RE: We Are STEEM? - Sure... But The Average User Doesn't Want Responsibilities.
I could not agree more. I actually missed the entire fuss about Ned and his post. I came across an article about it half an hour ago, and went to his blog to read it. I didn't bother to read the comments, though. I knew what would be in there: good ideas, bad ideas and it probably ends with namecalling, SSDD.
I've spent some time in marketing before I came here, and it didn't take me long to realize that SteemIt's entire marketing campaign was a big bubble.
Maybe the whole 'make money blogging' idea was still true when I arrived a little over a year ago, but I don't understand that it's still the only marketing pitch you see. Even today, users of the platform.are spreading that message. If STINC would have (had) a decent/professional marketing team, maybe it would have been different.
Or not... The truth is that they don't have a lot of other things that will attract users. The cool, modern design of the site? The great management? The changes that are made in favor of the users instead of money? I don't think so...
For a while I was under the impression that the strength of the community might be something that could be used to promote to the world outside. But that was before I got to see first hand how afraid everyone is, and how everyone looks the other way when there is a flagging incident. Not a single person steps up, they ignore it and move on. This is not a community, but a dictatorship.
About a week ago such an incident happened, and people's reaction to it made me so furious I was ready to sacrifice my account by speaking up about this stupid flagging war. If you want to know who has the biggest dick, put them on a table and compare. But no, here on SteemIt they're using flags trying to show how big theirs is.
I don't mind if they keep throwing flags at each other, but when innocent people start to become victims of this dick-war... that is something that makes me really angry. But the fact that when you start asking around for advice or help to set things straight again, and every door is slammed shut in your face, because people don't want to risk becoming the next victim, that's something that makes me furious.
I calmed down because some witnesses were able to solve the issue, but I don't know how much more I can take of that BS. Of course I would be devestated if they would destroy everything I have worked so hard for, but if every one else is too afraid to do something, they don't leave me no other choice. I doubt that a single person's action would be heard, but at least I would be able to look myself in the eyes and know I would have at least tried to make a change by stepping up.
It was a very close call this time, I don't know what would happen if I would be confronted with something like that again. To me, the wellbeing of the community is more important than my personal account. If I could change the way it works here by sacrifising my account for the greater good, i wouldn't doubt it for a second. Unfortunately, me giving up my account would make no difference at all, I would be no more than a casualty of war, and nothing would change in the end.
As a result, the community isn't a very strong argument that should be used to attract users or investors.
In short, they have nothing else to show for. What they have, like the different dapps, they can't take credit for it. Most have been created by other user...
Lol, i'm going to stop here now. Plenty more to say, but it has probably all been said before.
I started this comment last night, and finished right after i woke up.I really need som breakfast...
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These sort of comments are what deserves rewards. No matter if I agree with everything or not. In this case, I do agree with everything you've said.
Steemit gave us a playground, but the bullies and older kids are who's in charge. Stakeholders, are the older kids and bullies are the people trying to censor others, by taking away their rewards. They steal the lunchbox es from kids in the Schools. That's the overall feeling, and almost nothing is done to prevent it. Instead, it has become a common thing and we allow it.
We are Steem... I really like the phrase and I totally understand it, but most people are not Steem. They are these gaps in the brick wall if something, and that doesn't work. We'll never get anywhere with those gaps. Unfortunately, like I've said in the article itself, the size of the wallets and who you know are what matters, so even if people might not want to listen to me, and what I have to say, there are many others out there trying in desperate attempts to get their voices heard... And most of them fail.
To be on Steem with that experience and knowledge. Well, it doesn't give you much hope of either producing good quality content or content to raise your concerns. No matter what the price of Steem is. 0,30 or $2 doesn't really change much. Except for making it easier to earn rewards for that same type of content you've been producing during both the ups and downs. That price though, doesn't change the fact that your voice still won't be heard by anyone, so there's literally no reason for people to try.
When something like that comes up, some people always say:
"Buy more Steem." or "Everyone has the same opportunity."
And that's pure bullshit. People have never had the same opportunity, because people come from different places to begin with. We have different backgrounds. That's also what I love with Steemit. We're not interested in having 100,000 whales or 1 million dolphins. We want red fish and minnows too. We need them.
I have to invest fiat meanwhile many others pre-mined. These people who pre-mined, are the people with the most stake. It should be those people who looks out for the rest of the platform, not the lesser accounts doing all the heavy lifting.
There are so many flaws and faults with the overall behaviour on Steem so people leave. They quit, walk away and never look back. It has been like that since the early beginning... And nothing have been done to prevent it. People have tried to get more people to join, but they've never paused for a minute to work on the problems we already face. - Is that supposed to be leadership?
