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RE: Gambling, dopamine & STEEM: Why Steemit.com is destined for success. [Original Content | Steemit | 5 Minute Read]
Steem might be successful. I hope so. But the promise of an opportunity to gamble on a large, infrequent payout isnt what will get it there.... there are hundreds of different scams and online casino games that offer that that people ignore as spammy trash all the time.
Every post like this that celebrates steemit's similarity to an online casino ultimately reduces its credibility as a platform.
Well what will make steemit successful is the large adoption of users over time. In my opinion what will keep those users coming back is the casino like mechanism that is the payout schedule. It's not good/bad/indifferent that this is apart of the system. In reality all social media website have it - however with steemit the payout is actual cash vs. say likes & shares on Facebook. Even Facebook has this addicting quality to it where people are addicted to posting a picture of their dinner or Saturday night outfit and want to see how many people like/comment/share.
I think at this point in time it would be hard to argue against the fact a lot of people are here, using the site because of the payout system.