I wish my experience talking about Steem on other communities was as good as yours. When Naomi Wu wrote about losing funding, I suggested the dApps of the Steem blockchain. Someone else very quickly replied and told all of her 82,000 followers that Steem is a scam in the same vein as BitConnect.
I had a similar experience in the Turtlecoin community discord. Nevermind the fact that I found out about Turtlecoin from another Steemian, the chat there became flooded with people shouting "SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!" that I couldn't get a word in edgewise with the people who were actually interested.
At least your medium post looks to be doing pretty well. May your outreach attempts be fruitful!
Thankyou! I don't think a lot of people have read it. Medium can be quite left field so crypto probably gets a better reception there? Not a lot of people have read it yet - I've only just started playing on Medium to find out what it's all about.
I totally agree with your experience - it's how anyone I work with or talk to responds to Steemit - it's quite nasty actually and they should listen to themselves. Why do people jump to conclusions with things they know little about?
I was hoping that this kind of piece could be shared as a positive spin - I'll share it with people who ask me about Steemit in the hope they'll see the positive and what I've got out of it.