RE: Share your thoughts! Introduction of the concept
Really cool you're doing this @damarth! Love to see this kind of support for the community from some of more reputable(literally) steemians.
Slowly they develop close link with others steemians, love to share, take pleasure participiting in this great community and learn more and more about all kind of subject reading good contents everyday.
Having just joined a few weeks ago, I absolutely agree. Steemit is going to be a huge player in getting people into crypto. It provides value for everyone, even if you don't want to blog all the time you can casually jump on and comment and still be rewarded. In comparison to other social media its a no brainer.
I think people at this point have accepted that social media is gaining money off of them, but we all like to be connected so we put up with it. Now half the posts on facebook I see are ads and I hear about how youtube is skimping on paying out their content creators.
The great thing about steem is that it rewards people based on the value they bring to others. If you are producing quality posts(including comments) you are going to get noticed at some point and rewarded. The instant rewards are a huge draw for people who have tried blogging unsuccessfully. Not to mention the value of this for people who don't have easy access to high paying work in their countries.
Overall I don't see anything getting in the way of success for steem, anyone can share their passion. I even got my dad on to start posting about these custom figurines he makes. He's the social media king, loves facebook, and I can see him doing very well in the future by just talking about what he loves.