I can't find @DineroConOpciones or his post as i'm quite interested in that topic. What I can say is the reason me and many others came to this platform was because a youtuber promoted it. Honestly if the target audience is those not using other forms of social media then this will never get big. What your saying implies people can't cross link there social media. Most social media stars advertise there twitter in YouTube and there is no problem there, same as any other things they do e.g. t-shirts. Then avid followers would follow them and/or make an account to follow them. In both cases twitter sees more usage.
I won't say who made me make an account because some people on this platform with one downvote have the voting power to destroy 1000 upvotes from minnows. If this platform is ever going to be main stream the users won't pay for an account or invest into one, the average person doesn't invest in anything but bad debt for unnecessary things. Which makes me worried why I can't find @DineroConOpciones, did he piss off @grumpycat or other big accounts and got his downvoted till he deleted? He may have had 1000 upvotes but just a couple whale downvotes forever and he will never make money. What's to say some users didn't migrate from youtube to help him out on this platform and then get embedded in this like me. Surly attracting genuine users is the best thing a poster could do? It also seems like you said if he did the exact same but uploaded to dtube it would be fine. Why? It shouldn't matter where the video comes from if it's original. It's just extra work for the uploaded. I once tried to upload to d.tube for 2 hours and it didn't work/I couldn't use it so I uploaded to youtube and posted a link ... am I now destroying steemit?
As I can't find him I can't make a valid judgement by watching the videos. I just think potentially it was unfair. There is a lot of etiquette on this platform that is rarely spoken of and hard to find out unless you have alot of spare time like me, but even I am still learning about this platform and I must have been using it for 2 hours minimum a day for 3 weeks now. I think people should be taught that isn't viewed well by the community, not named and shamed. I didn't mean this to seem like a rant on your post I'm just trying to show the other side of the argument. And I'm also fed up with whales not liking something and instantly getting there way at the cost to the minnows due to unbalanced power, reminds me of corrupt governments. I also don't mean to get all cheesy but they have great power and that comes with great responsibility if they like it or not. This platform NEEDS to be accommodating to not crypto enthusiast who don't have money to invest, who won't spend hours researching the etiquette of steemit. I hope you can see my opinion as a valid one, as I view yours, even though they are different.
The difference between this platform and the others however, is that this platform pays you. And it pays you under the premise that you are specifically providing it with content, not just dumping your content from elsewhere hoping to make a quick buck. You can cross promote all day between the other social medias because none of them have any expectation of you other than to exist as a data project they can sell to the highest bidder. This platform is a community where people have invested a lot into Steem and Steemit, and hope those on here will do the same. It's hardly fair for those who invest the majority of their work into another platform, and just drop a link here, to get the same compensation as someone who meticulously creates content for this specific platform.
Whales are not like the government. We fund the government. The whales funded themselves. They started this platform and are the only reason we can even make any money from it. I don't really have a problem with their power. I haven't put the time or money or faith into Steem as they have, I doubt many have, so it's hard for me to come down on a group of people that created a platform that people can use for free, literally just write on, and make money from, just because sometimes they make more money than they should.
https://steemit.com/@dineroconopcion
He made $1200 off a post bitching about @grumpycat, I wouldn't worry too much about him. And he is not a newb, so it's not like people are calling him out without him knowing the rules. He knows exactly what he is doing.
You are free to post YouTube links. I specifically said that no one has to use dtube. But if you are going to post a youtube link, there should be some explanation of what you're posting. Otherwise, yes, it's considered link dumping, and it's not cool. The whole point of Steemit is for people to invest in Steem and start using blockchain. Therefore it makes little sense to post your actual content on another site, and then just post the link here. If (and when) blockchain replaces regular websites, all the data you have on other websites won't be secure, and you might lose it. Why not just put it on the blockchain to begin with? Dtube is literally the blockchain equivalent of Youtube. It takes a while to upload, yes. I upload a new video every night and it takes like an hour, but to me it's worth it because I know it's safe.
I think it's great that lots more people are coming to Steemit, but if they aren't here to partake in the community, and only to drop their work, take their earnings and leave, how will this platform ever grow?I don't want this to be a quick buck, I want this to be a new way of life. I want people to see that they can interact and comment, and write like they do on Facebook (albeit more philosophically and intelligently) and make money doing it. That their time is worth something. Between that and Steemit's pairing with Datawallet, the future is changing, but people have to be in it for the long haul.
Thanks for the link, I thought his account disappeared or something lol. Then I thought it must be those whales! True, whales did fund themselves but without new users investing they would be holding worthless tokens, so they rely on new users to invest in the platform, just as any other user does.
I understand your point and thanks for clarifying. I guess we have just different opinions about cross platform content. I always think youtube will always be number 1 for several reasons so I will always hold that opinion.
I guess the main take away is add something extra to steemit. As in added explanation or even interaction. The youtuber I came for replies to steemit comments much more than youtube and with much more detailed responses. Link dumping looks unprofessional and crud anyway so I am surprised he is making money from it but I think it is mainly is from bots. As for the bitching post I guess a lot of people just agreed with him.