I'm happy to see the steem family being from all around the world with their stories of how they entered the life of Steemit, it's truly inspiring

I saw I had a vote on one of my comments, so I checked who on earth would have done that, (I hadn't said much) went to their blog, no followers, no posts, no following NOTHING, NADA..what the???  you've done a great post as usual and I love the pic's as well.  It's FRIDAY and nearly knock off time for me.  you get my pittance of a vote, I'm just stoked it actually registers as 1c.  Have a great week-end

Great post, follow me and I will follow you back. LOL :)  

Just kidding.

I'm a youtube transplant.  I didn't leave Youtube, youtube left me. There are a lot of people angry at the major media sites for one reason or another.  People are looking for other options, especially content creators.  

1. I'm really hoping Steemit takes care of the sign up process.  I meet my subs all the time and they tell me they couldn't sign up.
2. I'm hoping that some of the features that are very popular at other social media sites can be incorporated into steemit. (search options, PM's, etc)
3. And for the love of Pete, someone please develop a video platform for the Steem blockchain. I can't wait to leave YT.

Some of us new arrivals will really work to make this a better place...and we promise not to cut your head off.  :)

Definitely great post.  You have articulated some of my frustrations, even though I myself am a newbie, I rely on quality and was worried to see people [copy/pasting stuff into Steemit and some people thinking 'it is ok'.](https://steemit.com/steemit/@rkreddy/why-does-steemit-encourage-lifting-off-articles-from-web-and-pasting-here)

Your article adds more substance to my earlier concerns, although you are great in vocalizing them with great analogy and examples/pics....

Love the analogy. I tend to just ignore spammy comments. It's even happening in Steemit Chat. I've gotten a lot of private messages on there recently from people I don't know and haven't met on the platform yet, asking me to upvote and follow them in exchange for them doing the same for me. It's kind of irritating. But, like you, I just ignore it and move on. Those who want to learn to do well here will learn, and those who don't will (hopefully) leave.

i have started muting some newbies - i look on others blogs and see comments that make me cringe..please follow me..follow me back, but i also think it is worse now after Hardfork 19 as there is more visible $$ everywhere

They will starting to learn from their mistakes as this is new platform to them .

Interesting post. I believe steemit needs more new users to grow. Now it has only 200k+ users. The number of real active users should be much smaller. Steemit is not an island with limited land. It should welcome new users with open arm and educate them to fit in.

Awesome post as usual  @sift666  . You really know how to lay out the truth.

If you think Muslims are backward, you should see some of the gypsies in Eastern Europe. That said, there are well educated and well raised people from both groups. And the same applies to Steemit.

There are immigrants in your country, because you have a better standard of living. I have, myself, considered coming to New Zealand. It's not difficult to understand why - although I have two BA degrees and an MBA, the average pay of 250 Euro per month, in my country, can hardly justify the time and money I've invested in my education. And most people here are very badly educated, which is a growing trend.

In the same sense, Steemit attracts people from poor countries from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. It's understandable. But now that money laundering from all the illegally obtained Bitcoins from WannaCrypt declines, so will the value of Steem. And if Steem is worth nothing, then everyone who has come here for a quick profit will go away.

So you can take this from the discussion - as long as Steem is worth nothing, there will be few, but dedicated people here. Although some of them would abandon Steemit as well, undoubtedly, seeking higher profits for their skills :)

Definitely following you whether you follow me back or not ; )  
Upvoted and Highly rEsteemed.  
Thank you for spotting the trend.

![Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/ptEYB9p.jpg)

PS - an interesting article: 

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/07/11/38147/kiwis-lonely-journey-leaving-islam
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQGdVwCvqAsn5NLfvZhonQipZKB9b9schCUddr3rzcFmn/image.png)

HAHA! Yeah, I totally get what you mean. But, now that I think about it, aren't we *all* immigrants? As you said, no one is able to stake a claim (except for the founders, of course) and even though some accounts have more money than most combined, there's still no uniting history.

Perhaps down the road, there would be an established civilization, but as of now, I think of all of us as immigrants, and we're only seeing a recent surge of delinquents.

Yes, I think you are right. It is all part of the growing pains. That particular crowd will leave as the quick buck eludes them.  Kind of the bright side of the value of Steem being down, lol ?

This is an interesting subject. And you've laid out your post very well. With a splash of humor here and there. I couldn't stop reading till the last line. :) I'm off to check the link you've posted after this.
Your post gives a newcomer like me hope and direction that I need to stick around doing what I'm doing now and the time will come when my work will be acknowledged, or even appreciated. 
I've been here for a little more than three weeks and I've come across all kinds of people in the course of my wandering on the website. There are some people I wish to befriend for the pleasure of knowing such a person, I visit their blogs, even their older posts and try to be part of the value they are creating for the community. 
At the same time, there are some people who come out with the "Nice post, follow me and I'll vote for you." I've often wondered why there are so many people who get away with doing that. At times, such people do have a number of followers, so much so that I wonder at the very nature /innate intelligence of their follower/friend-ships. 
Glad to have come across your post. I'm at the moment enjoying a peep into the minds of so many good, kind, knowledgeable and helpful people through their posts and learning and honing my writing skills so much that I'm staying put on Steemit for now, keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!

I feel like things are calming down...needed a break huh?  Well, the notifications have not been working, otherwise you would have been alerted to the fact that you were being spoken about, LOLOL check out this comment section:
https://steemit.com/challenge/@merej99/the-community-engagement-challenge-day-5-diary#@merej99/re-dreemit-re-merej99-re-lexikon082-re-merej99-re-lexikon082-re-merej99-the-community-engagement-challenge-day-5-diary-20170714t215920583z

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