As I was browsing my feed this morning, and clicking through resteems "Wikipedia You Know Where You Begin but Not Where The Rabbit Hole Takes You Style™️", my mind was wandering until after some minutes I stumbled upon the @steemblogs account.
So far so good. Nothing that special at first sight, especially considering reputation 50.
Until I saw the bio of the @steemblogs account.
A 13 year old school boy interested in gaming, blockchain and how Steemit will change the way we view social media entirely.
Again, nothing special and as the Steem ecosystem continues to grow we will undoubtedly see many more adolescents join Steem, not in the least because of the opportunity to make some pocket money. Possibly via blogging or streaming their gaming sessions on @DLive.
But the line about steemit caught my attention and I started scrolling through the blog's feed and found the following gems:
- My Steem Ambassador Application
- Another Great Day Out, Delivering Steemit Leaflets
- A Car-Boot Raising Money for the Homeless and Promoting Steemit
Let those post titles sink in for a second.
That's right, a 13-year-old adolescent is actively promoting Steem(it) in real life, leafletting and promoting Steemit at car-boot sales. How many of us make the effort even trying to get more than 10 friends to sign up to Steem?
@steemblogs Matthew leafletting with more Steemians in Wolverhampton, UK - Photo © @steemblogs
Yet, a 13-year-old student is stealing a run on most of us. Putting in more work for #promo-steem than many active Steemians, many of which are too busy improving their Steem earnings and fishing for each possible upvote bot vote or fishing after whale upvotes, covertly or blatantly admitting such.
Why does Matthew, the author of @steemblogs, Steem?
Before steemit, I had a lot of confidence issues and generally thought bad about myself. I also had trouble believing in myself. Now, since being introduced to steemit, I feel like I have more confidence because people seem to like what I blog about and give me good feedback.
Source: What Steemit Means to Me
With all the constantly ongoing hoopla about the Steemit trending page, and the quality of posts on Trending - much of it becoming trending thanks to significant expenses on bidding bot upvotes, the question is why do stories like this not hit the trending page?
These are the stories which should be on trending. Or the accounts of 60+ year old Steemians who make their first cryptocurrency transaction with their Steem earnings.
@steemblogs Matthew showing leaflets he distributes in his neighborhood - Photo © @steemblogs
Everyone knows the value of Bitcoin, Steem, and SBD. Every Poloniex user received the same email that Poloniex was acquired. We all know all that, there's no reason why articles like that should be on trending.
Steem success stories, Steem promotional activities performed by both students and the elder generations though... those are the stories which should be on trending being both celebrated and rewarded to the hilt by the Steem community.
Also, why does Steem Inc. not have Community Managers highlighting these accounts, and efforts made by Steemians? Or promote these exemplary Steemians via its social media properties? @ned, @andrarchy?
Everybody please head over to @steemblogs, and give Matthew a follow, an upvote, and promote the exemplary efforts he puts in for the Steem community!
Candidate for @humansofsteemit, @ashleykalila?