RE: Steemit: Business or Pleasure?
@ned announced that one of steemit's goals is to bring entrepreneurs to the platform, so the business side is kind of sailed ship, but it's not clear how this will manifest or if its beneficial to the platform.
A little bit of math told me that if steem would reach 100$, there would be over 1200 users that are millionaires in USD with the steem they have. Most of these people will want to cash out and enjoy their earnings. At that point the will have to options, convert steem to whatever they need, or spend steem directly.
I think that the business side will be to offer services and goods directly on the platform to those willing to spend their steem. @steemromania already has a team that will promote Romania as a touristic destination, with the idea in mind of transforming this effort into a travel agency with which you can visit Romania just with steem :)
It is up to us to grow sustainable and inclusive businesses that will not mess up the platform :)
True that, I was at SteemFest when he mentioned that but the plans were -and are- still vague. Also, just that doesn't mean that bloggers have no place here. I personally think Steemit can be both - a bloggers' platform and a business platform. How it started and how it'll evolved -time will tell.
Working against spam and plagiarism, among other things here, I can tell that there's a sad pool draining phenomenon here - but I don't really think it can be stopped. At least anymore. Now, bringing businessmen that don't care the least about the platform and have other people 'working' for them giving them their 'share' I think is kinda lame.
What you guys do [and you know how much I love Romaniaaaaa :D ] is amazing and if it's that we're talking about then I'm 100% pro !!!! But actually I'm not talking about cases like this - of course what you do is plausible, completely acceptable, expected even, impressive and applauded! :D
Your last phrase says it all and I'd be glad to see it happening... ;)))
Good for Romania's tourism as they use Steemit for marketing. That is good. When some whales cash out of Steemit, then other whales can rise and take their spots. I love Steemit for many reasons. It helps bloggers, businessmen, and everyone between. Steem is rising like Bitcoin, and the Dollar is falling and will continue. That is good.