RE: The Bandwidth Limitation - Problems and Solutions
I have to keep an eye on my bandwidth thru the steemd site you mentioned, as I have been strangled a number of times from a sudden drop in allotted bandwidth, and didn't even know what was happening when it first occurred. I am relatively new to the platform, but seeing people talking about issues like abusing the reward pool, whale abuse, bots, the difficulty of getting people to see my posts, and this issue, etc, is hard to all take in. I just wanted to post information and get rewarded based on quality content as seen by the community. I really like this platform, but it seems to me that it needs to stay focused on creating an environment in which original quality content rises to the top and newbies aren't strangled or turned away by all these hurdles, esp with competition like EOS, sapien, and even Facebook.
I always suggest to newbies to read the FAQ first. Steem is a complicated platform and requires a learning period to understand and use it effectively. It's still a work in progress, so many things are lacking.
Yes, that's why I'm sticking around, because I definitely see the potential and can tolerate the inconveniences if there an overall strategy to make sure the problems eventually get ironed out.