May 30 Days Writing Challenge - Day Twenty Eight: Given That Steemit Is Open Source, Would You Start A Steemit Clone? If Yes, Why? If Not, Why?

This is the twenty-eight day of the May 30 days writing challenge started by @dragosroua. And here's my answer to today's question.

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I would not launch a new Steem clone platform as I do not see value in it.

I do not have the technical knowledge to do so, but I do not see this as a barrier as there are plenty of people who have and if I had a sustainable project and the economic resources to manage it, I am sure I could find someone to take the CTO role.

To me, what is key to a new project is the value proposition. If you do have value, investors join the party and with investor money you can focus on the technical resources. But even if you have a good value proposition and economical resources there is plenty of work to do in order to succeed. You do not need to reinvent the wheel if you can use it, especially if it is a decentralized wheel and you do not depend on a centralized one.

My take would be to evaluate different options and use the one which would offer more time to focus on growing the audience. On top of that, if I could grow something big It might be smarter to just work together with the Steam core dev team than have an entirely new tech department.

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Here are my previous day's challenges. 

• Day Twenty Seven: How Many Comments You Upvote Each Day? Why?
• Day Twenty Six: What’s Your Favorite Tool / Blockchain Explorer for Steemit?
• Day Twenty Five: What’s Your Favorite Posting Platform for Steemit (busy, dTube, eSteem, etc)?
• Day Twenty Four: Name 3 Accounts You Follow On Steemit Because They Are Useful
• Day Twenty Three: How Many Comments Per Day Do You Post? Why?
• Day Twenty Second: What Is, In Your Opinion, A Worthy Post On Steemit? A Post That "Deserves" Its Payout...
• Day Twenty First: What’s The Worst Thing That Happened To You Because Of Steemit?
• Day Twenty: Who Was The First User You Followed On Steemit? Why?
• Day Nineteen: Name Top 3 All Time Favorite Movies
• Day Eighteen: IWhat Other Social Media Platforms Do You Still Use? Why?
• Day Seventeen: If There Will Be No Money Paid On Steemit, Would You Still Be Around?
• Day Sixteen: Where Do You See Yourself On Steemit In 5 years?
• Day Fifteen: How Many Posts Per Day Do You Write? Why?
• Day Fourteen: What’s Your Favorite Writing Topic? Why?
• Day Thirteen: Name Top 3 Favorite Cities That You Want To Live In. Why?
• Day Twelve: What Crypto Asset Will Dominate The Market In 5 Years?
• Day Eleven: What’s More Important For Steemit Right Now: Smart Media Tokens or Hivemind?
• Day Ten: What’s Your Favorite Morning Drink: Coffee, Tea, Water, Juice? Why?
• Day Nine: Where Do You See Steemit In 5 Years?
• Day Eigth: What's Your Most Consistent Hobby For The Last 5 Years?
• Day Seven: Name 3 Things That Must Be Done Immediately To Make Steemit.com A Better Experience
• Day Six: What Is Your Main Reason For Staying On Steemit?
• Day Five: What Are the Top 5 Crypto Assets You're Investing In Now?
• Day Four: What Are The Top 5 Most Relevant Witnesses On Steemit? Why?
• Day Three: What’s The Best Thing That Happened To You Because Of Steemit?
• Day Two: If I'll Get 1000 STEEM Tomorrow, What Would I Do With It?
• Day One: How Did You Get On Steemit? #challenge30days