Follow Friday: Third Steemiversary!

Follow Friday: Third Steemiversary! | Ecency

Today marks the start of my fourth year on Steem! On the second of August 2016 I got my account active after @the-bitcoin-dood persuaded me to sign up. It was all a bit different back then and I think we could verify ourselves through Facebook or something. This was my first post that made a mighty 2c!

SteemWorld says I have made 2,210 posts, 30,973 comments and 82,206 votes. It also says I have made about 19,000 Steem, but I am not sure what the actual total is. I am getting back to that number now, but I have spent a lot. Steem paid for two trips to Steemfest, a guitar and ukulele plus various trinkets I bought from people here. I must have spent about £2000 in Steem earnings. At one point my account was worth almost $100k, but it is a lot less now. I wonder if Steem will ever reach those dizzy heights again.

The Steem experience is not just about the money. I have met so many people from around the world in person and on-line. I will tag a few of them here as my #FollowFriday suggestions.

I knew @the-bitcoin-dood from Tsu which had collapsed just before Steem (then it was just Steemit) started. Several other people also made the migration including @uwelang, @detlev, @rebeccabe, @elizacheng and @papilloncharity.

I have met a lot of people at UK meet-ups organised by @redrica and @lloyddavis. They include @slobberchops, @revisesociology, @ultravioletmag, @teodora, @adetorrent, @beautifulbullies, @dougalporteous, @ezzy, @rea, @nanzo-scoop, @teamhumble and many others.

Then there is the amazing Steemfest put together by @roelandp and his team. I was in Lisbon and Krakow where I met so many cool people. There are just too many of those to list, but highlights included @luzcypher, @silviabeneforti, @paolobeneforti, @goodkarma, @stoodkev, @anyx, @demotruk and @ned himself.

There are lots of people I would still like to meet including comic artists @katharsisdrill, @arseniclullaby, @bryan-imhoff and @northwestnomad.

There are the communities of @runningproject and @steemflagrewards too. I hope we will see proper community features on Steem soon so we can find those who share our interests more easily.

I dread to think how many hours I have spent on Steem, but it has been worth it. There is nothing else quite like it out there and I still believe it has the potential to change the world.

Steem on!

The geeky guitarist and facilitator of the 10K Minnows Project.