“Steemit not a social media platform. It’s a lifestyle. For millions of people, Making a choice to move away from Steemit as a Whale is a lot different than changing your brand of breakfast cereal. The emotional switching costs are enormous. In fact, I could make an argument that it would be easier to change your house than change your social network.“
1. Steemit Is Becoming the Biggest In No Time
Steemit is growing in users everyday and is becoming more populated like facebook at over three billion+ users (May 2018) This is unprecedented and makes it a very powerful global network. Growth will continue, but will likely moderate over time.
Being one of the biggest means also means that most of your friends are already on Steemit so moving to another social network means you will have to leave them behind.
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2. Time Spent on Steemit
In Nigeria, people spend atleast 7 hours per month on Steemit. Much of that time spent on Steemit is not just passively consuming content, but also sharing / re-sharing it and getting paid too. You can share words, link, images, and videos that you find online or upload and get paid. You can share others posts on your profile, pages, and groups. A single piece of content can be re-shared many times by each user and they get paid. What a platform…
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3. Everything Feeds Into Steemit
Most everything else you use in social media can feed into your Steemit account. Facebook photos, Twitter , and Linkedin, just to name a few. You can also configure Steemit to also post to your Facebook timeline every time you tweet for an extra exposure kick.
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4. People Get Emotional About Steemit
Folks have a love/hate relationship with Steemit. They use it all day, every day it seems. And they get cranked up if they roll out a new feature or change. But they always seem to get over it and come back stronger than ever. The high level of emotion that Steemit instills in its users keeps them engaged.
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5. Photo Sharing is the Big Deal
Posting photos, Liking, commenting, re-sharing them and getting paid seems to be the most popular activity of the most popular people. You know who is popular because their photos and shares show up in your feed the most and vice versa.
6. Getting Paid Posting About Reality/Lifestyle
A platform where you Post photos, Like, commenting, re-sharing and get paid Steemit has help million people change their life and that of their family status and as also help people to achieve their dreams than any other social media platform…
7. It Connect People No Matter The Country, Tribe, Gender Etc
Source @matejka13 article:"Steemit is really about connecting people" - My very first friend I met thanks to Steemit
Some Tips
So you have your blog, Twitter account, Linkedin, Instagram, and the rest. Remember to link and feed all of them into Steemit. Share your content and others often. Until something else comes along that changes the paradigm again, Steemit should continue to grow and thrive in the world of social media.
Do you think Steemit will continue to dominate? Why or why not?
