| json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["steemit"],"appCategory":"steemit","appTitle":"How did you join Steemit?","appBody":"<p> </p>\n<p><strong>I joined Steemit in late January this year thanks to my colleague @marlyncabrera</strong>, she was my next-door office neighbor. She had just joined and was very excited about the potential of the platform for people like ourselves (university professors). Her sister and brother-in-law had joined thanks to @wilins (who, by the way, should be credited for having brought the Steemit evolution to Cumaná, more than 100 people I know are Steeming because of him) and now it looked like every faculty in campus, especially from the Spanish department, was going to jump in. We were looking for alternative income sources and for some oxygen to keep ourselves intellectually active. Steemit was surely the place to be.</p>\n<p>It took me a while to really get actively involved. I had a hard time learning the basics. None in the group knew too much. We did not understand the dynamics, the jargon, or the real dimension of the platform or the amount of time it demanded from us if we really wanted to grow and make some money. The markdown was a killer for me, the whole issue of the images, the voting, but gradually with the support of the veteran users in the group, now constituted as @equipocardumen, we started to feel at ease.</p>\n<p>It has been a wonderful experience so far, unfortunately, given the bear market, Steemit did not become the solid extra income we anticipated, but it has kept us being productive in our fields and it has allowed us to explore other forms of expression. I have started to write poetry and short stories, something I thought about for years, but never dared to. I plan to start posting some drawings that I have been working on, drawing being my childhood hobby, abandoned for many reasons.</p>\n<p>I am still exploring other projects. I feel I don’t have enough time to do all I want, but I will surely be finding ways to sort things out. I want to start posting on DTube, so far it has been impossible, some issues with internet connection or steps in the process. People tell me it is the simplest thing in the world, but it has not been for me. I have had to upload the videos on Youtube and import the links for my Steemit posts. </p>\n<p>All in all, it has been quite a ride. I can’t imagine myself not Steeming now, but if I leave the country and get a fulltime job, chances are I will have little time less to do what I have been doing so far, which feels like my full time job (with quite a lot of overtime).</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"pkjdnt4cw","appParentAuthor":"favourpage","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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