Thanks for your message @goldenarms. Please clarify what you have in mind when you say: “How are you ever going to make money if you're smoking all the product your supposed to sell? Any dealer with a dam knows this is not the way to stack a profit!”. Can you give an example or two?
From the viewpoint I have developed while working in my writing community, I would add that people should early on assess carefully the cost-benefit of making a big effort in Steemit, and in doing so they should define benefit in a way that goes beyond up-votes and Steem Dollars earned.
Playing the “earn Steem Dollars game" is a prescription for months of frustration for many people, and so they need to see the concept of Steemit rewards in a much broader sense that what that game entails.
Also, and perhaps even more important in some professional fields I know, investing a lot of time here to ‘be social and love the Whales’ will have detrimental effects on the time people need to produce high-quality work within their particular fields.
Wow, great comment. Well #6 was just a joke, albeit probably poor 😊 actually this whole post was a joke with a sprinkle of truth baked in for good measure. *Dont worry I washed my hands first.
Now I feel I owe u a real reply to your comment..
I think we all have varying expectations for success. For me getting a dozen ppl drop by and comment is enough reward for my time spent. This post probably took 15 mins to create but it was fun so any monetary reward I recieve is just a plus. I don't watch the trending page and think my posts will have that level of success..to be fair I don't really visit the trending sections because I find that's some of the worst quality content on this site lol Managing your time online, whether here or elsewhere is crucial so I treat Steemit like any other site or like video games. I play a lil bit but try to maintain balance. Luckily I'm having so much fun on here I dont consider Steemit time wasted. I also don't try to hob nob whales just because I may recieve their upvotes, I have pride and that just feels gross to me. To each their own tho. Thanks so much for dropping by and I appreciate your reply!
I thought you meant..... don't upvote yourself.
Like.... don't $hlt where you eat kinda thing.
......this doesn't change ANYTHING!