The reason I wrote this today is that I want to emphasize something that most people miss:
The sooner you understand this, the better off you’ll be in discovering your unique contribution to Planet Steem. Planet Steem is shaped by the efforts of all us, so don’t think you’re a “customer”.
We need you to create, to build, to dream. We don’t need you to whine, to complain and to write shitposts. Steem is a blank canvas to the future, and it’s sensitive to thought waves. It needs passion, drive and visionary ideas. If you don’t have visionary ideas yourself, you can help others who do. It’s up to us to create or stagnate. I’m going to create, fail, then create again. There’s no time like right now. The future is right now.
The sooner you let go of feeling powerless, the sooner we can all fully live in freedom. It is freedom and the ability to release dreams into the world…………that is my personal end goal.
I’ve been wanting to create a list of everything I’ve ever done in Planet Steem, and this is what I can recall. I don’t do this to brag, but to provide a concrete list of things in order to inspire others to think outside the THE BLOG BOX.
Here it is:
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I’m currently creating a FB Messenger chatbot named stellabot. My chatbot is in beta, but you can chat now with her and help shape her mind here: https://chatfuel.com/bot/youtubestellabelle FYI, two Steemians already unlocked the Easter Egg inside my chatbot! Congrats to the winners, 
Stellabot is an AI extension of myself, and is the prototype for a bot I’m planning on developing as a STEEM chatbot to help newbies understand Planet Steem. Think of it as the future of customer service. This can be a community effort. It’s been bugging me that we don’t have a newbie service department, so I feel that I can build a helping chatbot that will help guide new users. This future chatbot should be intelligent, so if you have Machine Learning expertise, let’s talk.
I’m in planning stages of creating a weekly Planet Steem News Show and in fact I have it all written out. I’ve begun painting backgrounds, but I got involved developing a chatbot, so this is on hold for now. I want to do it, but waiting for the right time.
I created this STEEM service to solve the problem of people wanting to tell their secrets in an anonymous way. I received secrets from Steemians and I edited and art designed their stories. I paid the secret provider half of the SBD rewards. This project could be re-started any time. I was able to do this because my reputation was the highest in early days of Steemit.
STEEM Gnome was a marketing and fun project I started with 
Steemicide Hotline is a video series that focuses on the ongoing dramas happening in Planet Steem. Topics covered: asshole’s birth, The Bad Whale, Steem is Dying, Dollar Vigilante is flagged by Smooth and Berniesanders, the birth of seraph, Cheetah’s daughter and The Oracle of Steem. This series can be re-started anytime. You can binge watch Steemicide Hotline videos here:
Further reading: https://www.steem.center/index.php?title=Steemicide_Hotline
I come up with a lot of ideas which I give away freely. I call this open-source idea generating, and people are not used to this concept. Unlike a lot of people, I am not attached to 90% of the ideas I come up with. So, people are free to run with my ideas. This does not mean that I will be the creator of the project, it just means I came up with the idea.
Here are some examples ideas I came up with then others ran with:
STEEM Stock Photos: currently being led by 
Virtual Bars: There was a time I created the concept of virtual bars where Steemians could go to relax, have a drink, etc. I think someone developed an idea around this, if you know details, let me know.
Founded STEEM School KC which has run for several months. Live classes take place every Saturday at 2 pm at various locations in Kansas City, Missouri.
STEEM Gigs: I regularly assist others with the first phases of their project. For 
Project Venezuela: I provided 
I’ve given funds for a number of projects: busy.org, Steem.Center, Project Venezuela
current: paulag (radical transparency is key to growth), ilovekc
past: MinnowSupport, Project Venezuela
I started helping the 
Gave two trips to Steemfest (although visa was not able to be received for one)
I’ve done a number of contests and prizes, but I have forgotten all their names.
Helped with some investigations to determine if certain Steemit users were real or fake. Did some in-depth investigation and interviews to find out if a certain high-profile blogger was a scammer. I have a severe distaste for scammers, conmen, liars and shitheads.
I'm on Twitter recruiting people onto Steemit and Busy all the time. Twitter is where I do the main outreach for Planet Steem, and it's where I score interviews with mainstream journalists. I've been interviewed several times by journalists simply because they found my tweets. It's a completely misunderstood platform. For me, it's my rolodex to the world. Speaking of interviews, 
Did you notice that in all 9 headings, the heading for “BLOGGING” is absent?
Considering I’m ranked #4 for total posting earnings in Steem on steemwhales.com. The truth is, I don’t think of myself as a blogger. I think of myself as a creator and a farmer of abundant ideas. I have a variety of tools in my tool box, and writing is one tool. Art and design is another tool. Communication is yet another. Tools are separate from Thought Leadership. My long-time friend told me yesterday that I am a Thought Leader. She told me to start owning it. I am now.
You see, the monocultured mind is my enemy. The opposite of sterile factory farms is the rich, organic, diverse farms that give rise to the richest of Heirloom mind fruits. Planet Steem is a huge, diverse organic farm. It’s not a cornfield full of GMO row crops. Blogging is how we mine our minds, but we are not factory cows. There is much more to Steem than blogging. There are castles buried deep within, and castles not yet built.
A big shoutout to the Steemit Inc. team for fixing the website issues and improving the UI. It's working for me (for the first time in weeks). Thank you! I retract this! YOU GAVE ME ANOTHER 'TRANSACTION BROADCAST ERROR'! Get this shit fixed!
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Cheers,
Stellabelle
