This Is Not What I Have Signed Up For

in #steemit6 years ago (edited)

I think it's safe to say that today is a day to remember in Steemit history. You all know what's happened, I don't think I have to tell you in details. Everyone is blogging about it here and Discord is full of it as well.

Long story short:

  • Wallet is separated
  • We are getting ads on Steemit

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I understand the first one, safety comes first and also understand the other reason that costs must be reduced, I really do.

I also understand that ads bring money, it's a source of income that can help cover the expenses, I really do. I've seen users trying to convince others that having ads is safe as you only use your posting key to login, this way your wallet is safe. True.

It's just that I don't like seeing ads on steem blockchain. It's hard enough to avoid them outside the blockchain, ads are everywhere, you can't access a website without being forced to see ads. Up until now Steemit has been a safe place, ad free I might say, therefore enjoyable. Now it isn't any more.

I've been using various dapps on a daily basis but Steemit was necessary, I guess because of a habit. Now I have to get used to using another dapp so I can do my daily work and I'm going to do it. No one is going to make me watch these ads a hundred times a day.

I truly hope Steemit is going to limit the use of ads and won't get to the point where pop-up windows are killing the joy of using Steemit. I truly hope so. Steemit is a special place not only for me but for thousands of users. Let's not destroy what has been built with hard work!

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I saw an ad yesterday and I was shocked. Not because of receiving an ad, but because the first ad I received was to a well known scam. You know, one of those messages like "You were the 1000th people to visit our site. Click here to win 500€ for free."

"- Yeah, right. I'll click it right away... but please wait in a comfortable position."

That is sad, really sad. Imagine those users who don't know much English and would do anything for a couple of cents.

Hello,
To See or Not To See
That's the question...
I prefer Partiko for posting, there are ads as well but only if one want to earn some extra Partiko points.
So that's not a big a big problem for me.
On the other hand we should be glad for every cent what floats into a crypto project.
Have a wonderful day
Tom

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Agree to disagree. I prefer to see and not being forced to close my eyes just because Steemit wants me to. Have a wonderful, ad free day 🙂

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Thank you for keeping me updated.

I spend a lot of time on the internet, and think these days I am blind to ads. I cannot even remember when was the last time I clicked on an ad. Now that I have read your post, I noticed the ads here on Steemit, LOL. I will soon become blind to them again.

I understand what you're saying and I know it works for you, but still, i don't understand why can't they find another way. I'm not going to accept this, that's for sure. I'm going to use whatever dapp is not showing apps.

Full Time Steemian i want to see this platform more Decentralised and unique than any other platform.@erikah, Felt your emotions for this platform and as an

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Let's hope it won't get worse and I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that this is not what we want. I feel like Steemit is giving us a slap on the face, one after the other. First the bad management, not another unpopular measure to cut costs.

True. Let's see how it goes.

Fingers crossed, let's hope this is the last unpleasant surprise.

For one update I've got clarity after deep dived in some of the posts and that is about Wallet Split. Before if any updates to Steemit site was more headache because the wallet was interagted with the Steemit site and inturn that means funds code was integrated with Steemit, but now wallet is separated so Steemit site now can launch updates and UI more rapidly without the fear of issues with funds code, that's why it's splited and in a way sounds good if we see the whole picture. Let's see what comes next.

I am not foreseeing this to be an issue primarily as I use Brave Browser - It automatically blocks all ads and its very effective. Totally get that it goes against the grain though!

Many of us are going to choose or have already chosen something else. I hope they are going to see the effects.

Fair enough. Partiko seems to have ads, but people are overwhelmingly happy with that? (though I guess that is if you WANT to see them)

As long as there's a disable option, i don't mind. I do mind when I have no choice.

I agree with your perspective 100% @erikah, we've worked too hard here to stand for this intrusiveness disrespectful ad blasting.

The new wallet is an inconvenience. I can deal with that. Trying to navigate Steemit, and half of my page is being consumed by a giant ad, is unacceptable.

I've logged out of Steemit, forever. I'll now be performing my account operations with eSteem and busy.org only. Steemit needs to have a little more respect for the users who make this place what it is.

I've seen the sevendaychallenge before , I didn't realise you started it!

Yes, that was me who started.

Hey, @erikah.

So, you and I are in full agreement about the ads—I don't want to see them either. I've been using the Brave browser to block them, but the problem with that is, I lose the steemchiller extension I've been using that I like. It allows the post view box to scroll underneath the post text box as you're writing a post, instead of leaving the text box behind to see how the formatting is going.

I like the way Steemspeak is set up, with the side to side formatting, but I don't like how it's set up for comments and replies.

Anyway. It is what it is, I guess, and we're left to deal with it each in or own way. :)

I love steemchiller extension, it's my favorite tool.
I keep hearing about the brave browser but have never tried it. I'm using eSteem and Busy and Steemit as well for curation. Maybe I'm naive but I'm still hoping they are going to remove ads one day.

I would hope that they wouldn't have all of them everywhere. That's just plain overkill. Plus, they're not really appealing at this point. I'm not sure if they're supposed to follow you around on the internet and then present you with different products and services, but I'm not interested in anything they're trying to sell me.

The Brave Browser automatically blocks ads, so that's cool, and at some point, you're supposed to be able to earn BAT if you choose to actually see ads and click on them. So far, that's not happening, but I do like the Browser part.

re: steemchiller extension

Yeah, that was the first thing I noticed that broke on me because of the banner ad across the top. I wasn't very happy. :)

Szerintem jogos a bosszankodás a reklámok miatt. Én örültem, hogy itt nincs reklám, mert pl a facebookon kifejezetten idegesítő volt már. Sajnos előbb-utóbb mindenhol az üzlet lesz az első...

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Azért én még mindig remélem, hogy ebből nem fognak rendszert csinálni. Majd rájönnek, hogy maguk ellen dolgoznak.

Well, after viuly.io went bust recently..., if it helps to keep steemit afloat, I'm OK with it. (I'm good at ignoring ads, anyway. As long as they don't use autostart videos.)

Autostart videos are extremely annoying. I hope we won't get those, that would be the end of it.