RE: Steemit.com is running at a loss! Start generating revenue or get out, you are strangling other applications from succeeding.
If the price of Steem rises, @steemit will benefit from the 44 million Steem they own. That is what motivates them to increase usership, and includes users from Dapps like @steeveapp and @partiko.
I am for @steemit taking a percentage of upvotes $ from Steemit.com but it makes no sense to take a percentage from Dapps that launch their own websites or apps @s3rg3 Dapps own the blockchain just as much as Steemit does and that is the actual intention behind a blockchain cryptocurrency!
Charging for node use is a good idea though.
Nice post @exyle You summed it up nicely. @ned and the @steemit team did a great job getting the word out but now it is time to make @steemit profitable.
If they place advertisements on Steemit.com, a Dapp like @steeveapp or @partiko won't have to and that will give them a competitive advantage over Steemit.com while generating $USD in ad revenue for @steemit.
Like you, I hope @ned @andrarchy and the rest of the @steemit team will use a combination of all three 👍🏼
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I meant charging for dapps using the nodes
Ahh okay @s3rg3 yeah, I think that is a good idea... but I think @steemit should be run as a business that must turn a profit first, otherwise the other Dapps will be competing with a website that is operating at a loss a.k.a. Steemit and have to cover the costs of nodes at the same time.
Operating at a loss is actually a tactic used in business to put another company out of business.
Example:
Uber and Grab a Cab were doing it against each other for a few years in the Philippines until Uber folded and sold their stake to Grab.
Once the merger was finished, Grab increased their driver rates and started operating for a profit.
This is essentially what Steemit is doing to other Dapps but unintentionally and is one of the things @exyle mentioned.
Another good thing to mention is that Steemit can start using advertisements but other Dapps can refrain from using ads to acquire more market share from Steemit.com.
Because of that I think we will always be able to find Steem Dapps that don't use traditional advertisements.