V4Vapid's Greatest Misses | Celebrating 3000 Followers
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Vapid’s Greatest Misses
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When we sit down to write,
We all hope that our hard work and effort transferring our thoughts to the block gets the attention it truly deserves.
The hard truth is
that even when people vote on our carefully crafted offerings, the likelihood that even a handful of people read it from start to finish is slim at best.
Even when you have thousands of followers. It surely happens.
Often our work is overshadowed by the colorful creations of others, unseen due to poor timing, or let's face it, it just wasn't as good as we deemed it to be in the first place.
So we can get mad,
We can get frustrated,
We can complain that nobody recognizes our obvious brilliance...
OR
We can just get over ourselves and get back to the drawing board. Like the mad scientist back to the lab, creating, tweaking and freaking frequencies until it finally resonates with the our fickle audiences.
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I've certainly had my fair share of posts that, for whatever reason, failed to generate views, votes or even a dollar.
So here's a few of those stinkers, and a little commentary to go with'em.
Exhibit A
The Illuminati Card Game of the 1990s Predicting World Events
$0.00
8 votes
12 views
3 comments
Obviously, I didn't have a grasp of the markdowns at this point and it honestly looks shitty. However, I think the cards from this 90's game are worth checking out. They seem to predict a lot of world events and important personalities.
Who made this game anyways?
Exhibit B
CIA Coups in 2 minutes: Why the "Russian Hacked US Elections" Narrative is Farcical
This is what they do. Wall Street's private army.
$0.06
24 votes
17 Views
7 comments
Exhibit C
Priceless: Reporter Asks State Department Official Why They Criticize Iranian Elections and Not Saudi Arabia
I thought this was hilarious... this State Department Official has a spontaneous lobotomy live during Q & A when confronted with US hypocricy.
$4.64
31 votes
22 Views
5 comments
Exhibit D
Seaweed Super Food Tastes Like Bacon, Healthier than Kale
$0.47
36 votes
18 views
4 comments
Are you kidding me?
IT'S IN THE TITLE!
BACON MOTHER-FUCKING SEAWEED, PEOPLE (drops mic).
At least one man, @rebelskum, understood the importance of this post.
Exhibit E
Boy Lover Symbols - Cindy Lauper's True Color Tour 1983
This was a totally random find. A friend of mine had never heard the Cindy Lauper song "Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun" so I was like "yeah right, you've heard it before". I was searching through a few renditions and I stumbled across this pedo symbol filled live performance.
$6.20
46 votes
209 views
8 comments
Exhibit F
ALWAYS, have a Pepsi at the Ready in Case of Police Brutality
Since my posts are usually on the dark side of things I can understand that people "ain't got time for that". There's more than a few good memes up in Heya.
$3.92
39 votes
23 Views
8 comments
Exhibit G
Why Pope Benedict was the First to Pope to Resign in 600 Years
$8.84
29 votes
152 views
0 comments
This one didn't do too bad, and I thought the memes were pretty darn funny.
But check out the author payout.
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- 3000 followers
- Being a Shade Shy of 70 Reputation
- $13+ SBD
- $2.5+ STEEM
- Zero Fee Transactions
- 3 Second Transaction Time
- Censor-proof Blockchain
- The Decentralized Movement
- Growth of Steemit – 500,000 accounts
- On the eve of SMTs
- Budding Communities
- The Minnow Support Project
- Independent Media Migration
- D-Tube
- And so much more...
Vapid’s Greatest Misses
tubecad.com
When we sit down to write,
We all hope that our hard work and effort transferring our thoughts to the block gets the attention it truly deserves.
The hard truth is
that even when people vote on our carefully crafted offerings, the likelihood that even a handful of people read it from start to finish is slim at best.
Even when you have thousands of followers. It surely happens.
Often our work is overshadowed by the colorful creations of others, unseen due to poor timing, or let's face it, it just wasn't as good as we deemed it to be in the first place.
So we can get mad,
We can get frustrated,
We can complain that nobody recognizes our obvious brilliance...
OR
We can just get over ourselves and get back to the drawing board. Like the mad scientist back to the lab, creating, tweaking and freaking frequencies until it finally resonates with the our fickle audiences.
I've certainly had my fair share of posts that, for whatever reason, failed to generate views, votes or even a dollar.
So here's a few of those stinkers, and a little commentary to go with'em.
Exhibit A
The Illuminati Card Game of the 1990s Predicting World Events
$0.00
8 votes
12 views
3 comments
Obviously, I didn't have a grasp of the markdowns at this point and it honestly looks shitty. However, I think the cards from this 90's game are worth checking out. They seem to predict a lot of world events and important personalities.
Who made this game anyways?
Exhibit B
CIA Coups in 2 minutes: Why the "Russian Hacked US Elections" Narrative is Farcical
This is what they do. Wall Street's private army.
$0.06
24 votes
17 Views
7 comments
Exhibit C
Priceless: Reporter Asks State Department Official Why They Criticize Iranian Elections and Not Saudi Arabia
I thought this was hilarious... this State Department Official has a spontaneous lobotomy live during Q & A when confronted with US hypocricy.
$4.64
31 votes
22 Views
5 comments
Exhibit D
Seaweed Super Food Tastes Like Bacon, Healthier than Kale
$0.47
36 votes
18 views
4 comments
Are you kidding me?
IT'S IN THE TITLE!
BACON MOTHER-FUCKING SEAWEED, PEOPLE (drops mic).
At least one man, @rebelskum, understood the importance of this post.
Exhibit E
Boy Lover Symbols - Cindy Lauper's True Color Tour 1983
This was a totally random find. A friend of mine had never heard the Cindy Lauper song "Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun" so I was like "yeah right, you've heard it before". I was searching through a few renditions and I stumbled across this pedo symbol filled live performance.
