I Heard There Was an Opening for Dominant Social Media Platform

Is it time to start planning for your future?

Sure, that omnipresent social media platform your using right now may seem like it will never let you down, but did you know it may

• Collect your personal information.
• Collect highly revealing metadata about your browsing habits.
• Sell that information to a gang of international ne'er-do-wells.
• Filter content based on their desire to control the narrative.
• Lie to you about how your data is being used.
• And, most heinously of all, not paying you for it.

The next phase of your social media life may seem lightyears away, but it's coming at you fast, and you'll want to be ready when it arrives.

Have you considered Steemit?

Steemit is a new kind of social media network. It pays you for posting.

And now that Facebook is under fire and YouTube is demonetizing members, we all have to ask ourselves,

"Why not make Steemit the dominant social media platform?"

Striking While the Iron's Hot

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have grown weak. Years of ease and unbridled authority have made them soft. And only now are people starting to turn on them.

Should we give them the time to hedge up all the chinks in their armor? Give them time to stall for another decade or two?

Or should we strike now?

Using Bitcoin as an Example

Steemit has its problems.

The interface is not comparable to those found on more popular social media sites. The smartphone integration is less than ideal. And too many people in the community don't seem to think these are worth worrying over.

But all those things can be dealt with in time. If Steemit is going to take advantage of the current fell tide against the other social networks, then it really only needs one thing:

Publicity.

The outside world simply is not talking enough about Steemit. Having a fantastic new technology does no good if people don't know it exists. And publicizing strange new tech can lead to greater adoption.

Need an example? Look no further than Bitcoin.

Bitcoin isn't always celebrated, but it is always, ALWAYS being talked about.

And all that talking is responsible for how far it has come. Even the people who decry it are only helping it along.

And we need the same thing to happen to Steemit.

Steemit must be brought up more on podcasts, YouTube channels, talk shows, news casts, book clubs, and any other venue we can find for it. And it needs to happen now, while people are still griping about how terrible Facebook is.

We may not get another chance like this. People will forget Facebook's and YouTube's transgressions with time, but if they have already moved to the Steemit system before that forgiveness can set in, we can seize a significant market share.

As for how we can make that happen, we'll likely need to stir up some kind of controversy. Bitcoin's previous reputation of being the go-to currency of online pirates and drug dealers helped to secure its legacy as much as anything. We need a Steemit scandal---something that will make national news in the U.S., at the barest minimum.

Getting this to happen organically is quite the task, certainly, but I believe we can do it, if we put our heads together. We've got some smart people on this platform. With a little teamwork, it should be doable.

For now, I'll just leave this space open to suggestions. Thank you for your participation.