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RE: Shifting Tides: The Indy Media Explosion on Steemit
I love that fact that so many well respected writers and journalists are joining steemit, but I do have one comment. If we want new followers to join steemit shouldn't we be trying to appeal more to mainstream instead of heavily censored content? Now, don't get me wrong, everything is welcome on steemit, it's a decentralized free network, but I'm just thinking that steemit needs mainstream adoption to grow. I believe this is the way to make this platform reach 1 Billion users one day. If anybody has any thoughts or opinion about this, please share them with me. I love hearing new points of view :)
Each to his/her own.
Who would you like to see from the mainstream more specifically?
I'm of the opinion that Steemit is not yet ready for mainstream adoption, there are too many pressing issues that need to be taken care of before mass adoption can occur. Issues of inequality, flagging, scams, bots and abuse are still very real threats that need to be addressed by the leadership and the community as a whole before marketing the platform to the mainstream. If these issues are not dealt with, then when millions of people flock to steemit they will see that Steemit is an oligarchic system presided over by a small number of whales with immense power. I do not think the masses will want to participate in such an ecosystem in the long run. But this is only my opinion.
thanks for the interesting comment
I totally agree with what you said. I even wrote a post about how steemit currently isn't fair because the whales are using the system for their own benefit (up-voting each other) instead of searching for innovative creators in the NEW sections that are being under voted or are just not known yet. Right now steemit it is only partially decentralized but the whales can fix a few issues on the network by searching for new content, resteeming, and up-voting good creators. At the end of the day, steemit is still in beta and it's a long term project. It's kinda sad to realize that humans are the main issue not the system. The issue isn't in centralization, it's in us (though decentralization helps a ton). Thank you for replying. you made much better points than I did. let's just hope this issues get "fixed", so we can be ready for mass adoption.
Great post btw
Yeah I think there are lots of people who join and leave because of what he said, actually probably most of them, I only stayed because I like a challenge. Why would whales change a game that's rigged in their favor? It's been that way since the beginning of the platform, nothing about the way it was handled was ever designed to make you or me rich, lol.
This is probably one of those moments you wish you could turn back time and be here since day one. You would have been making thousands!
Edit: or a had a few million dollars to throw into the system.
My ultimate goal isn't to be a billionaire amongst a bunch of poor people. Trickle-down has never worked and it doesn't really work here either.
Fair point, but when you're a whale, you can help other minnows out. Be a billionaire so you can help others out because as a minnow, you really don't have that much power/influence to make a difference.
I really liked your post here @saitou everything you said and I would add the words 'and exploitation' at the very end after your word adoption. My response to v4vapid's whale(s) bonbons tribute is way down this comments list but I highlighted my comment with a noise track v4vapids self-congratulatory post reminds me of and most Steemians would be familiar with.
Interesting points. I have been thinking that in order for the platform to grow to fit a wider audience that it needs a bit of a makeover facade wise. Namely, I think the right and left blank portions of the page could be much better put to use for ease of access to other parts of the block chain. For example, small colorful link-to boxes for DTube, Sounds, Busy, Discord, etc. These would enhance the user experience and bring more "life" to the page, essentially making ones page a "be-all" hub. It would also be cool if small notifier pops up were to the right hand (similar to Facebook) that would allow users to see when people they are following are posting new items. Too many ideas to mention, but there is definitely room to improve the face of the platform. @heimindanger an @DTube have done amazing things in a short period of time. What they have done is phenomenal. It would be great to see something on the same par with Steemit account pages. Just wanted to add that. As far as MSM goes, they are busy loosing credibility, coming apart and falling from grace.......lets let them continue to do such and enjoy the show. :)