RE: Could Steem Be The Gateway Drug To Mainstream Cryptocurrency Usage And The End of Central Banks and Government?
Echoing my thoughts exactly... I have a few concerns though..
Some of the people I've helped push onto Steemit have completely thrived, pushing themselves up to dolphin level within a couple of weeks. While others thought the way to riches was to copy and paste articles they'd read elsewhere.
Some people just have zero value to offer.
The biggest barrier I see to adoption is competition. There's no competition on facebook, just post your meaningless status updates, connect with your friends etc etc.
Are people ready to put themselves on the line and offer their value? I don't know, the amount of people that have had tantrums and left at this stage is ridiculous.
I agree that this is the most adoptable crypto, but I don't think it's current 'get paid to blog' format will mean much in the long run in building an economic system independent of our current government controlled farce.
My money's on the sidechain apps.
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There is a bit of a learning curve. Copying links to youtube videos without credit, without any comments, same with photos, etc. That usually lasts a day or two and then people start to catch on. This problem you described will continue because this being a new paradigm it does involve some new ways of thinking. I'm fine with that, I think if we recognize people stuck in that learning curve we can try to help them get through it faster.
I'm not sure about the sidechain apps, I think other models similar to steem will come up for alternatives.
The benefit of the sidechain apps is that the steem dollar will be transferable. It's all about the steem dollar.
All of these other models can be stuck onto steemit with very basic programming. A twitter, a facebook etc.