Brilliant! The advertising based model of conventional content platforms has pretty much run its course. YouTube (and FB and other spaces) are pretty much down to trading on "FOMO Dollars" these days... persuading content creators that they are "missing out" if they don't buy ad campaigns... while shrinking what they pay creators.
More and more people use ad blockers, or just avoid ad-based content... or just ignore ads completely. I'm trying to remember the last time I voluntarily clicked on any kind of advertising... perhaps for a movie? Six months ago?
In this world of niche content, mass-market promotions is not how we FIND each other, anymore... it's not how consumers find the content they want. The Steemit model works because it's peer-to-peer, not connecting at an "institutional" level.
Of course, it's not for everyone. This kind of model would be inefficient if you were Disney, or Pixar, or Ford Motor Company. But that's just my own bias and why I'm always saying "DON'T mass-market Steemit" because it attracts the wrong kind of crowd.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your results!
Thanks for your valuable comment, @denmarkguy which as much appreciated (as always)!
I replied too late, but still from the heart :)
That's it. There have been too many ads, and people started to be annoyed.
I notice that I have even developed a certain automatism: I don't even PERCEIVE ads anymore. It's as if my eyes were completely deleting them from my visual field.
It's a great chance for alternative solutions (like DTube).
Really looking forward to it!!