RE: Open Letter to Ned and Dan: You Badly Need a Communications/Community/Content Expert and I Hereby Nominate @stellabelle or @donkeypong For That Job

[sponge-bob]

I will say again. It's like changing the rules of poker. Two pair now beats three of a kind! All explanations of/about Steemit are out there - on the blockchain and unchangeable - every potential new member, will now be misinformed. They will read outdated information about Steemit, and then contradictory info (as of the fork) and they won't know why it's all different. Utter confusion

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[sigmajin]

wildcat beats everything, IMO.

[sigmajin]

that may need clarification. Its from an old poker canard meant to teach people that different cardrooms have different rules.

A stranger walks into a saloon and gets a drink. He sees a poker game and asks if he can play. He's told to take a seat. It's a no limit 5-card draw game and he's a pretty good player. After about an hour of so-so hands, he draws Aces full and makes a sizable bet. The old guy across from him raises all-in and the stranger calls. The old guy lays down 23457o and reaches for the chips. "Whoa, there. I've got Aces-full." "Yeah, but I've got a wild cat.", says the old guy. "A wild cat? What the hell is a wild cat?" "A wild cat is 23457 off-suit." Like this, "Says the old man." The stranger starts to burn and says, "I've played a lot of poker, but I've never heard of a wild cat." "Well, if you've played a lot of poker, you oughta know that you should learn the house rules before you play. And this here's a house rule." At that,the old guy points to a sign just over the stranger's right shoulder. The sign says, "House Rule - Wild Cat is a 23457 off-suit and it beats everything" Being a gentleman and an honorable gambler, the stranger takes his lumps and settles back for more poker. Several hours later, the stranger is dealt 23457o. He bets and the same old guy raises him the pot. Without the slightest hint of a tell, the stranger raises all-in. The old guy calls and lays down an ace high flush, and reaches for the chips. "Whoa there! I've got a wild cat.", says the stranger as he lays down his cards. "Nice hand.", says the old guy as he scoops up the pot. "What did I tell you about house rules?", as he points to a sign over the stranger's left shoulder. "House Rule -Wild Cat - Only Good Once a Night"

[alyssas]

One of the big issues of this platform is how things are being changed every single week. It's hard to keep up with.

Also, until the platform is allowed to settle, there isn't enough statistical data to justify any of the changes. The changes seem to be made on gut feeling, rather than with taking a month's data, analysing it and then making changes. There have been so many higgledly piggledly changes that it's now impossible to do any analysis on what works and what doesn't.

[full-steem-ahead]

Indeed, the slower approach you describe here is where real engineering could be very useful, albeit slower, and investors don't like slower. We're living in an ever increasing atmosphere of short attention-span, microwave oven addicts. This is where the balance I spoke of earlier comes into play.

It is also important to realize how important a factor time is. If you wait for a product to reach perfection in its' evolution before you release it to production, it may never be adopted b/c someone else gets to the market sooner.

[smooth]

Very insightful point and adds another reason why these sorts of changes, and especially rolling them out in this manner, are harmful and lead to confusion and frustration. I have already encountered this myself in discussing Steem with people who read the whitepaper and came away extremely confused because the system rules have changed so much that the white paper is highly misleading.

We need to greatly reduce the number and slow down the pace of these tweaks, and include a lot more communications and updating of documentation in process.