I used to associate quality with the worth of a post. Make an exceptional quality post and you will have an increased chance of being upvoted by Curie or OCD and should land you on the trending page and when people go there especially the new ones they would know what to aspire for.
Yet the reality is far from the truth as we all know the trending post is composed of bid botted content, massive self-voting by those that hold a sizable Steem Power and their circle jerk ilk. Then there is the matter of vote buying and so you know the monetary worth of a post can become bloated.
I am not here to talk about bidbots, SP delegations nor vote selling. I am here to talk about what a post and if it is worth its payout.
Recently a witness in the platform @steemgigs which is by @surpassinggoogle started a new tag #ulog where it's aim is to break the barrier and celebrate you for being here.
Ulog: True Celebrities = True Fans + O; where letter "O" equals "loop" and suddenly; "Mama Earth shines brighter".
Some of his other programs are:
Un(dis)talented: Remove bum, average, smart and suddenly; "we are genius".
SteemGigs: Make "everyone" have something to offer" and suddenly; "dreams equaller reality".
Teardrops: Give tears value and suddenly; "we are back down-to-earth and "human"
All of these has the desire to be inclusive of the common man, of the "Untalented", the "Dream Builders" and those shedding their "Teardrops" of joy or sadness altogether celebrating Uloggers.
Lately there has been some criticism directed to the "quality" of these posts from uloggers. Often described as low-brow, low quality, posts that would not past Curie standards. We have these so called elites, pros or they consider themselves as the best there is, mocking people and calling them stupid for bowing and scraping to the likes of @surpassinggoogle.
I have followed @surpassinggoogle, I have researched his history in Steemit and beyond and even before he was a whale he was already saying and planning all of these things that he wants to do.
Dream Building with Surpassinggoogle | Becoming Awesome
I saw in another post a person asking why Steemit is letting people from Nigeria, The Philippines and Indonesia have so many accounts in the platform when he thinks that they are all scammers, plagiarist and does not add any value to the platform.
He even feels that they are just taking advantage of the platform and enriching themselves. Tell that to the stay at home mom that finally had an opportunity to earn some money to augment their measly take home pay so that she can buy milk for her kids, tell that to the artist who draws beautifully and being recognized by Curie or OCD or one of the many art guilds in the platform. Tell that to the hundreds who tell their story and share their lives to complete strangers and do their best to make deep human connections.
Those $1-$2 dollar posts are nothing compared to the 10 Technical analysis posts that get 5% of the total reward pool or that shiny travel post from the person that has the 2nd largest vote in the platform but choose to circlejerk 60 accounts a week on delegated SP from Steemit Inc.
Yes I believe those simple ulog posts deserve what they have because to them it is hope and promise of a better future.
All it takes is one man with a vision and purpose to be better and to do good. You might be saying easy enough if that person is a whale.
Then let us go to my most favorite post and the most amazing thing that I have witnessed in this platform.
Want To Help? Donate To Free A Man From His Pain, Help Love Story End Without Pain
This post by @davemccoy who is not a whale nor a dolphin but a minnow like us. is the most amazing thing I have seen.
A message asking for help was sent out and people responded to it. Here was a minnow without the huge SP behind him but armed only with his willingness to help other people.
The post ended up with a value of $213 and is worth every cent as well as the donations sent to the couple.
Here @ankarlie talks about her post #STEEMGIGS: (how-to) — Ulog#6 SUBSTRATUM: New Passive income utilizing your unused internet connection earning about $1.76 here in Steemit but managed to give her $2700 USD dollars worth of Tokens.
That blog-post only earned me measly $1.72 rewards. A typical blog post like this in utopian would usually net me around $20-$35 due to the fact that it takes a couple of hours to make such a guide. I chose not to use utopian steem-based app because I will not be able to use steemgigs condenser if I did which I currently support. So whatever reward I get in the upvotes there is inconsequential as its primary purpose is to share the said opportunity. It turns out I got a WHOLE LOT MORE than I bargained for. A week later I saw my named mentioned in a twitter and apparently my Steemgigs post earned me $2700 USD which roughly translated to having a reward in steemit of $1000.
On steemit, apart from outright "steem or steem dollar rewards", there are "opportunities"…. your very next post can be the attracter of “breakthrough opportunities, straight from the search engines
From @surpassinggoogle
So you can see your post can be worth more than the pay-out reward that it generates in Steemit. It could have earned cents but moved someone to action. It could have inspired someone to become better. It could have saved someone's life.
There are more to the things we write here than pay out value. It is the connections we build, the lives we have touched and the legacy that once you existed in this world and mattered.
Keep Steeming and know that everyone has something of value.
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