SteemitLA Meetup Last Night

Last night I had the privilege to attend a Steemit meetup here in Los Angeles.

It was a good night of networking and meeting other Steemians. Some people had only heard about the Steemit platform this week, while others were veterans, including one who attended last year’s SteemFest in Lisbon.

My main goal in attending was to see what I could do to help other Steemians along. If you have been on the platform for more than an hour, you know this can be complicated to figure out, though once you know it, it is not too hard. I was lucky to have some friends who helped me figure out the platform, so I figured this would be a good way to pay it forward and help some others out in my local community.

The event was held at a nice WeWork office in Hollywood. We started off with some mingling and networking, and then had a Steemit overview and SteemitLA community presentation done by Hive account@woodrow who was also one of the hosts for the evening. Of course, there were a lot of clarifying questions once the presentation was completed – what does my reputation mean? How do the payouts work? What’s the difference between Steem, SBD and Steem Power? What content is most popular? How do I get followers? – It seems like there are no simple answers, and every question is loaded with a number of rabbit trails you can go down.

Once the presentation and Q&A was completed, there was more time to network with other Steemians. I was able to meet nearly everyone who came, though quite a few were still waiting for their account approvals. I am following quite a few more users now, and I look forward to seeing the content they put out!

This was the second meetup for Hive account@steemitla and they are already talking about having the next one in March – you can bet I will try to make that one as well! Thank you again to last night’s hosts and it was great meeting so many of you!

Brian