RE: Will the influx of popular alt-media figures from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter encourage or discourage new Steemians?
I never said anyone using Steemit is an bad thing in fact the opposite is true, the more people trying to educate the masses in the truth of our current paradigm the better.
As for this statement........
If they post a 3,000 word article that took weeks or months to write, I don't think that's "posting one or two paragraphs with little effort" to "rape the reward pool."
How does that even equate to what I actually said?
And this.....
These people write or speak for a living. Their incomes have been slashed by youtube demonetization, censorship, and the like. I don't think them using steemit is a bad thing. If you relied only on income you could receive from readers, it would probably incentivize you to get on every platform possible.
You're preaching to the choir. I'm well aware of what's going on.
This is what I said......
My concern is that you'll have cliques of Fakebook 'stars' and their followers only following and supporting each other in a big circle jerk of reward pool rape.
And it's more about the wider Steemit community being ignored by new adopters who only follow those they followed over from other social media platforms and not assimilating into the great medium Steemit has become.
My comment was directly in response to what you said, namely:
"what is being described by some as 'easy money' for posting one or two paragraphs."
I countered that with the example of very long articles that took significant time and effort to produce, as exemplified by Suzie Dawson's Steemit acct. That is hardly posting a couple of low-effort paragraphs for hundreds of SD.
That's how my comment related to "what you actually said."
Yes, but it's not really a counter arguement is it?
I'm aware long articles are different to 2 paragraphs which is why comparing the two is ascenine. You compared them not me.
None of the points I made had anything to do with those who we're sadly named in the post.
It's about those who drop a picture or a link or 1-2 paragraphs and expect huge rewards for little content/effort nothing to do with those named.
I hope that clears it up.