Hello everyone and I hope you are really having a great time in this lock down season? Even though it isn't that easy been locked up home for long period of time most especially if you aren't getting any support by the government š. But we must always ensure we stay safe at all cost which was why the government adopted such strategy to prevent the spread of the virus and I pray none of us will fall victim of such killer virus š.
Today I'll be discussing about how a particular community influenced and impacted my life. I'm quite sure none of us haven't heard about this community trending on both hive and steem due to the kind of great support and impact the community offers it's members. This community I've been discussing about is known as "Project Hope". Sounds familiar right? š
My Journey on the steem blockchain
I actually got to know more about Steemit around the year 2018 while I was actually conducting a personal research about Bitcoin. I had to Google search what cryptocurrency was all about and I stumbled on a post on Steemit which really explained the concept of all I was in need of. I got astonished when I saw the huge amount of money and upvote that writer earned and this actually led to my curiosity in knowing more about Steemit and joining the platform just to earn some few bucks.
I joined Steemit with a reputation of 25 and I wrote an article with the hope of earning more than $10 for that single post but at the end of the day i was really fucked š.
I never earned a single dime for that post maybe it was because I was just too eager to make some few bucks back then, that's actually the nature of every new comer whenever they join Steemit š. I began to compare my post with that of the other guy who earned more than $10 for his post and I noticed mine was even much better than his. I actually became more frustrated when I noticed some people earning cool cash just by posting pictures/very short content while I was earning very little upvote after posting good quality content.
I Lost Motivationā¹ļø
Ever since that incident, I lost motivation to create quality content since I wasn't feeling appreciated by anyone not until I met some experienced Steemit users whom I had to ask how the platform works. Most of them told me to keep creating quality content, make use of dApps and always make sure you engage with others. I started doing this and I noticed I'm still not getting the required support I needed but I was actually earning more upvote than before with the help of DApps. š
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It was really an unforgettable experience for me back then though only some people will understand me better most especially if you have no influence due to your little steem power š.
There are actually sometimes in life whereby you will come across an angel just to help you out and bring you out of your pain. I came across a great man named 
deserves to be supported on their post. He then taught me most of the things that could really help me on Steemit provided I don't give up. I put all what he said into practice and I began finding the platform interesting unlike before. Everything eventually changed when he told me about 
How Did I actually Got Impacted by project Hope?
There are actually different set of ways in which project hope community had really impacted me and I'm quite sure most of the community members can also testify to this fact! These are some of the ways project hope impacted me on both Steemit and hive ;
#1 CREATING QUALITY CONTENTS: One of the major goal of project Hope is to reward users that creates quality content on the platform. I actually do feel discouraged anytime no one appreciates my efforts on the platform which actually makes me abstain from writing sometimes since no one is reading and supportive. I noticed my doctrine/mentality changed after being part of project hope community. I now have that sense of feeling that there are actually some people out there who are really ready to support and read my posts which has led to me creating more quality content. All thanks to
#2 LEARNING: Project Hope is a community which is very strict when it comes to plagiarism. This implies that every writer or content creators need to do more research work before posting any article on the platform. During the cause of making research and creating quality content, the writer gains more experience in his/her writing topic which enables the readers learn valuable information from the writer's posts. I have personally learnt lot about Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain and cryptocurrency, python programming and many other things just by reading good quality post on
# BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: As a project hope community member, you are entitled to make new friends with the community members including the team/admins. I have made lot of friends on the platform and I'm still making more friends via the community.
The astonishing part about this is that all the impact project hope injected in me has actually led to me applying them in my physical world most especially whenever I'm dealing with people.
Thanks for your time and I hope you all have a great day ahead. Always remember to stay safe with love from 