It's finally upon us, the famous - or infamous with all the discussion around it - HF19!
Name code: EQUALITY.
First impression are surprisingly postive. Posts retained a lot of their value and some even went up for me, which I am incredibly grateful for ( THANK YOU FOLLOWERS! ) but also a lot of the smaller user's post that I follow seem to have gone UP A LOT. That's actually amazing to see.
Another thing that I noticed and love is that my upvote at 100% can give a lot. I just upvoted a post at 50% for 3$. I felt like a WHALE! :D
But enough about money....
I feel that this could increase the stickiness of new users. No one can lie that we first stuck around for the money than really got in deep because of friends and community. I know that's a lot of empty talk on "community" around here. Everyone seems to talk about "building" a community! Yet...
Look at the number of comments and people [ me included] who await every post of @meesterboom's. Look at all the food lovers people like @gringalicious or @foxxycat and various other food blogs bring to celebrate their recipes and photos!
Look at people like @wingz, @joseph who gather the trade-inclide people around their every smart and knowledge-full writings.
And finally, I look inward.
I want to make a little distinctions: There's having "followers" and there's having a "following". Big difference. The biggest difference is engagement of your followers. How many real "fans" do you have. That takes a while and lots of effort to build!
It's also worth it.
This is nothing new, bloggers everywhere know that. You want any kind of success you need fans, you need people to CARE to some degree. I look at my blog and I don't know. I try to provide my perspective on things and I think I am getting a lot better at this given my last 9 -12 months of blogging but also I see a lot of areas for improvement. Still, I am grateful for all your support, upvotes, comments, questions and generally making @razvanelulmarin a pretty cool place to be at :)
So, I see equality not as a chance for all of us to be equal but for all of use to have an equal chance to get "there". It's aburd for me, with 3500 posts in 11 months to want to be as succesful and popular as @meesterboom who has 12000 posts. Anyone feeling slighted or upset they don't have the same level of success before forgets how much work Steemit really is. And it should be!
Until Today, a lot of people had this excuse: "I don't know whales".
but..you have 300 posts in 5 months...
"NO! I KNOW NO WHALES HOW CAN I ..."
ok.
Well, excuses over. That's what equality is for me and what I thikn can be for Steemit. Extra motivation to do the *DAMN WORK!
I'm looking forward to see what a bunch of super motivated people will bring to Steemit, how all this will change STEEMIT and why not, how all this will affect the price :)
Till next time!
Amen!
6.66 $ seems fishy....
Haha Satanistic?
:)))
This is a great day for everyone... established steemers and new ones all benefit because surely new talent will emerge faster and steemit as a platform overall will grow substantially faster.
I 100% Agree with you!
agree. good day for steemit.
Oh Lord !!
Hell all these boost is amazing. I can't believe this. I hope it stays. It would be awesome if big whales return so the voting leverage for orcas gets a bit easier.
I sense a large increase of comments on a lot more posts. The interaction has increased and that is a very good thing.
not sure if whales return will have a good impact on all our voting power!
The hf19 got me mind blown 4x my earnings in a single second.. I think this is a new era for the steemians and a major blow up in the community.. Expecting a lot of people to come here now and major boost in everything.
Much love to yoy all.
Peace
The feeling seems to take sweep over steemit! I hope it lasts and we will see something amazing bloom here.
I would expect a lot more interaction once everyone finds out.
Yes, seriously so much incentive for new users. tell all your friends and family about steem!
I did!! ( they don't listen :( )
A few thousand STEEM can now provide a living wage to more than half of the world's population simply through curation and commenting. This has not even begun yet. Word is going to get out quickly, STEEM is going to go to the moon and rewards will skyrocket again. This is going to be completely out of control...
When you put it like that, it's simply mind blowing, isn't it?
I am so curious what will happen
Yes, I think STEEM will be north of $10 in next few months and things will get really, really interesting around here.
!!!!
