RE: A Potential Problem With Steemit. #1
Many of us who believe in the platform and are looking for something more than a quick payday are thinking the same thing. We know that this is the right place to be and there is real genius in the way Steemit was built. However, there are some flaws in the "maturity" of the platform.
As more and more highly knowledgable and helpful people sign up for Steemit, they are often quickly discouraged by the slow-moving and highly time consuming growth aspect. Without "whale" support, many strong new members are quitting because of the level of commitment and fickle sets of followers.
HF19 has made Steemit a better place for minnows, but there is still room for improvement. I am confident that with enough thought and collaboration, we will get through it and figure out the best way to improve the platform!
Yeah, I've seen some quality authors just disappear because of the lack of support. You pretty much have to beg the whales for support, the support from minnows doesn't really matter. The platform is decentralized, but it is not equal. No matter how good of a post a minnow posts, they still need whale support for their post to trend and the minnow votes are pretty much worthless. But again how do the whales even find quality posts? That's still in dark. And that's not a motivation or fuel for the quality bloggers who just signed up or will. But like you said, hopefully we'll figure everything out!