My time on Steemit
As the year is drawing to a close, I've found myself pondering upon the incredible things that have happened around the world....the horrendous and the sublime....and how Steemit has landed among it all.
I've been on Steemit since April, about seven months. Only seven months! I can hardly believe Steemit has only been live for just over half a year. It feels like a lifetime already. I've loved every minute of Steemit's existence and what i think it means for everybody.
I want to thank everybody in the Steemit community; the developers, investors, traders, exchanges, entrepreneurs and fellow steemians. Steem and Steemit could not exist without each of you, but our strength and depth is measured in the steemians simply using steemit and steem. Thank you for every piece of your attention to my posts and comments. Thank you for every reward that you have bestowed. I thought I knew how much it mean't to me, but on reflection, I realise that at a deeper level, this community's engagement with and enjoyment of my posts (a very good approximation of who I am and what I care about) is of enormous importance to me.
I have never been a blogger before. I've never published anything creative before. I've never been interested in doing so. The incentive structure of Steemit is genius but there is something more than that first, there is a gigantic reservoir of creativity that is ready to burst out.....there are also millions of people who are sick to the back teeth of shallowness, lies and corruption. Steemit enables a new type of engagement that fosters integrity and I truly believe we've seen nothing yet, nothing. When Peter Parker is bitten by the spider, his DNA is transformed, galvanised into something stronger. That is what Steemit is doing to our information highways, our archives, our relationships and our minds. There is a long way to go yet, but there is something in the air, in the web.....something profound.
So what have I been up to?
Memes obviously...over 400. I've enjoyed making them and hope that you've enjoyed them too. Perhaps some of them have even encouraged people to visit Steemit that might not otherwise have bothered....I hope so. Here are a couple of my favourites;
Some funny, some hopefully thought provoking...whatever, a meme is a meme :)
What else?
I published an entire, feature length horror film script that I wrote many years ago whilst commuting. Unfortunately it's gone now as the whole thing was in a single post......took me hours to get it in...but it was clogging up our steemchain so it had to go! :)
I introduced myself, completed eighteen episodes for an original write-as-we-go sci-fi adventure including two voidart competitions, wrote a short sci-fi story, came up with a plan to steemclean the environment....I still think this one has legs, wrote 18 steem thoughts...mostly about steemit and wrote three poems; a poem for steem, if the world had a heart and the steem dragon. There were other bits and pieces along the way but i'm most happy with these contributions.
I'm not so happy with the bird the cow and the cat story. Not a single vote.....even from myself....or comment. I really misjudged the vibe here. It's easily done. The same could be said for my attempt to begin a community narrated tale about Gus. No chance, poor Gus. I was actually hurt when no-one upvoted my precious sweet & sour chicken recipe! This insult caused me to begin to question the taste of steemians!
Joking aside, I never would have imagined contributing to a social media platform in such a way before Steemit. I feel compelled to continue that engagement. I have forced myself to come to terms with the natural ebb and flow of my engagement intensity. Work and family wait for no person and you can only do so much. My greatest regret is so far failing to complete my Hearts of Darkness / Plague of the Void Seeds adventure. I completely blew myself out there. But I have every intention of completing the story. I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did without the support I had from so many wonderful steemians.
I hope you enjoyed my rar. I look forward to reading yours if you feel inclined to write one. Steemit and the growing Steem economy are worthy of reflection and dedication.
Thank you for your vision Dan and Ned, especially Dan.
Happy Steeming