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RE: STEEM Is Not A Social Media Platform
Dear @glenalbrethsen
I only had a chance to read your post now and it's already a bit to old to upvote.
It is very unfortunate that STEEMit has such a similar name to STEEM blockchain. People will forever mistake those two things.
I like to explain it this way: STEEM is like a database in the cloud (storing all content) and Steemit is like a website displaying all that data (front-end). Not the most profesional explanation but most people get it right away.
Good read.
Yours
Piotr
Hey, @crypto.pitor.
This post is the first one I've had where it's made the rounds a little bit and is still being commented on several days after the fact, so no worries. That's the nature of the payout system I guess.
re: STEEM and Steemit
Yeah, I suppose. Seems like STEEM is in the name of a few apps, that or slap a "D" in front of it. But your explanation is dead on, and while they do get confused, the idea that STEEM is a social media platform only, or that was what it was intended to be is a wider problem than just Steemit. Up until last year, there wasn't really a whole lot else built on STEEM, and since social media is the first phase, and that's why people come, to try the social media apps, that's where we get stuck.
Thankfully, there has been more things built on STEEM. I'd prefer it not stop with gaming and gambling apps (especially the Magic Dice variety), but I guess things need to start somewhere.
Dear @glenalbrethsen
I just realized that I never actually thanked you for taking the time to reply to my comment. Appreciate it.
ps.
The hardest part of attracting attention on steemit is the fact, that our audience have very little chance to actually find our publications. Lack of solid notification system is an obvious issue. And regardless how hard I would try - there is very little chance I would find about your new interesting publications.
Please allow me to share some suggestion with you. If you would ever publish content related to blockchain, crypto, artificial intelligence, psychology etc. then perhaps you could simply send me memo with link to that post.
This way not only I would have a chance to read your publication, but I will also upvote it right away with 20k SP voting power. If I would consider it interesting then I may also share it with wider audience.
pss.
Did you ever consider using Steem-bounty to promote your content? I realized that even sending 1 steem to steem-bounty can get you quite a solid traffic (it's probably one of the most often visited sites related to Steemit).
Yours
Piotr
Visibility is the ongoing issue, isn't it? I use GINAbot on Discord for notifications. I like it, but I know that it's not necessarily for everyone (I seriously didn't think I would like it at all when I first tried it), and since there isn't anything on chain, just like everything else that might be lacking, we have the off chain workarounds.
re: I probably won't be sending you (or anyone) a memo link, but I do appreciate the offer. I'm not a fan of the memo messaging (to each their own though). As it is, I don't really write about any of those things, beyond a very shallow dip into baseline human behavior.
I've thought about the STEEM-bounty a couple of times, but have never tried it for my own post. I haven't seen it used that widely with the folks I follow, so maybe it's more of a thing amid other circles. I suppose I need to go check the SB blog again to see if traffic has picked up in the last six months.