where we meet great people like you @papa-pepper....nice question to ask

Steemit is  a place for me to post about things I would normally post if I had my own website. But here I get a following with similar interests. Whereas on a blog or website, you have to go out an "recruit' fans, readers and followers.

Steemit is also an outlet for me to interact with other people and share ideas, brainstorm and learn new ways of life, gardening and homesteading.

To me Steemit is a way to get away from the "traditional" (facebook, Instagram, etc) social media sites and freely express myself while earning "rewards". I like earning STEEM and SBD for spending time online as opposed to being "the product" on other social media sites!

Just about right, @papa-pepper! :) And also the encouraging and uplifting people around! And it amazes me that people are interested on what I can offer.

steemit is a best future for online worker.

Steemit a place for me to share my writing and drawings that appreciate quality and originality, and the best thing is, Steemit is an opportunity to participate toward a better world and get rewards.

A supportive community, where like minded people can grow and flourish.

What does Steemit mean to me?  It's a place to be myself.  My imperfect, non-instagram worthy photo taking, self.  With Instagram photos and million follower blogs and Youtube out there, it's nice when you can show what you are into and have others see and interact with you about what you enjoy.  And its kind of nice when you get rewarded for being just you.

A good question :) It became so important that it is the last thing I see before I go to bed and the first thing I open when I wake up lol

Steemit to me is a life enhancement platform! 

Thanks @papa-pepper for your help and interest for steemit extension in Nigeria  which I am one of them.

Your explanation here is clear and simplified.

Steem is a revolutionary application of blockchain technology to create subjective valuation based on community consensus.  Steemit takes this revolution and applies it to social media - where we can lock in content that we want to share with others and also receive a subjective valuation and the subsequent value generated!

Steemit is to me a community where i share my life and get paid to engage in the community.

The community pays you for your value and participation,so i would rather develop my time in the community and get paid some time to come(you can also get paid as a new person!)

Steemit for me is a community where members socialize and earn while doing so.

post about the stuff you like, make new friends, make money. Can't get any better, can it?

Your definition works! I like to focus on the creative spirit of it all, whenever I define it, because that's the part that interests me most. I say it something like this:

**Steemit is a stage, a spotlight, and an amplifier for the Creative Age, when we survive and thrive by our creativity.** For every kind of artist, this is a playground where we find our voice, stand for what we believe in, and connect with others like us. For example, Steemit promotes creative thinking through contests and events such as the Steemit #openmic, #colorchallenge, and #culinarychallenge. Participants earn monetary rewards, along with growth opportunities in body, mind, heart, soul, and spirit, through four levels of creative thinking: observation, communication, creation, and curation.

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in one sentence?  I'll have to cut out some of the important but secondary considerations

>Steemit is a place where I can have my express my view w/o fear of centralized censorship AND that pays me to do so!

There is much more to this platform than that, and others have shared those ideas!