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When I look at my blog feed and the potential payouts I see rent, bills and food. Paid by seemingly magic money given by the community to me.
I read the concerns people have about steemit with some kind of fear and doubt.
Was that smart of you to go so all in here?
I think how much I need to get out to be at least break even.
I try to be part of the solution but I am also aware that I am part of the problem and I try to make this split to be an at least okish steemian.
I try to reward and support people I like. I try to be supportive of projects I like. I try to not abuse the system too much.
On the other hand I try to get support from others. I try to create an average $ on my posts were I can post 2 times a day and satisfy my needs.
To be honest I think I am doing ok. I self vote my posts and I post 2 to 3 times a day usually. The rest goes out to others.
Yes, I vote people who support me because guess what I need and want their support and I want them to support as well.
I know there are probably quite a lot now who hate this fact but I also vote for people who dont vote for me so dont loose your shit. It is part social network afterall meaning use your network you build here.
As I see this experiment we are having here still as risky despite how much I believe in it and want it to succeed I want to earn a "risk premium".
Meaning I can save up enough if shit hits the fan I would not be broke in a month and have enough time to find something new.
I like this community a lot.
But often I am surprised by how successful the "steemit is shit" posts are.
Shouldn`t we be the first ones to defend it? Or am I to blue eyed here? We will see how we develop from here.
While SMT sounds great for the price of the Steem token it will do nothing for Steemit.
I don`t really like the UI we are having. The search function sucks and I am not sure when I read about communities the last time.
But on the other hand things like dtube, dlive dMania and dsound are just to good to ignore and this is "just" the community.
I feel Steemit is not sure were it wants to go and what it wants to be.
A free market?
A place were people create art in every form and get rewarded for it?
A social network?
We are like a continent with thousands of small tribes with several warlords
We are enjoying the drama between the big boys on the trending pages.
Some get involved I like to stay out of it.
And somewhere in this chaos is me asking why the fuck do I want to be a part of this?
Money? Yes!
only money? Nooo?
If I am honest and I don`t think I am the only on here, I would not be this engaged if money would not be involved. But it is.
That is what people read on the first site.
That is how I tell my friends about steemit
That is how people get to know steemit on youtube
This is why I am trying to get something out everyday and spend quite an amount of time here. Because I see it as a job, I want it as my job and at the same time I want to have fun with my work.
For me this means sometimes creating a meme, looking for some pictures to take while I am outside or writing about non sense like now.