Curator Cat Ponders: I Wonder What it's LIKE to have one of those $200 Posts...
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0.000 HBDCurator Cat Ponders: I Wonder What it's LIKE to have one of those $200 Posts...
<html> <p>Today happens to mark my 50th day on Steemit; the 50th day of an interesting adventure for a little black cat, helped along by his blogging Human!</p> <p>I'm 50 days and 30 posts in, and so far my most successful effort earned $2.28 in rewards — not a whole lot — but it was still pretty cool because there were 58 comments on that post!</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/vRdFdBO.jpg" alt="Cat" /><br /> <em>Little kitty on the tall stairs...</em></p> <h3>A Nice Welcome!</h3> <p>Steemit is a lovely and quite friendly community, for the most part! I have felt a warm welcome here, and I've been helped along by several marvelous Steemians who put a lot of effort into helping newcomers. </p> <p>I have been pondering whether I should <em>set goals </em>for the next 50 days, but have decided not to. After all, I <em>AM</em> a cat, and cats mostly play life pretty much by ear!</p> <p>I know I want to continue to expand my circle of friends/followers... focusing on people who create real "<em>hand made</em>" content, and those who actually enjoy interacting and being part of the community that is Steemit.</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nNNkKZK.jpg" alt="Cat" /><br /> <em>Chilling in my Human's lap while he types</em></p> <p>I'm fascinated and intrigued by the way some people seem to get large sums of money for their relatively ordinary posts all the time; makes me wonder what it's even like to get <em>that much</em> for blogging?</p> <p>Not that I really envy them, as such — but there seems little rhyme or reason to it, a lot of the time. Sometimes it is well deserved, a lot of times it seems like little more than a group of people's private "Game of Upvotes." </p> <p>Will I ever have a $200 post? I wonder... my next ambition is just have one that makes $10.00!</p> <h3>What IS "Quality," Anyway?</h3> <p>The whole money and rewards thing is clearly a hot potato issue around here.</p> <p>Seems that "<em>People will be People,</em>" and they get very wrapped up in the wrong things — like money — very quickly. And then they forget what the bigger game is about.</p> <p>Steemit seems to me to be a <em>SOCIAL</em> content site, and in order for that to become anything in the long term, you really have to look at what to do to make this place attractive — not just to those of us who are already here — but to those outside the community. Will what they see on a casual "<em>drive by</em>" be attractive enough that they'll want to join us? Or will they take one quick glance and think "<em>no thanks, this place is a JOKE!</em>"</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lpzAX0Y.jpg" alt="Cat" /><br /> <em>Posing on my perch...</em></p> <p>"<em>The Rewards</em>" won't matter one whit if 95% of them are being made by 5% of the people who have "<em>been here since the beginning.</em>"</p> <p>I hope some of the power brokers here will realize that a "<em>vote</em>" to limit voting bots, self-votes and abusive "<em>circle jerks</em>" isn't a vote <em>AGAINST</em> their pocketbooks, but a vote <em>FOR</em> their pocketbooks... in that they get to keep getting nice rewards not just now, but also many years into the future.</p> <h3>The Funny Thing Is</h3> <p>The rewards are nice and all, but I don't actually <em>care</em> all that much.</p> <p>Well, let me phrase that more accurately — I have been powering up all my SBD earnings (and prizes from contests and challenges) because I <em>DO</em> care to the degree that I want to at least build my SP balance to the point where I can give people more than a fractional "<em>dust</em>" upvote. </p> <p>And I like the idea of just "<em>doing well</em>" in terms of gradually building a stake in Steemit, so my vote — for witnesses, for example — becomes "<em>worth</em>" something.</p> <p>Well, this is a bit of a jumbled and unfocused post; better stop here and go about the rest of my day and visiting some of my friends' posts!</p> <p>Have a beautiful day!</p> <h1>=^..^=</h1> </html>