We provide the financial means for good science content creators to proudly share their work on the site. In the past, when I showed something I did here, people would comment..."there? Look around at the garbage that passes for science there..." Then they wouldn't take another look. That doesn't happen anymore, thanks to the work by the steemSTEM project we don't have that visibility issue. The content that trends here is vastly improved, people aren't afraid to produce work here because good material is valuable. Good material can get noticed.
So while the project isn't actively going out and grabbing new authors (yet) we are bringing people here, as people are bringing others they know (I get messages about friends of community members intro posts pretty regularly) so what we are doing IS working. You can see it in the growth of authors supported.
@justtryme90 alright, I got it now. I'm going to try and get new people that fit the steemSTEM project. I have a couple of ideas in mind.
There are a lot of students Facebook Pages in Israel and some pages + groups that fit the niches - Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
And I know almost every FB page owner on Facebook Israel. ( some of these specific niches not all of them, but I'm 100% sure they know who are the rest owners )
I can chat with the owners and introduce them to Steem in general and steemSTEM in particular and maybe they'll post about it on their FB page. and maybe I'll purchase 1 or more page on these niches, I'm looking for pages to purchase anyway.
I'll update.
That would be great :)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if payouts are high regardless of total viewers, then aren't current authors without whale-sized shares of steem incentivized to not tell anyone about steemit, because they view new authors as potential competitors for the reward pool? This is not only applicable to steemstem, but I can see how it can potentially stymie the growth of steemit if others view it this way and act accordingly.
I am not so sure, as a growth in the platform may be associated with a growth in the value of STEEM as well. I think there is not that feeling of competition within steemstem. At least I haven't felt it so far.