RE: Some Youtubers who are failing at Steemin - Do they know why?
I wasn't really into this topic but I can see why/how this might be a problem.
Posting content regulary and constantly is important and also helps with socializing with your fanbase, so not upholding that will hurt you in the long one run, no matter whether you are on YT or here on Steemit.
Someone who has had success with Youtube should know this, especially if that someone is a bigger youtuber who also uses other social media like instagram of twitter.
I also find that a lot of bigger youtubers do not interact all that well with their viewers. A lot of times, you see comment sections where there is maybe one comment of the creator where he says something about the video and then, most of the time, nothing else.
A lot of youtubers also just create entertaining low quality content which may be entertaining to some but might be more geared towards another audience than the one Steemit offers.
I agree 100% low quality content is frowned upon here, which is both good and worrying. I mean, if a youtuber can be succesful making terrible videos, but can't do the same here. What does that say about us? Are we into elitism? I'm asking a serious question, as stupid as it may sound.
"Oh no, you must be an intellectual to make it on Steem". That does not sound like a good sales pitch.
Personally I am very into elitism. I want to be the best at it.
I don't think anyone needs to be an intellectual, but it's important to have something compelling about your content or your story. There are all sorts of directions that can go. With very few exceptions, humans are pretty interesting to other humans.
I get you poly 100% because I share in your disdain for stupidity however, is that culture a blockade for mainstream adoption?
I'm not being facetious, I'm serious. Are we going to let the grandma's share their prayers with spelling mistakes? Or are we going to flag them, because they spelled jesus without a capital letter like I just did?
Now im being facetious. But my point stands.
I was thinking about replying to this comment when @whatsup said a lot of my same thoughts about mainstream adoption but better than I would have. https://steemit.com/steem/@whatsup/user-retention-this-is-our-community
I can be quite an elitist myself if the topic I am concerned with is something I am passionate about. Thing when it comes to blogging is that there is no definition of what is "the best". It is about having topics or styles that are supposed to suit certain tastes. Not everyone likes everyones style and there are more people who do not care about a topic like exotic butters than the other way around.
Yet if someone is passionate about that topic and wants to write here, thinking that he may actually reach a couple people, he should be allowed to do so. If he doesn't, he will stop eventually and if he just makes one persons life better, even by a little, he has done a great enough job in my book.
Not everyone who starts with Steemit has to become a great contributor of the highest class, in fact, I think that Steemit would be very frustrating to deal with if that were the case.
We can also observe this on youtube. There are channels that handle all kinds of obscure topics, some with actual high quality and indepth videos, others just entertain for the sake of entertaining and there is a demographic as well for that.
Steemit has great plans for growth and for that to happen, either the target demographic has to broaden up or people in general have to become much more picky and interested in quality content that they can't get on places like Reddit.
I think the specific niches might do better when there are more active users on the platform. Its a numbers game, but I get where you are coming from.
Steemit also always has the appeal of being a very crypto centric platform in times where crypto is as relevant as it has never been before, so over time, that will draw in even more people as well.
on my way to read it, thanks for pointing it out.
In my personal opinion it's the biggest obstacle Steemit faces.
Yeah, well what can we save about a guy who doesn't value the marginal up votes of the small fish to begin with, as in your own words you rather manipulate the system for selfish gain. We got that I don't think you need to keep repeating it.
Exactly. I've been saying that since day one on here. Basically there are creators of content then there is those who read it and comment on it. The problem with Steemit is there is no live action interaction...why?...because most those people who do that well (blog) left offended and/or bored. This site may pay but it doesn't pay well enough to be offended and/or bored.