The "chick in the bikini" is just Melissa Schwartz a good friend of mine. It's no bikini, although she can choose what she wants to wear. That's the photo she asked me to post because she didn't like the red wig photo. She's a grown woman, a known photographer and videographer who's work was the subject of this month's Laika magazine cover.
http://www.laikamagazine.com/
She wants to join, but can't right now because ill guided attempts at marketing this platform have resulted in an influx of catfish and spammers that the system apparently can't handle. Meaning legitimate new users are left out in the cold.
As for facebook, the difference is that Facebook already had the mind share. They had it long before they opened to the public.
Facemash was quickly taken down for violation of terms of use of the computer network at harvard.
Facebook was created as a MySpace for Harvard students and alums and was invite only for quite awhile.
I'm not judging you.
I'm explaining that your post directly cost steem close to 30 users, mostly female between the ages of 18 and 24. The demographic you claim you're trying to attract.
I was showing my daughter the platform while it's closed to new users. She came across your post.
You lost upwards of 30 actual potential users from this posting alone.
Not because of anything I said, but because you underestimate the intelligence of the audience who is reading what you write.
My daughter, her friends? They think you're a creep. To quote her I think he's got something I don't want to catch, issues
The whole line of thinking in posts like these is sociopathic.
That doesn't mean you're a sociopath. In fact I'm sure you're a jolly fellow and if we met in person we would probably get a beer together. But you are espousing a viewpoint that is in line with the views a sociopath would tend to hold.
You can in fact change people. Moving hearts and minds through powerful, persuasive arguments and appealing to the inner good in people is done every single day. You need to have the one thing that is lacking in people with sociopathic tendencies though... Empathy.
Put yourself in the mind of the people you are trying to bring to the platform. What do they want to see? Then build it for them and they will come. But you have to leave the doors open.
Right now money is being spent to attract people. It's your money too.
People aren't going to go "ooh goody steemit is finally open, I hope they let me join!". They're saying, "Wow that was a neat experiment, too bad I missed out and they had to shutter it like that. I don't want to burn my social cachet by being associated with it, so I guess I'll just give it a pass".
Or worse...
"Yeah right, some mommy blogger made $10k overnight? Where have I seen that before? Oh yeah, every scam ad ever!"
See my point? Money is being flushed down the toilet and you're encouraging the whales, which you evidently are one of, to keep doing so.
You can do it, but you'll build a reputation you'll never be able to live down while you watch the price of steem catch up to that of bitshares.
Thanks for the upvote BTW. None of this is personal. You guys have your platform, it's neat. Reminds me a bit of Friendster and MySpace back in the day.
I am really curious to see how a social media platform built, run, managed and curated by people who hate social media & social networking will play out. If nothing else it's an interesting social experiment.
This is why Steemit is going to be a force to be reckoned with!
We are having a pretty high-level conversation on the morality of reward allocations and their impact on a project that may become a major part of the human experience.
Now, we are having this conversation at my house instead of your house. And there's a lot of people watching us... and listening.
And we are both articulate. Sensitive. Producing quality content that raises questions, gets the blood moving and pushes boundaries.
So we have transitioned from boobs to brains... very successfully and in a very short time. My house is now full of good people debating an important issue in a constructive way. And it's benefiting the community, as this issue is bothering a lot of people who are trying really hard to be recognized for their work.
You're right and I'd love to see this economy bootstrapped with quality content. But my God, look at what's trending on the front page right this minute. It's a damn shame.
A picture of some pot is the top post on all of Steemit and has a pending payout of almost $4k. Upvoted by most of the big whales. Next up is an 'attractive young female' that wrote out her packing list for a hiking trip. Yeah. $8500.
I'm not supporting what is happening. I've invested more time and effort into this post/comments than the top 10 trending posts combined. I wish my intro post got more than $0.06 . I wrote 11 posts that paid $15. In total.
I'm explaining what is being done, why it's being done, why it will work and why everyone will be happier when it's done.
I'll upvote you :)
I know where you are coming from, I've put some actual effort into posts that go nowhere, and I've posted links to other peoples youtube videos and/or "reposts" from other sites and they've actually done better in the votes and comments range...
Why thank you! I know where you're coming from too. Which makes a lot sense, actually.
Why am i having a ' Good cop ,Bad cop ' flashback now . And it's not nice !
And yeah , i wear a 3 layers security outfit : a nice uniform ( black & white ) , blue pair of comfortable boxers ... and only then you get to see my GORGEOUS pink bikini... and if you sing well enaugh , they will start moving and will put any bellydancer on Earth to shame..
Just saying..
( When in uniform i am a taxi driver )
I have the weirdest boner right now.
it actually just took me like 30 seconds to figure out where to comment.....great post and on top of the world..Fast becoming a Steem Jedi!
It's taken me like 6 hours to figure out where to comment on all these awesome comments. I've have scrolled at least 23 miles up and down this page.
Thank you for your feedback. Post is standing on the shoulders of the community, so yes, on top of the world!