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Yesterday I read the post of 
Meeting people is the thing
When I first got to know about Steemit was when I was doing some reading online about #crypto currency. I didn't have the slightest idea where to start or if it was something for me in the first place. (now somewhat further I can tell that the whole trading thing isn't my cup of tea) , There is just to much volatility, differents currency, dependencies... not something I want to put a lot of energy and time in....But everyone his or her thing of course...
Then at one moment I read about Steem and Steemit, a platform you get rewarded for writing valuable content. Of course the definition of 'valuable' is relative but I sure wanted to check it out. The first couple of posts I read on Steemit where about music, and music is something that really drives me so my attention was caught. I started to write some little posts about music of which I think they were cool, but obvious no one gave a comment, not to mention a upvote. I recal seeing some whale's with massive rewards on their posts (not knowing the origine from that) I was a bit discouraged... But nevertheless I holded on. I kept on posting, used some different tag's and the magic did happenend.. I got some comments on my posts.
I started developing my musical series "Music is magic, mucis is emotion" from which I wrote about an artist or a band and my experience with that band or a memorie about that particular artist. I thought it was great going trough those memories again and to share them with others..
Trough those posts and by reading similar posts of others I got to get in touch with some people. If I recall correct one of my first 'Steemit friends' was 
Tip 1: Don't focus on get as much as followers you can, focus on engagement with other steemians. There are a lot of people who follow you but only a few who honestly read your posts..
Rewards and effort
As I told in the first piece and which probably sounds very familiar to a lot of you, it's hard to get rewarded. But then again, leave that thought. Don't make rewards on your posts your goal. I admit in a flash, that was the first thing that drove me towards Steemit, getting rewarded for your posts. But the time I am on steemit now really turned that. Of course it's fun when you got a massive upvote , or loads of great comments.. But the essence for me is writing or doing what I like most.... In some cases I wrote a posts where I have put in so much effort, when I hit the button POST I was sure it would go sky-rocket.... lol...what a disappointment when it was only 2 cents... lol...
Tip 2: Don't measure rewards against effort for a post, be genuine and honest. If people like it, you will be rewarded
Steem projects
There are a lot of great projects build on the steem blockchain. There are several I actually use.
@Steepshot
I think Steepshot is a great app on the Steem blockchain. My kids go balistic with Insta, I never could get used to their interface. But with Steepshot it's so easy to take a snap, upload it from my mobile and share it with the community. Thet are doing a great job, and I love using it...
Steemit is actually the first I have ever recorded a video for. Before I used Steemit I never did a vlog in my entire life. And I must confess, I think it's still awkward to see myself on video, although you're getting more used to is :)... When I do record something on video I use only dTube for it because that's in first a great platform and it's totally in the phillosophy of the blockchain and vision of Steemit. Besides that it is very easy to use. There is sometimes some problems with playing the vid right after it is uploaded, but that are minor problems for me..
Steemhunt is quite new, although for me, but they are doing very wel. I like to search for cool products, mostly music related. Just for the kick of finding them. Pitty that (just like in real life) there were people immediately abusing the system by using votebot's to get a higher ranking and thus getting a bigger reward from Steemhunt. They adjusted their rules, so things will go better I think and hope. It's a great product hunting platform with again the steem phillosophy.
I use Steemworld daily , it just gives me a quicker view of people who commented me or mentioned me. That way I wont forget to give a comment back :) It's also a great tool to see your SP, payouts and stuff.. Great project..
When I first installed this add-on on Chrome, I could'nt beleive the ease it brought. There are so many great functions to make the steemit site so much easier to use. For example in the last update you got the extra option to put a signature in your post... I used to copy/paste it all the time, now it is on button and the signature is added... Great work..
Tip 3: Use Steemplus in your browser, it brings so much cmfort
Curation
On steemit the ammount of curation communities are growing. To say it simple, these communities are scanning the Steemit website for creators of good content. And if they find them, they upvoting them with nice rewards. They do this to give everbody a fair chance and to encourage people to keep putting great content outthere. You have
, 
, 
and many more. It's a good thing to get involved with these communities, for sharing, caring and posting :) Great initiatives..
Music
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Although I'm busy with a lot of things like photography, steemhunting my main thing still is music.. For example I contributed to
for a couple of times, and I am sure going to do more.. But I could spend a evening long just watching the entries for that weeks openmic. And you'll be suprised how much talent there is on steemit. For instance 
, boy do they rock... They are great musicians with great original songs, every time they suprise me with their songs..
I chat a lot with 
But besides these great guy's there are a lot of other great steemians with whom I interact , if you like go check them out.
- Tijntje is a collegue of mine, we often talk about steemit and our mutual interests photography and music.
- a very nice guy from NewZealand. He loves music and is keen on the steemit platform.
- Great guy how still teaches me some 70's music. Great to discover. He is also a pro-beer-reviewer :) If you like beer, you have to check his reviews
- A very nice woman from the netherlands, alway's in for a comment and a chat. She writes about a lot of subjects, but for me all interesting..
- S3rg3 and
both are part of the
and are heavily envolved in the app steemify. It's a great app to receive notifications on all that is happening with your steemit account.. To bad there isn't any android version yet ;)
- A german guy which often commented om my music posts. I like hearing the thoughts and things of other people. I discovered a lot of new music by this.
- He is a great musician with excellent taste when it comes to guitar-sound.. He plays fenomenal... Love to listen to his posts on
And of course there are so many more great people on Steemit that I didn't mention particular... but I do also am thankfull to read your posts, let you read mine. So keep it going..
My future on steemit
To close this rather long post, my future will stay on Steemit. I think great things are going to happen with steem and steemit. There will be changes, but all for the benefit... So let's stick together and make this platform even better than it already is...
As soon as I really can make a difference, I'm planning to support even more people because I think we all must benefit and enjoy this great oppertunity.
Have a great evening and keep up that music !!
and , who are witness with their developer group for the Steem blockchain. If you want to support them, they would appreciate your vote here.They are the creators of Steemify, THE notification app for your Steemit account for IOS.
