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RE: 📌 Have You Missed the Steem Boat?
Since we're not losing anything, we can just relax and think of every penny that comes from this as a gift from the crypto-gods.
Ding ding ding!! This is the biggest selling point I've been using to get my friends on board. That and the fact that while some of my other friends have their doubts, I'm over here paying my mortgage with money from this site. This is the first time in my LIFE I've had the opportunity to be this close to the ground floor of something that certainly seems like it's about to explode, and for those of us here now and doing what we're doing, I have this very strong and happy feeling that we're going to be thankful in 6 months, let alone 1 year. I'm strapped in and ready for this ride. :)
It depends how you view this I guess. If you create content online for a living, Steemit might not be worth spending your time on, at least the way things currently sit.
If you are not that person and are hoping to a hit a few home runs from your content take the ride, then it is a good fit.
Spending mass amount of time on creating content here might be better served on other avenues for guranteed payout. Just my thoughts anyway.
Yes, if you're a professional writer, you have to shop around and find the best market for your content. I'm working on a screenplay right now and I know that Steemit is obviously not the place to sell the final product ;)
I can definitely get in line with this thinking. I, too, am writing a script for a short film(that's very cool that you're doing that by the way, @piedpiper ). I wouldn't be posting that here. It doesn't seem appropriate. A story, such as a novel, however...that might be different. But screenplays and scripts are the first step to a larger project. To me, posting a script or screenplay would equate to posting an unfinished painting.
Yeah, I'll post updates as the project develops but the final product needs to get in front of a very particular bunch of eyeballs in order to go into production properly.
Actually, if you build up a following here it is probably the best place for people who"create content online for a living". But no free lunch. You have to put in the effort.
Definitely. Anyone who has a YouTube following tho and is good at making content.. Omg they are better off here, lol. it's hard to get people to see it, they're so used to the old way.
My thought is, I plan on making content anyway - paid or not. Might as well put it in the best avenue which will make SOME money if any at all. For example, we plan on putting out a podcast on the weekly. We plan on posting them to Youtube because that seems to be the channel that gets embedded in Steemit posts. Therefore, we hope to not only generate some revenue here, but we'll also be monetizing the Youtube channel. Whether or not Steemit was here, honestly, would make no difference as to whether or not we start our podcast. Granted, we've never done a podcast before, so it's pretty much aimed directly at Steemit for now.
But...should Steemit take a turn for the worst and sink, we'll continue making podcasts because we discovered this is something we like doing. We'll just have to reconfigure who our target audience is. The podcast will be in regards to pretty much any and all topics in the world one can talk about, so it's for everyone.
This is why I contend that the path for Steemit mass adoption is going to be through such things as a "Disqus" styled Steemit app for existing blogs where you comment under your Steemit name and can upvote content on other websites. Such an app would allow successful bloggers to retain their existing website, followers, and revenue streams while simply layering Steemit on top as an additional source of website revenue. Theoretically, such an app could be used on any website that includes a comment section. Or a website could prohibit comments and only allow Steemit upvotes for people who want to reward the content creator. There are so many possibilities out there for some creative programmers to tackle.
I completely agree. There are going to be tons of third-party apps built on steem's blockchain. Quite a few already in the works.
Exactly my thoughts!