What are you thinking about the current state of Steemit?
Hello, sitting in man cave here smoking a wee bit of that, you know that there. So im thinking about steemit and what it was, what it is now and what will it be in the future. I joined steemit around 18 ago and have watched it go through a crypto bull run which was pretty epic might i add. You remember 9+ STEEM per SBD, good days and activity was booming. Now we are in the hangover part of the crypto cycle and im chilling and HODLing the bit out for 2019.
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How many true users?
I've no idea, this is a question so if someone knows, please share. They are currently over 1 million account on steemit but how many people are behind those accounts. I have 4 accounts and access to Precious, i only use 2 of them but how many do you have? There are people out there that create and own hundreds of steemit accounts, they run bots with auto commenting. The bot would auto comment from each account by randomly picking a comment from a list of 20,000 pre written comments, then another bot would upvote each account from each account building up decent returns in both SP and STEEM. I actually like this idea but it's sort of a shitty move to pull. I dont think you would make enough money to justify being part of the problem. So, to get back to point it's almost impossible to really know how many unique users steemit really has. Here is a chart of the amount of daily posts and comments for the past 6 months, the chart is from @penguinpablo fantastic daily steemit stats post, check that out.
We can see it has pretty much halved which is not to bad to be honest when you thin what $ STEEM was back then and what it is now. It's also fallen around 20 places of the coinmarketcap rankings. Im not to bothered about ranking cause im a long term sorta guy but that does not stop me from checking the prices.
I honestly think that steemit is a niche platform that will never be used by the masses, it's sorta an ok reddit ripoff. There could be lots of things steemit could add to make the user experience better. Being able to arrange your blog posts would be pretty cool, adding that communities feature that has been talked about for ages would be super cool and a bunch of other stuff like buying STEEM for $ on steemit itself. It also takes to long to create new accounts, by the time they verify, a few people would have forgot about it and not interested anymore. Listen i know F all about how the set up and run a platform such as steemit but there has to be a reason for not adding features.
What do you think about the whole thing?
Do you think steemit will still be a thing in 10-20 years? and how dependent is STEEM on steemit. Would STEEM die if steemit ever did are would it live on? It's hard to judge and guess how much time to should invest into steemit. I say steemit is the retirement fund but i think i'll be on some new shit by then and steemit will be a dodo. I would love to see it last for decades and grow steady along the way but most things have a shelve life. Of course #steemsilvergold will live on through whatever platform we be on doing our thing. I have steemsilvergold.com registered as a backup and we'll make our own steemit with blackjack and hookers.
If anyone knows a stacker who wants on, I'll buy them thier account... its 3 steem and its instantly created. None of the long wait crap, hell, i will even delegate a dab of SP ro get them rolling!
Hear hear :) I have claimed about 15 accounts and Precious has almost 100 ready for new members
Any platform needs to have a positive user flow. New users must come in to replenish those who have left.
Even though it is decentralized and it embraces the blockchain to make it so, Steemit is not exempt from this.
As you said, it is possible that Steemit will never be accepted by the masses — that it is destined to remain a niche site. While others may disagree and claim that Steem is the way of the future, the point is that in either model, a positive user flow is necessary.
This means that USER EXPERIENCE becomes of paramount importance. To be honest, as you pointed out, just establishing an account can be a hassle for many. The learning curve regarding best practices on the site is steeper than what most people are used to experiencing.
If the Steem blockchain is able to develop a steady core audience consisting of consumers of content as well as creators, if the number of Dapps powered by Steem draws in innovators, expanding the scope and reach of Steem — then, I feel, the future is bright.
If not, it will become a platform constantly shifting in the driving forces that affect its destiny. One day pushed by speculators, another by those seeking to game the system for quick profit, and eventually into oblivion.
Maybe it's my optimistic nature, but I feel that the former will prevail.
Fantastic reply, you seem to get it.
My main incentive to stay on steemit as the silver& stacking community #steemsilvergold which is a positive community that always have a flow of community projects and community engaging projects. If steemit was to just add in a few extra features in terms of user experience and being able to arrange content better, i think it would do much better. Not really more people joining up but less people leaving. I will watching dapps and SMT contracts when they are released soon.
Thank you for your reply,
Right now, the quick profitteers sort of jumped out to green pastures...this is not new. That might be difficult to stop although the difficulty to register is harder now than before. This have greatly increased the hardships of new users that might contribute to the success of the steem blockchain.
But what we have right now are serious bloggers, well the majority, that are aiming for the success of all and working on it. That and the dapps make one hopeful.
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I dont understand why the joining process takes so long, i use my @steemcryptosicko account to claim accounts with RC, i have no use for them at all expect to give them away but how do i even do that? I dont think i can so now i have almost 20 claimed accounts that can used to instantly join up while other wait days and days to get confirmed. It's madness
That's the thing, isn't it? No matter how we promote steem if joining means shedding tears and blood to have an account... have meager payouts for quality blogs...
I have faith in the steem blockchain and its' potentials but there is a mountain for the momentum to overcome...
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These dapps that are appearing and being utilised under the steem blockchain make one hopeful of the future state of steem, plus the fact that there's none like it for now.
A lot of things can happen in the future but with crypto, is there a certainty? That 75k worth of steem in 2017 could have sorted my retirement but hey, we've learnt something.
There is a steemitalia.com interface, is silverstackeruk.com similar? Won't we be needing a place to buy and sell silver and gold under the steem blockchain? Just a thought.
Happy new year mate.
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Hey, i never heard of that site before. Pretty cool.
The end of 2017 was pretty awesome, Nov when SBD sang shot away from STEEM was when it was best for me :) We will get there again for sure, no doubt. HODL on my friend
Im also watching Dapps and would like to see a steemsilvergold coin on the steem blockchain someday. Only will tell i guess. Steem itself is solid, transaction speeds and the like.
Happy New year to you as will man
Ssg have an account, a soon to be site and the community...it's not farfetched at all. You might need a few thou to make your own coin...a 3-letter coin is more expensive than a 4-letter one☺☺
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SSG could raise a few thousand no worries. To be honest, i've been looking at erc-20 tokens which like much more simple. The dream would be to have a crypto backed by silver and redeemable for silver also.
Sounds nice...looking forward to that. Get on it!
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Yes we will no doubt..it's just a matter of when. That site is very new, all italian.
Have you seen this?
https://twitter.com/BittrexExchange/status/1083857350421856264?s=20
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These dapps that are appearing and being utilised under the steem blockchain make one hopeful of the future state of steem, plus the fact that there's none like it for now.
A lot of things can happen in the future but with crypto, is there a certainty? That 75k worth of steem in 2017 could have sorted my retirement but hey, we've learnt something.
There is a steemitalia.com interface, is silverstackeruk.com similar? Won't we be needing a place to buy and sell silver and gold under the steem blockchain? Just a thought.
Happy new year mate.
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Of course i agree but how would they implement that?