![reddit vs steemit small.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPFP2mK4sUuNEsq73GfiUHKBdyqVGBosbAKaqBBsL2a4k/reddit%20vs%20steemit%20small.jpg)

Three days ago, I created a **tutorial** about a topic I thought would be useful to many people. In my opinion, it was a **[high quality article](https://steemit.com/dlive/@spreadfire1/how-to-use-your-android-mobile-device-as-streaming-camera-with-obs)** - easy to read and to reach the tutorial's goal very fast, step by step.

After it didn't get any reception at all, I made a **[reddit post](https://redd.it/83p2nl)** in the twitch subreddit, linking to my article. To promote it and also to see the impact on votes and views.

*I'm quite new to reddit so I first tried to post a link only, which was not allowed by the subreddit's rules. So I just took the introduction lines from my steemit article - very little effort - and posted it. Not being familiar with reddit's features, I also did not select the correct *Flair*, which is an optical categorization I guess, and left it at the default value.*

So the reddit post was **far from optimal** and certainly didn't reach my steemit article's **quality**. 
![twitch subreddit.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUPWjav3qngjaQjCVRH9NLZxuM8ZzPWerVVXf1nm9vyE8/twitch%20subreddit.jpg)

But still, it quickly became the **most popular** post of the subreddit with most upvotes and views by far for several hours, staying on the first page for another day or so.
It now has almost **5000 views on reddit** with 93% positive votes and 22 comments.
Sadly, it seems that none of those reddit users own a steemit account.
I think that explains the **steemit** article's relatively high number of **views** (almost **500**) in relation to the **low numbers of comments and upvotes** (1 comment, 3 votes - none of them came from reddit).
![steemit article stats.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSVFDEux6PmgGPTn7TtSD2oNCivP8bqoW8M3Q4vBe8hmM/steemit%20article%20stats.jpg)

### What could that observation imply?
* Are there 10 times as many people in the **twitch subreddit** as on **steemit**? (or to be fair, compare it with the **dlive** tag only)
* Is the system rigged and **newcomers** have no chance getting seen, no matter the **quality** of their **content**?
* Illuminati, Aliens, conspiracy...? ;-)

I don't want to come across as ungrateful after being on steemit for less than two weeks - I'm not. I just want to know how things work, like everywhere else in life.

**Let me know what you think in the comments below. **Discuss please** :-)**

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## My top articles:
### Photography / Story
[![thumbnail dandelion quality.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRtJyNRMmvPyMBD3YyKdUEsFfjZ8wXWcGqBN3JYh594PG/thumbnail%20dandelion%20quality.jpg) Enjoying and appreciating the little things / Slowing Down](https://steemit.com/life/@spreadfire1/enjoying-and-appreciating-the-little-things-slowing-down)

### Tutorial
[![thumbnail OBS Screenshot Finished.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXiwDCxQnSQ8fPrHXGPNs6H6hTvDoA6vQurKqrYnbNcTy/thumbnail%20OBS%20Screenshot%20Finished.png) How to: Use your Android device as camera with OBS](https://steemit.com/dlive/@spreadfire1/how-to-use-your-android-mobile-device-as-streaming-camera-with-obs)