RE: The success and growth of Steemit - My perspective on how we get there
Absolutely!
One of the unique things about Steemit is that the roles of "content creator" and "content consumer" are dynamic and fluid.
A person who comes mostly to read will become a "content creator" with a comment, and that comment has the potential to earn rewards. This is also, at its core, a social media platform, and all of the tags that encourage participation, such as #freewrite and #colorchallenge will keep people engaged with the platform even if they mostly come to read.
There is a very human element that is often overlooked, which is that people already spend hours a day browsing social media solely because they enjoy it so much that it has become a part of their daily routine.
In my opinion, the main motivator to encourage people to switch to Steemit will always be the ability to provide a superior user experience that will make someone enjoy this platform so much that they aren't able to put it down.
Thank you for the awesome comment :D
I agree that we need to keep that superior user experience but at the same time, we shouldn't forget that people will not reach steemit by themselves. In some way, the information about this platform has to get to them.
Many of the people, same thing on Facebook, are just consuming content. Some of them participate lightly like you said and some will become active content creators like us. I think that if we treat steemit as a social media and not just a blog list, It could actually bring more activity to the site.
Btw by saying "superior user experience" you reminded me about another thing I wanted to add to the post, the visuals of the site. The site is looking like a list and not appealing in my opinion. The first thing that a person who is entering the site should say is "WOW" and the second thing is "Ohh it's really easy to navigate". But the post is too long anyway :P
Thank you for the comment and support again!
Definitely, and I completely support actively getting the word out to bring new people in!