If STEEM was worth $0, would you still be here?
Serious question, if STEEM was worth $0.00, would you still be here?
Would you still participate?
I hear people say "well you make more than you made on Facebook". This is very true but does the platform offer much if you remove the rewards?
If you did stay, what would change?
That depends on one thing, at least for me: Will my readers stay?
I've been a writer for a long time, but it's hard to get exposure if you don't have a large publisher backing you. Steem has given me the opportunity to reach people that are reading my stories and science posts and interact with me based on those. Without interaction, I could just quit.
Another thing are the communities, especially steemSTEM. They're wonderful people with whom I interact a lot over the day, not just via Steem. If they all vanished, what keeps me here?
The money is nice, no question. I feels good to earn money by writing what you love. But the community is what I'm here for, the people, the interaction, the feedback.
If STEEM dropped to 0, I'd stay - as long as the rest of my circle did too.
I would probably buy me a few million steem and enjoy being a real whale.
Since I am always calculating with steem being able to stop having any worth at any moment, that would be a sad thing but I would definitely stay.
Yes I would 😊 I just believe that the upvote system will create a better and more valuable content in the long run.
I know steemit can go its way without the nip peeks I offer at @peekbit, but I just like to extend here what I do in ‚real life‘ as a girl: bring joy to the guys around me by not hiding what they really like to see anyway - and it always comes back to me. Do it’s already payed anyway 😊 @peekbit
that‘s why we love you @peekbit. And for your nice views you offer... really artful... 👍🏼
thank you 😊 @peekbit
Absolutely, sure the money was the thing that got me here, but I don't make that much anyway. Apart from that though, if the money was not here I would stay, it is far better than facebook or twitter, you can engage in conversations, get involved in the many different topics and if there isn't any topic here that doesn't interest you then you must be dead.
You have any topic you can think off, hobbies, pets, animals and more, but more than that, you can really get involved, not like fb & twitter where you're restricted on word count.
Then you have the discord chat, the poker league and much more, I've never seen a social media platform that has so much potential, even if there was no money this place is going to get huge
Probably only on DMania.
Because there are good memes about the media and crypto.
But i guess i wouldn't stay on the site for more.
welp maybe for the nature photos.
These are great.
I see Steemit more as a place where people make money
or they just want to share theyr experiences or theyr skills.
But still i love 9GAG because there are actually good memes that make me laugh.
You raise a really good question that someone needs to pause to ponder on.
I think I still would. But would probably spend less time. There are a lot of great people dishing out great content. It's fantastic , but so was facebook in the early days.
Hopefully, this won't go that route.
To be honest, if steem was worth 0$, i.e, there will be no rewards, this platform would be more like twitter, full of trolls and funny memes.
If I would stay?
Depends on what kind of people will be still here and what kind of content they will post.
that is exactly what i was thinking too
I would say yes and remain in hopes everyone would ditch FB and move here. Regardless.
Anonymity is dead in FB. Not that I am trying to hide my self, but they go way into surveillance mode that I don't need.
Where else will I post all my awesome content?
I also consider Steemit a reservoir of alternative information not offered on any MSM sites like FB or [news].com sites. And find an incredible amount of knowledge on farming, homesteading and the likes from other users here on Steemit.. that I will keep coming back to because growing food ain't quick venture!
Im planted right where Im at on this platform! Holler!
I will still be here, and you know why? There is way less b!@#s!@t posts on steemit. And then I mean the posts like "I'm now going to the hairdresser' or "I'm now stopping in front of a traffic light " :) ... The only thing what is a pitty and I absolutly want to change is the 'friends' enrichments of whales versus a double account or friends account and the voting bots for whales. It's false competition for people who are trying so hard but never get there. But that will be all, for the rest, Let steemit be steemit... Love it !!!
Same to you
And I Really Love you steemit
Thank you very much..
I think at this point, I still would be here! Now that I know about the expansiveness of over a million people with all kinds of ideas , which is alot different then my FB news feed. That being said, the money definately helping my family, and I would hate to lose it. Lets say it is a very very strong cement for putting down roots.