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RE: Why Steemit will never be Mainstream
Well, if it's only about the $ that can send Steemit mainstream you're right. However, I would disagree that this is what will prevent Steemit from moving in that direction. Perhaps the money brings in new users, but it's the community that keeps those that like it here.
Even then Steemit has a lot of other areas that need to be worked on for it to move beyond the look and function of a basic early 2000's social media network with limited functionality. It needs to mature faster with more focus on a dedicated development team. We need customer service to some level. Improved search, some kind of chat functionality, and a simplification of the rewards system to make it easier to get involved.
At least that's how I see it. :)
Everyone talks about community, but I dont really see it.
I see everyone being nice, way nicer than youtube comments.. why is that? fear or a downvote.. because it effects $
I see plenty of scammers making money
I see plenty of thieves making money
I see people being 'friendly' by copying/pasting into all 'introduceyourself' posts, following to get followers, only to unfollow later.
I see plenty of great minnow posts making nothing
Fear and greed can only go so far. It will be the demise of this site and it's coin. Unless they make a change and level the playing field.
take my $0.01! (probably less after dilution)
Maybe you haven't found the right group of people to interact with while exploring other blog posts and even in the comment sections. Over time I found a nice crew of Steemit people I genuinely like to read and comment on because they share similar interests to me. In fact some of us hang out on Steemit.chat or Discord to further our chats and to support each other's posts too (won't deny that).
But for me, I've actually found an audience here that values what I'm writing about and it's not my standard friends and family... nor do I have to worry about finding an audience to come to a blog page that I've put up on some random URL, worrying about search page results and syndicating it on forums and such. Everything is right here for me :)
Yes, the idea of being paid for a post was intriguing and brought me in, but that's not what has kept me going. I'm sure you'll find it too through a little more exploration :)
great reply, thanks!
If it's not about money. We would all just stay on Facebook.
where some of the people are actually our friends and family?
Na, this is the real community...
But seriously, It's not polite to talk about money on a site that is different from other sites because.. well... um... oh, yeah, FUCKIN' MONEY!
I don't agree with that. I don't use Facebook because of how focused on advertising it's gotten, plus I'm not interested in seeing pictures of babies, weddings, or food and "fake news". Steemit has some amazing articles to read, and a lively community within my area of interest. Yes, the idea of getting paid for content writing was interesting and why I decided to check it out, but that's not what kept me going :)