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Re: 10 Best “Social-Fi” Apps Where You Earn for Being Helpful

Steve — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:33:18 -0000

It would be helpful to link to the sites. As a long-time Hive user I know the name is not great when it comes to search, but the platform is great.

Re: Steemit for Sale: Popular Crypto Blogging Platform Sold to Tron, Community Reacts

Steve — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:16:43 -0000

I've been on Steem since 2016. I have to hope Justin does not trash it. As well as paying users it offers a lot of freedom and anonymity if you want it. Ned seemed to give up on it, but then he did not impress many people. I just hoped he was invested in the actual ideals it represented. Maybe he wanted the money more. Justin does not control the whole Steem platform. There is talk of forking it to prevent that. Some of the witnesses seem positive on things, so I am sticking with it for now.

Re: Making Money as a Writer: 5 Tried and Tested Ways of Earning

Steve — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 05:53:22 -0000

I can vouch for Steemit and the wider Steem platform that now includes audio, video and games. There are a wide range of interests represented there. It's not so much about 'clickbait' as there are (generally) no ads. It is supposed to be about what people appreciate, but some will try to game the system. I have accounts to give away if anyone needs one.

Re: Steemit lays off close to 70% of it’s workforce to reduce operation costs

Steve — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 05:28:54 -0000

Times are tough if a company relies on the crypto prices. It's not like Steem is the only one to fall. I think it's worth mentioning that 300 Steem users and developers met up in Krakow last month. There are lots of exciting apps being developed that include games, blogging tools and even one that encourages people to pick up litter. I was there and the price was not really being talked about.

Re: Steemit – get paid for your content, sort of

Steve — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:39:11 -0000

I joined Steemit 2 years ago and I've managed to earn good money just by posting. It's a bit of a wild west as there's no overall moderation, but many people want that freedom. I have spent some of my Steem. I have a debit card that can be funded by Bitcoin or Litecoin and it's simple to exchange to those from Steem.
It's still a fairly small active community, but I think it may take off in the next year. If you have questions I can try to help.

Re: Steemit’s CEO Appears to be Cashing Out 50% of his Steem Holdings

Steve — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:33:18 -0000

That's what I suspected. He's not been using it much for voting, but he could be freeing it up to help others. I'm sure he will hang onto a good amount

Re: How you can make a living playing video games

Steve — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 05:18:45 -0000

I'm not a gamer, but I've done really well from blogging on Steemit. There's a live streaming platform called dlive built on it as well as Youtube and Soundcloud alternatives. I've never made a cent from Youtube, but you don't need thousands of followers to make something on Steemit. I hope to see the gaming community grow there.

Re: The best Facebook alternatives

Steve — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:46:11 -0000

I've been on Steemit for nearly 2 years and I appreciate it has some issues, but a lot of people are doing well there. It's true that originally it took 2 years to 'power down' all your Steem Power, but now it's 3 months and you can take some of it each week over that period. This encourages people to not just buy and sell it all the time if they want to retain some voting power to support others. Lots of apps are being built around it, not just dtube.

Re: Yours Developer Ryan X Charles Discusses BCH Powered Social Media

Steve — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 03:30:38 -0000

I wonder if paywalls will work. There's too much good content out there available for free. I can see merit in having a cost to some activities to reduce the spam. In the end it's about what content is there to attract people

Re: An Update on Linux Journal

Steve — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 03:28:08 -0000

Maybe it's time for a new model. Check out the Steemit platform. It's open source and decentralised. If you were linking your articles from there I could vote them up and you get some income. It's worth a look anyway. Good luck with the magazine

Re: Yours Developer Ryan X Charles Discusses BCH Powered Social Media

Steve — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 03:53:18 -0000

Ever coming back to Steemit Jamie? I've not looked into Yours as yet. There are a lot of interesting social sites out there. Does using BCH mean it costs to post? I just read about Memo that also uses it. I don't see a disadvantage to using other tokens if they have a value. At least Steem is fast and free to use. I've invested time in Steemit and it's paid off. The community is great.

Re: 4 best decentralized social networks to use in 2018

Steve — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:00:18 -0000

5. Steemit :)

Re: What is Steem and is it a Good Investment?

Steve — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 03:43:48 -0000

Not quite half a billion users yet. More like half a million. They should have changes soon that will make it easier for far more people to join up. Currently it take a while for new accounts to be authorised. There's a thriving ecosystem around the Steem blockchain with new apps being developed. There are alternatives for Twitter, Youtube, Soundcloud and Instagram already. Transactions are very quick and there are no fees.

