Hello!
First of all, I want to thank everyone who supported me. Thank you!!
The beginning
It was difficult at first. Nothing was clear. I started searching, learning, writing long posts with lots of information and photos. And I received ... one nothing for my labor. In general, mindless work.
I started commenting on posts of high SP users hoping to rate the answer and get me Upvote. Sometimes I had the feeling that I was really annoying them.
I realized that nothing would happen and I decided that I had to do what I liked, and maybe something would have happened.
I initiated two Challenges:
MyDailyColor Challenge
MyNegativePhotography Challenge
The idea was to grow into prize contests, but because of the low interest this has not happened. Who knows.
Lately and a few more Challenges (without an introduction post):
#MyInsectPhotography
#MyLandscapePhotography
#MyCityscapePhotography
#MyMacroPhotography
#MyFlowerPhotography
#MyMonochromePhotography
Now I do what I like and slowly I go forward.
Quality post
There is a different understanding of Quality post.
I am very entertained with the requirement in some contests 'The post should be at least 100/200/500 words'. But I'm not a writer or a journalist. I express my views and thoughts best through photos. Do Not to speak that I like to express my thoughts briefly, accurately and clearly. When one thing can be said in a few words, telling it with hundreds or thousands of words is not only superfluous but also bordered with spam.
But different people, different understandings.
Useful tools
SteemPeak - The Best portal on Steem blockchain. There is a nice vision, functionality and everything you need to work. The only thing I do not find is the function 'mention' and because of this feature I use Busy. SteemPeak is one of the few applications that do not take you a percentage of the your prizes automatically, but if you decide you can reward them.
SteemWorld by @steemchiller - Incredibly useful and complete statistics for each account on Steem blockchain.
SteemD - Complete chronology for each account on Steem blockchain.
Delegation
Delegation is one of the sweetest things. But that's why you need a lot of SP that usually needs to be purchased.
When you have a small SP you can delegate to projects that you support or to accounts that Upvote and/or Resteem your posts (like @marcocasario). Then it makes sense.
But you should always leave a residue of 100-200 SP so you can do something here.
Where did these +500 SP come from?
I have not invested money/crypto to buy Steem/SBD/SP but have invested a many of my time for these 15 months.
After a rough check, I found that about 5% of my earnings came from rewards of contests and upvotes of posts and comments. But let's be 10%.
The remaining 90% came from upvote bots.
Curious, isn't it.
With a 50% SBD and 50% SP allocation, a bot must be voted at a minimum of 2.67 (0.75 / 1 * 2) return times to be able to recover the level and funds. But there are no such bots.
In other words, in order to be able to do all this here, these 10% rewards from you that I receive in one form or another prove to be crucial.
There are basically two types of bots:
*The first type of bots vote at 2.4 hours (144 minutes - the time to recover a 100% vote)
Against a certain amount sent/paid, you will receive a percentage/part of a vote that is proportional to the total amount paid by everyone for this session. When the more people have paid, a small percentage/part of a 100% vote of the bot you will get. If only you have paid, you will get a full 100% vote.
Using this type of bots is risky and it's a full lottery even if you keep track of the last minute bounty payments because most users send the bet in the last minutes.
Bots with a higher minimum bet amount over 0.05 are usually risky for you. There is a much higher probability of losing than winning.
Therefore, it is better to use bots with a bet from 0.001 to 0.01 (max. 0.02) Steem/SBD. In them the probability of winning is greater.
*The second type of bots promise you a certain return on the bet (at the moment), but before you pay it is good to look at their wallets and check out some recent bets on other users to see how true what they promise is.
Some of the correct and effective bots in this category are:
- @drotto (min 0.001 SBD)
- @upvotewhale (2.1 x reward) (Refund remaining amount, maximum 3 times in 23 hours)
- @qustodian (2.35 x reward in SBD) (you must be a member of @qurator - fee 4 Steem)
- @ctime (under 1.9 x reward)
- @mmmmkkkk311 (under 1.9 x reward)
Big Thanks
For contest and rewards, Upvotes of posts and comments, for pleasant and useful communication from @mermaidvampire, @bonp, @joeypark, @kus-knee, @xpilar, @braaiboy, @swedishdragon, @photocircle, @dandays, @shaka, @kona, @dpet, @qurator, @playdice, @steembasicincome, @nelinoeva, @bitcointravel, @george-topalov, @manorvillemike, @senstless, @goldmonkey, @berniesanders, @dosdudes, @photochallenge, @nureza, @axeman, @lightcaptured, @marc-allaria, @worldcapture, @tobetada, @moncia90, @zephalexia, @travelsbyblue, @melinda010100, @retinox, @peekbit, @vdux, @izaid, @atongis, @gamer00, @burgasbulgaria, @vasilstefanov, @jwolf, @vikisecrets, @linakay, @michalx2008x and many others.
Special mention/nomination
I met this personality three months ago. I was fascinated by everything she does to help newcomers and red fish. All initiatives in which they have not lost. She has also created a new token Plankton/PLKN to support all small. For it you can read HERE.
This is @mermaidvampire. My most sincere respect for you.
I think I should also mention the @cadawg with which they move the project together.
Next Goal
The next goal is clear, but it is so far that, in practice there is no such goal .
That is why it remains only fun and communication with nice people.
The future
Steemit/Steem is the pioneer in social blockchain networks and will remain in history.
But Steem has long been mastered by few who control everything. Here is how in real life - people with money rule everything. Almost all accounts with high and very high SPs vote each others and almost nothing goes to small accounts.
Newcomers have no chance especially after the HF20. Neither can they normally upvote nor post and comment because RC is running out for negative time. Their only chance is to always buy Steem/SBD/SP to be able to do something. Obviously this is also the purpose of whales. Especially if it accept the new distribution of prizes from (75% Author / 25% Curators) to (50% Author / 50% Curators) whales will be curating and will receive bigger rewards, and the little ones will pay to create content.
In other words, there is no future.
But there is a wonderful opportunity to learning here on the platform.
As I said, there are only fun and communication with nice people. With You.
PS: It is obtained a long post, but I promise not to repeat it.
Finally, I want to thank everyone who supported me. Thank you!!
