RE: STEEMIT TALK Podcast 003 - 8/6/16 - Changes To Steemit, Landing On Mars, Secret Writer, & MEAT TORNADO!!
Great episode guys. I know you already mentioned @team-leibniz, but it would be nice if you guys get to collaborate highlighting his Minnow Report as well. I hope you guys get a chance to make an mp3 version since you don't have video yet. Even though it's very engaging, since it's almost two hours, I had a difficult time listening to it in one sitting.
With regard to what I want Steemit to be, I want it to be a place populated with original content, be it fiction stories or artwork or music or photos, or stories of their life that you get something out of, not just selfies or re-pasted content. If I wanted to read about news, I could go to other more reputable news sites. If they wanted to post news, they could post it and their thoughts regarding the topic, with their thoughts making up more than 60% of the post. Same goes for historical topics, tutorials, etc.
With regard to heartfelt comments, man, I'm not sure who was the one talking very emotionally about it, but it really tugged on my heartstrings. Most of the time I do write comments that could be a post all on it's own, and a lot of times the original poster doesn't even reply. However, the times I do get a reply, I only get "thanks" or whatever short answer, not even a single upvote. I mean, come on, right? Upvotes are free, and it's the least you can do to thank someone for interacting with your post. I know my post upvotes don't count for a lot so I try to make up for it by interaction. Okay, woozah, sorry if that sounded like a rant.
I'm not stingy with regard to upvotes. I upvote posts that I find interesting or if the poster really made an effort to make the post. I really feel negatively about posts that earn a lot but weren't really well thought of, but it is what it is. I try to be happy for everyone who earned based on their merit.
Keep it up guys! I hope one day I make enough impact to merit even just a short mention in Steemit Talk.
First let me thank you for listening! :)
This was a much longer episode than the previous two and can understand it being a long single sitting. There is a link in the comments to download this episode from SoundCloud. But I'm not sure the format since Winston took care of that.
I will absolutely look at the minnow report and see what we can do to include it in an episode. I'll do some reading on it and talk with the guys.
Thanks for the comment and suggestions!
Oh, I didn't notice the SoundCloud link. Thanks! Keep up the good work!
No problem.
Ty!
Thank you for listening - and engaging with a response to the questions posed in the podcast. I want to think on that and will mention in the next episode. Cheers!
As @sykochia mentioned, yep, we got a SoundCloud up there. And that was by special request. We're hoping to switch over to something different, such as iTunes, as the download link is only good for 100 people to download with a free SC account. Everything is definitely still a work in progress, but we LOVE that you guys dig what we have so far! We've got some plans for upcoming episodes and can't wait to see what you guys think of them. :)
I've seen some of the podcasts I've listened to hosted on services like libsyn and podomatic. Though, SoundCloud seems to be a good enough option for people who just mainly stream it. iTunes would give it a lot of exposure, maybe even get non-Steemit people to wonder what Steemit is. I hope it trends there.
Some other suggestions I thought of just now:
I and my cohosts are probably going to answer you more in depth, but in regards to the schedule, it's mainly that way because of general availability to get together and record. We've discussed other times/days, but at this point that's just when we can do it. You never know what life will bring you, though, so it may change. Until further notice, however, weekly it is.
Oh, no, you misunderstood. What I meant to say was the schedule of the regular segments (i.e. segment A this week, segment B next week, segment A the week after) and not the schedule of the episode recording. Sorry if it's how it came across. Weekly podcasts launched on a fixed day is probably the best schedule for these types of media.
I got what you're saying. We talked about that, actually, and we decided to have bulletpoints as far as the stuff we wanted to cover, but we wanted to segway to those points in the natural flow of the discussion. We've got a couple of things in the pipeline which I think may need some work over the next few weeks, but I think you'll like the direction we're headed. ;-)
Looking forward to it! I'm very hopeful for the changes. Exciting times :D