RE: Reasons Some People Quit Their Jobs - Does Steemit Relate?
I suppose we all bring our unique circumstances to the table... for me, almost all the jobs (or projects) I have quit revolve around a single central issue: Declining compensation for an increasing amount of work.
Now, I must confess that I own partial responsibility in not being a highly aggressive and competitive personality... so I tend to fall behind in situations where merit and quality of work are not the primary determinants for doing well. I have also quit because I "became redundant" a number of times (outsourcing or automation).
Can I link these to the world of Steemit? I like this place-- a LOT-- based on just a week here. I'm primarily a blogger/writer/content creator (not a developer, and only a crypto enthusiast at the most basic level) and I'm excited about finding what seems to be a "social blogging" venue. But I am also concerned that Steemit will have a hard time gaining traction in a more mainstream, large-scale sense when so much of the landscape seems dominated by bots and a certain cliqueishness. I don't see how ANY venue can hope to become a social network absent a true sense of community of real humans. A bunch of bots talking to each other doeth not a community make.
But getting back to the core question (before I end this dissertation!) another reason I have quit relates to no. 19-- but a little differently: "lacking long term vision." It's also (in part) "bad management behavior," in that nobody seems to care beyond the horizon of "what happens while I am manager."
Great post! Got me thinking about a lot of stuff....
Apparently, its very very very very very very very very very very... and on and on... HARD for people to udnerstand this SIMPLE reality. I've explained it here and there, but people just want to hold onto their attachments of simply money-making motivation and can't understand the right way to do things. Money drives a lot on Steemit, which is potentially its downfall.
As for blogging, those users are not going to be listened to with the new roadmap developed by a guy who has a focus on mobile development alone, and isn't concerned with the existing userbase. That's like ignoring your existing clients in favor of attracting new ones. Things are not going well in that respect.
Thanks for the feedback.
On paper, Steemit has a lot of potential both as a social blogging venue built around this unusual hybrid revenue sharing (or whatever you want to call it) model, as well as potential as a "soft gateway" for a broad spectrum of people to get an introduction to cryptocurrencies. I mean, WOW! That's amazing!
But how to execute that idea in a sustainable fashion? The last 18 years is littered with failed attempts. Typically, the same cluster of issues, in some combination: Lacking technology, lacking safeguards against the system being gamed, lacking community, poorly implemented features, lacking grip (or acceptance?) of the depth of greed inherent within most human nature, lack of patience, lack of resources, lack of funding...
Again, I'm neither a developer nor an alt-coin enthusiast-- I'm a writer, blogger and self-employed independent who's been studying independent solo- and entrepreneurship for a really long time... so I'm probably not bringing the typical perspective to the table... but I appreciate this forum to share it.
Any perspective is a perspective worth taking a look at :)