Some interesting insights. I am not sure about the community side. When I joined, I didn't know anyone and found my way round. It's not easy but it's possible. Should we try to make to easier? Definitely. But it gives an advantage to the enterprising users who are willing to fight through those barriers.
I've noticed the leakage of STEEM for a while and try and vote on users that I seen as long term holders.
As for the challenge, what did you have in mind?
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Its a certain type of user that will know to seek out and learn and i think this user type should be nurtured. But really how many users are like this, 1:1000, maybe even less. I didnt know anyone either, but came to steem having worked the online game a long time and feel this experience gave me the skills. But before i had the skills, i needed people to teach me the ropes.
The challange, well there are a lot of points above that action can be taken on, but i cant tackle them all. Lets put our heads together and see what we can come up with
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I've noticed the number of new users increase since the bottom of the bear market and hardfork 20.
As the ocean ecosystem needs a good supply of plankton, so do we.
I created @upvoteplankton to give out votes to new users and to encourage them to keep posting. Unfortunately the bear market made my vote insignificant and then I put it on hold.
I've seen a number of other curation trails but they seem to end up being "captured" by groups who then vote on their friends and acquaintances.
Anyway, my steem power is available for any initiatives you may have. It's not a lot, but hopefully it can help.
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