For the first time a non-family member of mine has joined Steemit. He texted me asking who he should follow and instead of just sending a list to him, I figured it would be more useful to create a post so that other Steemians could see who I suggest to follow.
Whether you are a long-time Steemian or new to the platform, this list is going to be helpful for you. Of course this is not a comprehensive list as their are thousands of great authors and entertainers on here, but just some of the authors that I follow!
Steemit
@dan-atstarlite - Dan posts useful videos about all things Steemit. Some of the topics he often talks about are security, steem inflation, and how Steemit works. For all new Steemians, Dan is a must follow!
@good-karma - This user developed the popular esteem mobile app. This app continues to improve and allows you to access and post to your Steemit account. He often times upvotes your posts when you post from the mobile app. When you are on the go, this app is perfect to feed your Steemit addiction.
@stellabelle - She was one of the early adopters on this platforms and has been dedicated to helping new users succeed here. She often times delegates her Steem Power to help out new users and encourage them to stay here for the long term.
General
@papa-pepper - One of the giving guys on Steemit, Papa-pepper is loved by everyone here. He is the ultimate outdoors-man and he and is family lives a homesteading, simple life. He interacts with all kinds of animals (snakes, rabbits, lizards, etc.) and posts videos and pictures of his interactions. He is a must follow!
@meesterboom - He is one of the most unique and creative users here. He is the ultimate beer connoisseur and does reviews every week. The interactions he has in real life, he often times documents on here in a satirical way. Whenever he posts one of his animated gifs be prepared to laugh out loud.
@acidyo - One of the greatest creations on Steemit was "OCD" or Operation Curation Delegation, where he has a group of dedicated curators finding out the best and most underrated content on here. He rewards the best comments on his posts with great upvotes as he loves to pose questions to the community.
@kus-knee - This user is one of the most generous users on the platform! He often times rewards great content with an SBD tip. He created these "Steemcards" for some of the whales and other long time users on the platform.
@neoxian - A true entrepreneur, he has created his own bank where he will loan qualified users Steem/SBD. He has always been extremely helpful with any questions users have about the platform and/or Steem delegation.
@nepd - One of my favorite projects created through Steemit was created by this guy. He rewards people through a token he created called Hairshares by giving to those who donate their hair to locks of love or other organizations that help those with hair loss.
Cryptocurrency
@hilarski - Randy and his wife are some of the widely known cryptocurrency social media gurus out there. He highlights the newest ICO's both that he is a part of and not involved with. When news breaks in the cryptosphere, Randy is all over it with his insights.
@jrcornel - He posts daily about the latest news in the space. Whether the price goes up or down, he has an unbiased view of what is going on. Whether exchange, specific coins, or regulations, he is always on top of everything.
@decentralizd - One of the biggest SmartCash proponents, he provides frequent updates about one of the most underrated cryptocurrencies out there. He worked on getting a Steemit billboard in his local area and although he hasn't been as active of recently he will pick it back up soon I can almost guarantee you.
@stephenkendal - This guy has been dedicated to promoting the Steemit platform spending thousands of dollars on printed material and other advertising items. He has had great success in Western Europre, specifically the United Kingdom. For those of you looking for alerts on coins which might be spiking soon, his "dMAmapping" has been pretty spot on.
News
@zer0hedge - This user is not affiliated with Zerohedge.com, but references some of their work daily. Most of the articles they post are financial related, but global issues are often time referenced. If you are interested in keeping up with the latest news, they are a must follow.
Positivity
@kaylinart - Kaylin is a must follow! She is an extremely talented artist, but more importantly she posts some of the most blunt yet realistic bloggers out there. She posts about real life issues and her advice is spot on!
@surfermarly - There are few authors as positive as Marly! She often hangs out around the "introduceyourself" tag and is warm and comforting to new users. She is an avid surfer and always has wonderful advice about life and staying positive.
