I have recruited a lot of my friends to Steemit. I did it because I think the site is an awesome idea. I still think the site is an awesome idea. I am still trying to recruit more of my friends.
Most of my friends are leaving though. They are leaving because their posts are not getting attention.
Maybe they will come back, but right now they are deciding the site is not worth their time.
There are a lot of posts that talk about doing it for the love of what you do, and that if you write a lot of good content - eventually it will get noticed.
Writing quality content takes a lot of time and effort though.
They realize that some posts will get overlooked, and that it takes time to get noticed. They are OK with that, and they are willing to put in effort.
People will only keep posting things for so long without getting recognition before they give up though.
We are loosing a lot of good people because of this.
I know we all have our circles of followers and followees, and it pays to vote along with the crowd.
There are a lot of Steemers out there right now posting good content though, and they are not being followed or liked.
We need to do a better job recognizing these people and up-voting their content.
I'm sure there are others out there right now too, but @berniesanders is amazing at this. He has made so many Steemer's days by 'blessing' them and upvoting their posts. I guarantee you that there are a ton of quality content producers on Steemit right now that are sticking around simply because they got recognized by him.
We need a lot more whales and dolphins doing this.
@smooth is another whale that deserves attention for this. He is actually going out and hiring people to curate and find good content. Thanks @dantheman for pointing this out in your recent post, and thanks
@smooth for recognizing the importance of this and spending your time/effort/money to do this!
If you spent the time to read this, I really thank you for taking the time and reading what I have to say. I really think this issue is important. We need to do a better job as a community finding and recognizing content from good producers who do not already have a lot of followers or upvotes. For these people, getting recognized is a big deal.