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RE: Steemit FAQ - A Few Remaining Questions for Technical Pros & Steemit Dev Team

in #steemit9 years ago (edited)

Hi, I hope you don't mind I made a bunch of suggestions in the Google Docs.

Obviously you can reject any or all of them.

But I wanted to comment on one thing as a suggestion to the developers as I know they are calling this a "social network".

Personally I think calling steemit a "social network" is selling it short. This is not like Facebook. And although we are bringing in a lot of features many social networks have, I still think steemit needs to be differentiated as it is something completely different.

Personally I don't even like calling Facebook a social network. Because it isn't one. It's just a shopping window where a friend might walk by once in a while.

Steemit is a Support Network.

Or at least, that is a better description in my opinion. Sure we make friends here and we socialise, but steemit is so much more than that, and that's what I think we should be selling to the wider community, not the whole BLOG FOR MONEY context that leads new users and non-bloggers to disappointment.

Steemit is a place where users (get paid to) support each other. We are a network of bloggers and curators who have better online etiquette than anywhere in the world-wide-web because this is a networking space users have come to respect. There is trolling, yes. But none to the extent of the rest of the online world, and people here are collaborating and defending each other and helping each other up in order to make this place valuable to those already here and those who are yet to come.

We don't just socialise here. We support eachother!

Of course I understand the developers are going with calling it a "social network" so reject the suggestion by all means, but I just thought I would voice my opinion on that label as I think "support network" is much more fitting and is a great way to differentiate ourselves from the Facebook we've grown to hate because of their lack of support to the user.

If there are any suggestions you wish to discuss with me I am available on steemit.chat @beanz. :)

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I'll take a look at your suggestions, thanks!

If you write a blog post about Steemit being a support network, be sure to send it to me. I'm @shenanigator in chat.

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