Wait. You mean that guy's made nearly $12 MILLION just playing video games, cursing at barrels, and doing that funny dance?
In 2013, I probably should have won "Mom of the Year" - at least if the voting base consisted of 13-year-olds.
I took my daughter to VidCon out in Anaheim. Basically, this meant standing in a lot of LONG lines, hoping (OK, I was praying... hard) we'd reach the front so she could get autographs from the famous YouTubers she followed. Sometimes, it nearly got ugly. Young teens don't queue, yo.
But THIS happened...
PewDiePie
And this.
SMOSH
And this.
Jack of JacksFilms - Your Grammar Sucks
And THIS!
Tobuscus
Hey, I can go all day when it comes to showing you pictures of my kids... but I won't do that today.
My point in showing you these funny folks is to cast a little vision for us all - to express a little bit of why Steemit is so exciting.
And while each of these famous YouTubers has wit, talent, and was extraordinarily gracious to their fans, there's something else sure to catch your attention.
Let me show you some other, more fascinating pictures. These screenshots were taken from www.statsheep.
Here's the thing I heard a LOT at Vidcon...
People were there to meet the YouTubers they loved... but many were ALSO there to find out how to "make it" on YouTube themselves. What I kept hearing from the podium was that it was no longer quite so easy to get HUGE on YouTube as it was... when THEY first got started, early on. It took all of these YouTube superstars a while to get rolling - but now they've created the kinds of vast content libraries that have reached multiple millions of people, generating multiple billions of views. It took time.
Is Steemit the New YouTube?
I've heard people say:
- Steemit's like Reddit... but you can get paid.
- Steemit's like if Medium had a love child with Bitcoin.
But the way I explain it is that WE are the first folks in a pool that could turn out to be bigger, even, than YouTube.
Just Picture It...
People are flocking to Steemit. According to a recent article on www.CryptoCoinNews.com:
"Worth around one U.S. dollar, half of the $1.3 million reward was given to users in Steem Dollars, while the remaining half was in Steem Power. Steemit also announced that they recorded a user growth rate of 1600% from May to June and from June to July it doubled again."
A growth rate of 1600%?
This explanation of Steemit has launched a thousand ships in my own home... (OK. FOUR. Four ships. Sheesh. My husband-like being, my two spawn, and my spawn-like being have each begun posting (one did pretty well!) - or are working on their first post still.)
But That Brings Up a Whole 'Nuther Question... #The30DayDeath
There's currently #The30DayDeath payout plan on posts. Meaning, you can do a great post and make some serious money the day you post... or within the next 30 days.
Or, you could do a great post and hear crickets.
But then, THAT'S IT. You're done. You're still here? It's over. Go home.
Even if a million people find your post on Day 31 and up-vote and comment the crap out of it, it's dead.
Doesn't it seem like it would be smart for Steemit to allow old posts to gather value as new users find them and like them? The content stays on the blockchain for always and eternity - should it not be possible for it to continue to reward creators a bit longer, too? Or is there a downside that I'm not seeing?
Whatever the powers that be decide about the #the30daydeath issue, these are some exciting times for content creators on Steemit. Don't you think?
Many thanks to several Steemarians who've chatted with me lately on this and helped me to clarify my thoughts. Hoping they'll write about it as well.
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