No, no we can't have people with different opinions in here. Criticism is categorized as negativity and we all must obey the rules and commands of our overlords...
But seriously, I think the value of the platform increases when more people are active here. I don't have much Steem, I'm not even a dolphin, but I'd like to see the value of Steem go up. Who wouldn't?
Also, bandwidth limits are unrelated to the number of users. Your bandwith situation remains exactly the same if tomorrow 300.000 people leave this platform. It also stays the same when a million would join tomorrow.
Finally fyi a marketing campaign is usually not the vehicle to solve technical issues. But I'm honored you would consider that venue of thought for this Thunderclap to address technical issues.
What? How did you get that conclussion?
More users -> more transactions -> more traffic -> less bandwidth
With less active users, there will be more bandwidth for everybody.
Please read this article, how bandwidth and transactions are related:
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@jamzed/what-is-behind-the-bandwidth-issues
The marketing campain drives more people to this platform, who will be very dissappointed, that they cannot use it, because there is no bandwidth..for them this will lokk like a big scam.
And you have 1000 SP, of course you don't care about those issues, because you don't experience it.
Usage and users are not the same thing. What puts a strain on the max block size or the reserve ratio is usually insane usage caused by badly developed bot behavior. There is some UI improvements necessary to help new users understand what bandwidth limitations in fact are. But I don't think the situation is so dire that we should stop telling the world about the Steem blockchain.
FYI: I have a second account with 6 SP, I also have a wife with about 100 SP and kids with SP in the range from 2 to 60 SP. I also have friends that I invited to this platform, who have less than 20 SP at the moment.
I do care. Do not try to presume what I care or don't care about based on wrong assumptions.
I agree, most strain on the blockchain (huge amounts of transactions) is coming from bots.
I am concerned about the first impressions.
Once you are hooked to Steem, you don't leave that fast;)
But if you are a new user and just get the message, that your bandwidth is exceeded..well, you leave and forget this platform.
In your case, you can explain this to your family and friends, they will understand in most cases.
But John Doe out there goes back to his MySpace blog;)
And maybe tells some friends how bad his experience here has been.
This scenario is to avoid.