RE: Adding "Value:" How Your Actions and Contributions Today... Represent the Steemit of Tomorrow
Great post @denmarkguy - I have always acted in a way that promotes Steemit for the future.
I introduced a few intelligent people to Steemit about a month or two ago, telling them of the 'success' I have had here. They checked it out and the next day came back to me with some concerns. Namely that they saw a few posts that had earned hundreds, expected them to be great articles, and saw that they weren't.
This one act of a 'shit post' being on the trending page made them stay away and not make an account.
Other concerns were similar, that it was popularity and not content that was rewarded. Something that many intelligent people are introverts and enjoy content that makes them think and a few close, natural relationships instead of extrovert type content and superficial relationships.
I tried to tell them that a combination of both good content and social interaction would bring rewards in time, but they just saw the popularity winning.
These are just a few of my observations.
I will continue to create content that is mostly 'timeless' - in that it still is relevant in the future instead of throw away posts.
And a great response @getonthetrain-- thanks!
I have encountered similar concerns/objections when trying to get friends who are long-time content creators and bloggers to set up a presence here. So, each of the four people I have persuaded to create accounts only did so to comment on mycontent... but never did anything on their own.
Elsewhere, I was recently in discussion over the issue of shitposting and rewards... and I am sure I could make lots of short "how to use Steemit" nuggets and earn $50-100 per each; but I am just not ready to sell my sense of integrity for rewards. So I will continue to post the best I can for the long run... and encourage others to do so, as well... perhaps in the vain hope that it will add up to enough quality content to at least balance out the crap, if not gradually drown it out.
As for popularity... well, this IS a branch of "social media." Which means you pretty much HAVE to shout from the (virtual) rooftops and interact and engage. Even when (as here-- check some of the other comments on this post) many of the responses have more real "content" than many posts on Steemit.