I totally agree with a lot of what you said. If you are a YouTuber or blogger you have nothing to lose by posting your content on Steemit. However, if this is your sole outlet for your content it's going to be an uphill battle for a while.
I'm on the fence. Like you I have worked hard to put out some decent content and I don't feel like I'm gaining much if any traction. It's more about who you know and have relationships with rather than the content. I think you totally nailed it with the whole more content creators than consumers.
Hopefully, this will change in time with improvements to Steemit and as more people find out about it. Only time will tell.
I'm going to keep pushing on for a while just because I see Steemit improving and having a bright future and I don't want to kick myself for not being in on the ground floor when it takes off.
Hey @bodyinbeta thanks for the comment buddy. I'd love to see the search function improved, that would IMHO make it much easier to seek out and find the types of content that I'd like to consumer and would probably spend more time on the site if that happenned. Also a way to categorize the content better.
I guess in some part because Steemit doesn't advertise it's our job to bring over more people and bring over people who create content we like. I've been hitting up some Youtubers who I sub to asking them to repost their content on here.
One thing I was wondering about is Steemit is obviously about making connections with others and interacting with others more so than creating content. I guess I question whether I'm being "whiny" for lack of a better word saying I want it to be a way that caters to my strengths or interests which is creating content more so than joining all these giveaways and photos contests or is that a good thing that it is about connections?
While I do think connections are good I think to some extend much of the interaction is kind of forced to game the system. There's people on here like you and @brianphobos and @stackin and @mitchyboy and @vogeltron who I have made genuine connections with and other times I feel almost fake trying to interact with some people.
I've been trying to be more engaged in some of the contests and things going on but at the end of the day it's really not my thing.
Overall though I do love this platform and was pleasantly surprised how well this post did today, always like when something your not really expecting mcuh out of does really well.
Yeah, it's ironic that a post on whether or not Steemit is worth it is you best money post in a while. It probably just means there is more of a market for that type of content too rather than the entrepreneurial type of posts.
Some changes definitely have to be made to this platform for more people to come on board. I keep thinking I want to grind it out but your post has me thinking other routes too. There is nothing saying I can't put more time into my Merch biz and expand that to other POD platforms. Then use that income to invest back into Steem if I believe that Steem will go to $10 someday.
haha yeah really my only two big earners for the most part was a $74 post asking about how long you can be paid for a post and this post sorta waxing on about Steemit.
I kinda get when people say Steemit is somewhat insulate. I get it, Steemit is a great platform, it's unique and it's a bit complicated so there's a lot of questions to ask and stuff like that. I'll also say that there are Youtubers who's topic is Youtube so I'm not saying discussion about the platform itself, any platform isn't a good discussion, but seems like it's a very heavy focus on here.
I've questioned whether I should, I hate to say game the system, but play to what works on here but at the end of the day I'm on here to enjoy myself so wanna kinda stay true to myself and my interests, though I'm sure if I posted about Steemit all day I'd do much better financially.