I am lately seeing a whole lot of new users over steemit. Is it just me? or do you see the same?
I am not a Facebook user but I've read that steemit is being advertised on Facebook, therefore Facebookers moved into steemit. I have this concern that I don't want steemit to be like Facebook. I am here because it offered me things that all those social media don't which is the freedom of speech. I don't know what's your reasons but I am happy to share several things just so we won't make this place like facebook. What I've written here is based on my personal experience which I hope you can learn from my mistake and to not repeat what I did.
There is of course freedom of speech, You can say whatever you want and truly responsible for it. However, I don't support hate speech and personal attack. In addition, there are no set of rules of how one should post and what not.Yet again, you would want your content to reach greater audience right? and you would want to excel in the platform and whatever your reasons are.It's a learning curve and I'd say survival for the fittest.
First Stage
At first everyone is welcoming you as a new user and then you'd feel accepted and ready to start your journey. One not so secret tips for me if you're new.
If you post under introduceyourself tag, most likely they are bots, therefore don't answer that. You'd realize later on it was silly
However, there are human for sure who would willing to really greet you. Appreciate them, answer their comment as they could be potential friend.Also, mostly likely you'd make quite a few $$ which will inspire you to do more and more. But stick in and be consistent with what you love to share and care about.
Second Stage
You write more but you don't have any connection, friends and is still learning about the whole system and whole lot of new terms. What I can truly suggest is go out there, read more content, go to steemit general chat or simply find discord community which suits you and soak in.
The key is " reading and ask"
This is the stage when your post will most likely making less than 1$ and you'd see the trending or hot page which make hundreds and you start comparing yourself.
You're then looking for a way to do so by understanding that there are bots who will make your dream comes true. if you already know about bot, what I truly advice you is never abuse the power that it has or else something really scary could happen to you and result in ruining what you're currently building.
Third Stage
You're starting to get follower either you're doing " follow for follow" and spam every user you come across or simply by generating new follower through genuine interaction. I advise to truly go out there and engage with people instead of just spamming them with follow for follow.
Also, Please don't be so desperate by not reading what they've written and simply say ' nice post' and ' follow me'.
Third stage depends on how you make your way out during the second stage where you start making a connection.
Fourth Stage
You'd understand that there's little drama underneath and you just came across them to read. It's okay, things happen for sure. You'd probably notice there's some sort of ' watch police' who will determine whether you're a plagiarizer or original person.
You'd understand that there are some sort of tags which will generate more income and you start considering doing it because you see your content barely makes 1$.
You'd also make friends each day and if you're doing it cause money you'll grow some kind of resentment because you really make less than 'meme ' and ' pictures' or whatever you're comparing yourself to.
What I can say is do what you love,write what you're passionate about and don't compare yourself. Just keep on grinding until you see the result with your own eyes.
Fifth Stage
You slowly understand about the whole system and you start considering either to leave or to stay.
I believe we all have different experience in this platform which most of them either good or bad. It's a community place where you are responsible of what you're saying and how others will like and support you. What I was saying might not be your experience but could be a consideration on making your way here.
There's no shortcut to build things, even Rome wasn't build in a day so hang in there with your cents and learn how to trade. It could be truly useful for the long run.
If you have any question just feel free to ask me. I can share a thing or two.