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### Hello Steemians

### Being a teenager, I have had access to the internet since a long time ago, and I first created my account of Facebook back in 2008. Initially, I used every social media available including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Instagram. 

### Basic the objective of social medias is to keep contact with family and friends who are spread out across the globe, for example, thanks to Facebook, i made a lot of friend in Bosnia, Croatia and Romania. And then social medias such as Facebook and Instagram are all about likes, followers; how much popular you are! 

## But what is the use of being popular on Facebook or Instagram?? Is this helping you in any way??

### I remember there was once a competition, where the picture with the most likes would receive a prize, and a girl used the autolike bot and got over a thousand likes, and won the competition unfairly. She got those likes without creating quality content, yet just because she's a girl, some people liked her picture.

### As the years passed by, I lost interest in Facebook. Then came the ***Bitcoin Craze***. And this made me read a lot more about cryptocurrencies, and I stumbled across ***STEEMIT***.

### Initially I thought that it would be easy to make money, I just have to make posts like I did on Facebook, but this was not the case. I realized that a lot of time and effort has to be invested in order to be famous and successful here. And I mean, a lot of time indeed. During the first month, I decided to give up many times, but then I remember why I started. However I soon realize that money is not the thing am after. It may be, but unlike Facebook which has over 2 billion users per month, Steemit is a more excellent website, with over 500k users, posting quality content, and with users that are enthusiastic!

### Many people quit before realizing how beautiful Steemit actually is, but the ones that stay are the best. 

## I can proudly say today that why I joined Steemit is no longer the reason why I chose to stay!

> ### As I've heard somewhere "come for the rewards, stay for the community."