Great post @hitmeasap I've been inviting people to join Steemit for the last couple of weeks. I even did a little google hangouts session with 6 musicians who I believe can bring value to this platform, but I was very careful to not over promise, as you have pointed out. Not setting a realistic expectation is really to the detriment of Steemit, all those users who abandon their accounts with bitter disappointment are sure to speak badly of Steemit to other people.
I will for as far to say that I will do my part to fight back the over promising ads, not with attacks to the promoters, but with exactly what you have outlined in your post.
We can't assume they are guilty of a crime from the get go, maybe in their heads they think this is working towards Steemit's success, but maybe, just maybe they have not considered the dark side of the moon.
I can't remember who posted these stats, and if someone reads this comment and can help me find them again that would be fantastic, but there is a high number of dead accounts, and the number just gets bigger every week.
We could blame the borkyness of Steemit last month, and I won't try to defend that, but I would put money on the fact that most of them left because:
- They did not Understand how it worked
- They saw 0.00 payouts as a confirmation that they were lied to
In any case, I applaud you efforts to bring this to light, to start up a conversation around this topic. Hopefully a big account with influence can not only give you a good boost (well deserved) but hopefully resteem this post (as I will, but I have a small account) so that more and more people start talking about this.
You won a new follower, much success
Thank you very much for this fantastic comment, your resteem and for the follow. I truly appreciate it!
Exactly. One cannot be certain of this, but I believe these are two of the reasons people have given up on Steemit in the past and will leave Steemit in the future too. And that's saddens me, because it doesn't have to be that way.
People are working hard, just like I've been doing myself, to educate, inspire and motivate people.. I've been trying to tell people the truth and I've tried to encourage people. However, it's often hard to argue with people and to tell them that they need to work hard and put in tons of effort, when the sole reason for them to join Steemit in the first place was due to the lies about hundreds of even thousands of dollars within a blink of an eye.
That's why I want these advertising campaigns to change. So we tell people the truth. - That way we will be able to bring people here without empty promises and that will reduce despair too.
Well your heart is in the right place, and I'm confident that a Dolphin or even a good whale will eventually read your thoughts and help you be a little louder.
After all, we can think of Whales and Dolphins as the ones who stand to gain the most of our user retention, if they are good investors, like many of them already are, they simply could not disagree with your analysis.
Well, they might agree but there's also the possibility that even though they might agree with what I've said, they might not believe it's worth an upvote. :D
However, I'm glad you agree and I'm thankful for your kind words.
;) its already happening!
Hehe yeah, you're right. It's awesome! :)