Like I've already stated multiple times. People in general don't want responsibilities. It's about time someone started to look at these lesser accounts and gave them something to fight for. Or with.
It shouldn't have to be the lesser accounts doing all the heavy lifting without any form of recognition for it. But it is what it is. You either adapt or leave. There are literally no other options. I'm still here, doing my thing. With hopes of a better place... But I can totally understand why people leave.
Me too. It's a lot harder to understand why people stay, lol. I'm still here too, and they will probably have to push me off the boat when it is going down for real....
I spent the last 10 months lying on my bed most of the time, hoping for my back to heal. I could have chosen to spend my time looking at these 4 walls day after day after day. But I didn't. I chose to come here almost every day and I have seen the world. I've met people from every side of the globe, I learned about so many things (especially 'how not to run a business', lol) and I've seen the best of people and the worst. What a ride...
For me, the positives still outnumber the negatives.
SteemIt is no different from the real world. There is no such thing as equal opportunities. And there never will be. Whenever there is money or power involved, people will want it. I guess it is human nature - for some, not for all.
I just read that SMT's would probably be postponed (best case scenario). I remember posting a comment a few months back, asking if people really believed SMT's would ever be released. I mean... you could see this one coming with your eyes closed.
The news is probably going to make even more holes in the wall. I just hope the wall has been built on stable grounds...
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Yeah.
Most people seem to believe that SMT will change everything for the better. I would never hold my breath meanwhile I wished for that. It's more talk than actions, as per usual... And that's one of the reasons for people to have started to lose faith a long time ago.
I just wonder how long it takes before STING will realize how much they affect people with their nonsense and "expert language" they're using. Trim things down and start communicating with the average users. That should be their first priority.
Well, either that or tell people what type of audience they are truly looking for. Because it can't be the average users... Any thoughts of mass adoption should be shattered by now.
They have never lied about the fact that they would actually prefer to make this a place for businesses rather for the average users. At least, a lot of the big stakeholders are stating that at least once every week, STINC doesn't communicate at all. The lack of transparency tells me more than enough. The fact that they are building this alternate platform, but are not giving details about it, is a clear message. Same goes for the fact that SteemIt still looks and operates like a website built in the 90s.
The average user is not an interesting audience, since they don't bring money to the blockchain. Businesses will.
They have been promising so many things, and then did the opposite. Like all the talk about opening up the doors and making the signup process a lot more easier... lol. We were all so naive to believe it, and invested our money because mass adoption was only a few weeks away. Instead, they locked out all smaller accounts by limiting them through implementing the RC system. Suddenly it has become a pay-to-play system, and I forsee it will only get worse. People who don't have money to invest will eventually be forced to leave. With them, a lot of lower quality content will disappear too. One can't have such a thing as lower quality content if the main goal is to attract businesses and other big investors.
Looking at all of this fom a business perspective, I can totally understand. From a user's perspective, I don't.
Personally I think that when you've created a community like the one we have here on SteemIt, communication between all psrties is the basic key. But maybe the community has become so strong just because we lacked that informzgion from STINC: since they are not taking care of use, we developed a mechanism to take care of each other.
Problems are not being solved by those who should, so we are forced to find workarounds ourselves. IMO, we got used to taking care of each other, because no one else took care of us.
We tend to forget, but running a businness is not about people, it's about money. They are not interested in what their users want, they want to make money, preferrably as much as possible and as fast as possible. Sacrifrycing half of your loyal userbase means nothing to them if they can attract some big fish instead.
The problem is that a log of the people with a big stake, see no problem in this. They don't give a sh*t about the community, only about their own wallets.
And if I'm honest, I think they aren't that wrong. It's a choice everyone must make for himself: or you get emotionally involved, or you don't. I don't believe you can do both.
All that talk about Steemit being a social platform is BS. It's an idea creted by us, the users. SteemIt is just plain, cold business. I haven't been bere long enough to know for sure, but from what I've been reading, Dan's idead about what Steemit should become were competely different from Ned's ideas. Ned is definitely a businness guy. If he would have been any good at it the Steem blockchain would look completely different thzan it is looking today. But he is achieving his goal, ste-by-step. There is no place for a bunch of underperforming freeriders on a business plarform.
At one point, we wil lose our use. Right now we are the tools to generzte a lot of transactiond and keep.the wsteem blockchain high in the list of busiest blockchains around. Once big investors have been convinced, we won't be needed anymore, and they will evenguallj find a way to het rid of us.
Imagine the impact the latest news about the SMT will have. The believe that sMT's wouls finally creatd opportunies, kept a lot of people here. Lods more people will be dropping out now, definitely becyse SteemIt is not the only reward- based blockchain apo anymorde...
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