As an ignorant n00b and a wee bit of a trouble-maker - one of my first of few posts mentioned getting rid of STEEM Dollars in order to reduce complexity, making it easier for us to herald STEEM. My STEEMIT friends thought I was an ahole at the time, because SBD was so innovative .. so bloody interesting!
After the recent and very forward-thinking deflationary changes that have been made, SBD is no longer a necessary tool - although it is still pretty damn cool.
The benefit to onboarding new users through reduced complexity will outweigh whatever perceived benefit still lingers. STEEM and the powering up of STEEM can be understood by anyone, even Kardashian fans.
Let's keep it movin!
It won't be reduced complexity. It will be harder for noobs to understand steem than it will to understand SBD because they are only used to stable currencies (ie fiat). I had difficulty buying and selling steem for bitcoin because the exchanges were new to me and I had no idea if I was selling high or low. It was much easier to work this out with SBD though because i know exactly how much it should be worth. Plus I can leave it there and it will be worth the same 3 weeks later when I actually decide to take the time to learn how to use the exchanges.
Honestly, I think if SBD hadn't been here when I started, I would have just asked my brother to buy my steem off me because I couldn't figure it out. SBD makes things easier, not harder!
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How about making it a premium service set to default for new users?
In other words, charge them a fee for protecting their asses ;)
(and mine)