That may be your opinion. Even though I use it to post from, I'm very aware that for an outsider to arrive at the Steemit interface it is a complete turnoff, if for nothing else the fact that it reflects design principles from the 80s. Steemit Inc has made it quite clear they have little to no intentions of doing any upgrading the interface. It was a prototype of what could be done and most of the other interfaces have passed them on design and features.
So promoting steemit.com doesn't benefit Steem. It also doesn't get the message out that Steem is so much more than blogging. Thus, better to send people to steemapps.com so they can see the bigger picture.
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Steemit is the primary onboarded ramp for the steem ecosystem, it's free search engine traffic is not to be sniffed at.
According to @penguinpablo Steemit is generating about 200 accounts per day. Guesstimating... that means steemit is currently receiving 40000 unique visitors per day! Or 1.2 million visitors per month.
Non of the other steem apps come close. So would it not be better for the community here to get behind Steemit, sort out it's "user retention" issues & look after these new users?
Then after they are feeling all fresh & invigorated, onboard them into steemapps.com?
Steemit Inc has full control of steemit.com and has no intentions of doing anything with it. The community can suggest until the cows come home, until Steemit Inc either relinquishes control of the site or is willing to upgrade the infrastructure, its an eyesore.
The traffic to it doesn't do the ecosystem justice. Not to mention that the search feature sucks and always has since it relies on Google instead of a real search feature.
Since the announcement of the 70% staff layoff its become clear that the signups through Steemit.com that actually result in an active account are at a trickle. That also doesn't do the ecosystem justice.
If Steemit Inc doesn't want to do any upgrades on the site, would love to see it turned over to the community and possibly become a portal to the rest of the ecosystem because it has acquired good SEO since its inception. But that is just wishes unless Steemit Inc actually does something. It's track record in that regard is not promising
Agree lots of good points there, didn't know about the reduced signups? Why would they do that, makes no sense. Really like the portal idea, that would be a great way to extract some value out of the visitors.
I guess the bigger question is, does anyone actually have the ability to influence steemit inc. It seems they are holding a golden egg, but can't fathom out what to do with it.