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RE: Proposal: Paid Advertising on Steem (with a Twist)
Hmm very interesting. I personally think most people that have come to Steemit dislike advertising. I agree that it could be huge for steemit to include advertisement, but I think it could be done in a different way than this. The people looking at the blog will be forced to watch the ads, I don't like that idea.
Being able to choose ads or no ads, and then focus type of ads tou see, and when you see them. It leaves it all in the users hands. Its a perfect model to invite investment and usership while avoiding imposition upon people.
I would allow ads that brought to my attention things i am interested in, and that i could disengage anytime.
Copied my reply to tim.
It would be entirely up to the individual UIs to decide whether they wanted to display the ads. I’m sure there would be “ad free” UIs that would spring up.
I just don't see people bothering to switch from advertisement UI and be bothered much about choosing their advert preferences. Is there any incentive for the viewers to turn them on or off?
If users don't care much about ads, then they will continue on. If they care enough, they will migrate to where there are no ads. Basically if "disliking advertising" is a big enough thing for an end-user, they will find a solution.
I think we should have professional ad approval. We can't support junk ads. If a company wants to sell motorcycle helmets, many people would find that cool. They shouldn't approve misleading ads like "Find out how this model became a millionaire".
We also can be very supportive. If a stay at home mom, want to sell homemade jewelry. We should not only run her ads on here. We can go one steep further, and create a market, so she can directly sell goods to other Steem users.
Maybe Steem can partner with another company to design an advanced marketplace. Steemit needs to run contests to recruit the best and the brightness talent on this platform.
Who is going to do the approval? How will it be integrated across all the websites that use the Steem blockchain?
As far as programming goes. I'm not an expert, but I think using memos to exchange ads is stupid.
Steemit doesn't have experience with ads, so they should partner with a large firm that knows what their are doing.
You will need trained staff, that can tell the difference between a McDonald's promotion, and some Ebook author running a scam.
The Steem community won't have the professional training to handle the approval of advertising, so we should outsource this responsibility to another company that has professionals.
I'm a stock photographer, so when I submit photos to istockphotos.com, one of their employees takes the time to look at it, to make sure they aren't blurry, overexposed, etc. Some of my photos only make a dollar, yet they have an efficient approval process, so they can still make a profit.
We need to rewrite Steem code, so we can embed ads into posts, and there can be a view counter, and statistics collected for advertisers. I guess you call it a hardfork.
We might need a separate blockchain to handle ads, and be embed in Steem posts, but I want that money going towards boosting the Steem price. The main thing i'm bullish on, is getting large corporations to run ads on here. If we have to partner with an ad company, and share profits, it's better than doing nothing, and seeing growth stall.
Do what you got to do, and try and bring proposals to Steem Inc. If we actually pull this off, and Steem goes to $10, you're going to be a millionaire.
Lets get the whales to fund an ad proposal contest, and create a buzz, so Steem Inc, knows the platform is ready for ads. Lets create an incentive so people write detailed proposals.
Even with a hardfork, counting views and tracking data across all UIs is not possible.
Some of the ideas you suggest are good, but they are very lofty goals. I don't have the resources to make them happen, and I don't know of anyone in the community who does either.
I know you feel overwhelmed, but there are some moves you can make. In my opinion, start organizing some contests, and have the brightest minds to submit proposals for advertising. Then eventually, we can merge our ideas into a plan of action.
Maybe we can have 100 Steem top prize, or 500, if we partner with whales, and explain the value behind the contest. Once we get inspirational proposals, Steem Inc, won't be able to ignore the momentum.
You got to believe in yourself. You're make a huge difference to the platform. As I said at the beginning, you're not going to be able to do everything, but you can be a contest organizer, and get this snowball rolling.
I would ban videos, and only have banner ads. They only distract you for 3 seconds, and if you don't like the ad, you continue reading the content. If they ad looks interesting, you click on it, and see what the product is all about. We don't need popup ads or annoying videos, just small banner ads.