RE: Crypto-Economics: A Steem Example vs Centralized Platform
The answer that as a user one should use DLike should be a complete no-brainer and not require more than a millisecond of thought after all the facts sink in. But I'm afraid we have our work cut out for us, as unbelievable as it sounds, to educate the public about the superiority of decentralized platforms from the user's point of view.
When I tried to tell my friends and acquaintances about Steem and that the smart move would be to have their online conversations on Steem rather than on Facebook, what I got was mostly, to my utter astonishment, a wall of deafening silence. One guy said the earnings here would be peanuts anyway, so why bother.
It is possible to educate public but it will take time and effort. Above all, it comes down to finding the right niches where the advantages of decentralization are so obvious that they cannot be logically denied. Digital assets in areas like gaming and gambling are obvious applications. Intellectual property and proof of ownership and authenticity are others. Superior apps with superior usability that leverage the strong points of decentralization are key.
We have the disadvantage in that people are already settled in their routine... and, honestly, until something actually upsets them, they'll be tough to move. It's like moving house to one that is slightly better... at some point the advantages aren't worth the effort of uprooting everything you're already established... so we'll just have to keep building until the advantages are clearly worth the effort.
It is going to require the idea of crypto getting into the psyche of people. It is really a catch-22 we find ourselves in: this paradigm will not kick into overdrive until we get enough people involved and the people will not get involved until this kicks into over drive.
As I said below, it literally is one user at a time....
It will happen one user at a time.
That is how the network effect is kicked off. Until that time, it is just a slow grind of adding one after another. Word of mouth is the best way even if it is only 1 out of 10.
I agree on that. We just have to keep plodding along. Adoption follows an exponential curve and we are pretty much on the flat part.
Telling people about what's great about decentralized versions of their favourite sites and stacking up on tokens sometimes makes me sound off like a Jehova's Witness going door to door and getting door after door slammed in my face despite the fact that I know I'm making perfect sense.
I mean, anyone can replace their step counter/sports tracker app with Actifit and get paid in crypto. However little that may be per walk/run, it adds up. Especially when you apply that model in as many areas of your life as possible.
But if you go door to door with Actifit turned on....! Kazillionaire!
It seems like there is Actifit's market...Jehovah Witnesses....
Get Paid to Spread the Word!
It could go over big.
This. Go with God.
Ka-chinnglionaire!