For the record, I speak on Steemit regularly with people that I think might be down to earth enough to adapt to it. But even the instagram influencers I know, if they were to use Steepshot, would probably be considered spammers by Steemians for:
Sole photos with too many tags and limited short captions and no copyright ownership information.
Reposts without source information
etc.
I have only 2500 followers but I am actually close with about half. I could invite them with a Live to use Steepshot, and 500 people would probably sign up.
Yallapapi could too, he could probably go live and bring 1000 people to steepshot.
These are not really the kind of users steemit needs or wants though— even though most would be 1st world users.
I'm not ready to get the reputation (among my instagram friends) for that either when they get no engagement becase secretly unbeknowst to them, here on the dark-blockchain of steemit.com they're getting flagged.
Appics may be a better option, I'm waiting to see what happens.
As for wealthier friends, maybe Steemit could come up with some kind of business proposal for how they can use Steemit effectively for their brand.
And if bid bots and self voting is not allowed or will have massive consequences, then maybe it's time for the features to go or just for someone to come out and say tough shit- they're allowed, get used to it.
As for wealthier friends, maybe Steemit could come up with some kind of business proposal for how they can use Steemit effectively for their brand.
Any ideas?
And if bid bots and self voting is not allowed or will have massive consequences, then maybe it's time for the features to go or just for someone to come out and say tough shit- they're allowed, get used to it.
They are allowed. Unless/until stakeholders start downvoting, they will continue.
Reading this thread... what do you mean investors? Do you mean people who will buy lots of Steem or do you mean folks who will pay the devs directly for advertisement posts? Or who will develop some other financial relationship with... whom? For... building tools that help them use blockchain data to...something? The idea of Steemit is decentralization, right? So I'm not sure what you want investors to do... unless it's just BUY steem.
And if it is, I think you DO want to develop the appeal for minnows. Right now you have folks who mostly are just trying it out for free. No risk, no money... because it's still in beta and relatively small. But the wider the adoption, the more it feels like something solid that's worth investing in because it's not going to disappear tomorrow.
It still feels like a teeny tiny project that made a few people very rich that a few more people are wiggling their toes in and getting happy about because they're early adopters (relatively). But once I meet someone IRL who is on it, and not because I told them about it... well, it's going to seem much bigger. And then I'm not going to be worried that it'll fizzle and die along with an investment.
The crypto world is a rollercoaster right now. If Steemit is in it for the long haul, it has to be more than that. And it is, but it doesn't seemed designed to be that way.
For the record, I speak on Steemit regularly with people that I think might be down to earth enough to adapt to it. But even the instagram influencers I know, if they were to use Steepshot, would probably be considered spammers by Steemians for:
etc.
I have only 2500 followers but I am actually close with about half. I could invite them with a Live to use Steepshot, and 500 people would probably sign up.
Yallapapi could too, he could probably go live and bring 1000 people to steepshot.
These are not really the kind of users steemit needs or wants though— even though most would be 1st world users.
I'm not ready to get the reputation (among my instagram friends) for that either when they get no engagement becase secretly unbeknowst to them, here on the dark-blockchain of steemit.com they're getting flagged.
Appics may be a better option, I'm waiting to see what happens.
As for wealthier friends, maybe Steemit could come up with some kind of business proposal for how they can use Steemit effectively for their brand.
And if bid bots and self voting is not allowed or will have massive consequences, then maybe it's time for the features to go or just for someone to come out and say tough shit- they're allowed, get used to it.
Good point regarding the type of posts.
Any ideas?
They are allowed. Unless/until stakeholders start downvoting, they will continue.
Reading this thread... what do you mean investors? Do you mean people who will buy lots of Steem or do you mean folks who will pay the devs directly for advertisement posts? Or who will develop some other financial relationship with... whom? For... building tools that help them use blockchain data to...something? The idea of Steemit is decentralization, right? So I'm not sure what you want investors to do... unless it's just BUY steem.
And if it is, I think you DO want to develop the appeal for minnows. Right now you have folks who mostly are just trying it out for free. No risk, no money... because it's still in beta and relatively small. But the wider the adoption, the more it feels like something solid that's worth investing in because it's not going to disappear tomorrow.
It still feels like a teeny tiny project that made a few people very rich that a few more people are wiggling their toes in and getting happy about because they're early adopters (relatively). But once I meet someone IRL who is on it, and not because I told them about it... well, it's going to seem much bigger. And then I'm not going to be worried that it'll fizzle and die along with an investment.
The crypto world is a rollercoaster right now. If Steemit is in it for the long haul, it has to be more than that. And it is, but it doesn't seemed designed to be that way.
Investors = people that want to buy STEEM/SP. Good thoughts :)