I've been on Steemit for just over a week and in this time I've gone through quite a few strong emotions. I've had a lot of joy and excitement, the occasional rage, but most often I had to deal with an aching frustration.
And it came from a combination of things. The first was probably my perfectly human envy at seeing people make much more money than I did. I was also constantly bothered by the uncertainty of my own abilities: are my posts not good enough or is this system not acknowledging my genius?
Added to that was the way every article I posted felt a bit like Christmas eve, where you expect something magical to happen the next morning and when you wake up you realize that you have no friends and don't believe in Santa. So you got nothing.
Ever since I joined I noticed that posts about travelling were the most successful, even more if there was a pair of tits in there as well. And since I'm pregnant and don't travel anymore, plus I never had a lot of booby power, I felt a bit disadvantaged. But the truth is that most popular stories are made by people doing awesome things, people with a lot of courage who are truly enjoying their lives, because they really have amazing stuff to share. And honestly, we all like boobies.
The informational posts are also getting hundreds of votes, and quite fairly since a lot of us still need help to get around Steemit and understand the concept better. I can't add my input here either, since a week ago I didn't even know what a cryptocurrency was.
So what can I do?
Steemit has huge potential, but it's still a baby. There's still a long way to go before members get diversified and more topics become popular. At the moment I'm a minority: I'm a girl, I know nothing about crypto and I don't travel much. But I realize that more and more people like me join everyday and soon I'll have a solid target for my not so exciting articles. Let's be honest, people get hundreds of likes on other social platforms for sharing their lunch.
Instead of getting frustrated, I decided to stay optimistic and keep writing the things I know about. All I need to do is come to terms with Santa missing, when my posts make no more than $0.03.