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RE: Does Steem Suck? Let Me Tell You How I Really Feel...
The user Retention issue seems to be caused by all the other points @whatsup listed. For new users it is an uphill struggle to be noticed and unless they are willing to buy votes to get to trending they will rarely be noticed. Hopefully we can fix these other things and user retention will take care of itself.
Haha well of course but I was talking in terms of if I could make things better over night.
I know how it is out there. I won't complain because I have been growing despite the lower engagment but I don't buy votes and I don't get a ton of attention all the time so I feel the pain there for sure. Idk what the real answer is or if there even is one but I think it is still worth it to hang around and post. Plus, I can rest assured that even when payouts are low they are more than I would be getting anywhere else for my content.
Yes I know what you mean and I'm glad you are growing as am I (slowly but surely). With the price of steem at the moment it is hard to make people understand that the 10 cent they earn on a post may one day be worth alot more. I am using these times to find my voice and learn how to write while not too caught up in the steem I earn. This time on steem is a great training ground. I'm sure for many new users seeing the trending page can see unfair, until of course they find out it is all bought votes. I do hope the whole network can turn around and do what it set out to do. For me, I am still enjoying the ride.
"With the price of steem at the moment it is hard to make people understand that the 10 cent they earn on a post may one day be worth alot more."
Truth. I first heard about bitcoin when the price was less than a dollar and I said "that's stupid and it will never be worth anything." I have decided that I won't make that mistake again lol. I had just got my student loan then and had $20,000 in the bank. If I had known then what I know now, I would have spent it all and I would be writing this from my privet island lol.
I think distribution causes all the other problems. If we had more stakeholder who actually have Steem, more people would get engagement and votes.
In addition I think unrealistic expectations is our second biggest problem.
I seems like alot of the steempower in under utilised or tied up in bots and delegation. Hopefully stake holders will curate more to share the rewards based on quality. I've been here over a year and even though my growth has been slow, it has been steady and for that I'm happy enough especially coming from other social media networks.