I write this as a YouTube Creator who came to Steemit about two months ago and who has been completely smitten with Steemit and inadvertently, but unashamedly all but abandoned YouTube!
Steemit is NOT YouTube!
Well Yeah... But What Do You Mean?
Let me start with what I quickly learned from my own transition from YouTube to Steemit. I came here with the idea of treating Steemit as a secondary posting platform. Meaning, create a quick post with an embedded link of my YouTube video and leave. I learned quickly this was not going to be profitable, and this is not how Steemit works.
Not Profitable
Numbers speak for themselves, so let's take a look at the payout amounts of those first handful of posts where I did little more than post, drop, and run.
Pretty crappy, huh? Well, yes! And that's all I deserved!
I didn't put any effort into the posts and didn't think of writing but whatever I though would get you to click on my link. I was only here to share the link for views back on my YouTube channel.
Looking back now, that was completely backwards! I didn't slow down enough to see what Steemit was about, and what kind of content should be on here. Which brings me to...
That's Not How Steemit Works
As I looked at my earnings I asked myself "Self, that's crappy! What are you not doing that others are?" So I went and looked. I traveled through the Trending post section, then into individual blogs of successful (according to their payouts) people on Steemit. I quickly picked up on a common thread...
The successful posts are mostly written!
This is when I realized that Steemit was not YouTube. People were not on Steemit to watch each other's videos. The successful posts were all well written and could hold their own just by the words contained within. Photos and video links were just garnishes. They helped make a better presentation and were great to look at, but they were not the post.
Wow, You're Kinda Slow Aren't You?
In my defense, I came here from YouTube and with a few other YouTube content creators. My only exposure to Steemit was "Hey, you can post videos here too and make money!". I can only be thankful I learned my lesson sooner than later.
I'm Converted!
I've never been one to write much, but wow! Has that changed! I not prefer to write up an article than make a video. Things are looking bleak for YouTube.... Sayonara! To date, my rewards on Steemit have been 400% what I earned on YouTube in over 15 months of dedicated participation and video creation.
But that's not the best part... The best part about Steemit has been the people I've gotten to know and genuine interactions I've had with them. This is priceless nowadays; to find a social website where people truly interact with each other in a positive way!
So That's It for Videos?
I don't think so... especially not with projects such as 
