Woot! glad to see you here TJ :D Honestly man, I feel youtube will be a dead zone by the end of the year. It's so simple and easy to switch to the Steem platform. Some folks might stay on YT and elsewhere if they're still doing well as they'd need their audience to shift to this platform which will take time. Steemit might not be completely ready for the big shift however i can see this being the big year. The flippening is real
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I can't say I agree with this 100%.
Steemit has a little bit of a learning curve since most people are not familiar with blockchain technology, general cryptocurrency terminology, hashes (whatever the fuck those are, I see that word everywhere here), and stuff.
In addition, DTube and Steemit are linked, but they're two separate sites, which makes the learning curve probably even bigger for many internet users used to a one-package deal like YouTube.
Furthermore, some of Steemit's UI/UX is different from how the majority of other websites operate in many ways, such as having to "link" your profile picture from an external URL rather than just uploading one straight onto the website.
Lastly, the Steemit password appears like it must be computer-generated and then stored in a safe place, then copy & pasted every time, rather than just have one that you can remember off the top of your head. Steemit also has been logging me out every time I switch pages unless I select "keep me logged in".
Some of these things may obviously just be user error since I am brand new to Steemit, but I think it is a piece of anecdotal evidence in favor of the argument that Steemit may have trouble gaining the huge shift from other platforms just because of the learning curve and some clunky UI/UX elements.
I may be proven completely wrong though, we will see :)
You're not wrong, i have a laundry list of complaints about how it should be organsised but he did say by the end of the year.
Steemit is sill in it's infancy and will certainly gain more and more waves of interest as it improves. I don't know if you've been around since the summer but even in the past 6-8 months Steem has made many significant strides
If you use a password you can remember you will lose your account.
In the earliest days somebody thought cracking accounts was funny and that is why the current password system exists.
Insightful
You are quite funny. Youtube is still growing. Do you know any school kids watching DTube videos on the school yard? Exactly. I don't even know whether DTube is as accessible as Youtube is. Most certainly it's not preinstalled to smartphones too.
Besides, there are already some youngsters (age <18) on this platform. It's only a matter of time till local administrations will require the platform to employ some content protection measures. I can only speak for Germany but media education is largely not done by the public, instead there's laws creating a need for measures. That's why censorship on common social media platforms is so rawly implemented.
I think if all of youtube would come to steemit or Dtube now, the new platforms would not be able to handle it. It is better to promote slow growth for new platforms, like Bitchute and Dtube, but not too slow
Maybe eventually going viral with a some sort of #Dtube or #Bitchute in all youtube comment sections.
Or wherever.