breathing!
These points should be part of the Steemit TOS, right next to "Don't lose your password!" (ver. 2.32).
What some newbies don't get is that they should effort and not just wait for people to throw them money just because they are here LOL Thanks for your wonderful comment.
Thanks for posting, totally agree with the points made in this post, and i like the picture of the whale eating all the fish describing the hoovering that happens when you piss them off, or that they don't care enough about you to eat you anyway xD.
Hehe so don't piss of a whale,or even a dolphin if you're a minnow xD
I laughed. Good post.
Happy to entertain you xD
Good post and great advice for the newbies.
Steem on babe.
Steem on! Thanks.
good post, b <3
Aww thanks :*
Agreed.
Sounds pretty much like common sense for all types of social media. Too bad for us there will always be the ones who will abuse the platform!
Great write up, thanks a lot for your help on discord :)
Funny thing is, common sense is not too common nowaday my friend :( And no problem, just ask for help if you need any. People on Discord are soooo helpful.
Ironic indeed! Good news for us on SteemIt is that crap content just won't survive ;)
Appreciate you Kay! If you need help with non-Steemit related things I would be glad to. Cheers!
I will keep the offer in mind LOL Thank you.
Hahaha absolutely 😅😅
I agree 100%! As many newbies are entering I think it's always good to teach the best way to success
Congratulations!
Thank you, i hope they can read it so they can be guided to the right path.
THANK YOU!... I can't stand people writing information that obviously come from other sources and not citing them. I hope your post create awareness.
I hope so too, thanks for reading :)
What a thought out well written post, I loved it and related to it well from a newbie perspective. You have a uncanny ability to make your language easy to understand to a new person, there are many great tips and I will resteem to share with other followers who are new to the platform.
Thank you for the resteem! <3 Minnows need to look out for for each other,this is a crazy ocean full of sharks and whales. We're an easy prey. Just keep swimming
You are welcome thank you for your support as always keep on writing great content ;)
Very good post and funny examples given! Just have to stay true to what you believe right? If people like what we contribute then they will support it. Simple.
Yes sir, indeed. Stick to writing and commenting that interests you and they will naturally come.
@kryptokayden That was a great amount of information for us new writers. I am actually in PAL now as of yesterday and it has been the single best decision I've made so far. Just wanted to say thanks to helpful creators like yourself.
Happy to help :) PALnet is the best thing that is ever created for minnows. Goodluck with your SteemIt journey :)
F.U.R.R. right back @ ya!
You are a Model STEEMIAN! :D
I try lol and thanks for FURR lol
Hahah...whales and minnows.....and ???dolphins???. I never knew sea life was going to be a part of my introduction to Steemit!
You get my upvote!
Peace!!
Not to mention the sharks LOL Thanks for the upgoat.
every post the same thing 😂😂
What do you mean?
hi... i am new on this platform...
thanks for your valuable post....
Now i know what not to do on this platform...
thank you so much once again...
You're welcome, always remember the SteemIt etiquette and you'll be fine. Steem on!
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I'm curious! How did you get 1000 SP delegation???
Someone delegated it to to me so I can curate better,it's initially only 100 but he added an extra 0 and he didnt want to change it LOL He'll be getting it back soon, though.
BUT WHYYYY! LOL :]]]
I'm glad that I haven't done any of that after a week in here. However, there's a lot of people did that on me, especially the comments for follow back, that certainly turns me off.
Good on you :) And yes that turns people off, to follow someone with the intention that will follow back is just really annoying for most people.
Great post, thanks for all the tips, will come usefull :) thanks for sharing #keepsteemin
Thank you. Steem on!
Great advice man. And great photo of the whale eating minnows.
That's why you don't mess with a whale xD
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I was with you until your footer graphic.
Where it asks for upvotes, resteems or follows.
Wasn't this one of the things you weren't supposed to do?
It says "IF you like it,upvote" etc... not those "follow4follow" crap xD
I suppose I didn't get the subtle difference. My mistake.
I guess I don't know how you decide who to follow, upvote and resteem :)
Its simple. If you solicit for it, then it won't be coming.
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Thank you the post,I am sure it will help me :)
You are very welcome my fellow Steemian, i hope you succeed on this incredible platform :)
Thanks for the tips to this newbie!! Much appreciated!