I've been on Steemit now for about a year, and it's begun to seem to me that there are as many different approaches to the platform as there are stars in the sky. It's versatility is a large degree of its the appeal.
Yet, also like the stars in the sky, it seems to me that the different approaches do tend to fall under a few broad categories (or combinations of category).
Without further ado here are the categories of participants on the platforms, with examples for each:
The Re-Steemer
Here's to the re-steemer. This is the person that doesn't post super often but re-steems to a large degree. Though they tend not to post often, when they do post it is usually a longer, deeper piece. Re-steemers tend to be much more active in other people's comments section than many of the other types of Steemians, and they tend to leave much more valuable or interesting comments.
As a strategy I think the re-steemer is onto something. They share a lot of value on the platform by getting much more people exposed who might otherwise not quite see the light of day. They also upvote a lot of the content they resteem, meaning that the gain is mutual (as it should be!). Obviously we should all resteem to some extent, but the resteemer really does deserve an award of valor. Note that a lot of whales are resteemers, not necessarily making much content themselves.
A really good example of what I would consider a re-steemer is 
The Singular Poster
This is the person who, day-to-day, posts on more or less the same subject day in and day out. These people tend to have super strong followers and communities around their blogs. Being a singular poster is challenging, because you have to provide quality content that is along the same lines day in and day out!
The advantage to this is, if they're successful in providing that quality, people will vote for them almost automatically and are far more likely to have them set on auto-upvote on various Steemit apps (because the people upvoting can be assured of the subject matter and quality).
Good examples of Singular Posters are 
The Smorgasbord Poster
The Smorgasbord Poster just has to have it all. He or she posts on many different manners of subject, although these tend to fall along general lines or a similar vein on thought (though never to the extent of the singular poster).
The advantage of the Smorgasbord Poster is that its a really good fit for people who have many different interests and feel like they could talk endlessly on a number of subjects! The downside is, depending on just how broad a range of subjects they post, auto-votes don't come quite as willingly and post payout consistency may not be quite as strong. Note that this person does begin to head toward being a Singular Poster the longer they've been on the platform.
Examples of smorgasbord types are 
The Content Recycler
The content recycler is a person that adds value to the platform from outside of it, usually in the form of a linked video, audio file, picture, or linked news article. The value added that is particular to the Steemit platform is usually, in my opinion, quite low, often the link is pasted with a sentence or three.
I've got mixed feelings about the content recycler, and I don't think I'm alone here. Still, there are some completely valid examples of people who do this fairly exclusively and add some amount of value to the platform.
A good example of this is the youtuber/cosplayer 
The Hybrid
This category is for folks that kind of don't quite belong anywhere else. Usually you'll find that any given poster is at least 80% one of the above categories, and maybe 20% or so of another one. But sometimes someone is 50% one, 50% another, and those people go here.
I won't list any hybrids, mostly because all the blogs listed are, to whatever small extent, hybrids (though mostly they fit pretty well into the categories listed).
Thoughts?
What do you think of the categories? Which category or categories do you belong to? Is there something I've forgotten, or something you would add? Let me know in the comments!
Thank you so much for reading! If you enjoyed this post, please upvote, resteem, and follow!
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