I logged in today to discover a nice surprise. I've hit 500 followers here on Steemit.
As you can see from that screenshot, I first joined back in January. It took me awhile to figure it out at first. Looking back at my introduceyourself post I can see I really didn't know where this would go.
It's interesting to see Steemit progressing. While I watch Medium (which another place I like to write) flail about, looking for a sustainable content model, I have to shake my head that they aren't giving something like STEEM or the blockchain more serious consideration. I feel like I'm watching a horror movie. "No! Don't go into the barn! There's a zombie in the barn!"
Now, nine months after joining Steemit, I'm getting the hang of it (thanks to talking to @ned on my podcast. I've cashed out a few hundred dollars, my account value is above $3k, and lookie here, I've got 500 followers on here, too.
Looks like this just might work! Looking forward to seeing where things go.
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