I must admit that it is easy to get lost in the dark side of Steemit and that was exactly what happened with me. There are people that are so negative about this platform and I can't seem to understand why they just don't power down and cash in or exchange their Steem. Luckily I reminded myself of why I liked this platform in the first place. I like the whole idea of Steemit and I want to see it be successful.
I don't think the bots are good nor bad. I see them more as a place to go when you want to promote one of your posts. My original plan was to upvote all of my posts which would allow me to get exposure while building Steem Power. It worked until the price of Steem started to decline drastically. Using that method had me doing math too much and took me away from truly enjoying the platform. I decided to just power my Steem up and just enjoy so that way I don't have to think when, where, and how to upvote.
The biggest thing is that this will allow me to use the other apps now. When I was using upvote bots I stopped using all of the apps because they charge for using their platforms. Now I will be using DTube, Steepshot, maybe try DSound and others. Side note: the only app, that I know of, that does not charge extra is DLive.
I'm creating a free course where I will teach others the pros and cons, the ins and outs of what I have learned on this platform. I will be teaching what Steem Power is and how it works along with some technical aspects of creating a blog post. I'm excited to be doing this as this will be my contribution to Steemit. Since I won't be using upvote bots I don't know if it will reach as many Steemians but it will be there for anybody that would like to sharpen their skills. Hopefully, if it is successful, we can create a community where we can share our work with one another through Discord, Telegram, or a Facebook group.
I'm still going to continue to post videos that help others because I genuinely enjoy making them. All of my videos will now be posted through Dtube. As I said with me not using the bots anymore I can now freely use them without losing a substantial amount of my "advertising money." I feel like now I can have some fun on the platform and enjoy Steemit and the apps to their full potential.
Almost forgot to mention that I'm going to the Steemit conference in Las Vegas in two weeks! The tickets are still available so if you would like to go just visit this site here or contact 
So that's all for now. Expect a lot more posts from me since I'm no longer limiting myself!
Till next time Steemians...Steem On!!
