scrobble.life
#steem

Back to Facebook

And I'm not even lying.

fckthtsht.jpg

Recently I became addicted to the process of felting.

It started like this:

  • Watch a few Youtube videos
  • Try out a sample scarf - failed
  • Wat more Youtube videos
  • Try out a second sample scarf - pretty nice - I want more of this!
  • Make boards on Pinterest with inspiration
  • Try more and more scarfs - whoa, these are looking good!

And then... Information pretty much went dry. At least online. Who reads books these days.

A nasty nasty thought started itching... Should I? Should I not?

Gross!

But my need for more information and communicating with like-minded people won in the end. I opened up a new browser tab and started typing f... a... c... e... b...

And there they were. Thousands and thousands of people who were talking daily (!) about felting. Wet felting, nuno felting, needle felting... Then there were the groups dedicated to the process of dyeing silk, of upcycling fabric... Literally for every little step in the process that I needed to create my work there is a Facebook group.

I even checked Reddit before I took this plunge back into the Facebook waters... It wasn't able to save me. Maybe @acidyo can point me the way.

So here I am. Confessing. Feeling gross, dirty, a cheater, and so so full of excitement about the access Facebook is giving me. To peers, to information, to... Basically about more than 50% of my felting education so far.

I'm also already claiming my Facebook page for the website with my 'for sale' items that I will launch soon... Because to me it's clear, Facebook is still pretty much where 'the people are'. And so are my possible future customers.

To keep things in balance I've been enjoying the senators grilling Zuckyzuck about his dirty practices. Every time I see his face I feel like removing myself from Facebook - again. But damn, is that place pretty much irreplaceable? Yes, it very much is.

Fingers crossed for better opportunities in the future. Preferably on Steem. Of course I'll claim at least one felting community once that feature is launched. Who knows how many of those thousands of felters I can get to share their amazing knowledge on Steem?

Comments · 20

  • @rosepac(55)· 2478d

    It offers what steemit does not offer, unfortunately.. Maybe I earn some steemit money. Although I have never taken a single cent of steem.

    and yes, I won by saying something, because I've never taken steemit steem; but yes. But here I have never managed to generate a community .. What on Facebook, if I have managed to do.

    Because among other things Steemit, it is closed to open to the opening and free and instant accounts .. And I can't bring people to Steemit, because from the first day they try to enter and are not able. They will never come back, nor here. They won't even return to my other Facebook community.

    It is true that, for now, my Facebook community has given me zero benefit..

    Just as true, Steemit has become an elitist platform. Where those who have Steem or have spent on the platform win and benefit; or those who maintain bot businesses.

    On the other hand, steemit is nothing different from Facebook, not large-scale. In fact, right now it is much worse. For a new person Steemit is a pimple in the ass. Literally.

    And in my particular case, for example. We could talk about the Hispanic community in particular, which. Starting from the point that it is poorly implemented in terms of the management of the platform through tags and categories. You also have a community that strives to further segment everything in Spanish, closing the cycle to content and continents.

    And ceasing to give value to the content, for giving value to the contents of introduction to the platform. What is quite shabby.. and stop giving value to the content, give value to the content of the introduction to the platform or to a cartoon ... or a simple poetry ... which is quite unfortunate.

    When you see that most votes go to publications of that style. Or if not, they go to publications that discuss or talk about the platform itself. That's when I feel like throwing up.

    Anyone who enters Steemit and sees that, will leave; in 90% of cases. ¿Steemit is a place to generate content or simply to talk about Steemit, its internal projects and its unique theme?

    the value of the content has been lost through Steemit, the votes for obligation, favoritism, cronyism, bots, to meet quotas, etc.

    The value of the content has been lost through Steemit, it is voted by obligation, favoritism, cronyism, bots, to meet quotas, trails, communities and hundreds of other garbage, etc. Communities that are not even sincere within themselves, by the way.

    These communities do the same as the rest but internally.. That everything related to Steemit be ultra voted, favored or that "power" be provided, well, anyway.

    That everything related to Steemit is ultra voted, favored or that "power" is provided, is ridiculous. That does not favor the content, it favors that the platform eats itself. It favors the death of Steemit.. Each time it happens, Steemit's doors close more to the world and cause the project to stagnate more.

