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RE: Reflecting on the Value of Steem - Part II
I do think we need to overcome the stigma that any "get paid for blogging" or "work from home" website is necessarily a scam- it's a comment I recieve often from people who I tell about steemit. On top of that, there's our high learning curve and the suspicion many have that steemit isn't stable over the long term.
I agree. I think the "Money Talks" motto on steemit discourages many serious writers/bloggers from partaking in the platform. Couple that with the consistently trending posts made by whales. I mean the fact that there is even a stratification of users here (whales versus minnows) is likely a turn off for many. I like to think that I contribute thoughtful content but having been a user of the platform for over six months now, I simply am unable to attract attention to my posts unless I use the bots for resteeming and upvoting. It is the game one must play and it is inextricable to steemit as it exists today.
Oh, definitely. I've only recently weaned myself off of bots, and I can only do that thanks to the excellent science and stem curation support on steemit. (Notably @steemstem ) Even so, there are still some bots and stuff I use.
Thanks for the tip regarding curation support! Do you have any suggestions on how I may be able to get the above post curated? I would like to spur further discussion regarding the subject of steem's value, especially in consideration of Ned's assertion that it should be a Top 10 cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Hmm. Well, it wouldn't fit on @steemstem, but there are other decent curation groups out there. @qurator offers a lifetime upvote between ~.06 and ~.90 SBD on up to one of your posts per day for just a two SBD signup fee, though you have to post regular quality content to join. (You'd definitely fit.)The Unmentionables (@unmentionable ) also do a decent job curating their members. There are a lot of curators out there, you just have to find ones that work for you.
Thanks again for the feedback. I will look into those.
Regrettably, I am unsure how sustainable this platform is under its current paradigm. It is simply too difficult to navigate and establish an audience as a new content contributor. I have tried with little success and only now am I garnering some attention after utilizing bots - I swore I wouldn't for the longest time but I see it is the only way to get a new post to trend and have a chance at visibility among the whales.
Considering steemdollar is now $7 and steem itself can't seem to hold above $3, I am simply dumbfounded by Ned's assertion that it should be a Top 10 cryptocurrency. His tweet is now pinned on his twitter page.
My first post on this subject was prompted by a similar theme discussed by @ats-david in a post entitled "Why Does Steem Lag in a Bull Market for Cryptocurrencies?" and further commentary from users like @davebrewer. They had some insightful thoughts on this but it remains to be seen if anyone with an ability to drive change at Steemit Inc is even listening.
Yeah, I've got some real doubts about the sustainability of the platform as well. That being said, I have found several high quality communities (including the ones I mentioned) that are full of interesting people promoting quality content. At this point I think that growing circles like that is something I'm more capable of than contributing to any top down change. For instance, I've basically self-appointed myself the guardian of the #geology tag (not least because I'm by far the most frequent poster in it) and I've started giving advice and assistance to minnows swimming around in it. One of the biggest sources of attrition for minnows is that long, dragging early period where you get zero attention, and I've been able to help some of them past that who might have otherwise burnt out on steemit. (Though I hesitate to take that much credit- who knows, they might have done perfectly well without me.) I think that if more people sought out minnows to tutor and shepherd along, rather than leaving it as a sink or swim environment, that steemit would be a much healthier place.
I've been a user since the Summer and actually took several months break from the site after quickly growing disenchanted with it. I've returned only recently and I guess my initial concerns are resurfacing as I see that nothing has really changed.
The Steemit crew is talking about Smart Media Tokens but I look at Steemit still in a beta version after nearly two years and I have to scratch my head at it all. If you look at Ned's wallet page it is sad actually - just abunch of users sending small amounts of SBD to him pleading for hand outs. I am not sure what kind of image this conveys to investors/traders in the crypto space, and it is no surprise to me that this is not a Top 10 crypto.
I appreciate your feedback nonetheless and if you know of anyone else that may have some input on this post or could share it with whale users that may actually care about the long-term viability of the platform and could potentially influence constructive changes, feel free to spread the word.
Will do- oh, and nix the Unmentionables, check out @thesteemengine instead. (There was, I guess, some breakdown in the Unmentionables, so most of the mods quit and formed @thesteemengine instead.