RE: Steemit - doomed to fail? My two cents.
ofcourse if all earning options was removed people (me included) would stop using this site.
steemit is uniqe because it allows new bloogers t oget some kind of revenue stream even when they start out (on IG Facebook or youtube only about top 10% actually make a decent amount of money.
the system is obviously not perfect and can be abused. The witness program are there to hopefully eliminate the word offenders.
yes the system is flawed but it is way better for people like me that does not have a large following base or have any sorts of conections.
it pritey much allows us to make a bit of money while growing and giving our opinions.
i believe that steemit will evolve with the people using it and that's why i am happy that i am starting now. it could be a really bright future for all of us using this platform and all the other platforms that uses the steemit buisness model.
that's a pretty damning comment - "ofcourse if all earning options was removed people (me included) would stop using this site." because you'd still use youtube, google and wikipedia. If its only about money then that's not good enough imo. It has to be attractive without just a purely financial intensive.
use something and contribute to something is quite a bit difrent . most people that start youtube have the goal in mind to make money of it. if i use it to watch something then i don't expect to be able to make money from it for example.
steemit just break that barrier between 'i might be able to make money in 6 months' and 'wow i can make money from my work right away without any followers' that's where steemit shines imo.