Re: Bitcoin Blasts Through $7,000… Are We Glitching The Matrix?

Steve — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 05:49:44 -0000

Great to hear you talk at Steemfest. Sorry I didn't get a chance to chat with you. I met so many inspiring people there. I was just amazed how many knew who I was. It looks like the Steemit team have big plans and the service may be ready for the big time soon.
Cheers
Steve (aka steevc)

Re: The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money

Steve — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 16:02:17 -0000

Yes, it's possible to game the system, but a lot of deserving people are earning well. What's wrong with that? Google and Facebook are doing pretty well, but here's an alternative without ads that rewards users. Love and peace :)

Re: The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money

Steve — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 03:24:04 -0000

Great to see Steemit covered here. I've been on there over a year and it's been fun. It's definitely not a scam, but you need to be a good community member to make money. I've made enough to buy a nice guitar and a trip to their convention in Portugal. You can sell Steem for Bitcoin on various exchanges. There are people trying to scam the system, but the community deals with it. Just yesterday there was a phishing attack, but that account has been flagged to nothing already.

Re: HASSbian 1.21 - It's about time isn't it

Steve — Mon, 01 May 2017 16:10:50 -0000

Just trying this after having issues upgrading HA on a previous Hassbian install. I've not done anything apart from configure wifi, but there's some issue with HA. Is it likely to be a bad image or faulty SD card?

May 01 20:02:55 hassbian systemd[1]: Started Home Assistant for homeassistant.
May 01 20:02:55 hassbian systemd[1]: home-assistant@homeassistant.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
May 01 20:02:55 hassbian systemd[1]: Unit home-assistant@homeassistant.service entered failed state.

Re: Top 5 Most Innovative Cryptocurrencies

Steve — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 05:26:16 -0000

Steem/Steemit is working well for me. Earning by blogging whilst having fun. I've been able to spend some Steem on art and music so far. A guy in Spain has persuaded some bars to accept it. Beer for Steem!

Re: HASSbian 1.1 - The Toy-box

Steve — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:06:26 -0000

My system started with a previous Hassbian, but I've not been able to upgrade HA beyond 0.33.3. Wondering if I should get this image and start again with my config files. Any issues with doing that?

Re: Can This Social Media Site Make You Rich?

Steve — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 03:37:14 -0000

I've been on Steemit for a few months. It probably won't make me rich, but it's fun and I have made a few bucks there. For now that's all locked up in Steem Power as that gives my votes more influence. I hope to see more authors, musicians, artists etc join up to get paid for their work.

Re: PSA: Philips Hue hub blocks all 3rd party bulbs

Steve — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:42:29 -0000

So much for open standards. What alternatives would you recommend?

Re: Nice to meet Tsu: the new social network that Facebook doesn't want you to know about

Steve — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 05:17:25 -0000

As of today the Facebook block seems to have been removed and the deleted posts have been restored

Re: MOTU’s MicroBook mobile audio interface now works on iPad, Linux

Steve — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:22:18 -0000

I just tried one on Kubuntu 15.04. It shows up with 7.1 outputs and 5.1 inputs, but all I seem to get out is noise. This is using Pulseaudio

Re: Facebook Blocks Social Sharing App Tsu.co Over Spam Concerns

Steve — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:49:18 -0000

The potential to make money has attracted a lot of people to Tsu, but most are likely to be disappointed with how much they make. It takes work to make any real amount and probably is hard to justify the time you put in. I see the money as a bonus. I'm mainly there for the good interaction I get with cool people. I've been able to use the money I've made to make a lot of charity donations and to buy a painting from an artist, all through direct transfers on Tsu. I still haven't made enough to actually get cash out (need $100 for that).

I was pretty upset when Facebook decided to delete all my posts that had come via Tsu. That included all my holiday pictures. Of course some people will spam via the API, but they will do that from Twitter and Youtube too. Why is Tsu being singled out like this? Tsu is a legitimate site with a different business model. Maybe Facebok really see it as a threat and want to stop their users from realising there is an alternative.

Re: The Social Network That Rewards Content Creators: An Inside Look at Tsu’s Growth

Steve — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 03:30:01 -0000

I've been on Tsu almost since the start. I've not made big money, but I've made a lot of friends and I get good engagement with what I post there. I've made enough to give to lots of charities and just paid an artist for a picture using what I made there. I'm steevc on Tsu