Hello Steemians, how are you all doing today? I must say... never in my entire life have I encountered a social media platform filled with many positive people that you can meet and share your ideas with. At this point, I am a lot more active on Steemit than I am on Facebook these days :)
And I will tell you a few reasons why I am enjoying Steemit compared to facebook.
FIRST OF ALL, I will point out that Steemit still has yet to have the notification features
(Read more on my article on that if you want to know more: https://steemit.com/steemit/@denoxblogger/steemit-needs-a-notification-system-how-to-check-user-s-replies-on-steemit-plus-check-your-follower-s-posts-everyday )
and that you cannot send private messages to you fellow steemians directly... those are two things facebook does best. And of course communicating with family and friends, I doubt most of yous have a lot of people you know on steemit when you first started, right?
Anyways, here are the list of the reasons why steemit is better than facebook, or at least has an advantage over it:
1.) Steemit ENCOURAGES you to go out and meet new people from all around the world while Facebook DISCOURAGES you to meet new people, it only wants you to communicate with people you know, not STRANGERS which leaves you limited to the people you can meet out there while in steemit, the possiblities for new encounters and friendship are UNLIMITED!
2.) You have access to all sorts of information waaay beyond what the mainstream media wants you to know in your news feed. You know that in the news, they cover almost everything in a negative way, especially when it comes to anywhere outside your country and putting people in fear from traveling or having curiosity of learning new things.
You can learn all sorts of new things from cryptocurrency to life in general from many wonderful people and you can post anything you want people to be aware of too.
In FACEBOOK, the mayority of the posts you will encounter are usually pointless memes, a lot of pictures of family/friends having a good time and causes a lot of people seeing them to be very jealous and comparing themselves to other cause most people does not post sad stuff because a lot of people will judge them.
3.) The People in the Steemit Community have all been amazing so far in the experience that I was on steemit. They are very open minded, can engage them in intelligent, meaningful conversations and they do not judge you no matter what bad experiences you have been through. It's easy to talk to them and make friends with.
Many people posts their tragic sad stories and how they are able to improve themselves no matter what the situation. 9 times out of 10, the steemit community will support you. You can be your geniune self. Everyone seems to be very honest about themselves and not ashamed to share their life experiences.
On FACEBOOK, you try to tell your sad stories and many people will judge you. They will tell you that you should not be telling your life story and be an open book to the world because people will twist it around which has been the case. Unless you know most of your facebook friends are supportive, its best posting more of your honesty on Steemit and if friends you have judges you... you gotta ask yourself... WHY THE HECK DO YOU HAVE THEM AS A FRIEND TO BEGIN WITH?!
4.) And my final reason for the time being on why Steemit is better than Facebook... you get PAID for posting quality content and interacting with other steemians online by commenting their posts, upvoting, following and resteeming. The more STEEM POWER you have, the more your upvote will be worth! :) Did I also mention its 100% FREE to join?
Some people even make a living on steemit once they are established enough. Investing more money on your steem coins is a cryptocurrency that has the potential to increase in value in the long term. :) So the more active you are on steemit and building your community, the higher chances you have of success!
And of course... on FACEBOOK , you do not get paid to like, comment, share or post whatsoever. Instead, Facebook makes millions of dollars selling your information to 3rd parties so they can put ads so you can buy their products. Facebook gets paid off your hard work and you do not get a dime from it.
STEEMIT IS AIMING TO REVOLUTIONIZE SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS WHERE YOU CAN GET PAID FOR DOING WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE PROBABLY DOING ALREADY ON FACEBOOK.
The only thing I have noticed that it's really difficult for me to recommend this platform to most of my local family and friends because they do not seem very passionate in writing blogs and meeting new people.
Fear and laziness are most likely holding them back... and I know for a fact that Steemit is NOT for lazy people but for dedicated people that are SERIOUS in reaching their life goals, meeting new people and get very valuable information on this platform.
Many people these days do not like to write or read because they prefer to see short videos because it does not require too much of their interaction. Many people sees you barely make money here in the first place and I got news for those types of people.... STEEMIT IS NOT A GET RICH QUICK SCHEME!
Just like on YouTube, Instagram, Deviantart, Cryptocurrencies and even Steemit, you need to have the patience and persistent dedication to keep going and do not stop because you gotta think long term, if you continue to be consistent with valuable topics, you will eventually reach the goal you want.
But of course most people are into the instant gratification than working a long time for nothing. It's TOUGH but that's what it takes to truly be successful in life and on steemit!
I hope you find this post very helpful and if so, please UPVOTE this post, RESTEEM this to everyone you know to raise awareness. COMMENT below your thoughts on this because I would love to hear your feedback and FOLLOW me if you truly want to look forward to my future content! :)
Until next post, take care, God Bless and stay COOL! BAI BAI :)