nice post upvoted and follow

Loving the theme of this post my man! 100% upvoted!

I agree with you that unlike other social media or other websites, the audience you can reach here goes much faster. That is what makes Steemit more lively for me. 

The **instant gratification monster** you are talking about, has also its dark side I think. When people are not rewarded instantly for the work they have put it in, it leads to *instant disappointment*, so to say. For those people it might be very discouraging to continue and they need really a lot of endurance.

However I think this is a good thing, those people will keep creating good stuff, because they like it, and are not only in here because of the money... Those people are making Steemit great :)

Fantastic!!!
Some of us come here without any prior 'content creation' experience but if you understand steemit, it kinda forces the creativity out of you.

Steemit has revolutionized the way content is rewarded.

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Nailed it. We do this because this is what we do. I used to do it for free. There is no better feeling than providing value to the human race.most creators don't have big ego"s.  It's nice to get a pat on the back for pouring yourself I to something. We all have some kind d of talent that can benefit the community

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Love it!  You rock..Resteemed.

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Love how you made your pictures crooked. Really makes the post stand out more.

Nice one  bro. Your graphic designs are amazing... Wish i could get some too like dat signature at the end of your post it so cool.

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First of all, love the graphics :) I was grabbed by the monster immediately, I got lucky on my first real post and was blessed by Curie with a 300 dollar payout. After that I was hooked. The monster keeps pushing me to get better and improve. The monster is addicting, powerful and once he gets his hooks in you, he won't let go. I love it!

Well said. As long as people can keep things in perspective. Obviously, on other platforms, we don't get monetary rewards for just posting, but people drive an audience to their other enterprises. That is hard on a relatively small platform like Steemit.
If people throw themselves into producing here and neglect other venues, they might find that the few cents per article are not enough to keep them here. 
From what I have seen - a lot of the ones doing really well have been here for awhile and also invested by buying steem. 
I do agree that quality content producers are good for the platform.

Great post and awesome theme! Congratulations @flauwy

I feel like there are instant gratification monsters everywhere in social media! The difference is that elsewhere I am left feeling dirty and used. With Steemits I am left feeling minty-clean and refreshed. Booyah! ✊

The main problem with Steemit right now is it's a loose collection of applications to create a meta-app that needs to be integrated into 1 app on all platforms that basically works the same on all platforms.

The second main problem is that there is no available taxonomy of forum groups. Only tags, and the only work so well.. on their own.
So something like subreddits will add a new dimension for Steemit for groups based on interest, on a more specific basis, and not just on personalities (and who can be most popular).

Third; the above two issues, are hindered by distractions in priorities and goals.

Cool graphics, great article. Followed.

# This is more like it @flawny

**Content creation is the inherent jurisdiction of creativity**
We have to embrace it and learn to ply the trade with every seriousness, knowing fully well, we are cocooned by this gratification monsters