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RE: How Will Steem Cope With EOS? How Steemit Inc. Might Take Advantage of Their Head Start over Competitors on EOS.
I was under the impression that EOS would benefit Steem as well until I learned about the Ned and Dan 'issue', but now I agree that that may no longer be the case. I am all for SMT's as well, but like you said, it seems the priorities are a bit off. Why launch an SMT for a giant content/media organization if you can't even onboard enough people to the current platform? I keep hearing that they are working on the signups, but new users continue to complain to me about the process and consistently need help. A support team would be amazing. I don't mind helping new users, but if the process was streamlined with a support team maybe I wouldn't be as needed. I've also heard rumors of Steem 'communities' coming 'soon' for over a year now.
Considering the funds available in the pool - it would be easy to pay a support team - in the same way witnesses are paid even. The last time I mentioned anything along those lines I got accused of being a communist by 'respected' members here.. oh well.
Funny how paying working members for a job that is vitally needed is 'communist'. I get a similar response when I mention to people that no project should have 100% of block rewards going to mining alone. It takes a lot of various roles working harmoniously to build a long term sustainable project.
In the case I mentioned, I was just supporting the idea of redirecting some of the rewards pool towards funding projects that enhance the steem Eco-system.. So not exactly paid 'worker' roles - but not too different.. Certainly not communist.
It's all very exposing really. As was Ned's comment. Three words and upvoting himself whilst flagging dan? Hmmm.
If anyone doesn't know what @dannyshine is talking about. Also worth an honerable mention is @ponts the poor bastard below that got flagged for his admittedly funny comment, by blocktrades no less.
As a recent user of Steemit, this rift does give me pause. A community and platform lives and dies by its users and to see such a split and potential competing platforms makes me a bit cautious about investing in it if it is to start to lose core supporting resources.