Why I think Steemit will Fail.

Where do I even start, I have been using Steemit for a while now and I have always tried to stay positive about where the site was going and how it will grow, however after spending the time I have on the site I just don't think it will become the level of other big social media sites.

So before I really get into this let me just say I personally hope Steemit does become a lot bigger than it does today as there is a lot to love about not just the sight but also the community of users. Also I'm not the most knowledgeable about all things crypto but I don't think that should come into play to much in this post.

Money

To start of with how steemit is advertised. I'm sure you have all seen the "talk about what ever you want and get paid to do it" advertisement however it really isn't that simple.

First of all the likely hood of you making any money as soon as you start isn't very high which immediately will turn people away from the site if they have been told they can make money straight away. Also a lot of people aren't into crypto currency so they won't have any knowledge of it further than knowing that bitcoin is a thing, so when people actually start to get any amount of money from posting they might not realize it is a lot of hassle to get your "money" into actually money in your hands.

I think this is a major issue with the site that cant be changed, because for the most part people that get paid online want it to be simple and easy (ie. straight into their bank or getting a check in the post) Also a lot of people will get turned away by not just the effort of actually getting money but the numerous cuts that get taken out of your money through all the transfers you have to go through.

User friendliness

In all honesty Steemit is not user friendly for the average person who doesn't spend a huge amount of time online, or similar sites, it really isn't that easy to navigate you way around, Of course you have the main pages however they are very cluttered and full of all types of things. Then in the specific tag section it only shows popular tags and you can't really search for the tag you are looking for.

This brings me onto the actual search bar, I don't think it makes things as easy as you would like to find and it just really doesn't look that good.

Before you even fully get to the sight you have to sign up, and the process of signing up in my opinion is quite frankly stupid, not everyone wants to sign up through facebook and then if you want to sign up through reddit you have to have a certain amount of karma which I think is just not necessary , also a lot of people might have reddit but just be lurkers. Also why can you not just sign-up without having to have an account on another sight.

Look

I don't want to talk to much about what the sight looks like because I don't think there is much needed as I'm sure most of you will agree that the sight as a whole feels like it lacks enthusiasm.

I don't quit know what to title this section but I think that its hard to really understand the site and a lot of the top posts if you don't know about crypto currency and then if you don't want to learn then it may feel like you don't have a place on the site, also there is the often talked about issues of steemit chat and how it is really just bad. One last thing, WHERE IS A REAL APP, you need to have an app in todays world.

So that is it from me sort of rant over, if I am wrong in anything I am saying please correct me, I would also love to hear what everyone else has to say about the current issues with steemit. Thanks for reading.

Last thing there is probably a lot of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes , sorry I wrote this quickly and just want to post it now also I probably forgot a few things but I think you get the idea. I might do a part 2 who knows.