Right there with you guys! While the latest opinion I voiced was a reaction to the letter of de-monitization from YouTube, I too do no like it as a whole and consider myself in the category of unwanted on YouTube. Google has long ago abandoned its old motto of "Don't Be Evil".
We'd love to have you guys over at Homesteaders Online, an online community of over 250 members (mainly Steemit homesteaders) getting together to chat, share ideas, and otherwise get to know each other and support one another... if that's your kind of thing. :)
Yeah, the new CEO really doesn't like Google's original motto. And because of that has become everything that the motto was against...
And how is the Discord channel different than just the homesteading community on Steemit? Actually, I don't even really know what Discord is. What makes it worthwhile?
At it's most basic level, Discord is a free chat application. We use it as a way for Homesteaders who may or may not be on Steemit to chat with each other, and share content they create. Most members (if not all) are on Steemit, but we don't exclude anyone who may not (yet) be on the platform. :)
We have several chat channels that are specific to homesteading topics where we can do Q&A with each other to learn ad-hoc. We have a mentoring channel where new Steemit members can ask for a mentor and other more seasoned members will volunteer to specifically help out, too.
The newest item we've added to the site is a community-sourced knowledgebase of homesteading articles written, submitted, and approved by the community members. This knowledgebase is a permanent page on the homesteaders-online.com website that links directly back to the community member's post. This gives us a static page to reference items from while still funneling all the credit to the original creator and helping to bring outsiders to Steemit.
We use the discord community as an enhancer to Steemit and find it fits the social gap that Steemit can sometimes leave agape.
Hopefully I helped explain it better and not just confuse more! :-)
Thanks!
Wow, thanks for such an in-depth description. This makes a whole lot more sense, especially as Steemit doesn't have a chat function at this point. The knowledge base is also a great idea since it is so easy for posts to get lost on here after a few days.