RE: Dtube Real Talk: Stop Talking So Much About Dtube!
What you are saying is very true and this has been a reoccurring topic since 2016. At first some of the large STEEM holders tried to reward stuff heavily that wasn't crypto related and some of that was good and some of it was so over weight on a few content creators that a lot of people just left the platform.
One of the reasons that happens so much is because people subconsciously see that some of the top rewarded people are just talking about STEEM and DTube so then everyone else starts doing that as well.
Then in the defense of anyone trying to curate on the platform or look for original content if people aren't talking about Steemit or DTube they sort of have this feeling that it is thrown up there by someone that is throwing it out to other platforms as well and it doesn't seem like they made as much effort to actually be apart of this community.
This platform is having a hard time every escaping the situation you are talking about and it all goes back to a messed up distribution from the beginning. Everyone on here in 2016 knows the situation and a lot of people just hope that people won't realize it or the problem will somehow go away but it won't entirely go away.
That's interesting. I know a lot of crazy things happened in 2016. I didn't start until November of last year, so I wasn't around for any of that, obviously. I think the best of both worlds is to kind of ease the way like @kevinli and I have been. We are making shareable content that is funny and that people might watch that aren't even on here yet, but that not-so-subtly advertise for the platform. That obviously doesn't have to be forever, but it's at the very least a nice segue into more normal content.
Yeah I hear you. There was certain content that I would put up that seemed to be of no interest almost to anyone with any power on here. I think that a lot of people went through something similar to that. Also Steemit to me is pretty PC. Sometimes it almost feels like a corporate environment in a way. I have estimated the average age around 30-35 years old on here and I have noticed that anyone under the age of about 25 seems to be totally not interested in this platform which is an interesting observation considering they will waste endless hours on Snapchat and Instagram for no money. There are a couple exceptions to that and they mainly had immediate whale support and don't really interact with the community. They just get the guaranteed upvotes and keep going.
The sense of community is great and all, but perhaps that in and of itself is part of the problem. The notion that everything has to be “for the good of the community”, instead of just welcoming any and all content as valid content (assuming somebody likes it). There’s definitely validity to being concerned about the well-being of the community and platform as well, but as with everything... balance is key.
That's true. Though even YouTube has a community. There are those that just "use" YouTube, and those that are part of the YouTube community. Those who are part of the community are the ones making money.