Today is great! I'm excited to be conducting my first Power Up!
Thanks to a small donation from @knozaki2015 and some earnings from my posts, this is what my Wallet looks like as of right now:
As it stands it's not by any means a "whale" amount of Powering Up, but it's still something! I have not performed any cashouts, everything my account has earned so far is right there, converted to Steem, awaiting ASCENSION INTO THE GOD-CURRENCY STEEM POWER!
Truth be told I'm a bit nervous, but I think that's mostly overtaken by my excitement. I mean, look at it this way, I'm about to take the only money I have right now, and invest it in one of the greatest internet inventions since Facebook, and we're only in Steemit's infancy. 50,000 members and counting, we've made loads of progress, and we still have huge amounts of growth left. According to Zephoria Digital Marketing, Facebook has 1.71 BILLION active users every single month (source). To give you an idea, if we take Steemit's total users and quantify it next to even just Facebook's active users, we here at Steemit have an awe-dropping:
0.00292% of their users, even skewing the statistics in Steemit's favor.
If you prefer simpler math, that means for every 1 user Steemit has, Facebook has 342 active users (and almost a half! Poor guy :().
Do you realize what this means? All these people are worrying about whether or not they missed the Steemit bubble, missed its rise to power. WHAT.
We haven't even scratched the surface yet, my friends.
Steemit has a long way to go, and everyone here now will be grateful they stayed to witness its ascension into greatness.
Without further ado, let's Power Up into the greatest Internet community mankind has ever seen!
OPERATION COMPLETE:
Each and everyone of you should be just as excited as I am, even if you're only powering up $1 of your Steem. Who knows what the future holds? Steemit is in the process of gathering some of the brightest minds on the planet, all in once place, to share their knowledge and experiences with everyone. This isn't about "likes" and "feelings" and the other meaningless babble Facebook contains. Steemit is the embodiment of intelligence and entertainment, encouraging every member to find their passions and pursue them and share them with others.
Now you just need to ask yourself something:
Does Facebook provide you with that? Does Reddit? Twitter? How about MySpace? Anything at all?
If you're wondering if and when you should Power Up into Steem Power, I think you'll find your answer in this article.
Thanks for reading! A special thanks goes out to @knozaki2015 @klye @piedpiper @reneenouveau and @venuspcs for helping me get started here!
Congrats, Voltarius. We're riding this sucka to the stars and it's great to have you aboard. :)
Thanks a lot man, I'm super excited to see where it goes! Also I JUST BROKE MY UPVOTE RECORD BY A LANDSLIDE! Previously 39, now 51 and counting!! Thank you everyone!
Kudos on the first power up. I did my first power up last week with steem dollars earned from a post. Super excited just like you, sparked me to write this https://steemit.com/steemit/@scaredycatguide/steemit-the-field-of-dreams-for-the-crypto-world
Thanks! That's awesome!
like a boss #power up power ranger @voltarius
Heh, nice response. Gotta love the GIFs.
Hi,
great you powered up ;)
hopefully it was one of many future powerups!
and great i could support you a bit with my SBD sending! thanks that you mentioned me in the post
No problem, thanks for reading and supporting!
you are welcome ! hopefully a whale will give you some love for this post. that would be so cool !
That'd be amazing! One can always hope, right? Haha. :)
yeah ! wish you all the best
Awesome article @voltarius! :D I am glad more people are realizing the power of Steemit! This is only the beginning, the times will come where small fish now will be the whales of newer generations of steemit-users!
I'll send you a little welcome gift to power up some more! :)
Thanks for the support man! That's one of the things I love about this place, everyone is so kind and supportive. We're all just lil fishes trying to make a difference in the world. :)
Good article! I'm hanging on too! I want a lil influence around here myself.
Networking with people helps a lot! And thanks!
Small victories like this should be celebrated as much as huge ones! I like how you defined Steemit:
I wish that some day soon Steemit would definitely live up to that.
I was hoping someone would enjoy that. Thanks for the support! :)
I'm excited too, I can' wait to do my first one!
It's super exciting. Even just tiny amount, it feels like a lot of progress. I can't wait to see what Steemit has in store for us.
I just did my first few this last week. Gotta love the feeling!
I know, right? It's awesome!
I agree, the fact we are in now can only be of benefit when Steemit really become a part of the lasses like Facebook has.
Exactly! All we have to do is keep producing great content and wait!
Thanks for the shout out sir. :)
No problem. <3 Too bad I don't have any #klyeart to show off haha
shot you an upvote
Thanks a bunch!
oh yeah! :D
Thanks for all the support so far everyone! This post is 8 Upvotes away from beating my personal record so far!!
4 more, we're so close!
Woo! I took a nap for a bit and we crushed it by a landslide! 51 upvotes and counting now!
61+ Upvotes and counting now! I'm so excited!
Only 6 left to beat it now!
I'm new here, how do you "power up"?
When you Power Up, you are essentially converting your Steem or Steem Dollars into Steem Power. The best and easiest way to look at it is this: You are paid by Steemit in the form of Steem for curation rewards and Steem Dollars for authoring rewards. Steem Power is how you re-invest that money into Steemit to increase the weight of your upvotes and comments and your value in the site. Keep in mind however, that converting Steem Power back into Steem takes 104 weekly payments, so a very long time (called Powering Down)! Be sure investing your money into Steem Power is a good choice before you make it!
eahh congratulation enjoy Followed & Upvoted Thank you!!!
Thanks a bunch I appreciate the support!