RE: Advertising Revenue and Distributions on the Steem Blockchain
But also expect full on war by google, Facebook and the likes and the search results to tank for anything Steem related, they are not going to sit back and relax when their livelihood is being threatened.
At the point when millions of users are on the interfaces using the Steem blockchain and businesses/advertisers are integrating with the ecosystem, there won't be a lot that Google or Facebook can do about it. They can attempt to fight it or censor content in their browsers, but it will only make them look petty and their efforts would likely be futile anyway.
What if, say Canon or Nikon, sees an opportunity: they buy 2 Million Steem (pocket change for them) and make a Canon Whale profile.
Then hire a social media manager or bot and start up-voting positive articles about their product.
I'd say that there would be a lot of happy users and investors. If certain people start writing fluff pieces for Canon or Nikon and expecting upvotes from them, how would it be any different than the crap that we see on the trending page now, where people write Steemit fluff pieces for whale votes? If you don't like what could possibly come from companies being on the interface/blockchain, then you obviously don't like what you see now, correct?
Besides - the obvious way to deal with that is to downvote the posts. If enough people agree with you that the posts are overvalued, then you can counter the fluff. This is how the stake-weighted voting system works.
please noooooooo, I have been enjoying the absence of advertising immensely, will need to look for a different platform when that happens...
There are probably a few people who agree and it's unfortunate that some people think that way. But it's unavoidable. If you don't like business and advertising (it's a package-deal), then you can always find a social media site where they don't exist. That's certainly your choice and you're free to make it.
"But also expect full on war by google, Facebook and the likes and the search results to tank for anything Steem related, they are not going to sit back and relax when their livelihood is being threatened"
Let the bullies in our domain because they feel threatened? The masses are ready for steemit. and Yes there is a learning curve for the revolutionary "Gift Economy." It will take time to enlightened Old School Matrix with in us all. It's a free world and whoever doesn't want learn can go back to the old social media platforms where the only thing of value is big profits for the few.
Corporations don't seem to like diversity and Steemers are a diversified inspirational community and we're still able to engage and encourage one another.
Why would a community of innovators want corporations to have value and the community be devalued. We have the numbers to back us critical mass is alive and well so WHY should we lower our expectations because something is hard and takes time to flourish?
Enough with the gifs, or multiple gifs, in every comment.
This is a part of the way I communicate but no problem will not use anything that reveals a thousand words in a picture.
I am getting the impression that the advertisements for steemit is already a done deal.
So there is no more to say.
Adverisements will be the greatest thing to hit steemit." I don't understand why @dan and @ned didn't think of it in the beginning. But let's not go there and burn all their interviews to change Steemit's history and the reasons for their revolutionary "gift economy"
Advertisement is Beautiful and we all want more.