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RE: I lost a lot of confidence in Steem/Steemit today but there's still hope..
Ok, when you go to Reddit/Facebook/etc and post something, how much money do you get? Zero, how much do you get for curating? Zero. When you post here, how much do you get? Well, often it might be zero as well, or you might get 50 cents, and occasionally if you post something good you may get 50$ or more. Personally I kind of like getting paid to curate. I could go to Reddit and do it for free, or I can come here and get paid for it.
How much have you gotten paid? i have 386 steem power and ive upvoted popular blogs between 15-30 min of them posting and so far have only gotten 27 cents. Maybe im just doing it wrong. Anyways, you aren't upvoting quality content all the time though. You're upvoting whats making you money which is fine but I wouldn't invest in Steem coins because that's a recipe for failure in the long term. If new people come here and see a bunch of crap on the front page upvoted because people wanted to make money, it's going to just be a place to make money instead of a community with quality stuff as the focus. Pictures of people traveling the world and hot girls getting the most upvotes is horrendous looking and makes this whole thing look like a joke to newcomers and investors. I just know something need to change and quick before people lose faith and the price goes back to 50 cents
I've been up voting things that interest me, generally I don't up vote most of those introduction posts which I'm already pretty tired of. And I don't up vote hot girls trolling for money. I haven't really kept track of how much I got paid for curating so far. It's not that much, but more then the zero I get at Reddit.
I'd really like Steemit to become my new Reddit. We do need to do a better job at tagging posts. In the future I hope to be able to browse "Linux" and see all kinds of cool posts on Linux. I guess Steemit does depend on many people doing the right thing, so in that sense, maybe it's screwed, but I'm still hopeful.
it's not steemit that is not working. it's the users. we don't need introduction blogs because there are too many users to actually care about every single persons lives. if you have a super exciting story, share it but idk man. the more boring stuff i see the less enthusiastic I am. there needs to be a banner at the top of the front page encouraging people to only post interesting, exciting, or funny content. i don't wanna hear sob stories and introductions every blog. BORING.
I'm still trying to get the hang of all this (total newbie). But from what I gather based on your comment, this whole thing started as a small manageable community and the introduction post was kind of a initiation ritual then, right? Or is there something more to it. (I just started reading the whitepaper, not sure if it touches it.) I haven't written mine yet, in fact this is my first reply let alone a 'post'. I'm more focused on trying to understand the mechanics behind this 'experiment' I think before I make take the leap (introduction feels like a commitment for some weird reason)... As for defining 'interesting/boring', aren't those concepts are fundamentally subjective? Also why would a certain style be more encouraged than others? Isn't the whole point of curation by people is making the sharing more inclusive? I have so many questions haha, feel pretty late to the party. =)