Good Morning Steemit! Today is going to be a little different. I'm going to start out this post with how I feel today, and then I'll ask you about yourselves.
Hi, remember me? I'm the one that started this thing.
The one that got ignored.
Do you want to know the purpose of this tag? To get conversations going. To communicate with others. To share with others and to have them share back. To connect with other human beings on a human level.
But do you know what happens instead? I get a couple upvotes, and aside from the very first time I posted this, I receive no comments on them. Eventually, I gave up on making these Good Morning Steemit posts, and found myself having trouble enjoying Steemit because no one gave a shit about these posts past a passing upvote. These posts that I cared so much about. Trying to get others to share and talk about the things that happen day to day that matter to them.
I would much rather receive comments than upvotes for these posts. I'm serious.
I'm also not going to lie, I'm rather upset that this was hijacked and successfully by someone who never contributed to my own Good Morning Steemit posts. Sure, they're more popular than I am. So of course, they were successful. But they could've at least commented on my own Good Morning Steemit posts. That was especially hurtful because that person made me feel encouraged and hopeful and welcomed to Steemit when I first joined this community. It felt like a friend turning around and punching me hard in the gut for no reason.
"You should be flattered," you're probably thinking. And maybe I should. But the fact that they wouldn't participate in my Good Morning Steemit posts, and made no mention or credit to me at all for what I've been trying to do prevents me from feeling flattered.
And while I realize that the little graphic I use at the top of this post isn't exactly that great, I did end up making it just for these posts. I was only using Steemit on my phone at the time, and used my phone to draw it. It didn't look great on my phone, but it sure as hell didn't look as bad as it does on my computer. I will be replacing it with something hopefully better in the near future.
Why not right this second? Because I don't like using other people's art or photos, even stock images. I personally feel that you should use your own work instead of others, even if your own work sucks. Because it's your own creation and shows that you put forth the effort to embellish your idea. (So far I believe I've only used images from video game art when posting up that I'm playing a game.)
So that's how I'm feeling, Steemit. I'm feeling frustrated and hurt that something I was trying so hard at was so blatantly ignored when I was doing it, but was embraced and successful when someone else did it. I'm feeling very discouraged. It was a good enough idea to take, but not a good enough idea to participate in.
If you want to make your own Good Morning Steemit posts, that's fine, but please participate in mine. And please give credit where credit is due. That really sucked. And it still stings.
Please don't upvote this post. Comment instead.
Now that I've gotten that out of the way...
How are you, Steemit?
How has your day been going? Anything fun, interesting, awful? How are you feeling? Anything you're looking forward to or dreading? How is work/school/life treating you? Anything make you happy, surprise you, or make you sad? Did someone or something disappoint you? How is your pet(s) if you have them?
Anything you want to share? Anything you need to get off your chest but people in real life just won't understand?
Please post about your day below!