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RE: Witness Server Upgraded to New Hardware
I wonder how long until advertising is brought in...? Speculation is the main drive fro all crypto valuations... it sucks to be honest that that is where the valuations comes form..
Well, DClick was released very recently. I suppose some people have already begun to use it.
Speculation cannot be the source of STEEM valuation forever. There will have to be fiat revenue streams, too. Monetizing the attention of the users is the main value proposition of the network.
As to the proliferation of ads on Steem, it's hard to say when that will happen. But I find that among the current crop of Steemians there are many who hate ads, even prominent ones. I have no respect for that position whatsoever. They seem to think speculation or voodoo is going to pay the bills forever. But the culture of the platform and its many app user bases will inevitably change with larger scale onboarding.
I think one of the biggest selling points of Steem apps is the fact that while Steem works by monetizing the users' attention like any other platform, everybody, including the users, are stakeholders on Steem (to the extent they have powered up) and get a cut of the profits.
Yeah I don't like ads much either hehe, but I get that it would greatly help to provide some payments to content producers and help the purchase of Steem (unless the ad agency just upvotes because they have delegated SP, then it doesnt change anything for the better... )
It would be possible for any company to purchase SP and market their products on their blog or on an app. They could organize contests and whatnot to reward their customers with upvotes.