Just yesterday I had an experience that made me wonder - what if there was a Steemit with no crypto? As a social network, Steemit is pretty good. No shitty censorship algorithms, it's easy to format posts to look pretty good, it's easy to connect with like minded people. But, the crypto thing makes so many people assume it's "a scam" from the get go... Or that it's "too complicated". Take away the crypto, I think it would grow faster and people would complain less lol
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The crypto is just another simple tool these folks should take the time to learn about, as they go. Unfortunately, some show up and see that trending page. Fake analysts and folks who once came here to blog and write a book, for instance, now blabbering on about crypto, chasing that money, thinking that's the audience that will work best for them, talking out of their ass, offering senseless information to the misguided masses. Then folks emulate those posts, can't earn because they just become another one of the thousands who tried to blog about crypto, then yeah, leave complaining saying the place is broken because of their own personal decisions. Sorry, I went off another tangent there. I've been rambling all day.
Yesterday I read a post by some dude with over 4K followers and over $18K SP complaining that he was gonna be homeless if the prices stay where they are... As if it wasn't always a known thing that SBD was supposed to be worth $1US. A lot of the bigger fish on here have been complaining lately, forgetting that they're often literally earning 1000x as many rewards as the people who follow them. So, the people who follow them decide "fuck if this person is complaining, what the hell chance do I ever have?"
Well sure, like I said, that negativity stuff is contagious. Retention is up to us. If we want to produce content and if people want to embrace it, more will stick around. If all people want to do is moan and groan, more will leave. That's why it doesn't make sense to blame the platform or act like it's failing, because really, it's a choice.