It's amazing, isn't it? It seems like it would be so easy to get people to sign up, doesn't it? After ten months and around 13,000 or 14,000 Steem earned, my wife still isn't interested. Yet, everyday, without fail, she's on Facebook and Instagram. I just don't get it.
My experience here as been so much more satisfying than any other platform, and mostly because Steemit inspires me to create. That's what I love about it. These past ten months have been the most productive writing period of my life. My interest in photography has also been reawakened. Those are rewards enough and, yet, on top of that, I've been able to make money, investments, and interact with great people.
It's remarkable how people respond. I did manage to talk my wife into resuming blogging here... and even though she's not all that active, at least she's giving it a try. But she spends more time on Farcebook and twitter.
I spent many years in sales and one of the things that typically holds true is that people value something about as much as they pay for it... conversely, people are also more likely to contribute with about the intent and quality they get rewarded. The fairly consistently high quality of content (compared to the papp of FB or other social media) is perhaps testament to the fact that people DO care more when they are compensated for their efforts.