Today is my 7th day on Steemit and I am very new to blogging. I consider myself a “tadpole” and aspire to be a “whale” one day by contributing new and original content to the platform. Few days into Steemit my blog “Is Cryptocurrency and Open-data the answer to Africa’s thriving corruption and poverty?” was listed on Project Curie by @curie. "Project curie is a community project run by several Steemit authors. Our mission is to help reward new content creators who are posting all sorts of original content, and give them the exposure that they need.”
I’m very cautious about spelling and grammar. In high school I did English first language and Afrikaans second language despite that it is still bad but to be honest I am trying to improve on a daily bases. I previously published "Homemade slick roadster from a rural village in Limpopo - South Africa." and only to notice a spelling mistake. To my “tadpole” mind I started to edit with little to know it cleared all my earnings from the all “upvotes” I received at that time. I ended up with $0,14 from 18 votes compared to the one I didn't edit, same 18 votes but $37,72: "Hackathons with rapid innovative ideas and designs are solving Africa’s problems."
I was inspired by a blog by @gavvet, "How to catch a monkey…. let’s not be monkeys on Steemit", because is not only about the money being earned but the new and original content I publish. I only PowerUP to have more Steem Power and don't keep Steem because I have no plans to withdraw anytime soon.