So @Colossus39 one of my closest friends and brother from another introduces me to the world of steemit.
Like most people I was very slow with responding to change, I attempted to join via the steemit App. That did not run smooth at all, in fact it was a complete fail, which turned my attention back to everyday life, and my life consist of people trying to punch, kick, submit and slam me on my head, So Steemit was so far in the back of my mind.
@colossus39 being the person that he is, persisted as he wants to share this with everyone that he cares about, he was blown away with the concept and his energy directly reflected that when talking about Steemit.
Energy is contagious which he passed onto me, inspiring me to give a seemingly unrealistic, black mirror type social platform another chance this time I went online to signed up.
Within a couple days and with alittle bit more help from my brother @colossus39 SUCCESS!!!! I was on Steemit........
But.......Now what the fuck do I do.
This program runs like Windows 98 bringing me back to my childhood days only now I'm so far in the future, navigating through this program felt difficult, if only I was 12 again id be bossing this shit.
'Impatients' is a word that I refer to the youth of today, everything is there for them at the touch of a button, very few brain cells are used for much these days.
I refused to contradict myself and be equally as impatient, let's go old school and do some research, ask questions and make it work.
Mind blown !!!!
Now I'm on the same page as my boy I completely understand his excitement. Then all the annoying questions hit you being the pathetic human I am.
"Why didn't I do this earlier?"
"If I started before where would I be" etc
Now that's out the way, i realise nothing can be changed and im sure that things happen for a reason.
Now I'm truly ready to rock and roll with Steemit
Posting a few things and re-steeming to get an idea of the program and how to navigate through left me more excited about the program.
"I HAVE NEVER BEEN EXCITED ABOUT A SOCIAL PROGRAM EVERY"
I'm on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and I hate them all but being in the position that I am I'm constantly encouraged to persist with it.
But Steemit is definitely the first thing I've had an instant positive response to.
Meeting @nanzo-scoop
This excitement only grew when I was introduced to the main man @nanzo-scoop 'What a lovley man!!!!' easy to talk to and very helpful.
He basically added electricity to a thunder bolt. Im apart of this community and excited to learn more and then spread the word.
So the general concept is similar to other blogging websites or social news websites like Reddit, but the text content is saved in a blockchain. Using a blockchain enables rewarding comments and posts with secure tokens of value. Images can be uploaded and hosted on Steemit similar to Facebook.
User accounts can upvote posts and comments, and the authors who get upvoted can receive a monetary reward in a cryptocurrency token named STEEM and US dollar-pegged tokens called Steem Dollars. An up vote is the eqivelent to a (like) on Facebook.
Steemit has a reputation system, where new accounts start with a reputation of 25. An account's received votes can influence its reputation up and down, incentivizing online etiquette and interaction with the community.
From what I've seen this system encourages positive comments and thoughtful interactions something I'm definitely not used to seeing just look under any of my YouTube videos.
I've still got alot to learn and want to get a better understanding before I start converting my supporters in the combat world, as I want to be able to not only draw attention to steemit but also guide people once there here.
So to round off I'm excited by this platform Steemit and by the community its building. It's also massively built up my interest in crypto currency and I just look forward to where this new road takes me 