I was doing better for engagement and then fell off a cliff again. The two people I brought in left during the tech crash here and will not be back anytime soon. I am surely not recruiting for the place. That is a good way to get the haterade flowing on my other platforms. Many have tried - few succeed - and they certainly like to talk about what a waste of time is was while they were here.
I hope I will not be one of them. I like it here, I'm getting good traffic to my other work, and I'm making some income. I'm still in it for now, but very worried.
Well part of why people stay in because they're hopin the value of steem goes up. If the value of steem goes up to 10$ next year all your posts will be worth 10x what they are today.
I think that's a good part of peoples drive on this platform currently. It's not a get rich quick scheme. It takes time and effort to build a following on here and most people don't want to hear that.
The people I am connected to are bloggers, authors, and content creators in health, weight loss and va work. No one is looking for anything more than a place to get our message out. We have followings already and want to bring them here if it is a good place to post. Currently, that is not working out well.
This will not be the first platform to fail while I am on it - if it does fail. But it is surely the most frustrating, the hardest to learn and the most clique-ish.
Check the current steem price in the market through your wallet. Not sure what's up with that, but it is definitely dropping like a stone as I type now.