RE: 3 Things That Would Immediately Help Steemit.com
I think all three of your points are valid. It would be nice to have an app that did everything. At this point I'm using Steemit to browse and vote, Busy to post, and SteemAuto for voting on some people. I also use Steemworld to keep track of voting power (seriously, how is that not built into Steemit?) and Steemd occasionally to check stuff. IDK, I just like it. For a while it was the only one that showed bandwidth. (Also, how does Steemit not have this?!)
Would be great to have Steem/Fiat pairs, but Steem has to show itself to be a legitimate player. Yes, it handles a lot of transactions, but it has to prove there's value in Steem, and not just the technology behind it. (Maybe that's too harsh as there are lots of projects out there that have made a ton of money while not producing much of anything. Hopefully you know what I mean though.)
I use all of the services you listed as well. It is just so inconvenient to constantly be switching between them. Steemit has to make sure it delivers the proper guidance out of the box with an enjoyeable user experience, otherwise your average Joe won't use it.
You are very much right regarding the legitimacy here. If it happens that companies find out that there are hundreds of thousands or in the future milions of users onto whom they can just force their advertisement by buying upvotes only to make the money back straight away, Steem will be doomed.
I'm scared, man. I'm remaining positive, but I don't know what's going to happen. I would really miss the lack of distraction if they start letting advertisements in. That would be a sad day for the platform. Let's hope the increased viability and activity by Ned mean that Steemit is actively working on making things better.
I'm just hoping it won't come like a lightning from the blue sky. It would be very bad if it crashed fast, as we wouldn't have time to power down and cash out.
Hopefully it won't flash crash. Then again, if it does maybe we can buy more or we can get higher rewards while the price is low. As long as it comes back up, we're good.
Precisely. Provided we can sell it somewhere. Look at BitConnect. People couldn't even sell it because the trading activity was non-existent. I'm not saying that STEEM is anything like BitConnect, but it gives you an idea of how badly things can go.
Yes, if we're in a BitConnect situation then we're in big trouble. I think there's genuine stuff behind the curtain, but we need to have the stuff in front of the curtain worked on. Let's hope it doesn't all go belly up.
Exactly. I feel like I'm repeating myself too much, but what gives. I think that whichever frontend manages to make the user experience a breeze from top to bottom will be the one which wins in the end.
I agree with you there. Ease of access, ease of use, ease of customization.