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RE: Partiko Weekly Report #19 - First Steem Meetup in 2019!
They are saying I have points unclaimed in my account... I don't even have a partiko account! I never wanted one to begin with and this just reassures me of my good choice.
Everyone not already using Partiko has unclaimed points in their account, because every account starts with Partiko points. It's a gimmick, like the credit cards that offer you airline miles to sign up. Except that airline miles will actually pay for a flight with real value - 3000 partiko points will get maybe a few cents upvote. They're definitely not worth the effort to sign up and figure out how to claim them.
Let's be clear - I don't have any issue with Partiko taking a page from the normal Silicon Valley startup handbook and giving free partiko points to everyone. They are a Silicon Valley startup and I expect them to act like one. My problem is with them spamming everyone on Steem. If a small account did the same thing, anti-spam groups would destroy them as a matter of course. If the only reason they can get away with it is because of their size, it means that they are becoming bullies as they grow - doing whatever it takes to keep the user count growing and bring in the next round of funding - regardless of the impact they have on Steem at large.
The growth hacks have long tired, in fact they have become desperate. The spamming is ridiculous and it’s sad that no one, or only very few mind.
Especially because this closed source software only wants to achieve user numbers sufficient to be able to raise [further?] funding from Sandhill Road.
I love a great growth hack, but these aren’t. These are merely playing the “Free tokens” spirit and meta community.
That's nuts. The way they state it is a problem. "Unclaimed points in 'your' account", is a problem. It's clickbait.
The problem is spamming. Absolutely. It is making Steemit feel like a platform filled with ads. Just done differently.
Do like others, write posts to get known, find ways to be on a discord radio channel and talk about it. Don't spam people. Bad business.
I agree with you. They are growing, becoming sour and greedy. Nothing grand to take part of that.
yes, definitely clickbait.