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Good Citizenship on Steemit
Why is Citizenship Important on Steemit?
I see Steemit as currently being in a transformative state. It is transforming from a good idea and a lot of trial and error to a stable and productive platform.
Remember all those old cowboy movies? We just might be living through that time in the Steemit Community. It sorta feels at times like he who has the gold controls the rules. But what happens? The rise of the Citizens. Just before the hero gets his kiss from the sweet maiden and rides off into the sunset, he saves the community.
Any community worth saving needed a few good citizens to make ready for the flood that is coming.
That’s where we come in, Good Citizens of Steemit!
It’s a long term situation. If what you are here for is some quick money for little investment and even less work, it’s available. It’s not sustainable, but it’s there. If you are here because you are excited and enthused about the possibilities of Steemit, you are in for the long haul. I am utterly convinced it is worth it. It is the right thing to do.
If you believe, like I do, that Steemit is NEXT, you will be making plans that include next year and the one after. I plan to put myself into position to take full advantage of the growth and popularity of Steemit well into the future.
You will find people here on Steemit that seem to think that Decentralized and Blockchain seem to mean Anarchy and wide open behavior. Not correct.
There are rules that are part and parcel of being a good Citizen. There are printed rules for you to read that need to be followed in order to be a long term member here. Just follow them, they aren’t restrictive, and they are the rules. Follow them or go away.
There are some implied rules, that only make sense for the platform.
Plagiarism
If you didn’t create it, don’t post it. Don’t claim it is yours, don’t try to profit from it.
If you are considering this behavior just once for the money, don’t. Just. Don’t. We have relative anonymity here with an open source platform. Anybody can and will look you up and your reputation and ability to use this platform will be severely compromised. You will fail, it’s just not worth it.
Copy and paste has no place on Steemit. No place at all. Your clever one line comment that you paste on a hundred different posts doesn’t get it. Doing that simply brands you as a disreputable sort and that reputation will follow you no matter what you do to make up for it. It will catch up to you.
Polite Behavior
Remember you Mother telling you “If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything”? It’s really good advice here on Steemit. I’m not talking about a discussion that involves a disagreement, I’m talking about personal insults and attacks. In some cases this involves flagging, and that rarely works out for either party.
If you strongly disagree with a post it would be well considered to write a post featuring your views rather than flaming in the comments section. It will seriously pay off in the long run. Respect for your opinion and mine is the key to a useable platform. Don’t abuse the system and it won’t abuse you.
Engagement
Steemit is not a vacuum. You need other people to succeed. Period.
You need to answer comments on your material. The very most successful Steemit Citizens react with the people who comment on their posts. Even a negative comment is a chance to make a friend and ally. You do not have to agree to appreciate. I know a man that dedicates his Friday video to the best comments of the week. Yes, he is wildly successful with a huge impact in his first two months.
Comment. For most creators the fact that people see and appreciate their material is way more fulfilling than the money from an upvote. It is validation at it’s deepest level. Just one well written and considered comment can open doors that you don’t even know exist.
Discord rooms offer a chance to act and react with others in real time. I’ve met some wonderful people there and highly recommend them. Even if you are the basic shy type you can find someone to interact with.
Why be a good Citizen of Steemit?
It’s pretty easy actually. There are a couple of really compelling reasons.
Good people and good content breed more good people and better content. We are about to see a huge rush of people entering Steemit, and every one of them has a serious chance to be a good Citizen. Particularly if what they see when they enter are good examples of what behavior is expected. Which brings more good people and good content. And on it goes.
More money. Good Citizenship will lead to more money in the system filtered lower on the food chain. To a plankton level Steemian it makes no difference if they get 100 votes at 0.01 or one vote at 1.0. More people taking care of one another leads leads to more people caring. It is the very best outcome for Steemit, in all ways. It not only results in more money for me, it spreads the wealth. To all levels.
It’s the right thing. Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Not the way you have been treated, but the way you would like to be treated. It’s easy. It is absolutely the right thing.
If there is a unifying fact, an overriding principle that defines Steemit and Citizens of Steemit it is simply this: Be The Change You Want To See. The rest will take care of itself.
Authored by: @bigtom13
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Steemit is not Steem. What you meant to say is Steem. I would have assumed a user as big as @adsacrly would know better.
The author of this article @bigtom13 chose to write about the most known frontend - Steemit. The first one there was. It is his choice. This does not exclude nor include other parts of STEEM blockchain.
Judging from my own point of view, I believe the author @bigtom13 actually knows what he is writing about without any element of confusion. With my understanding of the steem ecosystem, STEEMIT is the community while STEEM is the currency. The author write with detailed emphasis on the community, its sustainability and progress and not the other way round.
#JustMyHunbleOpinion..
