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RE: Poll: Would You Like if Steemit Sold Advertising and Shared the Revenue with Us?
I personally like the fact that I am not bombarded with advertisement. That is the great thing about the block chain it isn't dependent on advertisement. I would rather get real word of mouth recommendations on products or services than be forced to look at the advertisements.
Thank you for your reply tecnosgirl. I hear you, but consider this. First of all, we see banner ads every where we go, does it really bother you that much? Even serious and venerable websites like Nytimes.com and WSJ have banner ads, has it ever stopped you from using those website? Additionally, do banner ads truly sway the value of real word recommendations? We all know the difference of ads and real word of mouth. Personally, I agree it's important to not allow the two to become confused, but so long as we can easily tell the difference, we don't lose. Right? What am I missing here?
The issue is slowly they start over taking social media sites, when Myspace first started it was social media then slowly advertisement was taking over, that is part of why Facebook was able to get a good foot hold in because they didn't have many advertisement back then now it is 90% advertisement on my feed on facebook. It is part of the reason I don't want to use it. I would hate to see advertisement taking up a bunch of space here.
I like this answer. I think you are correct. In the beginning of FB, it kind of "felt" cool that there were no ads. It made it seem more authentic somehow. But would you feel different about the ads if you knew you were participating in the revenue stream?
Advertisement based revenue isn't worth much of anything. Back in the day I use to write for a site similar in the way that the users vote for what content they like. I was recovering at the time from a botched operation so I had the time to sit there for 8 hours a day and it rewarded me a whole $30 a month. I just don't see it being worth it really.
Are you sure? My understanding is that Facebook is making billions in advertising. And when I say advertising, I mean strictly advertising, not the part about how they are selling our information to companies, that's a different thing.
Yeah I still don't think it is worth it. Money isn't everything and that is one of the biggest issues in the world now days is corporate greed. I would really hate to see the block chain get tainted with that greed on top of the human greed many people have.
Ok but doesn't greed drive a lot of progress? I mean, let's look at Steemit for example, many of us moved here specifically because we wanted to participate in a social media platform where we get paid...some would call that greed, no? Wouldn't you agree that part of the attraction to Steem is the fact that we can make money doing what we were already doing on Reddit?? Why did you come to Steem?
being rewarded for creating content is nice, but we are being rewarded without having to depend on advertisers I think once we have that dependency thing it will be all about advertising products instead of advertising ourselves, because that in reality what our blogs are an advertisement on ourselves. We should have to compete with corporate America