They might focus just on the money.
Yep, if they are that's the wrong type of person for Steem. Its all about building a community here. What I have noticed is people that stick around and are persistent with quality content are rewarded over time. In fact, the entire blockchain and Crypto space is like this. I can't even count how many people I introduced into buying their first Crypto, then the price go down a bit and they bail out soon as they "perceive things go bad". This is when Bitcoin was around $100 and Ethereum under $10. The blockchain rewards the people with the most tenacity. If they don't plan on sticking around for at least 4 months its not even worth your time.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts @hedge-x! Part of me wonders if they will become better community members once they are here...but you may be right that I could just be speaking to the wrong type of people.
I like your idea of a four month investment. That's a good way to put it to people. Ask if they would be willing to invest a lot of energy for four months and see where it takes them.
Its hard to imagine why they would not wanna come here and learn about a totally new decentralized future in finance and social media? Crypto and Steem only gets bigger by the day. Anyone hanging around for a while makes money. Whatever they'd do on Facebook for free they get paid for on here :-)
No kidding. Once you are on here and get more exposed to different ideas and learn more about cryptocurrency - it can only benefit them in the long run. Since coming hear, i've learned a lot more about cryptocurrency and am invested in multiple coins that i'm excited about.
Pretty big shift for me from my old model of investing. There is a lot of opportunity in this space and I think getting people onto Steemit is a good, kind of easy, entry point.
Thanks for all the great discussion!