A popular African proverb says "What an elder sees when sitting, a child can't have a clear view even when standing. I'm loving this community, and i sincerely commend y'all for de efforts @transisto , @adsactly . I have been upstanding all dis while i hope to join de elders n have my seat someday!..Thanks for posting
I agree with you @transisto. Just seeing you and u followed you. He should know better
@adsactly is one society of folks of people who are so cool. And yes they are one of the best group of great citizens on steemit. Thank you so much by providing valuable content and for you efforts of making Steemit a great place for everyone.
I truly believe if you are helpful and kind to everyone here, you will grow with the people. Share your knowledge about the subjects which are interesting. Provide examples straight out of your life. Use your own picture and create your own content. That way you will be different from most people out there.
This posts clearly mentions the ethics of @adsactly's world of good citizens on Steemit! And that is how I want it to be. Cheers!
great steemit citizenship....nice one
I am an adsactly member and proud of it. We don't have the market cornered on this, but it's a solid, responsive organization. I think the future is very bright.
There is so many good and creative souls I met here. I've already made a few of steem dollars, and I don't plan to cash it out any time soon. I convert it into steem power of this community, because I feel that it is well worth it.
To me steemit is a sanctuary of free thought and real life. A place where you can just blog about what you have going on in life and complete strangers wish you well and root you on. You can talk about things that are important to you and others from around the world can comment and share experiences.
Steemit is a destination for journeyers. People that explore around the world. We like to read about new things and different perspectives that we can't get from the news or from other social media.
Yes you can receive free cryptocurrency for participating at Steemit, and that is what brings a lot of people to the site. Steemit offers freedom. Freedom to express yourself and an investment into possible economic freedom. You won't get rich posting on Steemit, but you can make a nice little bonus in crypto each month if you stick with it. It's not easy, but then again, it doesn't seem like work if you love being here. It is just a bonus. The community is the reason this site will grow.
I'am only on Steemit for a very short period of time but I already have a feeling that there are bots are getting out of control on posts. Let's stop the spam and make Steemit great (again). People are promoting themself on unrelevant topics. Hunting for the profit. Not reading posts and commenting nonsense. I get it. People want money, who doesn't. But that is not how it works. THE CONTENT PROMOTES ITSELF There is no need for excessive spam. I don’t want to go into details or in to calling the names “as a matter of fact I just caught someone copying my comment” but you get the idea. What I also don’t like about steemit is whale wars and down-voting. Recently my “replay”, with 21 positive comments by other people and multiple upvotes was down-voted along with manny other replays by people with very high Steem power just because they didn’t like the author of the post and just because we made a positive comments. I don’t know why steemit allows this, but I guess we just have to live with it. I call it “reality”
Thank you for posts like this where good steemit citizens can express their feelings.
great steemit citizenship....nice one
I strongly suspect that the bot situation will sort itself out to the satisfaction of the majority of Steemians.
As far as the 'whale wars', I just don't have a good read. I really haven't been here long enough to have a really reliable opinion. It is so far above my pay grade...
Steemit platform really breeds good citizen, but I've seen lots of good quality content out there that didn't get much attention. The problem how's the pyramid was formed, with a weak base it's out of balance. How do we distribute the wealth down to the base to stabilize the balance of the pyramid itself, otherwise it will collapsed just a matter of time. :)
I’m definitely here being excited and enthused about the possibilities of Steemit. I love steemit, I can write a book about how much I love steemit and how much I belive in Steemit future. On the other hand there is an issue in steemit comunity and which I don’t like much considering people who cheat the system such as Plagiarism...I also know there is a whale war and from what I can tell the conflict goes like this. The reward pool used to reward every poster and curator is limited each day. A couple whales (users with a lot of Steem Power) have enough power to claim a large percentage of this reward pool if they vote regularly each day. That results in fewer rewards for everyone else when used to a certain extend. This actually hurts everyone and reach get only reacher. Welcome to the real world....
Thank you for all your valuable info including Discord which didn’t know about.
great steemit citizenship....nice one
I am obviously excited about the possibilities on Steemit. And all you have to do for an invite to adsactly on Discord is click the link. Somebody will be right with you!
This is one of the best post on guidelines I've read on steemit.
Every point was well explained in details. One motto i have learnt and believed in since joining steemit is: come for the money, stay for the community.
The steemit blockchain and the cryptoworld in general has come to stay and I'm very optimistic of its future. It's spreading like Wildfire over here in the Nigeria and becoming very addictive. I literarily spend my whole day on it.
I wonder why people copy and paste stuffs and also spam comment sections. It's really sad. I know it's really frustrating atimes when you run out of things to write about but still It's better not to post than to get flagged by cheetah.
I hope many people gets to read this and learn from it as well.
