Creative engaging content and some of the most interesting back and forth conversations in comment feeds are something that set this experience apart. The people putting out consistently good content are being noticed and while the may only generate a few cents, they are building a trust with users who will continue to view their content. One of if not the best feature here is that trolling and comments that add nothing to the post are able to be ignored and moved down instead of back and forth troll wars. Your comments reflect you as a poster and the reputation you have here. Something that was lacking and creates a poor user experience. I love YouTube, but when was the last time you even bothered to scroll down and view a comment? There is a platform here that can launch new artists, musicians, photographers, and people who just either write well or engaging content. People are bound to be able to launch careers and think of how a new or upcoming musician could post a new song, get quality feedback and interact with fans who will hopefully post more than just "I love you" or beg for likes. They can be rewarded financially without working through ad revenue, but they can build themselves up from the ground floor. That's something I'm excited to see. The average user on YouTube will make very little money and has no benefit from mega stars getting millions of likes. Here however that impacts the value of steem and everybody can profit from entertainment, to discussion, and also monetarily. I see big things in steemit's future.
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I agree there is a lot of potential for Steemit and its USP is a great one. I don't doubt for a second Steemit can change lives for the better. I'm just concerned it becomes awash with overly attention seeking folks not offering much in the way of content value (but perhaps a lot in the way of trashy photos and misleading blogs). Remember Myspace? They say Facebook killed it off - but it didnt really. Myspace became saturated with uninteresting wannabees with not a lot to say. People got bored and moved away. I think Facebook in the next few years will see genuine users tun their back on it too. Too many adverts, pushed content and not enough good stuff to keep them interested.
Agreed. It will be up to us to help make our votes count for truly great content and not to reward meaningless drivel