Contests
@ats-david - This guy is one of the most dedicated contest organizers out there! He hosts sport contests related to NFL Football, Nascar, and Golf. He does weekly, monthly, and season long awards for the top participants. With these contests the more dedicated and consistent you are with the contests, the higher probably you have of winning.
@sportsncoffee - This user runs daily contests for NBA and MLB! Every day there is a tiebreaker and he consistently gets 50 or so participants. If there are not enough games on the slate he will ask each user to pick whether the game be over/under the total score. The payouts for these posts can be pretty big!
@steempickem - Run by @sportsncoffee, he hosts football, both NFL and NCAA contests. For the NFL contests, he usually has one for Thursday night, Monday night, and then the whole slate for Sunday.
@tuck-fheman - For all of the poker fans out there, this guy is a must follow. He hosts Steem Poker League tournaments every few days. These are free-roll tournaments and the pot is often times worth a few hundred dollars. If you are a poker player or aspire to be one getting connected with him is a no-brainer.
@paradise-found - This Green Bay Packer fan hosts a NFL pick'em contest every week with a college football "plus" game. There is a small batch of loyalists who play every week!
@maarnio - Everyday he hosts a contest with a different cryptocurrency that has broken out of the triangle pattern. There are three options for users to pick (stay within the range, take out the peak, or take out the low). If you guess the correct one, you are a winner!
Food
@allasyummyfood - Alla is one of the more popular bloggers on Steemit. She posts some of the most amazing recipes with easy to understand instructions plus videos for nearly every recipe. She also posts videos related to fitness and traveling.
@jaybird - Jaybird is the king of sandwich making! This guy makes some of the best sandwiches on the net. He currently hosts a weekly sandwich contest that has gained quite the following. In addition to sandwiches, Jaybird also is a great singer/songwriter.
Precious Metals
@phelimint - Phil has a small private mint in Canada and helped to produce the original Steem round (a 1oz .999 silver coin). His mint produces some of the most unique silver rounds available on the market. He also runs a bot that upvotes content that is useful and related to the precious metals. He has a vast knowledge about precious metals and you can get some of the unique rounds on his website.
@raybrockman - Maybe the most famous blogger when it comes to precious metals, Ray often times has raffles and other giveaways for real silver. Ray is known to sell silver AT spot price, which is virtually unheard of.
@thedamus - This guy may buy more silver than just about anyone. His unboxing pictures and videos of his new purchases make even non-stackers want to purchase precious metals.
If you found the list helpful, feel free to upvote and resteem this so other Steemians can see it.
Thank you for the shout out brother. Good work!
Thank you for all you do with the contests!!
Don't forget to check out my weekly Pinata game, where everyone wins something, and one person takes my SBD reward. Next Round starts Tomorrow evening, with last weeks winner announced from the previous round.
I appreciate the Shout Out @SevinWilson! Happy New Years Brotha!
You deserve it man! I appreciate all of the research and insight you share with us on here about the cryptospace!!
Happy New Years to you!!
You're a rock star on here, Randy! I wouldn't have been here as soon as I was without you either.
Ok, let me add my top 10 too of must-follow people: @gringalicious, @roxane, @swissclive, @silviabeneforti, @voronoi, @tanata, @thelifeoffjord, @spenceryan, @sweetsssj :) OK, it's just ten? Well, i'm the tenth, and that's that!
Thanks for sharing this!! I will look to add the ones I don't follow!
Wow, thanks for your lovely words! I feel very honored being mentioned among such amazing steemians.
Have a great start into 2018 :-)
You are up there with the best! I enjoy reading your works! They give me the strength and desire to succeed!
Have a wonderful 2018!
Cheers for the inclusion! It's a fine list to be on :o)
You certainly deserve it man!! You lighten the mood on here and that should be appreciated! The beer reviews make me salivate and those gifs are CLASSIC!
Great post man, I'm honoured to be included in this list with all the other amazing members of the community.
