RE: @surfermarly is right to say that greed has overtaken community spirit on Steemit.
That VanGo case study is very interesting to me.
I have this problem with my content and my business, for sure. We're indispensable within our niche, but there is little culture for paying for knowledge. So we're taken for granted.
SMT looks like it could be a great deal for us as an online content producer and meat space business.
Any links on startup costs and whatnot?
And I went to utopian, but I don't understand what's happening there.
Is it a crowdsourced app development platform? I always check out at GitHub.
I cross my fingers and hope I can get my tarball and get installed. I've installed and admin'd all the big CMS and most of the learning platforms and wikis.
I've got a couple of ideas cooking, been cooking for a REALLY long time... I've been thinking that this community (STEEM) is a place to get them done.
SMT Whitepaper: https://smt.steem.io/smt-whitepaper.pdf
Not an easy read, and no news on release dates - @steemitblog's recent post has further details.
I downloaded it and skimmed it. Super heady stuff. I just want a link so I can give them my dollar and start my empire!
muahahahaaha haha, etc
I actually think SMT is a terrific way to create your 1000 True Fans empire.
I'd like to give it a shot. Nothing else has worked. :-D
I want to try it.