It's definitely amazing to see how far this community is going. I'm looking forward to seeing how much further we can go as well. I'm definitely seeing a lot of potential, not just for making a few bucks on the side, but building an amazing platform.
imho, once the platform will REALLY take off...the "few bucks" might be serious bucks for all of us here now. But if you can't build a platform and a community...then the $$ potential goes down as well
I really do appreciate this post and yes, it isn't that easy to be successful in steemit. But, I see people who actually write so well, who actually post things which should reach to the masses and those who work day and night for each post but end up getting rarely paid. I know people say that earnings don't matter or whatever, but the truth is that everybody knows why we're here.
So, there should be some improvision for the new comers to get motivated and so that they do not loose hope.
fair! do you have anyone in mind? I'm always looking to expand my follow list!
There are so many. What genre would you like?
Good writing :D
Yeah, it is a good time to be a noob on steemit. If you cannot stay engaged and motivated now - you never can.
And yes, having a following over followers is called engagement and being a part of a community.
"I would rather have 100K true heads beside me, then 1 million fake followers behind me" - KRS-ONE
scaredy, I hope you'll see more rewards now. I have not forgotten your question about how to make more. I do not know the secret to success of course but I hopeHF19 will do something cool for you :)
Thank you for sticking around!
Stay busy, stay working. The key to most things in life! :-) Thank you for the kind words - Steem on!
Like how you reference KRS One - Knowledge reigns supreme :D
Hell yeah, you know what I'm talking about. I've quoted Nas on steemit as well :-)
Definitely agree with you that Steemit is harder than a lot of people think. And the more popular Steemit gets, the harder it is to be successful because the competition is going to be that much more steep. Hopefully people get that Steemit, like any other sites takes real work and effort to be truly successful.
Competition is good though.
Finally! The 99% are no like the 65%! 😂
:D
The HF 19 blew my mind… I am relatively new. My vote wasn’t worth a penny and now it’s up to $0.16. I was very skeptical at the beginning. We invested a little bit on my husband’s account and wow! Steemit will be our new savings account! I love how creative this platform is. My only fear is that people will most likely become more ambicious – in a bad way. I don’t know. We will see but for now! May the HF 19 be will all of you, Steemians ❤
:) hey! hope all goes as well as you hope!
Thank you! :-)
You had my attention when you said, we all went for the money first, then made friends and community. That might be true, without a doubt for the most probably. Nice to hear that this changed for you, greed is an ugly thing.Great blogpost 👍
Thanks. It's actually what happens!
Omg I just checked my voting power and couldn't beleive my eyes. Am I dreaming?
Is this real life.
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but be aware it goes out faster!
Great read! But does anyone else worry that as more people join the incentive will decrease? Can we keep building more and more followers on the basis of steem? I'm still new to this site, but I'm excited to see how it grows and expands from here.
I guess we can only wait and see...
Freedom you say!
I'm just having a bit of fun..... can't sleep after reading up on this entire topic.... and now reading all the positive responses!
:))
it is a good time to be a noob on steemit.
sure is!
Yes
I'm just starting up, and everything has gone up x4 . I'm super motivated, got approved 2 days ago, and receive great feedback from community. People are helpful, they offer to include my posts in post of the day. What more could i ask for? I'm happy here. It still feels unreal. Lots of decent folks around. Virtual paradise indeed.
HEY THERE!
Naughty reputation number indeed my friend.
This hardfork is going to make a lot of people stick, but the negative effect of it being that a lot of people will post total bullshit on this site which will most likely make them some money.
I think we'll weed out the bad content soon enough
Super motivated is the keyword here I think. This change is too good to be true. There is no doubt in my mind that people on other platforms can't ignore what is going on here and will join us very soon. Thanks to the brilliant minds and the community to make this change which is a changer for the steem blockchain, I am sure of it.
right now, if they ignore it, it's because they can't get over their "scam" fear
Wayhay!!! I can't quite believe my vote is worth so flipping much!!! Weeeeeee!
:)) WHALE alert.
Thank you for blessing us with your presence :D
Should I call you, SIR @meesterboom now?!
19 cents for a 1% comment upvote!! No offense with the 1% btw. I am experimentingg!
Its special kind of cents. They are immune to inflation. And are minted in gold. For the first time in history, there is need for a 19 cents piece . What you could do with it is even convince your grandchildren one day, that 19 means century, and you're 300 years old.
