I've been on Steemit for almost two months and it has exceeded my expectation. My followers have been steadily growing and it doesn't seem that long since I celebrated having 100. About the same time I hit a reputation of 50. That has also jumped.
I've been pootling along getting a few cents here and there, but this week a couple of my posts took me to a new level.
I obviously picked up some whale votes and I'm very grateful for those. A fair few other people voted too, but those posts didn't get many comments. One of them had none at all. That was for my charity pushup challenge, so at least I got some money to donate, but I'll actually keep it in Steemit and donate anyway.
One of these posts was riding high on the 'Hot' tab for a while, so that probably attracted some votes. I notice that other posts did not benefit from this attention and I only gained a couple of followers over those couple of days. Everyone has their reasons for voting. It may just be for the curation rewards, but I do value comments. I like to know what people like about the posts so I can learn to do better.
I've traded some Steem Dollars to allow me to reach 150 SP. I'm keeping some for other purposes. I didn't expect to make this much so soon. When I was on Tsu it took about a year to make $100 and I had several thousand followers by then. I appreciate that 90% of those were inactive. I don't mind if growth on Steemit is slower if it also means that people stay engaged.
Anyway, I have even more reason to stick around here now. Hope to have a few more successful posts and to make more new friends.