Why do I like being on Steemit?
You can talk about the blockchain and getting paid to write content, and yes, that’s different from other platforms, but that’s not what attracts me to Steemit.
I’ve tried blogging on other platforms and it never really took off. I tried hard, I wrote good content (or so I thought) and tried to engage with my readers.
But I didn’t even know if I had any readers to engage with. I didn’t get likes, I didn’t get comments, I didn’t get any engagement.
I wrote for a whole year, documenting the year I turned 50. I would bump into people in the street who had read my blog and told me that they enjoyed it. But they never left a comment or clicked a like button.
As a writer that’s really frustrating.
But on Steemit I get that the feedback. I get the upvotes, I get the comments, I get the engagement.
For me the upvotes are less about the amount of STEEM or Steem Power earned. It’s more about that fact that someone looked at my post and was engaged enough to click the button.
And the comments are really cool. I get whole conversations!
I even get very cool opportunities to do what I love doing for other people here on Steemit.
Like the story I wrote for @pappa-pepper and his kids about their baby rabbits.
It was lots of fun to write, and I got even more comments!
So, for me that’s the secret sauce that makes Steemit great. I’m not blogging in the wilderness wondering if anyone will ever see what I write.
To date I have 138 followers. That’s 138 people who have looked at my blog and decided they want more of it. I never got anything like that anywhere else, ever!
So my message to you, dear reader, is to hit that like button, not just for me, but for lots of other Stemians out there. And take the time to write a comment. It can mean so much and it takes so little effort.
By engaging you are making Steemit different, valuable, awesome and a place where creative people will want to be.
Thank you to those of you who have followed me, clicked on the upvote button or left a comment. You are the reason I’m still here, bashing away at a keyboard in the dark, when I really should be in bed.
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