Hey man, good stuff. I've been messing around with Steemit since June, basically since I started getting more into crypto, and anything that wasn't bitcoin (getting on exchanges and researching altcoins for example).
I may have made some mistakes: powering down too quickly for example, and sending my steem to exchanges to buy things like Dragonchain or ZClassic. Those were good investments, but I didn't realize at the time that holding some steem power gives me more influence on the platform.
But I wanted to ask you about networking. I have waded through HUNDREDS of horrible, spammy, misspelled posts with bad grammar. I'd love to network more on here but so much of it is just lazy or bad.
I'm a filmmaker and a blogger. So I work hard on my travel posts, my videos and my documentary reviews. I post everything here that I post on my blog, and I put out content related to art, film, travel or photography three times a week, week in and out, even with my full time job as a camera tech on Hollywood movies. BUT, due to the fact that I find so little good content on here (present company excluded), I'm finding that my posts are not really being read. Sure, there's an occasional lucky post that someone with some steem power upvotes and does well. But most have less than 5 reads.
Really, what I think so many of us need is a network of likeminded members to participate with. For example, if I could meet other filmmakers or travel bloggers here, it would be so much more enjoyable to interact. As it is, I get comments like "nice drawings" after a post about my visit to the Picasso museum. (Haha, the guy clearly didn't read).
So do you have any advice for that? Maybe a way to tap into networkers of people with similar interests?
Think of the site "meetup" for example. It's a way to find people interested in the stuff you are into. Something like that: a discord group, telegram, or something within Steemit itself that can weed out the junk, and connect the genuine people.
I don't know what the answer is, but I've followed you now and if you hear of anything like that, a m sure we'd all like to know!
Thanks for the energy you put into this!
Cheers!
J