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RE: The Greatest Trick Steemit Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World It Didn't Exist
"But it's not ready to be marketed yet. It's still in BETA!"
So market it. Pitch me. what does steem have to offer that you think you can sell people on. Yes, we will pay you slightly more than nothing (which is what many other sites arguably pay) to post or read. Most people aren't willing to cross the street for a little more than nothing. WHat is it that youre selling? A lottery ticket and pocket change. A social platform where there really isnt that much legitimate social interation?
Good points, especially the one about it being a social platform without much legitimate social interaction. A subject I covered in a previous article called Steemit's Social Confusion.
However there is a lot to sell at the moment; censorship and fake news are big topics at the moment, Steemit has a lot to offer in those areas. Steemit has a payment system that could make it easier for people to transfer money internationally.
The reward system now is tiny because the user base is small, if a post were getting 5000 minnows instead of 500 voting on it, then the average reward would be bigger. The reward system is not to be sniffed at, it is a killer USP and has wide reaching implications.
The quality of the content can be viewed much more subjectively; however, in my mind, there is quality original content, and that in itself is a selling point.
All in all there are a couple of key ways that the site should be marketed if we're ever going to grow Steemit beyond enthusiasts and crypto heads.
Cg
Put this to the same 20 person test you describe above. Ask someone "are you on facebook?" then ask them "have you ever been censored by facebook" . I think youll get 20 yesses to the first question and probably 18 or 19 noes to the second question.
Even accepting the premise that Steemit is meaningfully more censorship resistant than other SM platforms (and this in and of itself is debatable), i really don't see censorship as a huge issue for most SM users.
Not serious people. At least not yet, though i believe there is a great deal of potential in this regard. Thats what I do for a living, and its also the main reason im here.
That's a matter for debate and conjecture, who knows?
Erm, I do believe you contradicted yourself in less than a sentence; unless you're saying you're not a serious person, even though you do it for a living?
Cg
I don't use it for that. Or reccomend it to my clients. I believe it has the potential to be a useful financial tool (and its that potential that brought me here and has kept me here), and i am watching it to see if it realizes its potential. But right now, that's all i see there financially. Potential.
I think @sigmajin means that for a normal business person trying to transfder funds to another company, as part of a business transaction, Steem is not a serious way to transfer money.
But he is serious about trying to make plentiful money on Steemit, and using Steem. At least that'd be my take on it.
The number of votes (or even stake votes) does not matter. If many posts (not just one) get more votes then it still divides up much the same way. However, I basically agree with you that if there were good prospects for growth the price would be a lot higher and the payouts would be as well.
Ah, of course, I didn't factor that in, obvious when you think about it. But yes, growth is still a key factor, more users is always more attractive to outsiders.
Cg