Learning From Reddit's Mistakes: Please Don't Do This Steemit
Many steemians - like myself - migrated from Reddit after deciding to switch out earning fake "Karma" for earning STEEM. Combine the lack of true rewards with the rampant censorship and a move to a blockchain-based solution like steemit was a no-brainer.
Learning from Reddit's mistakes can be a boon for steemit. Here is an issue that the developers shouldn't duplicate.
(image from r/nevertellmetheodds)
When an application starts intruding into your life when you don't want it to, users that aren't committed to a site will nip it in the bud and delete the app with prejudice. Deleting an app can be easier than changing an annoying setting.
Losing potential users needs to be avoided at all costs - steemit needs all the participation it can get.
Unlike Reddit, steemd is open-source and we can control our experience by voting for witnesses and hard-forking if necessary.
Let's make sure that steemit stays true to its calling.
What other mistakes from sites like Reddit / Digg / Facebook can we learn from here?
Where to even begin? How about this one: Don't keep changing the way the feed works, the way privacy protections work, don't keep stuffing promoted posts into people's feeds. Don't keep making me change my settings, only to have your next upgrade lose them all. Who has time for that? It's easier to just not log in than to have to deal with all that. Facebook, I'm talking to you!
Upvoted because I feel the same
Are you watching the draft by the way?
No doubt. Not much action for my Patriots though!
Hopefully the bucs get Dalvin right here!
The Pats will be fine no matter who they draft! Belichick is a wizard.
Honestly... they have about 46 roster locks right now. If they can't get a true game-changer, trade into the 2018 NFL Draft.
No Dalvin, but another weapon for JW. What needs do the pats have?
Not much, honestly. A pass-rushing DE, depth linebacker, developmental OL.
Seems like a good number of people migrated from Reddit!
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