It is a good time for a newbie on steemit. I have tried to get some friends to come over to steemit, not sure if they will or not.
I tried to get some of my friends on it as well!
Congrats! Hard work pays off! You are the proof!
ha! thamnks :)
great article love to read it and upvoted it
<3
i have a req to u plz upvote n resteem my post plz i will b so thnkfull to u
https://steemit.com/introduction/@shanzaylizay/reintroduction-of-myself-shanzaylizay-from-bolton-uk
resteem n upvote it my dear plz
One thing is for sure... i am following you not just a follower.
Super motivated now to learn how it all works but especially meet new friends the other day had some great replys by @jetblack on a post really helped out that day this a great community.
That's how it starts :D
Thanks for putting those reminders out there for everyone. The old Steemit heads know how brutal the payout rewards can make things
? can you expand on this, prufarchy? I am not sure what you refer to? :D
Happy Hardfork!
I agree, steem is now going to retain more users as well as drastically gain more users
hear hear!!
I have 70+ votes. I'm almost there!!! Right behind ya.
awesome :D
This is actually so motivating for me to start blog posting. I was already commenting on a daily basis but after my finals (this Friday) I've decided to get started. I'm also 25 followers shy from my first 100 followers and I've only been on here for a month!
Please do start blogging. Practice makes perfect.
Can't wait to see either o.o
Upvoted! :DDD
Wait. You're telling me that whales are not a factor anymore? Jesus... Let's bust our asses everyone and make some money!
I have been waiting for this for for almost a year. I am beyond ecstatic :-)
take 9 cents :) Enjoy :D
Lol, got my 7c back
0.08!
indeed....now HF19 was "hot cakes" in steemit posts.... :)
great post!
Should we be worry to see the price dropping or is this a natural reaction ?
Great post. I wonder with the increase in upvote power if people will become more stingy with their upvotes?
Great read and info to use. Got motivated and will definitely go to work. Great platform (Steemit) of equality and opportunity. Would like to follow you . Would love t have you as my first follower.
I absolutely love this. Now i feel i have a chance in making something on the side on steemit. Cheers for a good post.
Thanks for the great post and yes, I actually started to see a little money... very little but at least I'm seeing something now :)
Awesome post.
The HF19 seems to have gone well.
It's a step in the right direction, but there's still a long way to go. People are going to exploit the new vote pricing by making trails.... These people who create 30 or 40 accounts and then vote up their own screed or resteem somebody else's content -----. These exploiters need to be put in check....
There are more steps that need to be taken for both the good of the community and minnow investors who want to support the currency....
This may be a real blessing in the long run. I'm still trying to learn to swim in this sea, but one thing I was wondering until seeing this, is that since everyone seemed to be on the hunt for whales, the other players were less significant. Seems a better idea to put out good content for a lot of people rather than trying to impress a few for their vote.
I think steemit is a masterpiece
INEQUEALITY, please read https://steemit.com/chainbb/@jonipilo/steem-equality-index-is-steemit-becoming-more-centralized-or-decentralized
Those are some nice point you made. I just love to see people saying "I write better stuff but earn less than you. It is corrupt," kind of stuff. At this very moment (there might be some adjustments, tho) Steemit is as equal as anyone could ever expect it to be. People should stop counting other people's money and focus on their impact on the platform. It is the best time to be a minnow now. I am sure that it will change again in a month or two like it always does. I only been here since November, but I went through so much already and I can only say one thing - consistency does pay off. Of course, I am here for money as well but at the times when my payouts are low, I keep building my reputation for days like today.
Edit: I just gave you 50 cents. That feels good lol.
So peaceful, Just need to experience how effective it will be.
It's show time.
I was very surprised to see the changes made such a difference. Being new to Steemit I don't claim to fully understand what's gone on ( still got a lot to learn) great article cheers mike
@ razvanelulmarin
I see equality not as a chance for all of us to be equal but for all of use to have an equal chance to get "there". Razvanelulmarin (2017)
I appreciate you a lot for this...I for one believes in hardwork and never give up...Steemit is the platform for genuine people who truly believe in change from the status quo...who wanna tap from their inert abilities and who has no option but success in their minds...
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