Steemit is about to reach 50k userbase soon(It might have already reached by the time I finish writing) and it's a good news. Why? Because as time passes and new users sign up, more people will be interested in topics that have scarce demand right now. People with similar interests will gather up and vote thereby creating more curators/whales(not sure which is the right word: people with high voting power) interested in that specific topic, eventually benefiting all other members(minnows).
Steemit has ~50k users while Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and reddit all have hundreds of millions of users. If you think practically, it's actually more difficult for a newbie to get the same level of fame in other social network as compared to steemit. Sure, there are more people who have same interests as you and like your work but there are thousands of such people in there, so odds are far less that you'll be recognized and remembered there. That's not all, making thousands of dollars in 12 hours posting an article is impossible elsewhere.
This probably explains why some people complain about "not making enough money despite putting lot of effort fine tuning their post" being the reason they're about leave steemit, but still stick to it.
It has a simple answer yet it might be difficult for a few to decide.
Does it cost you anything to be here? Yes. Time, Lot of it! Like any other social networking website, steemit is also addictive and the scope of earning money further intensifies that addiction. So, how to decide?
As they say ,
Time is money
Think, whether you're doing the right thing investing your time and effort here. Think about the worst case scenario where you don't earn anything: would you learn something new? Would you gain new experience which can help you in the future? Would you be happy that you gave it your best?
If the answer is yes, stay. If it's no, then also I insist that you stay and observe the posts. I'm not asking you to leave your important work and research here, just use the time that you'd otherwise waste on unproductive work(if any) to understand how to write good articles.. and who knows, the whales might bless you seeing your effort!
Thanks for reading, I hope it helped you. :)
