RE: How I figured out, why SteemSports is better than I thought, but still, why it will continue to harm Steemit if few things won't be changed
yeah.. of course I can go and I can use Medium, but as a STEEM holder I would prefer to use any service build on top of steem.
Steem/it is fundamentally a decentralized blockchain project/product/platform
Is it? Steemit cannot exist as decentralized platform. Steemit belongs to a company, which has own database (with users emails/links to facebook accounts/phone numbers/etc).
That has both advantages and disadvantages
Every businessman know that we should focus on advantages which this gives us, and try to avoid limitation.
I do not see any reason why Steemit could not be better than Medium
I believe, that as times goes, technology will allow to do even more in decentralize way. Maybe at some point even DNSes will be totally decentralized. But this not mean, that we have to wait for that moment.
I don't know where the developers of steemit.com plan to take things, nor how nor when
And this is a problem. We as a shareholders of Steem, we should be aware what is a vision for Steemit, which is right now biggest application build on top of Steem blockchain.
Just to butt in here, pessimistic as it may sound, I think the vision for Steemit (the centralized service, not the blockchain - I believe the distinction is clear to you all) is advertising. From the FAQ section "How does Steemit, Inc. earn money?":
Also read the Privacy Policy in detail if you haven't already. It's pretty standard stuff, but in the context of this platform that is disappointing.
in my opinion, after last hardfork, pressure for adding to STEEM additional source of revenue is not so strong anymore. If steemit would go into direction of substeems, then maybe promoting post would be even more profitable.