$6.20
46 votes
209 views
8 comments
Exhibit F
ALWAYS, have a Pepsi at the Ready in Case of Police Brutality
Since my posts are usually on the dark side of things I can understand that people "ain't got time for that". There's more than a few good memes up in Heya.
$3.92
39 votes
23 Views
8 comments
Exhibit G
Why Pope Benedict was the First to Pope to Resign in 600 Years
$8.84
29 votes
152 views
0 comments
This one didn't do too bad, and I thought the memes were pretty darn funny.
But check out the author payout.
Whaaaaa? The sign of the beast?
Coming Soon
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- Conspiracy Writing Contest 4
- NEW - Tin Foil Raps Contest (Poetry/ Rhymes/ Rap)
- NEW - Your Greatest Misses on Steemit
Human Trafficking Digging Deeper
- V for Vanished 6
- Sandusky 2
Psy-Ops / Conspiracy
- Project Blue Beam - The Fake Alien Invasion
- The 37th
Go against the grain
Much more to come along the way , I’m almost at 2K and it feels good
well done ...best luck ...reach 3K sooon
Well done! 2K is a big deal, full steem ahead!
i m having only 6 :(
Congrats on the huge accomplishment!
😂😂😂 Mate, we've all been there eh!?
Many times when I first started out I'd be writing a post thinking....
"This is the ONE" only to be disappointed. It can be incredibly frustrating when you first kick off on Steemit.
I was the same dude, I took a bit of time to get markdown sorted and when I look back I'm not surprised that some posts did badly even with decent content. I was lucky enough to join MSP at its beginning and then go on to pick up followers like you that helped to get me noticed.
Revisiting your old work really gives you a sense of how far you've come and what it takes to do relatively well here. There are one or two posts I may repost in the future as they were solid albeit naively put together.
Congratulations on getting to 3000 followers buddy, you are one of the few people here on Steemit who I can say with all honesty that completely deserves and has earned the following and the rep you have achieved.
Well done buddy and thanks.
Thanks man, I always look forward to your posts and comments.
LOL - How many times did I have the same thought "This is the ONE" after slaving away for hours only to have it disappear into oblivion just as quick as it was posted. I've made several "reposts" when I feel they're relevant to some news or event, as i write this i have the Sandusky story up, most people are not going to go digging through your old posts anyhow. I say go for it!
Thanks as always for your support and looking forward to the next Garuda/Birdman installment!
Thanks V, the next instalment should be out tomorrow all being well. Then I'll be on a writing break over Christmas.
I guess the lesson here is all good things come to those who wait. I know 1 or 2 people that started off really well ( votes and payouts ) and then petered out which I'd imagine is harder to take than the slow burn we encountered. You just gotta keep grinding away and stay true to your work.
resteemed. you do great things on the platform. Thanks for being a leader on the platform and helping to curate great people.
I learned from the best! Thanks for paving the way and lifting up countless minnows. I do what I can but you're a true visionary.
Great post!
Congratulations for the great achievements friend. Thanks for sharing with examples about the journey of steemit community before, yes I believe completely that Rome was not built in a day, so we should have patience for good results. You are a great example of the reality, so thank you so much for such a inspirational post, enjoy your dream life with a very dignified manners.
I'm sure 99% of people here have struggled to have their voices heard at some point. It's a long road, and patience is an important aspect no doubt. Thanks for your kind word :)
Yes it is a long road, but very crowded with very beautiful people.
I'd never seen the video of the Irish reporter asking the State Department official why they don't apply the same standards to Saudi Arabia as they do to Iran.
I bet he has a hard time finding work now that he had to balls to question the Saudis, who are key to upholding petrodollar hegemony.
Imma look him up and follow him.
LOL, yeah I wonder if that state department official still has a job?
I think it turns out that the reporter was American, I can't remember exactly.
For the Bacon remark ; )
Let's be Frank, it's always been about the Bacon ;)
This article is very inspiring dear @v4vapid.
Everyday, Minnows of my community (or even me), we want to quit Steem. You know... this strange relashionship love/hate we probably all have with Steem.....
We want to quit because :
But why are we on Steem ?
Because of the money/the views or to built ( a brighter) the future ? And for the community?
We have to be here as
This posts is very inspiring. Because you show that you didn't quit. If you would have quit, you would not be where you are now.
This is inspiring for every Minnows who arrive, for every minnows who struggle.
Our brillance will finally be shown if we don't quit, this is something I truly believe... even if it should takes times. Some people will never even known that they will impact the world because their brillance will be discovered after dead.
But what's the main objectif ? Feeding our ego or impacting the world to make a better one ?
Thank you @v4vapid. Thank you for sharing theses stories. And congratulation for your 3000 followers, that's pretty huge :)
Thank you for this awesome comment. I really appreciate it when I know my message comes through clearly.
This question can only be answered by the individual user. We all have different goals and motivations.
Sure, people want financial freedom, they crave recognition and appreciation from others.
Yet, there are other reasons too and I've touched on this several times in previous posts. The blockchain provides a unique platform that (in theory at least) is censorship-proof. A place where we can know that our thoughts, writings and musings are immutable.
Thanks again / Merci beaucoup
Merci à toi @v4vapid for being an inspiration :)
Congratulations my friend.. both on 3,000 and your highly esteemed 70 to come!
thanks for sharing your perspectives.. and well done for keeping on posting even when you feel you haven't been seen. we all know this syndrome, and I decided way back to let it inspire me to write even better posts. I am writing a n enlightenment series right now which so far as three parts.. and i THOUGHT it was some of the best stuff I had written in many ways,.. but as you rightly said..
Here's to the next 3,000! With steem prices and SBD i dont think it will be too long!