Just had an interesting chat discussion on the Steemit Chat with a new user on Steemit that asked for help, so I tried to give some pointers and suggestions as well as information about what to do and what to expect. Some of the questions however got me thinking what new users currently think about Steemit and what their idea about the platform is, so I'll be posting some of them and my answers just to give you an idea. I won't review the username of the user however, though I'm sure that there are actually many new people coming to Steemit that are very similar and have the same perception about the platform... and that is a problem.
User: hey, can u help me?
ME: maybe...User: i have good posts but i am not getting popularity
ME: hahahah, tell me about it...User: yup, only 1 post lol ^^, 2 introductions
ME: well, your account is just a day old... unless you are some kind of celebrity there is no instant boost of popularity on steemitUser: but many people are getting many hits on their first post
ME: well, it depends on the posts, sometimes it is just pure luck...
User: idk what to post
ME: post about things you like, what you do, what are your hobbies...User: u give me a subject
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User: give me a topic to post, i am so lazy
ME: I told you what to write aboutUser: what?
ME: post about things you like, what you do, what are your hobbies... things like that...
User: hey bro suggest me a topic
ME: told you two times what to write about... don't try to write about something just because you think that it might become popular...
I have intentionally cut some parts of the conversation where discussing other things such as is copy/pasting allowed, the need for citing sources, voting power and whales etc. I wanted to focus on what new users coming to Steemit apparently seem to expect - get popular with their first post on the first day and that is usually not going to happen. Getting lucky with not even a decent post is still possible, but not very likely... but even if you get lucky it will be scoring a Whale vote, so some reward and not likely you will become popular. So want to be a popular writer on Steemit (and get rewards), but don't know what to write about... asking for a specific topic instead of general ideas and saying you are being lazy... that does not go well with wanting to be popular on Steemit. Unless of course you are already popular and just came to Steemit bringing your fame and followers along that is... even if you are lazy it will still work ;)
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