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RE: Happy to talk to community
i'd just like to say, awesome comment, thank you, and you nailed exactly what we hope steem would/ will become in your response to 8. passion like yours gives me hope.
i'd just like to say, awesome comment, thank you, and you nailed exactly what we hope steem would/ will become in your response to 8. passion like yours gives me hope.
I wanted to give content producers a voice. You can see by the support levels, the witnesses steal the show and many of them aren't even familiar with the entertainment industry, or the true potential of this platform.
I feel like I've wasted my time, once again. I appreciate your kind words though. Really, I do. And of course to those who voted, I respect and appreciate the gesture.
I have hope things will turn around. I don't want to give up. I'd prefer to see this mess settled so we can get back to work. Hundreds of people aren't even posting now because they know nobody has the time or desire to look at their work, since everyone is so focused on this mess now. We're going to lose a lot of good people because of this, and that bugs me, a lot. At the same time, I'm glad there are people out there standing up for this place and taking care of business. Now is probably the only good time to steal the show and I respect that as well.
i always imagine this place having as good front ends as facebook, youtube, instagram et al, and then having to 'market' the fact that all content producers get paid to share original content - not a hard sell.
of course, that's another utopian dream that flies in the face of what we knwo of man, but a dream nonetheless..
An easier sell is explaining to consumers how they get paid to enjoy the content. Getting paid to produce content is normal and can be done a million different ways. I don't need to be here in order to make money producing content. One of the biggest mistakes made in the past was marketing this place in the way you suggest. What happens is amateurs show up and expect to get paid on their first day instead of working for years and growing organically. That's one big reason why so many leave. They came for the money, but then realized it wasn't a free lunch. On the other hand, getting paid to be entertained, provided one purchases STEEM and earns curation rewards, it doesn't get any easier than that. Anyone can do it, but not everyone can produce content. Wise to promote to the millions of eyes, rather than the thousands of creators.
you're right; people like to do both, but like anything in life, there is no free lunch.
however, there is no lunch at all with big tech.