I have joined Steemit in the August of 2016, and that is almost one year ago. Since then, I have enjoyed blogging at this platform. I have not really put in much effort to promote Steemit  although I have shared the concept of Steemit with a few close friends and have also shared my Steemit posts in my facebook. Recently I have been wondering what I could do either individually or as a team to build up the Malaysian presence at Steemit as well as to get more Malaysians to join Steemit.

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Coincidentally I came across a post  by @donkeypong [Reflections And Tips For International Steemit Members And Growth 
 Communities](https://steemit.com/steemit/@donkeypong/reflections-and-tips-for-international-steemit-members-and-growth-communities). I am inspired by @donkeypong efforts to promote Steemit to international members and to promote both diversity and inclusiveness in Steemit. The potential of Steemit will skyrocket if more people around the globe joined Steemit in huge numbers. I just can't sit on my ass, I need to do something especially for the Malaysian Steemians.


In my effort to do some research on the number of Malaysian Steemians , I discovered   [this post](https://steemit.com/steemit/@gavvet/a-look-back-in-time-to-where-we-are-now) by @gavvet, I  found out that Malaysia with 6,479 users occupies the top 22th spot in terms of ranking by countries and Kuala Lumpur with 3,382 users occupies the 20th spot in ranking by cities. Malaysia has around 6,500 users and if we can work together there is so much that we can do to build Team Malaysia. 

@bitrocker2020 had organized a Steemit  [promotion gathering](https://steemit.com/steemit/@bitrocker2020/getting-started-on-steemit-teammalaysia) in Kuala Lumpur  to  share about his experience with Steemit.  That I think is a great effort on the part of @bitrocker2020. With  Kuala Lumpur being the capital of Malaysia, it is not surprising that about 50% of the users are from them. In fact throughout almost 1 year period, I only know one other user who is from Kuching, which is where I am from.

Therefore, I will first of all start off by following more Malaysians.

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As you can see from my profile, I have 883 followers and I am only following 200 users only. So it is time that I follow more people, and this time I will be giving priority to Malaysian users. So just write down in the comments section, why you think that I should follow you. 

A chat channel has been set up at discord, it is called Malaysian Steemian Community (MSC). This is the invitation link athttps://discord.gg/ncuyB9z . Therefore I would like to invite all Malaysian based Steemians and those who blog about Malaysian issues to chat here. This channel was set up by a user from Miri @awesomianist

This is only my first step, and I post in here what other actions that I will take to build up the presence of Malaysian users here and just as important to get more Malaysians on board Steemit.

Do check out my previous posts

[If You Are At Your Deathbed, What Is Your Ultimate Advice For Living A Happy And Successful Life?](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@positivesteem/if-you-are-at-your-deathbed-what-is-your-ultimate-advice-for-living-a-happy-and-successful-life-all-answers-will-be-up-voted)
[Is It Possible To Give A Gift To Everyone We Meet? And My Original Poem “I Have A Gift For You](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@positivesteem/is-it-possible-to-give-a-gift-to-everyone-we-meet-and-my-original-poem-i-have-a-gift-for-you)
[Since Life Is Full Of Uncertainties Anyway, Why  Do We Fear Uncertainties Instead Of Embracing Them](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@positivesteem/since-life-is-full-of-uncertainties-anyway-why-do-we-fear-uncertainties-instead-of-embracing-them)


Spreading positivity one post at a time.
Charles

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