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RE: Can Steemit Become a Viable Content Platform?
Hi, I'm new to Steemit and these are exactly the first thoughts that came into my mind. Do you find it is getting worse with time?
Here are some of my thoughts on where Steemit may head if the community doesn't come together to solve the problem. Ultimately, I do not believe the developers don't have the tools to control it.
I don't know if it's getting worse - not enough data yet. That article you linked was really good (I resteemed it).
I think the issue might be more philosophical than technical. If people find value in the porn and context-free random links that get posted here, should those posts be considered SPAM?
They're not what I want to read, and I won't upvote them, but what I want isn't necessarily what others want. That's why I say the issue for me is content discoverability. I don't care that people post garbage, I just don't want to have to read it, similar to Twitter.
Using graph databases, they could build a recommendation engine that could surface writers that create content that is more compelling, without forcing us to wade through all of the garbage. The search tool is all but useless, which doesn't really help people find good content/writers either.
I dunno. I am skeptical, but I feel like if they can crack that nut, they might really have something here.