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This is nice. I still consider myself fairly new to Steemit, but so far, I have almost always encountered polite, respectful, and thoughtful dialogue on the platform. It's such a welcome change to other social media platforms where people are often so quick to belittle each other. I think that users knowing that everything written is permanent, plus having an understanding of the higher quality of expectations really helps bring this platform up. I know that the story I often share is not easy for people to receive. But on this platform, unlike others, if people aren't ready to receive the message or it doesn't resonate with them, they're much more likely to just close the article and go to a different page, rather than try to shut the article down. I think people here are listening to each other. There's real dialogue. Some of the other platforms seem to have just become mess. This reminded me of a post I saw this weekend about Fergie's performance of the National Anthem. I personally wasn't offended by it, as I knew before listening to it that she has a unique style. But like this author, I was saddened to see the shaming she received. That's what this post reminded me of. It's the feeling that she could probably sing in her unique way on Steemit and not be shamed, because the Steemit community seems to be open to listening to each other, even if we don't agree. Thanks for the article.
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Nice point. The shaming here is much lower than anywhere else that I know of. That alone would be enough to recommend Steemit to my friends. And there is so much more.
A truly inspiring post.
This sums up the difference between force and power.
Power is natural, pure, requires no defense. It just is.
Force is unnatural, constantly needs feeding, and requires support of others.
Tending to ones in the manner described, monitoring one's own behavior, is truly powerful. When we make the success of the platform by helping others our core basis, we just added meaning from which power is derived.
Of course, when we look to attack, take, and degrade others, we require others to support our position to be effective. If not, we are standing alone which few like to do.
Steemit has tremendous potential. Is one willing to do his or her part to make it such? We will never see the growth many of us envision with only a few doing the heavy lifting. It is going to take hundreds of thousands of us all helping each other out.
Absolutely right on. Really strongly stated in short space. Thank you for that comment.
In my short steemit journey I have ofttimes been disappointed with responses gained on posts that took me a long time to research and then construct. The cursory "good post steemit friend, you follow me now" comment just hasn't seemed like a great reward for 2-3 hours of work and effort on my part. Further to that I see many people cut and pasting into their blog [some getting healthy SBD rewards for it] and again I wonder if anyone is really looking out for that on the platform. It seems to be continuing...Maybe by new users coming in I suppose.
You mention being a good steemit citizen which is great, your post is valid and timely of course, however at what point does content come into the equation? I have been told by people who support me to write good content and so I put some effort into my work. The judgement on if it's good lies with the reader of course, not me. However I see many posts comprising seemingly endless pictures of some landscape, poorly taken, and with no words, and they get strong comments and SBD rewards which I find discombobulating.
I also see competition after competition, challenge after challenge and wonder if people are struggling to find something to post and so roll out a "I have nothing to post so will post a challenge about a challenge called the nothing to post challenge"...A plague on steemit in my humble opinion.
Having said that, I work hard to find good users and manage to do so adding a couple a week. I hope everyone reads your post @adsactly and takes it on-board. Thanks for writing it.
I firmly believe that good content is going to win this game. It is tough at first, but I have been really fortunate to integrate myself with others that are like me. Posting good content and engaging those that do will ultimately be for the win.
I agree @bigtom and so I work hard on my content, post what I'm passionate about and comment and engage with others. I also work to promote and assist others, new users I mean, where I can with my limited knowledge and understanding of it. I really hope that people who read my posts find some value. Thanks for replying mate.
I couldn't agree more with the point being made in this post. As a new Steemit user I have been wading through the very murky waters where the minnows reside. I have worked hard to learn the ins and outs of the platform and to try to build relationships. It can be extremely difficult as a new user to get any traction here as there are just so many of us and there is already an established core of users who create good content. I have been very lucky so far in that I have had several people take time to guide me on my journey. They didn't have to do it but they took the time to get to know me and encourage me along the way. I actually just finished writing my introduction piece where I personally thank some of those people who have made a difference along the way (feel free to check it out if you like). I think that it is important not only for people to help others but for them to be recognized. There are a lot of people here who are in this purely for money and that's their choice. We need to recognize the users who want the platform to grow and be prosperous for all involved. The more people providing good content and having success on the platform then the stronger Steemit will be. I know that as I grow I will certainly be paying it forward the way it was done for me. Thanks again @hanshotfirst, @broncnutz and @bigram13.
I came here from a little bit different spot. Traditional blog. I wrote my first 100 posts to about 3 readers. It took way over a year to get to the point of paying the $10 per month server bill. For me, traction seems incredibly easy to get. There are lots of post promotion options and it is just a matter of time and distance.
I'll guarantee I've had my stuff in front of more people in two months that I did in 2 years outside. It is the primary reason I am so excited.
I do think that paying it forward will be an incredibly important part of the fabric of Steemit going forward.