This is a hard one as Steemit has given me so many great things.
It gives me Steem, which I love! because I really like crypto and love that it's been the first real chance of disrupting our very corrupt and monopolized global cash systems - the human race needs this!
...It gives me friendships, I've met great people from all over the world because of Steemit and they have shared their stories with me and continue to share a bit more each and every time they blog. Even though we are all different, its such a pleasing platform where people support each other - we all come here together on this platform and share our lives, loves, hopes, despair and dreams - I think this is truly amazing!
I love the contests and the challenges, in fact recently I won a Silver Steem coin and it was awesome and I want to say that's this is the best thing to have happened to me...
I love the local Steemit catchup's, once a month a bunch of us meet up at the pub and share our Steemit experiences - such a great thing and opportunity setup by @mattclarke
...BUT I have really enjoyed being a part of the IBT competitions which can now also be followed with the #IBT tag.....Ok, well you have to be a bit of geek to appreciate them and have a love for old abandonware games...but it's been so much fun running them and now I play as well..
It started as a simple competition, a 50/50 chance for people to win Steem funded from their own upvotes... Before I knew it, people from all over the world came to participate and everyone brings along fresh ideas on how to make it better. Lots of people drop in with a wish to get involved and before I knew it, it is now a real Steemit community event....it takes allot of my time, but I enjoy doing it for my Steemian friends.
Apart from all the fun of building the competition up, what I love about it is that it is a win/win situation.
People upvote the competition because they like it and then I give away all the Steem raised from the SBD (giving people their votes back) on top of this some really good Steemians who care about the health of the platform, see a clear benefit also sponsor the competition and donate Steem prizes as well...I am currently giving away 30+ Steem per competition now...amazing!
The IBT event just keeps getting bigger and better with each new one I host, here is the latest development post where I am now teaching myself to be a programmer and use a bot as we innovate further and attempt to make it a truly interactive and rich experience.
Here are some Dtube videos with additional background for those with interest.
https://d.tube/#!/v/lordnigel/uxek6zj7
https://d.tube/#!/v/lordnigel/erwom21m
This post is not suppose to be an advertisement for the IBT competition, but it is vital to understanding why I think IBT is the best thing to happen to me personally on Steemit.
First of all, I've never run a competition in my life - Steemit provided that opportunity
Second, it's now a community event with recurring participants who all chip in, I've never helped to run a community event in my life - Steemit provided that.
A few final reasons why I like it so much:
- I love the idea of heaps of people getting a prize and not just one or two winners getting rich!!..
- I love the idea of spreading wealth and everyone sharing in prosperity vs. just a few rich people on the planet having it all! ...while no one is getting rich in this contest, it makes me feel good to give Steem away and make people happy.
- I love the community spirit - each new IBT that is run more and more people come forward with ideas, and it takes in a new graphic, bit of code, game play ideas etc as it evolves into....who knows what?