RE: The Days Of Earning STEEM By Blogging Are Coming To A Close...And This Is A Great Thing For All Steemians!!!!
Well thought out article, you have managed to articulate exactly what I was thinking about the future of steem.
When I first started on the platform, I would debate at length with people thinking that steemit would replace facebook. But Ive always believed that it is more likely to replace long form content platforms such wordpress, medium and the like.
There are endless applications for the steem blockchain and synergies amongst use cases for example, a steem based application which delivers long form written content with video. Eccommerce stores with built in video and blog channels an evolution to the home shopping business model.
I agree that earning just by blogging will likely become unsustainable, but as you said there will be many other ways in which steemians will be able to become successful through new experiences developed to utilize the steem blockchain.
I believe we probably will see a Facebook alternative on the STEEM blockchain but it will not be Steemit. Someone is developing that application somewhere in the world. That is the beauty of blockchain. Steemit will be a Reddit competitor especially with the communities upgrade.
Blogging will be a big part of this blockchain but, again, we might find the payout is in a SMT. Even on Steemit, we most likely will see a shift to a SMT for bloggers.
STEEM is going to be the fuel for the blockchain. And now that it is a funding mechanism, I foresee it becoming even scarcer.
People will always need content so there will always be a market for that. That will say people always will need more information but the platform we use might be different. But the core game is still here. That will say generate value and communicate properly to build up quality relationships.