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RE: Bringing It All Together: A User-Centered Approach to EOS Voting
As to "the numbers don't lie" let's be careful not to draw incorrect conclusions from correlations.
Search trends for cryptocurrency:
and bitcoin would fit the same graph:
I'll wager it has more to do with price than anything else.
Well, there is plenty of supporting data that shows Steemit has a spam problem, users have dropped off and are not engaged, etc... Associating that with a lull in the overall interest in crypto is equally subjective.
Many improvements have been made to the faucet since that post was published 6 months ago. That faucet is run by Steemit, inc as they pay for and manage new accounts created through Steemit.com.
As I said, Steemit.com is not STEEM. As a Steem witness, I'm not directly responsible for Steemit.com which is run by Steemit, inc. I'm responsible for the Steem blockchain. That said, I've put forth ideas which could help move things forward for both based on community priorities that don't currently line up with Steemit, inc.
On the topic of bad design decisions... also see the nested comments during this entire back and forth with @lukestokes. That's what UX people call a "clustefail". LOL