Lately I'm noticing that Follower counts are growing and at times, traffic is even at all-time highs, but interaction is dwindling. Part of the reason could be that new users aren't finding the resources they need to monetize their accounts. It's not the only reason though. First and foremost, the easiest place to find the necessary information to succeed on and use SoMee can be found on the #AwesmeTutorials (link below) Page. This page is a collaboration between multiple SoMeeans to document what they learn about this new platform and pass it on to you. It not only provides information to newbies, but has some very useful information for long time SoMee members as well. Everyone should give this Page a like, so they see the posts in their Home Feed. Another reason is that we aren't interacting enough collectively. If we don't come together as a community, then SoMee's success will not only take longer, but it's more likely that those who are just here to game the system will become the most prolific. We need to come together and interact, support the efforts of members trying to make this happen, like [CryptoCouple_JED], [AwesmeFacts] along with myself and direct new users to places where they can get the information they need. The success of SoMee is bigger than just [christospherkramer.10] and the Development Team. It requires all of us to step up and put our best foot forward. If we want to succeed, we need to help others succeed. Part of that will be to join the #HelloSoMee group with the intention to support the new users when they take the time to let us know what they bring to the table. The community is forever growing and making sure these new users are a part of that from the moment they join will benefit us all in the long run. Sincere generosity tends to come back ten-fold, so it's in all of our best interests to step up and reach out. https://somee.social/groups/hellosomee Awesome Tutorials- https://somee.social/pages/AwesmeTutorials #someeofficial #someeoriginals #originalcontent #introduction #introduceyourself #WelcomeToSoMee #UserRetention #SoMeeCommunity #BuildingCommunity #SoMeeContests #help #AweSoMee #BeTheChange #WeAreAllInfluencers #decentralization

The #HelloSoMee group is slowly growing and some pretty large stakes have joined. I appreciate those of you who have shown your commitment to help #SoMee grow by supporting #NewUsers as they join the site and introduce themselves. My plan is to open up the group to #Introductions and hosting a #HelloSoMeeBannerDesignContest when we have 100 members. As we get close to that number, I'll start posting some ideas for how to point new users towards the group, the best way to acknowledge them and ways to support them beyond the group. Thank you [wieger] for your efforts towards the same goal through the hashtag you've created. I'll be promoting the use of that as well. Please join the group with the intention of supporting new users as you see them in your Home Feed to help improve #UserRetention and help to build the #SoMeeCommunity. We need active users, not just new accounts. Here's the link; https://somee.social/groups/hellosomee ATTENTION::: If you are a new user, use the tag #NewOnSoMee for your first posts and you could earn some very sizeable votes. You can also Like the Awesme Tutorials page, which has a wealth of knowledge to help you on your SoMee journey https://somee.social/pages/AwesmeTutorials Note- The Hello SoMee group is solely for the use of new users to introduce themselves. All off topic posts will be deleted. Thank you #someeofficial #someeoriginals #originalcontent #introduction #introduceyourself #WelcomeToSoMee #UserRetention #SoMeeCommunity #BuildingCommunity #SoMeeContests #help #BeTheChange #WeAreAllInfluencers #decentralization

We have 16 of the 100 members needed to kick off the #HelloSoMeeBannerDesignContest. My intentions for the #HelloSoMee group is to give new users a place to introduce themselves. This way their first posts will all be in one place making it easier to welcome them into the #community. As long as you have joined the group, those posts will show up in your home feed. The more members we have in the group, the more effective the initiative will be in helping the new users get started with some stake and friends. This will go a long way towards motivating them to post, stay active on #SoMee and hopefully retaining them for the long haul. With the template I added in the group description, it will also ensure that their first post is of a decent quality. Once we get to 100 members, I'll announce the contest and hopefully it will kick off a frenzy of new posts that'll help to light up the feed and platform patriotism. This is also when I'll open posting to the group. In the future I will be hosting many other initiatives as well. Strong communities are key. https://somee.social/groups/hellosomee #someeofficial #someeoriginals #originalcontent #introduction #introduceyourself #WelcomeToSoMee #UserRetention #SoMeeCommunity #BuildingCommunity #SoMeeContests #help #AweSoMee #BeTheChange #WAreAllInfluencers #decentralization

This here is forward thinking, which is what we need for SoMee to succeed. Coming together as a community at the Grassroots level (that's us) to work towards building up new users who come here is key for retaining them. As the platform grows it is going to become harder and harder to be seen and earn. We have the tools to help others and it goes a long way towards making others feel like they are home. On top of this [notconvinced] has announced that he will host a contest with SME prizes once the Group reaches 100 members. So check out the #HelloSoMee group and join up. I hope you see his vision here and that we need to get more initiatives in place and ironed out before the masses come. If you do, please share his posts and Group to your Timelines as well. https://somee.social/posts/678854

