RE: Steem Economic Changes Update
That was really fast! I'm impressed.
I'm seeing that yesterday's post has buoyed a lot of spirits and that is not just reflected by the market. There seems to be a much more positive mood amongst both the established users and some of those who are newer.
Now we need to look at some more active marketing strategies too - I've been thinking about this for some time and have a few ideas which I might do a post on at some point when I have something firm.
Right now though the integration of advertising would really help and I heard Ned in Steemspeak talking quite positively about it. The sooner we can get this incorporated and get more businesses interested in using the platform the better IMO.
Overall things are looking up. Thank you for your continued efforts and for listening to the community.
I know advertising brings with it a big boost in revenue...but one of the things I enjoy most about this platform compared to others is the absolute lack of advertising...the quieter atmosphere is far more appealing to me than FB, Twitter, etc., etc. I'd feel less targeted on an actual battlefield than I do on advertisement rich social media platforms. I know it has to happen, but I for one, am not looking forward to it.
What if you were to get paid to watch a video or ad? Don't watch, don't get paid, watch and get paid.
Not a bad idea.
You could also then pay to not see ads
You may be on to something @streetstyle
not sure about paying to not see, but if you don't watch the ad then you just don't get partake in the ad payout.
Imagine, I am a Nike Shoe fan, they make an awesome video ad and post it on their steem it blog. Maybe they can pre-fund the post somehow (hint hint steemit) and all those who up vote it (algo. that detects whether someone actually watches or maybe it's interactive and requires user response for full payout) and watch the ad, are rewarded / partake of the steem tokens.
Don't watch, don't participate, don't care, Don't Get Paid. Simple.
Maybe you watch the ads on Golf shoes and get rewarded? Or whatever your preference. Or don't watch any ads.
These are all fine ideas...I would just hate to see everything go the route of other social media platforms where everything becomes all about the almighty advertising dollar. Or, since Steemit does seem to prefer categorizing content accordingly, perhaps we can just add an "advertising" category, and those who want to view them can, and those who don't want to view them can go on their merry way...of course they will still stream through the "NEW" tab on the Home Feed, but for those like me who visit the categories that interest us separately...an "advertising" category would work nicely...I could simply avoid it altogether if I choose to...just a thought...my two cents on the subject, as it were.
We can do a lot less adverising than say facebook... Just a couple well placed ones could potentially bring enough money in to balance out the supply/demand issues, and who knows, maybe even tip the scales in the other direction where we actually have more demand than supply ;)
Depends how it is done.
had to be fast, the liquidity of system was falling :)