I see a lot of the shilling going on. You know I had not heard of that world until I came on steemit; shilling. I think that there a lot of issues to this shilling of other platforms similar to steemit.
For one, if the same persons who rule the roost here are going to be on those other platforms in the same position that they occupy on steemit, then the owners better have long term goals to overcome the damage that gaming the system would cause. Steemit was an experiment, it was school for the uninitiated. Now the graduates will hit hard on these platforms. They better be prepared. It would have been better if they sought their users from the large number of people who are yet to register on steemit or any of the apps on the steem blockchain.
There is this sentiment that steemit will go the way of MySpace and whatever is coming is going to be facebook. Everyone keeps forgetting that the blockchain tech is decentralized which means upgrading, developing, restructuring the system is not a board meeting. Developers will continue to develop new ideas and better ways to better utilize the platform. If that is the case, I do not see steemit falling by the way side. So if steemit.inc is putting experience to good use, these new platforms are in for stiff competition. Are they prepared for it? But then again, if witnesses and whales are shilling other platforms, what advice are they giving those platform owners? What information are they sharing? Is there nothing like industrial espionage?
Those moving to other platforms will have to sell their stake so they can buy stakes of these new platforms. This means that some large holders are dumping steem. What does this mean? Would it affect the price of steem or does it mean that new investors can get on the system? Stakeholders with better plan on how to grow the platform than what we have now?
Whatever the case may be, an account with high rep who decides to move to another platform after making so much money on steemit, after bashing steemit as terrible, takes the risk of losing real life reputation because if you can do it once, you can do it twice and that builds distrust even from those who own the platforms the account is shilling for presently.
I would love to try other platforms, if to see how they perform against steemit in terms of tech, speed of growth, coin price, app development and whale movement.
It would be good for steemit to have some competition, it will keep them on their toes and ensure that they put out developments that will encourage users to keep enjoying the platform but shilling other platforms and getting upvotes for it, is just sad. Truly.