A Newbie a Day, Vote and Resteem

Some of my followers may have noticed that I have been resteeming some posts that I have found who use the #introduceyourself tag.

This little guy was a newbie to the world once; there are still many newbies joining via Steemit despite the current bad times

I do feel it’s important to welcome new people and make them feel like someone is giving them some attention. It’s not always this case though, and with this post from Hive account@spudalicious he seemed to take it all the wrong way and has left before he started!

I have sent him a response explaining why this has happened but he seems to have been put off right away and may never return which is a shame.

If the photographs are the property of Hive account@spudalicious, then I feel he could add something to the STEEM blockchain in terms of content, and I have no reason to doubt it that they are his.

On to more positive things, Hive account@steemalicious did a great intro and her post was getting little attention when I spotted it, voted it and resteemed it.

While I can’t necessarily take the credit for it being seen and curated by Hive account@theycallmedan and some other heavy hitters, I’m sure Hive account@steemalicious has been incentivised now to create some more content reading the appreciative response I got from her.

While I have worked hard to get where I am and the rewards I receive for my efforts, I’m still taking the time to use 15 minutes of my time a night to find one promising post and give that person some attention.

I was there once, and I think I can say the same for all reading this.

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Another recent find is a runner named Hive account@andersdult. Like most, he knows nothing, (a little like Jon Snow), and has posted TWO #introduceyourself posts likely through ignorance.

Maybe it's the crazed look that is a little similar to my own insane madness that drew me to Anders. That, and the fact that he found about Steemit via a promotion.

What promotion?, Do Steemit do EVER do anything like that?

Sometimes I don't find anything promising in the 15 minutes I take and if this is the case, I will pass and not promote whoever's best, or anything I can find.

While it’s over a year since I posted my own #introduceyourself post, I added several photographs and detailed several of my interests.

If I could do it as a complete novice, then why can't others?

They may all not stick but if we as an active community ignore them all because they can't offer anything back in terms of vote weight, then this aspect of STEEM is not going to grow at all.

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Sometimes you can get it Wrong

Yesterday I thought I had found another artist with some promise but it appears my hopes have been dashed when Hive account@steemcleaners added a comment to this post just after I gave it a big vote, resteem and used my Hive account@minnowsupport vote on it.

Some investigation by an angry Hive account@silviabeneforti has all but confirmed the would be artist is likely a plagiarist. Both Silvia and myself have now recalled our votes, and I feel a little stupid for trying to promote this one.

We have had no response from Hive account@freedesaign, and that speaks volumes. Maybe he has not see it yet, and maybe he has not but the evidence is not looking promising.

Even so, I wont be deterred from trying to find promising new Steemians and will have another looking tonight just before I crash.

'Are you going to spare 15 minutes of your curation time to see what’s out there in the ‘New’ section of the #introduceyourself tag?'

Try it, give a new prospect who has not been noticed yet, has peanuts in terms of a reward for their post, a vote and resteem, and make yourself known that you are not an automated responder and a real person that is sincere in what you are saying.

You might be surprised how good you feel about doing it.