Today as I have been talking to a friend in the #teammalaysia I am inspired to write something about Steemit.
Many new comers sees the successes of the seasoned Steem-ians and they are very excited and enthusiastic with it.
But then they become frustrated because they are not seeing the earning results as they would have hoped for. I can say, most people these days that has been hooked into the internet are less likely to have patience.
So from the inspiration, I have decided to write something that hopefully, it will truly inspire many more who will find this really useful.
So come journey with me, into the Steemit world, and how to survive it.
1. The grey line between Real Life and Cyber Life
Year after year as internet connection becomes faster and mobile phones become more powerful, the world right now is much closer than before.
So you technically cannot really mutually exclude the Real Life and Cyber Life anymore, in some ways.
But that doesn’t mean that you are doing everything in the Cyber Life, you just need to have a much better view point of that in the awesome Steemit platform, behind most accounts (except bots, I can tell you, there are MANY bots out there) and the keyboards, is a real human being.
They may be really far away from you, but they are still human beings and not “auto responders”.
2. Treat your fellow Steem-ians as real humans
Yes, they are REAL. Steemit Fest is already a proof that those people exist. Team Malaysia spear head leader 
In fact, every single team Malaysia members who gathered recently, is REAL.
So when you start to swim in the vast ocean space, you got to treat them as humans, not just fishes that makes you rich. (Although newbies like us are called minnows and successors are called Whales)
Let's Visualise
Just as I have mentioned, you got to realise the grey line of Real and Cyber world (unless you plan to lead a double life), you need to know that you are interacting with humans
So when you log into Steemit and viewing posts, is just like you are walking into an open house party ; or maybe for kids, the start of the school.
(Make way for team Malaysia Juniors in the future!)
Each trending category could be a classroom for you, or maybe in the party, like the lounge.
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Let’s continue with an adulterated scenario.
You have options to choose:
- Make friends,
- or get laid (PG13. Ahem)
So if you want to get laid , meaning in the Steemit world you only emphasise about cashing out. You are less likely going to care the people in the party , as long as someone is there to give you benefits of getting laid (one night stand for PG13) you are happy.
So when you are looking into the Steemit context, you will see these sorts of Steem-ians who will just keep spamming either low quality content or plagiarize other people’s work.
You don’t really care what you post. As long you get paid, you are done.
These are shallow people. Mostly they either get wasted or just never comes back to the party.
HOWEVER
If you are eyeing of maybe make good friends or actually (for young and hot blooded people), looking for a mate of your life (yes, I have friends who did that before, and some succeed) your approach will be VERY DIFFERENT.
You start noticing like-minded individual who shares your common point of view, hobbies, or even passion. You’d probably mingle from one group to another in the entire party, until you actually meet someone who you can catch a good conversation with; be it plain jokes or even deep debates.
You’d probably will stay in touch with these people even after the party.
So just like in the Steemit world, you’d probably will look into topics you actually like to read and you start commenting on their posts. You might not get an immediate reply (if they are not 24/7 on Steemit), but most like you will get a reply one day or another (or some maybe weeks later if they are travelling).
Eventually, you started following that writer, and vice versa.
And from there, you create friendships, bond with them, and maybe, even meet up with them in real life outside Steemit.
Wait, so what if you can’t find people who you really can relate to in the party?
Can’t find a miracle, be the miracle.
These are usually the movers and shakers, in cyber world or even in the real world. They usually will eventually be noticed for their unique sense of things because they are usually extrovert individuals.
However I have personally seen introverts in real life are actually more outspoken in the cyber world, and you will be surprised, they actually could write much more than you imagine.
Wait, how about those trending ones?
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Remember all those TV series, movies and real life about “famous people” in school or in parties?
You don’t TRY to approach them just for the sake of meeting them (like those stalking friends), they will smell you from a mile away. Most of these people in the real life may actually entertain you once a while, but they would hardly take notice of you unless you are exceptionally unique, or their lap dog in the future.
Most of these people will have an alpha sense of characteristics and if you yield to this sort of people in your own free will, well, don’t put your hopes too high that they will treat you in par in the future.
So in the Steemit world, there are some arse holes (pardon my language) just as in the real world, but so far, by the Grace of God, I have seen 90% of these high and mighty individuals (mostly whales) are actually really cool people who worked their way up hard and are the humble, well balanced individuals.
These nice people in Steemit who are whales now are probably the pioneers of this amazing platform, when they don't care and steem on when SBD and STEEM were valued below $1.
But just because they are nice people, please don’t suck up to them like a moron.
Don't make them into bullies. Power corrupts the mind. Even the most honourable ones
They appreciate people who have their own decent dignity; and I know they will appreciate that unique you just as much as you appreciate their real character.
So my advice for newbies, minnows, after being more than 6 months in Steemit and just realised that I have CROSSED the 500 followers threshold, follow Jesus’ golden rule:
Do to others as you would like them to do to you.
Luke 6:31
And don’t treat Steemit as a place to get laid . You do not know how huge its potential is!
Thank you to my fellow steemian from #teammalaysia who has asked me such a question that you have inspired me to write a whole article of it.
Thank You for Your Time
I hope you have enjoyed this inspired writing as much as I have enjoyed preparing it.
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