Why you should treat Steemit more like Facebook.
Maybe more specifically why people who aren't creating content for a large audience should treat steemit more like facebook.
https://clyp.it/13gdanhu#
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I speak about it in this link, which'll probably be gone in like 24 hours, so hurry if you care to listen.
The TL;DL is essentially that I think steemit has a tendency to lean toward begging for follows or votes.
The problem with that is simply that when people show up to the network, they probably don't have a lot of their real life friends to find and connect with, it's not like Facebook. So people treat it more like twitter and just start following everything. I think this makes it hard for anyone trying to be creative for a smaller audience to get any rewards at all.
A thought experiment
It's a quick one. Imagine you still use facebook. The only difference is that the steemit reward system is layered on top.
How would you behave if you had a network of people you actually knew and who knew you?
You could still have people making content for a large audience, and those would get resteemed and that would all be the same, the main differences being:
you would only really be seeing posts you cared about or were somehow connected to
you would get a much higher frequency and average of reward for posting
it would never feel like work
you're actually forming and deepening meaningful connections that have tangible real-life outcomes
you could so easily send money between all your friends
you could create your own interest based betting pools or whatever
This is my short perspective on why we all need to invite our real-life friends to steemit and purge our follow lists.
i only joined yesterday and i was having the same concern that people will follow and upvote purely for the reward, which could be disastrous for a healthy community. Inviting real-life friends and forming a quality community should be the focus.
At times I start feeling if "Social Network that pays" is a wrong way to promote steemit. People come with that mindset and are disappointed when their posts are not getting enough visibility. Instead I think steemit should be promoted the way quora is promoted. The quality of posts on Quora is high though there are no monetary benefits.
we need more time )
say more about that
just because you might actually have a lot of people you know on the network doesn't mean that it's good for the ecosystem to get follow crazy. we should treat Following someone on steemit like Friending someone on Facebook. maybe that's more what i mean.
I think your insights and ideas as presented here are excellent!
The present user interface is a bit off-putting, however, for what you suggest. In any case, I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this, Thanks!
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Thanks, cre :) I do think the layout of busy.org lends itself better to the more casual to average user. That said, I don't really use it for whatever reason.
Honestly, I think the name is sort of off-putting. I know 'busy'ness is valued in the west, but the word still has negative roots and a subconsciously negative connotation.
Great message, but that link looks ultra sketchy!