RE: Is Money the Main Ingredient in Steemit's Retention Ratio?
Oh for sure, We all have those friends and fam who have signed up and then never posted or, posted a few times and then abandoned their blogs.
You can lead a horse to water, you cannot make it drink, or so they say ;)
TBH, part of the reason is that as individuals we don't yet have a solid model for introduction and retention that we can all follow.
There isn't really a great "3 step program" for this yet. I believe there will be one day, & that currently certain users are actually in a position to be able to do this effectively, yet probably don't or don't know they could are.
For example, I don't fully believe that I've positioned myself enough to onboard people in such a way that I know I can retain them more often than not. I'm getting close, however, there a few steps in the plan I still need to implement in order to do this effectively and reliably.
I believe that there are several different mechanisms for on boarding new users and retaining them and that we just haven't implemented these ideas properly to date. Another issue is that many great retention ideas don't yet exist in practical applications.
Let's revisit this convo in March, hopefully I'll have some more to tell you ;)
BTW I laughed pretty hard when you wrote "broach the subject" nice choice of words.
I hear ya, buddy. There are so many features yet to be finished or implemented in Steemit but I'm hopefully they will be addressed soon. We are still so early in the life of this platform. But the way I see it, every post you write is one post better off than you were before it. And the same with comments.
But as a community, we haven't even touched the surface yet. I see a time in the future where Steemit will be the "go-to" place for bloggers and social media activists, regardless of remuneration. Just like reddit for the past so many years, the benchmark will have been set for Steemit. The growth in the last few months stands as testament to the power this platform can achieve. Please stick with it, bud. As you say, come March, let's see what the platform and price are saying.
I'll be sure to "broach" the subject again! All the very best, man. :)
ahahaha, yes please broach !