Over the past 6 weeks I have been visiting the INTRODUCEYOURSELF page, New Posts. I try to give a nice upvote to the newbies there, and provide them with some tips to steer them away from the more annoying or harmful errors they tend to make.
The question is, IS IT WORTH IT?
It really is a large job. In the INTRODUCEYOURSELF list 50% of the posts aren't by new steemians. A few innocent/ maybe appropriate posts with some related-ish topic. MANY many posts by scammers of some sort trying to get the EXTRA boost upvotes that introduceyourself posts tend to get.
.....AND THEN THERE ARE THE NEWBS. You can tell that some graduated from High School English, did their research and wanted to get started on the right foot. Their posts aren't wonderful yet, but you can tell they have tried.
BUT WOAH IS ME! The newbs that don't try or make every mistake in the book, IS A HUGE NUMBER!
ANSWER: Yes, it is worth it. And it is necessary, for these three reasons:
- They are our future. Those that make it one month will grow in SP and influence. IF we teach them early, we have a brighter future with them.
- If no one takes the time to teach them, then they get frustrated and leave. BUT THEY DON'T just leave. They take that bad taste in their mouth with them and proceed to BAD MOUTH Steemit to all their friends and across other Social Media platforms.
- Some are straight up scammers and their scammy activity needs to be noticed early on. And if they refuse to change, they need to be nuked to oblivion(a couple of flags will do). Otherwise they WILL TELL ALL THEIR FRIENDS how they can scam easy money from Steemit. And next thing you know, there is a whole army of them.
We do have to pay attention, and do our part, and try to foster the Newbs so that Steemit has a bright and healthy future.
What are you thoughts?
I decided to make a part two to this post .... HERE it is
Thank you so much! I appreciate any and all feedback you can give.
Happy New Year!