"But the people who joined steemit.com early on were doing so in spite of the difficulty because we were giving them the opportunity to take ownership over their content. "
Uhm. No?
People signed up early because they had an amazing chance to earn a shit ton of money for posting the same stuff they posted elsewhere.
The majority of the people on STEEM are here for the money. When we fail to reward new users they leave. Simple as that.
It has never been about being a part of a decentralised, non-censorship platform for the majority of the people. Bob wants money. We need to give him that or he will leave. The lack of rewards are the main reason for people to leave. It has always been about the rewards.
People can talk about community and whatever, that's not the main reason for people to join. It might be why some people decides to stay, but it's definitely not the main reason for people to join.
"Steem and steemit.com grew rapidly because we offered people an experience that they couldn’t get anywhere else."
Yeah. You offered people money. When people realized they won't earn, they decided to leave. That's also the reason for people to not sign up today. They don't earn and the value of STEEM is low.
On top of that, STEEM is difficult for people to understand and we allowed people to promote STEEM like a personal ATM. Like a cash cow. They did that for years and everyone was okay with that...
bidbots destroyed the trending pages, vote selling in general destroyed manual curation. The users who scored a lot in the early days are the same people who earns today. (with the exception of some investor here and there perhaps).
Greed, poor leadership, ignorant behaviour and lack of self-control ruined STEEM. And that's the reason for STEEM to be stagnant no matter what happens. Give people a fair chance of earning rewards, like they had in the early days, and the masses will come without any major marketing.
I agree with this as well. We see a huge influx of activity when prices go up and it dies off when prices go down. Want more people here? It's simple, figure out how they can earn more and they will show up!
Very true, except for many of the old users who've been here since the launch, as they continue to rake in large amounts of STEEM no matter the value.
And rightly so, they have left their investment in the platform instead of cashing out. Anyone else could up their steem raking by simply buying more SP.
Right, I don't think you could have stated this more clearly and yet no one who has a say on Steemit will even try to pretend they know this is what is happening.
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Well those looking for money have mostly left... so time to start anew and make it about something more lasting and substantial?
I agreed with you in all terms. But you mentioned here in last line that like they had in early day ! @hitmeasap how it used to be in early days !?
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In the early days, there were no bidbots or vote selling, so people had to curate manually to earn curation rewards. Manual curation was amazing, because both curators and authors earned, and with the upvote came more motivation and encouragement for the authors as well. During these days, people voted on good content. High quality content.
That being said, circle jerks obviously existed during those times too, but it was by far a much better place to be during those days. Authors who put in time and effort was rewarded. Some obviously more than others, but authors strived to produce quality content to a much larger extent compared to today.
@hitmeasap thank you so much for taking time to explain. Yes, seems they are golden days. Hope this bots will reduce after coming 50:50 split.
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Just cause they weren't public and free for all like they are now doesn't mean they didn't exist.
Well, that's obviously true. Let's say that public vote selling/buying didn't appear in the same extent, and that manual curation therefore were the way to go.
Right on! @hitmeasap. Stinc! & The Steemit Team! ¿this clear or even louder?
Bingo! I came because I heard about the income and overcame the difficulty of the platform solely because of this. Money is a powerful motivator. I stay because I have a ton of friends here.
the folks that were interested in the decentralized censor-resistant aspect stayed; so that reinforces your point
and leads to the reward issues of
that Steeminc seems to treat with "the sly evasion of a silent fart in an elevator"