RE: A question of/for the community on advertising rival platforms
Timing is everything, was just starting to get annoyed with this too. I was thinking of a post "Grass Is Greener on the Other Side of the Fence, or is it?"
It's so easy to have issues with this platform or any other as nothing is perfect. It can't be as to be perfect it would make everyone happy from the smallest minnow to the largest whale, from the happy go lucky person to the jackasses of the world, from those who put in serious effort into their posts to those who spam the system to earn pennies.
It's impossible to balance the wants and needs of everyone without pissing some people off. So for every "flaw" there is in the system there is a balancing good point. Being able to delegate steempower to bid bots is a flaw in the eyes of many, but a blessing in the eyes of others...plus if you couldn't delegate then you couldn't help out other members with a delegation.
Personally I think it's shady as shit to shill a competitor while profiting from that shilling. If the grass is so green on the other side your shilling won't be needed to draw people in, so don't whore yourself out like that.
Most importantly if the grass is really greener on the other side do us all a favor and move on over. Leave steemit to those who believe in it's future. Sell all your coins and please crush the price so I can buy super cheap coins and laugh for years to come.
You're right about that. That's why rather than jump ship to steemit's competitors, I'd rather just stay on here. After all, who's to say that the issues steemit has won't happen elsewhere. And that by the time the competition experiences these issues, who's to say steemit hasn't already come up with a solution to address them.
Well, it is not just the issues. These people aren't Madonna, thy can't reinvent themselves. It will be the same tired content on every platform.
You're right. I wouldn't be surprised if the posts they've written on "How to earn Steem on Steemit" will literally be repurposed to "How to earn [insert cryptocurrency here] on [insert new platform I just joined here]".
Yep. They will set up the same initiatives and use the same silly memes and gifs and whatever to do the same thing. Unfortunately, the audience will lap it up all over again. Same con, new town.
Exactly. Just because something is new doesn't mean it will be better. The issues maybe different or the same, but either way there will be issues on the new platform. It took time for steemit to get even this good and there plans to make it better. Really looking forward to where steemit can go long term.
And at this point, we have to consider the possibility that the new platform is still a "maybe" competitor. We're not even sure if it will be a direct competitor. And even if it was, we have no idea if it will be successful or if the people who jump ship will be successful there, at all.
This is what I wonder. Why would they keep getting support?
I dropped someone the other day, but it's really hard to keep track of all the positions that witnesses hold. Really think a page that tracks witnesses behavior would be killer! Can show all delegations be each, their voting habits, bid bot ownership, their recent posts, and more. Everything that should be a factor in deciding your witness all in one spot.
If I had the time to do this project I would, since I don't someone run with this please!!!!
I tried to organize one but without the skills myself, there was no interest.
Hopefully someone will take this on. Would be nice to see this data.
Well, perhaps you'd like to fill your aqualung to the max and take a deep immersion trip sniffing some dirty secrets under these dark waters:
... and don't forget to breathe only through your mouth @thedarkhorse. }:)