I would like to think I am a role model Steemian. Seriously, I have never nominated myself for anything in my life, but as I went through the "role model" bullet list in @anomadsoul's contest post, I heard myself saying "check... and check... and check." So I have to at least try. It's such a very cool contest with such exciting rewards!
Image credit: Pixabay
Okay, so a quick introduction for those who don't know me:
I arrived on the scene last June, and was so timid I had no idea what to post. Fast forward to today. I am currently on a daily blog challenge called #challenge30days! And at this moment my blog header says I've written 832 posts.
My posts are almost entirely about the craft of fiction, including short stories, and workshop posts to help other writers. I launched my workshop series several months ago and just recently posted my 15th post in the series. Additionally, I'm involved in several writing communities, in particular The Writers' Block on Discord, and was recently upgraded to "Blockhead" (woo hoo!) although I'm kind of quiet there at the moment because I was also recently inducted into a 16-week boot camp sponsored by The Writers' Block called Write Club. And I talk to the Write Club guys daily on Discord because in spite of the reference to Fight Club we are all in this together and very mutually supportive.
I still consider myself a Steemit newbie because I learn something new here every day. I wrote a new introduceyourself post the other day because I feel like I have come light years forward since my first scared little intro post shortly after I joined the platform.
The part of my introduceyourself post that I really spent some time on was writing my personal Steemit credo. It's a bullet point list of what I try to bring to the platform, and how I choose to conduct myself to contribute to quality content and respectful conversation.
What follows is the set of criteria for being considered a model Steemian, and my answers. RMS (role model Steemian) are the criteria, and Me... well that's me.
RMS: Is not permanently Powering down - nothing wrong with powering down a few weeks if you need money, but permanently powering down means you don´t trust the platform and are not very committed to Steemit.
Me: I have never powered down.
RMS: Posts original and quality content - quality is subjective, but we all have a certain standard.
Me: That is my aim every day. I write mostly helpful workshop posts and short stories. I have a zero crap posting policy.
RMS: Cites sources whenever part of the content does not belong to her/him.
Me: Yes, all my posts include the photo credits (typically Pixabay).
RMS: Tries to reply to the comments on his/her posts.
Me: I'm pretty sure I respond to all comments except spammy ones.
RMS: Comments on other people's posts and gives some feedback to the author.
Me: Yes, long-winded thoughtful comments! I'd probably have time for more commenting if I didn't write such verbose tomes.
RMS: Does not selfvote more than once a day.
Me: It's okay to self-vote? I haven't done it. I'd rather upvote other people. But if it's not horribly gauche, maybe I will occasionally self-vote when I'm particularly pleased with something I wrote.
RMS: Does not use bidbots to get votes - nothing wrong to use them once in a while to boost a good post or to promote an initiative or project, but come on, not on every post.
Me: I don't even know how. Although, I did have a fun and rousing conversation about bidbots with one of my hilarious friends from The Writers' Block today, in the comments on his post.
RMS: Spreads his/her votes as wide as he/she can within their SP possibilities.
Me: So I think what this means is that you use your daily voting power wisely - more votes without using full power instead of fewer full power votes. I am just coming to understand this, and I now check my VP on Steemnow.com multiple times daily. I usually give several 100% votes each day for quality posts and then a whole bunch of 5% upvotes on quality comments. Does that count? (Also I fret that if I give good posts less than 100% votes, they will think I didn't think it was good enough for 100%. Am I just being neurotic?)
RMS: Hangs out in some chat channels regularly.
Me: Absolutely! Discord is my other happy place, besides Steemit.
RMS: Approves at least 10 witnesses (30 would be better but well).
Me: I'm pretty sure I have more than 10 including my write-ins. I will continue until I'm maxed! In witnesses I look for people who not only support the backbone of the platform, but also post quality content regularly and follow some people. I don't know, is it just me or does it seem like people who don't follow others are only into themselves? I feel like witnesses are role models to a degree.
The best part of all this is community. I'm making some amazing friends and helping to build a wonderful mutual support system amongst like-minded creative writers.
Thanks for considering me, @anomadsoul! If I'm chosen, I promise to use the SP wisely. I think what I'd like to do is support new writers, probably through contests. But I'd probably talk to my esteemed leaders at The Writers' Block to get their ideas about how to create the most value. This is so fun. Thank you!