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Last week I announced the #HelloSoMee Group and will be promoting it regularly, so we get enough users with stake to support the new users who post there. The goal is to make sure they are seen early on and supported in an attempt to make sure they become active members of #SoMee. I hope this will become SoMee's version of the Neighborhood Welcome Wagon. When we get to 100 members, I'll hold an Avatar and Banner Design #Contest with #SME prizes to celebrate it and signify the beginnings of its success. Below is the link to my announcement post so you can see what my vision for this initiative is. Right now, because group posts only show in the feeds of those who've joined the group and the friends of those who post to it, they aren't the best option for #visibility. For that reason, if you would like to help SoMee grow with active users by offering your attention and votes to newcomers, I hope you join the #group. The two biggest reasons people sign up on new platforms then leave is because they go unseen and the learning curve of a new platform overwhelms them. If we can address these two issues right when new users sign up, more will stay and become active members building stake and spreading it around to others. I think this is key for our success, because as the 'Influencers' come aboard and bring their 'Followers', unless SoMee becomes the Influencers exclusive platform, the Followers will have no reason to use SoMee for access to the Influencer. We need to step up as a #Community and show them why SoMee is the place for them. Once we have them using the platform for themselves, rather than just to keep up with the Influencers content, we've got them locked into the platform. The Followers are the key to SoMee's #growth and success, not the proverbial Influencer. The reality is... We Are All Influencers. We have a roll here and are all equally responsible for SoMee's success. #TheCompany can bring new members in, but it's the community who creates the culture that will draw them in to actually use the platform and stay. That is the power of #GamifiedBlockchainSocialMedia. On the Centralized platforms The Companies have to offer monetary incentives to these big names to bring them in and retain them. We now are all holders of the purse through our attention and upvotes. I hope you join me to help build a closeknit #CommunityCulture that people will seek out and want to be a part of. https://somee.social/posts/676681 #HelloSoMee #someeofficial #someeoriginals #originalcontent #UserRetention #CommunityEfforts #SoMeeCulture #onboarding #SoMeeGroups

Hey there my SoMee friends, Please welcome [MIneYourMind] to the platform. He's a pretty good friend of mine and will be adding quality content to the platform. Some of you may have already seen him around, since he's been upvoting and following many of you while getting a feel for the platform. Below is the link to his introduction. He needs some motivation to start posting regularly and some attention should do that, lol.. I love his username and I hope you welcome him in, send a friends request and of course, drop an upvote. https://somee.social/posts/674876 #SoMee #introduction #foraging #plantidentification #NewToSoMee #Welcome #BetterThanAnInfluencer #ActualQualityContent #HelloSoMee

Please Read~ Once the Masses Come, How Do We Make Sure They Stay? We the SoMee Community Are the Key to User Retention. One of the key aspects of #decentralization is that there's no one person in charge. All the users have an ability at many different levels to get involved and make a difference. So, while I see that the #SoMeeCompany is concentrating mostly on site #development and #onboarding some big names, it leaves open some critical areas that need attention. It is in these areas where we as a #community not only can, but really need to step up to ensure SoMee becomes a success. What happens when the Company successfully onboards a huge #influencer (as they call them), the influencer recommends #SoMee and a bunch of new users sign up? The bulk of our success is going to be the numbers these influencers bring here, not the influencers themselves. So, #onboarding some big names is just the smallest step on the ladder to success. We'll need to find a way to retain these new users. The beauty of gamified #BlockchainSocials where you earn through likes, those likes are highly sought after. That means we can use our attention through #interaction and our #stake through likes to make sure new users feel seen, heard and appreciated once they get started. They'll also need help to get started and we can offer them a hand. On Hive this is done through #CurationAccounts, where community minded users keep their eyes out for new or underappreciated accounts producing quality content and going out of their way to help them find an audience, build a stake and make them feel appreciated. Having joined Hive when it was Steemit back in 2016, I've watch these #Communities start out and grow. They've become an essential part of #Hive, because they not only work, but are highly effective. I would like to ask for your help to bring some of these tried-and-true ways to retain the users who come in, so that user accounts don't simply grow, but that the number of #ActiveUsers increase much faster than they would if it were just the Wild Wild West out there. For my first act I created a new #Group called Hello SoMee. The purpose of this group is to be a place where anyone, but especially new users can post an #introduction and get support from the #community right out of the gate. For this to happen we need to get as many current SoMeetians to join as possible. Joining a group is the equivalent of friending another user, so the posts show up in our #Homefeeds. Then we need to keep our eyes peeled for #NewUsers, so we can direct them there, where there will be instructions for creating an effective introduction, with the hopes that their first post will not only be successful, but up to a specific standard as well. I ask everyone to please follow the link to or find the Hello SoMee group to join up and even share this post. When you see a new account adding their profile picture and/or account banner, hit the love emoji on their post and give them a nudge towards the group. Simply dropping the link and letting them know this is the place they want to be if they would like to grow and earn right off the bat. Thank you and I look forward to working everyone on SoMee. Its success depends on us, so we need to get things ready for when the big numbers arrive. The Banner and avatar are temporary. If this project goes anywhere, I'll probably hold a design contest for more representative ones. Also, I truly did try to keep this short, but just couldn't. I'm a lover of details and wanted to get the full thought across. https://somee.social/groups/hellosomee #someeofficial #AweSoMee #someeoriginals