Let's be honest. 💯

Steemit has an issue with being overrun by many low effort sub par post. Since there is financial incentive to creating content people are churning out 💩 at an unbelievable rate with hopes of receiving a few upvotes. In my short time here I have come across very few content creators on this platform that have the ability to post daily with little to no effect on the overall quality of their work.

Let's start by letting it be known that it is OK if you aren't one of those people. Being able to post daily quality content does not determine if you will be successful on Steemit. I know at this moment I am certainly not one of those creators gifted enough to publish daily content without degrading the quality.

Therefore, I'm taking the quality over quantity approach. I believe this approach will provide the best opportunity for me to actually improve my writing skills while also hopefully retaining the few followers I do get. Ask yourself this question. Would you continue to follow someone who is only producing low quality content with every post?

We are giving bad advice. 🚩

Before I started posting on Steemit about a month ago I took some time to read through some new user guides posted by current members who are well established. A common recommendation I kept seeing directed towards new users to the platform was to post multiple times a day.

The surface level logic behind the advice makes sense. The more content a new user can publish to the blockchain provides more opportunities for them to build their reputation and earn followers at a quicker rate. At what point does this advice become a detriment to their overall success?

I believe this logic ignores the important realization that gaining new followers is useless if you are not able to keep them around. I guarantee you are quick to unfollow users who only produce low quality content that floods your feed. Trust me you are not immune to this same judgement.

My advice to everyone reading this is to take your time. You are more likely to burn yourself out if you join the rat race by attempting to post multiple times a day. Play the long game by taking time to cultivate ideas that turn into high quality post that will ultimately improve your writing skills to the point where someday you can post on a daily basis.

Until then do some self reflection. Be honest with yourself and decide which group you belong in and then take the appropriate action. You will benefit. We will benefit. Most important of all Steemit will benefit.