    With that policy, Steemit external pages that really create content will never feel the need to enter here..

    It is a reality that "falls" and I do not know if there are points of optimism to think otherwise.

    At least among the Spanish community, I don't see them anywhere. I always see the same thing over and over again.

    Since I joined Steemit. I have always found the same attitude in the people I know, there is no evolution in the thinking of the users. Even in the leaders of none of the communities that exist, they are only people who seek their benefit. Not to promote real participation, everything is false.

    Some communities are born, others die.

    More. Nothing changes in community leaders or trail leaders.

    As if all that wasn't enough. Today, with the latest changes and the disappearance of people who more or less participated but for lack of "power", have disappeared from the platform. It has become virtually impossible to find people to whom the content will be transmitted, unless they are "heavy" people within the platform; considering that these people usually go to "your ball".

    You can say that steemit has become a community for friends of Steem, cryptocurrencies and related topics. But not for other content; since the rest of the contents are only publications with "the excuse of" ..

    Despite saying otherwise.

    A different content in Steemit does not work. Not for the sole purpose of promoting or disseminating that content to other people; because those people don't exist within Steemit, because Steemit doesn't let them exist.

    I would love to invite Steemit to my entire external community and try to involve them, but ... Steemit does not allow it or believe that people in Steemit think about promoting content to other people; otherwise, they believe it exclusively to earn money; and you have hundreds of Steemit communities and trails, for example. They spend more time worrying about tracking "I don't know what to" vote "and generate money, than to create content that is worth reading to other people.

    Personally. I don't care about everything that the Steemit trails vote, among other things because almost none really vote what they say they are going to vote, and vote what they want.

    Really. What content do all those trails and communities generate? If they only care about achieving and having "power", but what real content do they generate? I tell you. NONE. They do not generate any content. ZERO REAL CONTENT.

    They should be absolutely prohibited, in fact. They should be penalized.

    Basically, the system itself. It does not work at all.

    but I suppose so far it has grown like this, and therefore they are doing well and it is not interesting to modify anything.

    Although they have already had to implement advertising, I don't see why they have to continue depending on the trails and communities ... and with their hands tied; but hey, I suppose it would be too important a stick for many people to destroy their source of power within communities, and for people to re-participate alone, without intermediaries; recreate participatory people on the platform instead of mummies.

    That right now is what exists within Steemit, many mummies and bloodsuckers ... (communities of friends and trails) that absolutely neglect critical thinking, participation and the generation of real and different content (they all go like shit flies ... To create the same, what communities pay ..)

    Sorry for my bad English. I hope, more or less, you understand what I mean.. 🤦‍♂️

  • @riverflows(82)· 2510d

    Seriously. Feel same about natural medicine communities on Fuckerbook. Sooo much people. So many info. Steembook, come on!!!!

    Posted using Partiko Android

  • @juanmolina(70)· 2511d

    Greetings dear friend @soyrosa.

    Trying to fight FB would be a losing battle. Then we simply "use" it, take advantage of it, to achieve our true purposes.

    But you know what? The majority of FB users are consumers, not creators. They like to just watch. They enjoy the finished products. Of course there are also many creators, they take advantage of the majority of those who only like to "watch".

    We Steem lovers should only use FB as a platform to attract new users.

    Your friend, Juan.

  • @pedrobrito2004(71)· 2513d

    I understand the feeling that on Facebook there is a community or group for anything or for any geographic group that you can imagine, it is not in vain that it is the most successful social network of its kind.

    Personally, I think that each of the platforms that I usually use specializes in something, be it in microblogs such as twitter, photo-blog as instagram, videos on YouTube and so on for each case.

    In the case of STEEM I find that the penetration of Steemit for blogs or Dtube for video or applications for audio and other things in this blockchain, do not have enough dissemination or advertising, in addition to some extent I have found one or another complication to share content in them.

    I do not complain about steemit, after all I usually use the Steempeak front-end, but if I have a bad experience with Dtube because of the fact that adding videos cannot be compared with the ease with which this task can be performed on Vimeo or Youtube or other platforms.

