There are some steemains on this platform that deserve an accolade for the good work that they are doing on the steem platform. Such people I call them noble steemains because they have been supporting this platform in one way or the other.
Over the course of time, I will be introducing you to many of the noble steemains here in our community and trying to get to know each of them little better. I have taken this upon myself to shed more light on who this noble steemains are and what they are capable of doing.
Today I would like to introduce to you my good friend, a man on a mission
steemit citizen - currently covering mainly Music topics - soon again back towards marketing, blockchain, beer and photography content going by the name 
Hive account@uwelang
Hive account@dhavey~Yeah! Welcome to it's all about our noble steemains with Hive account@dhavey It an honor conversing with Hive account@uwelang all the way from Germany.
Hive account@uwelang~Thanks
Hive account@dhavey~Can you tell our readers reading this how you first hear about steemit and what motivated you to join?
Hive account@uwelang~It was our great Brit 
Hive account@steevc more or less. We have been both members of a community called tsu that was rewarding users for their content contribution based on ad revs. When they shut down I was checking other options and Steemit was one of them. I created my account in August 2016 but was not really successful in the beginning. It was Hive account@steevc again that always helped and convinced me to give this another try some months later.
Hive account@dhavey~I follow your blog and most time when I check your blog to I see most of your posts are music related posts. Is it that you are a musician or you just love music?
Hive account@uwelang~A bit of both – I learned to play piano and keyboard when I was very young and worked us DJ during my student’s time when I had the opportunity to grow up with Techno / Trance music which is what I love most. In addition I was a Heavy Metal / Rock Fan since the early 1980ies too which is also a topic I cover often within my posts.
Hive account@dhavey~As a steemian what is the biggest challenge you have ever faced since you joined steemit?
Hive account@uwelang~There have been several ups and downs – one is the price development to around 6 cents early 2017 which motivated me even more to post as I believed in the long-termed success of the platform.
Hive account@dhavey~If you ask some steemains they will tell you that they are not steeming for rewards and all that they need is just relationship with other steemains, now if rewards are removed from steem, would you still blog on steem?
Hive account@uwelang~I think anyone telling you they do not steem for the rewards are probably not totally honest. However I found a lot great people here that help each others on projects – people I would have not met without Steemit, people that made me able to LEARN about blockchain technology and the crypto world. Of course I would still blog without rewards, mayb in a different way.
Hive account@dhavey~Yeah, making friends and building relationships is good on this platform, can you tell us those steemains that as contributed and impacted your blogging experience since you joined steemit?
Hive account@uwelang~Difficult questions – there are so many – mentioning a few only would not be really fair but life is not fair - so some I want to mention, apart from Hive account@steevc it was fellow German and ex Tsu user 
Hive account@homeartpictures that encouraged me end of 2016 to try Steemit again. When I tried again it has been the German community that welcomed me and taught me some of the secrets here – to mention some 
Hive account@twinner 
Hive account@shaka 
Hive account@pollux.one 
Hive account@freiheit50 
Hive account@felixxx and 
Hive account@knozaki2015 – since that early days I met tons of other users but can not mention them all here.
Hive account@dhavey~What were you told before you joined steemit?
Hive account@uwelang~Come over, cool people are there, an innovative platform based on blockchain (never heard before) and you can get rewarded but be aware of whales.
Hive account@dhavey~Can you tell the community one thing that people will remember you for even if you quit steemit today?
Hive account@uwelang~Others have to decide on this – I hope some might remember some good content and my love for music and communites.
Hive account@dhavey~If you could give advice to newbies on how to be successful on this platform, what would it be?
Hive account@uwelang~Be yourself, engage with others, create relations, provide good content, care about others, be patient, do not spam and READ the FAQs and Whitepaper before you start.
Hive account@dhavey~What is your take on using Bot to support once post.
Hive account@uwelang~Tricky one – I use some bots to push posts and see it as a promotional tool but also see there is a lot abuse and would prefer to go back some Hard Forks away from linear rewards and we would not have that bot discussion anymore (probably we would have other topics to discuss then). As long as the algo and system is designed as it is it is human people using these bots.
Hive account@dhavey~As a steemian do you think finding a niche rather than posting some random stuff?
Hive account@uwelang~Up to the individuals I think, if you have a clear unbeatable talent in a niche use it! If you are not an expert in anything but might be interested in broad topics do it that way. It is also maybe worth to try things but I would not recommend to jump on the usual best paid tags and psot about things you have no idea. I also post a lot random stuff but try to keep my content relevant for many readers. I started with my niche in marketing / storytelling but then more focused on my love for music, beer and photography. Good idea might be to create / lauch some tags and encourage others to contribute to them – my main ones are #DanceWeekend #RockClassics #BeachWednesday and #SunThursday.
Hive account@dhavey~If there was one thing you could do or suggest to make steem more interesting and attractive to users, what would that be?
Hive account@uwelang~
- Get rid of linear rewards
- Force large SteemPower Holders to use their Power to (also) vote outside their own circles
- More guidance by Steemit Inc on updates, plans and how to understand the community (support hotline would be cool)
Hive account@dhavey~If there was a worldwide internet and cellular blackout for a week, what would you do for those 7 days?
Hive account@uwelang~Get my ladies, jump into the car, drive to Italy, enjoy beach, sun, pasta, pizza there and live in reality too.
Hive account@dhavey~If you are privilege to talk to someone yet to join steemit, what can you tell the person that will motivate such person to join?
Hive account@uwelang~I would only touch the reward topic but focus more on the aspect that blockchain IS the future for society and that they can learn a lot here for their own future, they still would be an early adopter and they can create and realize own projects here on the blockchain. In general it depends on the personality of the person I talk to obviously.
Hive account@dhavey~ It's an great honor conversing with you Hive account@uwelang Thanks for coming for the show.
Hive account@uwelang~Thank you.
