"Where does the money come from?" was a big one for me... and took me a long time to really figure out. I was super worried that Steem was a ponzi scheme. Once I worked it all out, I was a lot more comfortable with the platform.
Maybe a section on Realistic Expectations?
When you Google or YouTube "Steem" you still see videos or articles about making a thousand dollars per day on Steem... I've never made anything like that, but I log on daily because my various communities are so much fun... and I've learnt so much. Steem has been life-changing, just not financially (not yet anyway). Setting realistic expectations might weed out the people just trying to make a quick buck before you spend accounts on them.
Indeed, one of the most difficult to explain selling points is where does the money come from without making it sound like its a complete scam, @revisesociology was a key player in getting the proper message in the videos regarding this topic!
Thanks for the input in realistic expectations, you are correct, if people arrive to steem thinking they´ll be millionaries in 3 months, then we have a very negative situation to handle in 3 months and one day :P
Exactly... and then it's kind of a waste of your amazing efforts to onboard them. Also, people definitely, definitely share more bad experiences with family and friends than good ones.
Realistic expectations is a great idea!
The challenge will be writing it without being too snarky about the abusers!
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Hahaha, yeah... I wouldn't be great at that.
Maybe that needs to be included in the realistic expectations as well? No system is 100% abuse-proof, but on Steem it's more frustrating to see because it affects everyone.