    I really want the popularity of the blockchain steem to increase, not only because of the economic benefit that it can bring to the participants, but also because I really have hope in a decentralized social network model and with a moderation on the part of the users, in addition to provide some degree of reward for the content generated...

  • @willowwisp(62)· 2514d

    I did the same thing. Several months ago I rejoined, so I could see what my extended family was up to and to keep in touch about an upcoming reunion and anniversary celebration. I am just letting my closest family of about 20 people see my post. I do put steemit stuff on there. But I refuse to go to any of their ad's sites or read anything they suggest...I think it helps me feel better about being there.

  • @luvlylady(56)· 2517d

    @soyrosa lool.To keep things in balance I've been enjoying the senators grilling Zuckyzuck about his dirty practices. Every time I see his face I feel like removing myself from Facebook - again. I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you soo much for nominating my previous post. Being relatively new to steemit, I was shooketh to say the least when I received those upvotes. Its only now that I'm back to using partiko that I realized where the upvotes came from. Once again thanks a mill. I stopped using facebook after the cambrige analytica scandal tbh. Didn't miss it for a thing. I guess for the education part it is a great deal still. I see steemit devs branching into tutorial video dapps that heavily focus on soft skills in the near future. That would just about complete the blockchain. With @Dtube coming in full force. I see exciting times ahead. From steemian to fellow steemian, now would be the perfect time to create a shopping dapp I think. Just so we can buy all those awesome things only steemians know how to create.

    Posted using Partiko Android

  • @culgin(72)· 2517d

    Nothing wrong with using Facebook. Just remember to share some good Steem articles over there to spread the love :)

  • @acidyo(85)· 2517d

    I can't believe you tried Reddit yet still chose Facebook over it.

  • @eveuncovered(80)· 2517d

    You are forgiven because it’s about felting, the end justifies the means!

  • @fotostef(77)· 2517d

    Bad girl! Shame on you :) Joking aside I have started to consider to give in, too. Facebook is a powerful tool and the approach "I use it, I don't support it" is somehow reassuring...

  • @captainbob(72)· 2517d

    Honestly a large appeal of facebook is it's Groups (aka: communities). That ability for anyone to create a community and have people join and contribute/access specific information. Something Steem has been trying to figure out for some time.

  • @mindtrap(75)· 2517d

    So here I am. Confessing. Feeling gross, dirty, a cheater

    :) :) :) :P

    So, how do you feel now...you cheater?

  • @ackza(74)· 2517d

    upvoted for the cool art, did you make that black facebook logo? we should make a black upside down FUCkbook token for steemengine use it to pay people who delete their facebook OR NO who USE facebook to promote steem :) Use charities to get around the crypto shadow bans, facebook may ban us steem users or shadow man us, but they wouldnt ban a SJW LGBTQ group that uses steem would they? We will get GLAD on their asses for discriminating against a platform that is the only hope of LGBT Iranians or Russians, to express themselves. IMAGINE if we went down that road and FORCED the Left SJW people to buya nd promote steem for HUMAN RIGHTS issues?

  • @enforcer48(75)· 2517d

    kermit.jpg

  • @meesterboom(81)· 2517d

    Sometimes you got to wade in the muck to catch the golden pig! :OD

  • @adetorrent(78)· 2517d

  • @dfinney(69)· 2517d

    It’s OK. Facebook is excellent for many things. It wouldn’t be so popular if it completely sucked.

    Without Facebook I never would have found people I travelled with back in my early 20’s. And for that I am eternally grateful. Plus, it helps for keeping in touch with friends/family who are far away more easily. And it is a great way to find out about events in my city, or to help people find lost pets, etc, etc.

  • @tarazkp(86)· 2517d

    The convenience trap.

  • @torico(63)· 2517d

    facebook has its uses. and thats exactly what i do. i use it. i don't support it, nor do i give it permissions or information to the best of my ability.

    maybe you cd consider bringing those felters to steemland?? and if you think about investing... you know where to go.

  • @macchiata(80)· 2517d

    Honestly, sometimes I wonder what is there on Facebook. It never gives me the same addiction as twitter and other forum boards. Maybe it's just me being asocial. I've been wanting to check Facebook because e-com guru said it's a good place to make money off boomers.