Here's my opinion on what Steemit is and what Steemit isn't. Steem is a lot of things, but it fails in many other things as well.
I'm not a newbie anymore, I have 4-5 months of this already and I have been so active that I am proud to say I have a broader view on this platform than most.
Having said that, there are a lot of problems with this blockchain, there are a lot of things this set out to be that didn't happen and there are also a lot of other things people never planned STEEMit to do and yet those happened.
This is why today I'm going to tell you about what STEEMit is and is not.
Read below if you find that interesting...
What STEEMIT Isn't: Let's Start By The Hardest One to Swallow!
Ok, let's start out by going through the hardest things to mention.
Content Isn't King: STEEM isn't a Meritocracy!
First of all, Steemit isn't a place where content is king.
Quality content means nothing if you don't have high SP friends or a wallet you can invest with.
To get your posts rewarded highly, you must have a deal with high SP holders, and this is no secret. There are a lot of posts on the blockchain going over some well known vote circles.
Circle Jerking is something most whales do, and you can quickly find out the pattern behind their votes by doing a quick analysis on steemreports.
Then, there are other people who get high rewards on posts without these circle jerks or voting deals - and those are either bot owners or people who heavilly buy votes.
These people are different.
They get high rewards, sure, but most of those are going to go to bots.
STEEMIT Isn't a Get Rich Quick Scheme:
Trust me, I'm an internet marketer and as such I've seen lots of those.
Steem does seem like one at first sight, but then you get in and find out there are a lot of things put in place to stop people from overly exploiting the platform.
Granted there are still people who do it, but it is rare.
In fact, getting rich with STEEMit is getting increasingly harder, and prices aren't helping either.
The STEEM Blockchain isn't a scam and that is a good thing!
STEEMIT Doesn't Have Readers: Not A Place to Consume Content!
Steemit isn't a place where people go to consume content... we don't have readers here.
Everyone is a blogger.
This happens because Steem is always marketed as a way to get paid to blog, and as such people come here in search of the rewards.
Posts have comments and votes, sure, but 75% of them aren't legitimately interested people as the vast majority of them are made by bloggers who want to network, show support and as such build relations in a quest to further their own content, image, reach and get more votes.
It pains me to say it, but it's true.
This happens because we have a lot of writers, but close to no readers... no readers means bloggers have to double as readers to make the whole thing work.
This is why being active is so vital, we need to make this work.
Commenting meaningfully and curating can be a drag sometimes, but someone has to do it since no one signed up for it.
This is a marketing failure.
STEEMIT Isn't "Mooning" Without Changes
There are a lot of things stopping STEEM price from rising, but one of the biggest is that we're not prepared for mainstream adoption, we have manual sign up processes that are a joke, we have a huge problem with the registration emails, we have so many writers in relations to readers that the platform is flooded with articles which means tons of them aren't even read... and more!
In order for STEEM's price to increase, we need automatic sign ups, we need communities, we need SMTs and we need that hardfork!
Plus, of course, we need BTC's price to rise but that's another story.
What STEEMIT Is: Here's What This Platform Is!
Now that we took the "isn't" out of the way, let's focus on what this platform is and what can it do for you.
STEEMIT Is The Easiest Place to Blog:
When you blog on mainstream sites, you have to wait close to 6 months to start seeing some traffic, plus you need to have thousands upon thousands of followers or views to have a decent profit margin.
Plus, you have to rank your articles on Google to see ANY revenue, so you have to worry about SEO and technical stuff as well... and your articles only reach their peak in revenue generating when they already aged quite a bit, say 2-3 years.
There's no easier way to make money online than STEEMit, and I dare anyone to prove me otherwise.
STEEMIT Is The Best Place to Build An Audience!
Due to the fact you get rewarded for interaction here and that network is such a big thing on the blockchain, you end up creating more meaningful relations here than anywhere else.
This means you'll get an audience faster, and people who you can share your thoughts or points of view with, kinda like I'm doing right now.
With 4-5 months, 2200 followers isn't bad at all, so I can vouch for it being a great way to build an audience - try it on Facebook without paying, you'll see it's harder even though MANY MORE people use Facebook.
STEEMIT is a Good Intro to Crypto:
You don't need to be a cryptocurrency enthusiast or even know anything about crypto in order to enjoy and participate on the STEEM blockchain.
In fact, my friend 
On the other hand, even if you don't know about crypto when you join, STEEMIT gets you into crypto really fast, and floods you with knowledge as well.
Even Foxy is starting to get a lot of knowledge about these things, and I'm sure she is way more excited about the future of crypto now that she's a steemian... it's a good on-ramp towards becoming an enthusiastic coiner!
In Conclusion:
Sure, people all joined STEEMIT for the rewards, and sure most of them would walk away if they couldn't get them, but that just reflects we have bloggers here, not readers, one of the bad things of the platform.
On the other hand STEEM isn't a place where quality content shines, much like you can see in the trending and hot pages.
On the other hand, it empowers everyone to do something of themselves online, and countless people can live off steem in it's entirety.
It also opened up a lot of minds to the phenomenon that is crypto, as well as showing that social and blogging platforms based on the blockchain are not only possible but rewarding.
There are good things and bad things about STEEM... but I love it!
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