I'm not sure I understand what's going on here but I hope it'll ultimately make things a little less complicated. Like, newcomers interested in basket-weaving can join a basket-weaving community supported by a b.w. token? It would be refreshing to have a way to encourage content other than writing about Steem and Steemit.
Until things settle down to the point where they can be explained to a layman who might want to talk about something else, I don't think we can see much long-term growth around here.
You hit the nail on the head. The basket-weaving community can support those interested in that with a b.w. token. Thus, each time an upvote is given, one will earn SP/SBD AND BW.
That is the entire idea behind "Tribes" that the team is working on. They want to give communities the opportunity to create a website and have different social media functions (blogging, live stream, video, forum) all under one umbrella.
Exactly this. Many of us love Steem because we use it all day and we like to speculate on its future, but to attract a wider audience, we must have communities that talk about other things and have a seamless experience that is “enhanced” by Steem rather than bringing their focus to Steem.
I think the idea of tribes that Steem Engine is creating is exactly that seamless connection. A basket weaving enthusiast will one day go to a basket weaving condenser front end and not even know a damn thing about Steem. All they’ll know is that they’re joining a community about basket weaving that pays some crypto to its users.