My journey on Blurt from 2020 to 2023
I joined Blurt in August of 2020 when the world was going through the worst pandemic we had seen in a hundred years.
I was home and we were not allowed to go out so I spent most of my day watch tv series on Netflix and writing posts on Blurt.
I was not new to blockchain based social media I was already on Steemit since 2017 and on Hive when it was created.
When Blurt was created in May 2020 I jumped on this new opportunity and made it my home for the next few years.
Creation of BlurtIndia
I created BlurtIndia to help users from India to support them share their views, their ideas and gain some rewards.
I have helped a few hundred people join Blurt since 2020 from across the world.
We continue to reward quality posts created by users who use the BlurtIndia tag.
A top 20 witness
I think it was sometime in 2021 when I started my witness server and have been taking part in governance of this platform.
It has been an amazing experience being part of a decentralised platform that has the ability to change everyone's life.
I am happy that you all have supported me and helped me maintain my top 20 witness ranking.
@PowerClub
PowerClub was one of the earliest curation and contest accounts on Blurt that my friend and fellow witness @Kamranrkploy and I started with our real money. I think Blurt was trading at around 45 Satoshi back then and we were super excited about it.
Later @ZahidSun joined us and we ran several awesome contests with the help of @iammufasa.
We have given away thousands of Blurt and other tokens as rewards and helped many many newbies with getting their journey started on Blurt.
One of our most successful ideas was the Instant Blurt Dispenser where we gave away 10 Blurt to anyone who needed some Blurt for fees.
We never kept a record of how much Blurt we gave away but we did give a lot.
Eventually we got busy in our lives and couldn't keep up with the contests. Hopefully we will restart something on PowerClub
Blurt.Live front-end
It was my wish to run an alternative front-end for Blurt and it was dream come true when @Tekraze joined Blurt as a developer and also agreed to help us start our front-end.
Balvinder/Tekraze maintained Blurt.live free of cost and we are forever grateful to him.
PR and Marketing
I have always promoted Blurt offline and online and got hundreds of new users on Blurt and many more who had pre-fork era accounts.
I also participated in several discord shows and Twitter spaces where I represented Blurt and cleared any doubts that people had about our platform.
One of my most successful shows on Discord was the Saturday Night with Imran Soudagar I hosted every Saturday. I remember users from India, Africa, New Zealand, and Bangladesh participated regularly.
Eventually I had to run two shows in two different languages, one in English and the other in Hindi/Urdu for Indians. It was hardwork but it was fun.
I took lead in bringing reviews for Blurt on product review sites such as Source forge where Blurt ranks 2-3 in top social media blockchains in the world.
I also applied for Presearch Grant which we didn't get unfortunately but we got a lot of support from our community.
Nostalgia
The last few years have been great. I wake up every morning and write a post and at night I write a post before I go to bed. I run several projects on Blurt and it is a big part of my life.
My friend @Kamranrkploy and I often spend hours discussing our plans and what we want to do on Blurt.
Blurt has helped me a lot and I will always be grateful to Blurt.
What's next?
I am thinking of restarting BlurtIndia curation project and PowerClub contests. I think it is the right time as I am inviting new people and it is important to help them and promote them so that they are motivated.
My school friend @Shahira.art recently joined Blurt and she's doing well here. She's an architect by education, an artist by passion and she runs women empowerment projects in her free time.
She has helped 15 of her friends to join Blurt and I'm surprised to see the kind of excitement and motivation these new users have.
I will make a post where I'll introduce all these new users soon.
Blurt has played a positive role in my life and I will continue to contribute as much I can to this wonderful project.
You can check out one of my live discord shows.
Congrats @imransoudagar! What an inspiring story of how you started and greatly progress here in blurt and even give back to the community. Kudos! Great job. 👍👏♥️
Reading your article took me back to the early days of @powerclub which often held contests. The period when I started writing in blurt because my brother @ayjoe introduced me.
Without realizing it, time passed quickly. Happy 3rd anniversary to you. Thank you so much for all the things you have done for the good of the blurt ecosystem.
Happy 3 years on blurt @imransoudagar sir.. 🎉🎉🎉
You have an amazing & nspiring journey on blurt.. After reading this post..Now even I'm having a great desire to achieve something bigger on blurt.. In sha allah..
Thanks @shahira.art for introducing me this platform..
I joined blurt without any cross verification,on just a single reel from @shahira.art ... Because i trust her,even though she's been known to me from last couple of years only.. But her dedication and a will to do something good for community specially for women has inspired me a lot.. We both share some common interests ..
But I have been lacking confidence and will power..
But now under mentorship of 2 great personalities, @imransoudagar & @shahira.art firstly I'll explore blurt fully and I'll surely fullfill @shahira.arts expectations towards me..
In sha allah..
A long road we have traveled since Blurt's beginnings, plans, initiatives. What remains of all this is learning. I hope to have 10 more years on this platform and a better future on it.
Yes I am ready to make a difference
For me and all the connected people with me..
Have plans to invite group of people.
That's awesome. You are helping a lot of people and I am sure you will have a great future here on Blurt.
It is so inspiring to read your story. Thank you for writing and posting your story. Even I am one of those uncountable blurt lenders who started the blurt journey through your support. I have extended my thanks to you and @shaheera.art earlier and I would not forget to mention you both till i am on this platform. More Power to you and I wish you good luck for your plans. Looking forward to it.
You are such a humble men, my story is same like yours and because of you, @zahidsun i am here. I will be always thankful to you and whatever you are doing for us is really great.
Congratulations!
Congratulations Imran😀
Thank you 😇
Congratulaction
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