Please don't hate my comment, because I need to disagree with you.
First of all you started a lame topic that has been brought up ton of time. Because you are a dolphin or whale and have dolphin whale friends, this post earning decent.
It is not fair to bash on minnows who leave lame comments and even advocating flags for something that can easily be ignored.
You were new at one time yourself.
As many more new users will be joining the community for years to come, these kinds of generic comment will be part of all topics.
Part of the issue is desperation for attention, so they just spam those lines whenever possible, just to be part of potential reward, not realizing it is actually hurting them.
Eventually everybody learns that it has not benefit for them and they stop.
So, don't hate show some love. We need to educate new users instead of bashing and flagging.
Steemit won't be here for "years to come" if the setup here doesn't allow minnows to see any success. The little fish will leave from discouragement and the big fish will cash out. This ought to not be. It would be a shame.
I sort of agree. At the same time little fish need to put in some hard work, instead of seeking easy money. Only thing killing steem I see, at this time, is emergence of a competitor with something better to offer.
Agreed. Little fish need to put in some hard work. I'm one of those little fish that put in the hard work. I don't agree that only a competitor could kill Steemit (not Steem), as the platform is dependent on users, right?
Steem is the platform. Steemit is a website. You can use Steem platform via busy.org, chainBB, or eSteem app. That's why I just call it Steem.
True, platform depends on users. But look around online, plenty of people using other social media platforms for 0 rewards. As people get introduced to steem, joining is no brainer.
True. Other social sites people use for free, but people are not likely to do that here because the precedent has already been set to expect to be paid. And the problem comes in when people see others making so much money and then look at their wallets and see the wealth and then they get angry and discouraged when they're contributing just as much or more but aren't making anything much.
It is my guess that people join Steemit the website for the possibility of getting Steem first and an outlet for their blogging/socializing second.
But, I do believe it's all going to work out. My prediction is that future hardforks will fix some things. I think they are just wanting to get as many people on the site as possible right now, which is a good thing.
I am totally dumb about how this thing works, but I am slowly figuring stuff out.