I plagiarized content ALOT and today I have come forward asking the steemit community to forgive me.
My story:
I started steem in April of 2017 as a way of speaking my mind and making a somewhat of a side hustle. Things were going great. I experimented with quotes at first then I started to write a few articles. One of those articles was about AI and you can say It was somewhat successful. I ended making nearly $45 bucks that day and that was the problem.
At the time I cared less abot the number of upvotes and more about the payout it gets me. So a post landing me $45 bucks was a HUGE deal. I continued writing posts. Some were successful. Others flopped or didn't get viewed by anyone. But I never say a post reaching as high of a payout as the post about AI.
As I became less and less passionate to write, I turned to any ways I could find to make a quick buck. I will agree I was greedy at the time and I all was thinking about was money. I tried services like minnowsupport and randowhale but those never subsidized actual upvotes from real people.
This all seemed to change ,however, when I saw an account by the name of @crypto-p . The account would post several videos from youtube everyday and would make up to $500 a week. I was bored and willing to try anything so I gave it a try.
Yes I made money and yes it felt good but never as good as watching others complement you for your work and that's where I am today.
I started to write again the last few days and have seen that people are willing to read my content so yes I have been proven wrong content should not be rated depending on the payout.
That is my journey. I hope it provides my fellow steemians an incentive not to plagiarize. Trust me It might seem rewarding but It's really not.
Check out my other posts:
The most difficult part in blogging I have found is finding suitable material. I have found that being honest, write about that what you are emotionally entangled with, if you write from the heart, it will show in your posts and the feedback will be worth more than the SP it produces.
Agreed
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Been through the same man, I understand how it feels and I'm trying to right much more value adding content.
Good luck with your journey buddy.
Interesting story man, It's hard to find nice content and it's nice you decided not to plagiarism anymore :)
I am glad that you self, came to the point of understanding.
We all are doing bad things or choosing the right decision. I am also new but my goal is definitely to bring value and grow in that way. I wish all here all the best.
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STOPwow awsome; @thepsychguide ;i appreciate your work and dedication thanks for sharing