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RE: Would You Resteem an Ad for $2.50? PLUS My eBook Promotion Results!
That's an interesting question. One of the things I really enjoy about Steemit is the lack of ads on the sides. Facebook was like that for a while, then they added ads on the sides. Then they added ads in the feeds. Soon it was cluttered. It will be interesting to see how long it takes before big companies start profiles and get people resteeming for cash. It seems inevitable, but hopefully we can be at peace for a little while longer.
It would be a balance...it might not even work if people were too obnoxious in their resteeming.
This is all an experiment, and I'm eagerly watching while it all plays out. I don't expect to see ads in line with the content on steemit.com, but I'd be willing to accept it IF it required a large purchase of steem power for a company to do that.
Maybe another domain could try that model and make a much better UI than steemit.com. Sort of like busy.org but ad supported.
They do say "everything in moderation." If they started doing some type of sponsored content, it wouldn't be the end of the world, but often what happens is they get carried away and "maximize revenue" which decreases the value of the platform because people don't want to deal with the overload of garbage.
I'm with you in regards to this being an experiment. We don't know what's going to happen, but hopefully some changes of that magnitude would at least be put before the witnesses. Although they could be self-serving if they knew the ads could bring them more revenue, they might be more interested in preserving the asset they have and growing it organically for the long-term.
Yeah, if you created a UI that had limited ads and worked more smoothly than Steemit, you could probably make a lot of money if you got people to switch to it. I'm not quite that savvy. ;) If you do it, let me know and I'll check it out!
The difference with steem, though, is that in order to maximize revenue, they're going to need to buy into the platform. That's should drive the price of steem up-the only way to get it, after all, is to create good content that gets upvoted or buy it on the open market. I think the more popular steemit gets, the more people are going to keep their steem locked up in steem power.
This is why I think steem power delegation is so important to this platform-there is an increasing demand for leasing SP and that makes SP an even greater asset for holders.
Astute. Yeah, to pay people on the platform they'll need SBD or Steem. Or they'll have to have SP to use to "pay" for the resteems/votes/whatever. That would drive the price up. Good thoughts.