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RE: Making Fabric Takes Time - A Letter to SteemIt, Inc.
It would be nice to see more communication... and it might also reduce the "cloud of speculation and rumors" that swirl around here.
One of the things I always liked about being a contributor on HubPages was that founder Paul Edmondson would frequent the use forums and regularly comment on people's questions and concerns, EVEN when the site rose to become among the elite "top 100" sites worldwide. Community relations. It's a good thing.
I often bore everyone in SteemSpeak with stories of being an early adopter of Facebook. Back then when you signed up, Mark Zuckerburg was your first friend. He often made posts, commented on posts, etc. Back then the huge debate was .. Myspace vs. Facebook. He was always interested in feedback.
I know a lot of people hate Mark Z. But he wasn't a big deal yet. He was the most non-defensive and seemingly interested in the end-users POV.
It sounds like the HubPages founder was the same way. :)
My understanding is that Zuckerberg is (was?) a decent enough guy. Tom at MySpace was, too...
First user generated content site I wrote on was Epinions, in 1999. Nirav Tolia used to check in on the forums, and several staff were dedicated full time to staff-user communications. Early contributors were making $8-10K a month, writing product reviews, in the earliest days... sound familiar? We could learn a good bit from them... I got royalties for writing there till 2014, when current owners (the eBay group) shut down the user content feature. It's the only social writing site of its kind I know of that didn't fail. HubPages is a close 2nd, hanging in there at 11 years and... not exactly thriving, but still there. Of course, neither were built around the blockchain...
I've done some other sites as well. I still occasionally check in on Newsvine.com and a couple of others.