You haven't been here for as long as many on the list, but you deserve to be listed!!
Well said. totally agree.
And the fact that he will accept Steem as payment on his website puts him over the top.
Amazing list! I followed all of them - upvoted and resteemed!
Thank you! That is why I created this list! I hope others find it useful as well!!
Great job man, my post are generaly about farm, plants or food, but i found some people very interesting related with them, but i am very happy with people involved with precious metal, because my job is in some ocasions, evaluated the price of gold from internacional market, as an auditor.
Happy new year.
Best regard @galberto
That sounds like interesting job! Precious metals have always interested me! I hope you have a great New Year!!
Yes man i am an auditor,which enjoy the homestead amd farm.
@phelimint, @kus-knee and @acidyo great guys here honestly
They are three of my favorites here!
Really? An awesome testimony
Yes! @acidyo was one of the first guys I met on here!!
Thx man! Appreciate the seconding.
this post is a good idea. I'd include @dan in the steemit section too
Good call with him! He doesn't post much, but when he does it is important!
You forgot @roger.remix for mixes, sounds & more.. which is totally underrepresented yet ;) this we should change soon! btw, that's what I'm here for .. if I don't get lost in reading all the interesting posts ^^
Very comprehensive list. I can vouche for @phelimint @raybrockman @thedamus being top notch!!
Those #steemsilvergold guys are the best!
Totally.
Great list, I have been following a lot of your recommendations for a while. However, I found a few more on this list. Thanks for posting it.
That is why I decided to create it! I am glad it was useful!
Excellent post! It's always overwhelming when joining a new platform to know where to start. Super helpful, thank you!
You will find it to be exciting here! Stay dedicated and add useful stuff!
One of the best posts that i have the pleasure of reading here. Bookmarked and going to see all about those accounts :) Thank you @sevinwilson :)
Awesome list dude! I'm not following a lot of them so will definitely have to check them out
You need to! A wide and diverse group of users!
Definitely. I feel like I need to be more diverse in the people I follow so this will for sure help. Haha
Thanks for taking the time to create and curate a great list.
I find that there truly is a generally all round goodwill vibe to Steemit. So many people here are truly dedicated to building Steemit into THE social media site. Looking forward to being a part of and contributing to Steemit. BTW following you.
Peace
@daemon-nice
You're welcome! Steemit is a great community that I believe is still in the early stages in its development! It will become one of the major social media sites in the future
The funny thing is a short while before I found Steemit I had written an article on fakebook about the need for a social media platform that does pretty much what Steemit is doing, paying for creating content and curating it.
The only thing it lacks so far is a repository of open source creativity programs that can be used much like Dtube. Open source art programs, music programs, video editors, etc, all tied into Steemit so you have to log on to use them. To me blockchain and open source go hand in hand.
peace
@daemon-nice
Haha, only of all the ones you have just posted I follow @decentralizd, I did not know several of the ones you have posted. Great recommendation
You are following a good one in @decentralizd!!! I hope you enjoy the content from some of the others!
Great List! Happy New Year!
Thank you! I hope you have a great 2018!
Excellent post. All these people are real experts in their areas. All of them very interesting to read.
Yes! I recommend you giving them a follow if you haven't done so already!
This is a really great post! I will follow the ones I hadn't already followed.
Sweet! I am glad I could be of assistance to ya!
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@karenmckersie also should be on the Positivity list because she does run the #popcontest. Also, @marty-arts is someone that I follow closely as well as @vermillionfox and @jungwatercolor (but there are so many to list here...).
Nice List! Retseemed to save for later
That was just the post I needed :) Thank you and Happy New Year!
Upvote and resteem your post !
thank you for this , it's a lot helpful for new adapters
Resteemed and bookmarked.
Great post, Sevin!
I'm looking forward to following Social Media Marketing specialists (like me) on Steemit. If you've seen any accounts, please share them as well.
Just what I needed!
Followed upvoted and resteemed.
Wow