A consumer cannot purchase something is he/she doesn't know it exists
Jerry seems to be rather a polarizing figure, but I think it is probably fair to say that he does more to promote Steemit than the vast majority of people here – that work helps to enable consumers to purchase the product
You say that all of the new consumers are ‘poor quality’. No doubt some will be, but some also will be good quality, or at least medium quality. If the number of new poor quality users is higher than the number of new high quality users the net effect in the short-term would be to reduce average quality
But in the long-term I would guess that most of the spammers and poor quality posters will leave or just go inactive – scams and spam will never go away, but I consistently see that they don’t work here for long. The high quality posters will mostly stay and do well – maybe some will invest in STEEM, and maybe some medium quality posters will grow into top quality posters...
If that happens, then the net longer-term effect is to increase average quality while also growing the site – and as per your post, “post quality if beneficial in the long haul”
A few suppositions there, but that’s how I see it - I'm a 'live and let live' sort of person ;-)
I’m not saying all the new users are of low quality, but the type of people that will be attracted by a video showing off thousands of dollars in 1 month profits will be people who are coming to Steemit for the money and only the money.
A realistic expectation is a good thing.
You say that a video showing off thousands of dollars in profits may well attract a greater proportion of people who are coming for the money and I agree with you - but it seems to me there is nothing wrong with that if there are some good posters mixed in among that group - which we agree is the case
So then your complaint becomes that people's expectations are being raised. I don't see any problem with this whatsoever. People just need to man up a bit. Life isn't easy and Steemit is no different, if someone comes here and gives up after a few posts because their expectations aren't met I don't see that as a loss to the platform - their departure makes the platform on average stronger
It’s false advertising. If STEEM Inc made the same claims that would be borderline breaking the law.
Seriously?!?
I'm no lawyer and I haven't watched the video, but I assume from your post that it states you can earn $100s per day posting on Steemit - which is absolutely true...
What's 'borderline' breaking the law? You don't break laws a bit, you either break them or you don't break them. Is 'borderline' kind of like 'almost breaking' the law, i.e. perfectly legal?
Did you watch the video? Is it indicative of what a first time user will experience in their first month?
That will give you your answer.
No, it’s 20 mins long, I can think of countless better things to do with 20 mins
Regardless, I don’t think the content really matters, as long as it’s not a snuff video or something