Steem could be made prettier if we had a front-end that edited out all the noise. 99% of posts have zero real value to anyone outside of Steem.
At the moment it is like a place where we all pay ourselves to put up with each others shitty posts.
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With link-sharing/shortform dapps becoming popular (DLike, SteepShot, for example), it doesn’t seem like “shitty” posts are going anywhere. I happen to indulge myself with a short, personal blurb on SteepShot every once in awhile. It bears the question: Is Steem a social blockchain, or a serious, journalistic blockchain? Which has more value to people outside of Steem?
I think that this will be differentiated by app soon. The catchall of Steemit doesn't do anyone any favours.
Agreed. I do find myself coming back to Steemit quite often. But that's because of the blogs I follow.
The more it supports our interests (and lives later) the more we will return until it is natural and integrated into daily action.
it's social, and that's good enough for me. Plus, some good journalism. On the side. Like chutney or hot sauce.
What we can all agree Steem is; blockchain (distributed database) where shareholders decide what new entries to database gain what share of the issuance of newly minted coins with one click of an button. That's the most fundamental core of Steem.
We're more like a traditional company than many other blockchains since shareholders play very important part in this ecosystem. but that's offtopic, the point is Steem can be both: social blockchain and serious journalistic one in my opinion. Especially when SMT's come and everyone can run their own "company" (mini Steem) here.
Check out https://www.steeve.app/ - They are working hard on ways to filter 'noise'.
lol, love this line!
No. We don't pay each other to put up with shitty posts - that's what you might think. I pay people because they are fucking awesome and write some cool stuff. And if it's of value to crew IN steem, then yeah, awesome. Come in, hang out, love each other, give each other value, support each other. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE WILL WANT IT - because we are fucking awesome.
The view of the platform also depends on where we spend our time. There are some pretty crappy content niches here. There are also some brilliant ones :)
Indeed! Agreed 💚💚💚
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One issue is that people are so stuck with using only Steemit they're ignoring all promising development on alternatives, which are already better and will be a crucial part if Steem will ever go mainstream.
That's a big if.
Nobody will use Steem for fun if it's a pain to use.
Totally but I think that this is changing as we speak and the more development that pushes clean usability the better.
I can see the development, but if users will not find the other sites to use Steem and stick with Steemit which has halted it's development, I can't see devs continuing their work for too long.
You can create a perfect product but if people will not purchase it, you will stay poor.
I agree and the individual applications need to start making themselves continually outward facing.
lol. This made me laugh :)
Yep, that is the case indeed. But then, when it comes to most social media platforms this is likely the case also. The difference with those is that they are often first made relevant by 'friends and family' coming in to connect so the shitty posts are acceptable.
This will hopefully change with the applications that make it more friend and family friendly.