RE: Steemit: The Current Identity and the Lack of New Investment
Great post and very informative. You make very valid points and especially why a lot of new users leave. Personally I am fairly new to Steemit but it does take quite a bit of time getting your head round how this actually works. What should you write about, what tags to use, what to vote on, is the content good etc. I think a lot of people come because they think If i can post the same stuff I post on Facebook I will then make money and then get totally disheartened when this doesn't happen. They see some posts making a lot of money yet cant figure out why they cant. If they want to keep people Steemit has to explain better and have training videos. Uploading a picture and videos should already be on the platform and should be unnecessary to upload from outside sources. I really believe these points raised are frustrating new users and eventually say, enough is enough I'm no further forward and the just quit. Would be interesting to hear what other people have to say
I think this should be the easiest part. Write about topics that interest you and that you're passionate about. It'll come through in your writing and readers will pick up on that.
Use tags that are appropriate for your content. This is a bit of an issue on Steemit because of the lack of any navigable categories in the side panels. This is something that should have been at the top of the list for the platform. It's hard to find content when it's not properly organized. But use the tags that work for your post. If you're writing about your recent trip to Sweden, then tag the post with "travel" and "Sweden." If you're writing about your favorite pizza, then tag the post with "food" and "pizza."
Is the content good? Well, that's up to the reader. If you think it's good, then upvote it. If the rest of the community disagrees, then they won't vote for it (unless they are using bots and trails and have followed you). If they happen to notice that you're constantly voting content that they think is absolute garbage, they might let you know about it. It's all part of the process of filtering content. The only thing that matters in the long-run is how you want to use your own votes. Just understand that your voting can be viewed and evaluated by others. That's just the nature of the platform.
That's one of the problems with the marketing and communication about the platform. A lot of the things posted on Facebook are just recycled content or absolute trash. The successful writers who use FB are usually successful here as well. There's a reason for that. They have followers and usually a fairly decent "brand." They bring people with them. You can be successful here without them, but it's a little harder to pull off. Most of the payouts here are based on momentum or just happening to snag a vote from a large stakeholder. In the future, the hope is that this will change. We'll see what happens.
Many thanks. I really appreciate your reply and honesty. You don't need it but I,ll say it all the same good luck. Now following you