Delete Steemit.com. We can do better.

First of all this post should not be taken negatively. There are some negative points in here but that is for constructive criticism and regards what I would love to see in the near future.

I would like to destroy the existing site to build something better and fit for purpose.

The first thing I need to say is that Steemit.com is not fit for purpose. I’ve been on the site for two years and it was here for two before that and all we have seen in the way of updates is removing the beta tag and adding advertisements??

This is not acceptable for me as the site the shop front for our blockchain. I work in retail and know the importance of merchandising and first impressions.

If you want people to buy from you there are two reasons:

1. Necessity. They need it and will buy regardless. We don’t have that luxury here as there are thousands of social sites and hundreds of crypto’s so we need to aim at number two.

2. Desire. You make it look enticing and catch their attention. Build a product that people want to buy. Make it work well which we are seeing with MIRA and the new rating, then make it look pretty so that people notice it and look closer. It's an epic fail at the moment.

This is our landing page for the main app on the STEEM blockchain and the landing page for new people looking to get involved.





No offense but in real world terms it looks like a run down shop, with boarded up windows and a hobo shitting on the corner. It show’s nothing, it’s not enticing, it is the first thing most prospective investors and users see when they want to discover what is STEEM.

Compare this to other sites that you open up.

3speak, which is only a month old.





Dlive, which should be a part of the system.





Medium, a comparison to a standard blogging site.





What I am saying is that steemit.com is not fit for purpose.

To be honest I think that steemit.inc and @ned, @elipowell, @andrarchy should give up on having a blogging site as there has been little to no interest shown in creating a good one in all the time I’ve been on the STEEM blockchain. There has been no emphasis on user experience or product development. So why keep it?

Now again I’m not trying to shit all over them as they are doing some great work right now. MIRA is a huge stepping stone for future development.

SMT’s will really up our profile and use case for businesses to come and our new A rating shows that the chain is being ran very well in the background. Brilliant news but not what 99% of the world’s population know or care about. An A rating won’t get streamers to join vimm.tv or writers to produce travel blogs.

It won’t get gamers to invest into @steemmonsters or advertisers to target our audience. The team is missing a huge part of the world as they focus on the inner workings of the chain. It’s brilliant that we have fast free transactions and nodes can be ran cheaply but if people don’t use this to their advantage then it’s all for nothing. Without the people and developers then it’s all just a waste of time.

I know that the team is busy setting up the new hardfork and plan to move onto SMT’s after but I think that this needs to be on the list as well. And fairly high up there.

That’s why I would make a proposal.

Delete steemit.com in it’s present form.

We already have far better interfaces in @steempeak, @esteem even palnet.io and sportstalksocial.io have surpassed it within a few days of being created. I want something better. Something we are missing and that is a gateway to the STEEM blockchain.

Introduce people to everything that we have to offer and not some spam on the trending page.

Steemit.com gateway to the STEEM blockchain.

Just imagine a different picture.

A new user lands on steemit.com with fresh eyes and a willingness to join and learn what it’s all about.

The top of the page has the option to join now. Have a @steem.ninja option to buy account now or redeem voucher code for one account. With the new delegation system we should be able to mine plenty free accounts and @steem or @ned could create thousands. Start handing out voucher codes on twitter, facebook, crypto conferences, contests.

Invite people to join instantly





Then you give them a reason to join. Not the fake trending page we have now but real users and real content.

Live now on vimm.tv

Next @steemmonsters tournament in .....

Trending on palnet.io

Hot now on sportstalksocial.

Featured on travelfeed.io

I want to see the @actifit leaderboard on the side and maybe some competitions for people to enter

We have so much happening on STEEM that people don’t know about!!!

I really think that we are missing out on an opportunity here to promote our blockchain and offer something to people.

If you want to keep it the same and we plod along as we have done for the past few years then fine.

We will continue to hemorrhage users and get left further behind by newer more exciting projects. There is no point in having one of the best products in the world if we refuse to utilize it properly and sell it to the world.

I think that with the upcoming hardfork and new proposals system that now is the time for a clean slate. Now is the time to do it properly and make the chain successful.

The hard work has already been done by @dtube, @aggroed, @yabamatt,@oracle-d, @actifit, and all the communities, apps and people that have built onto the chain. I just feel there is a responsibility to showcase this to the world and build a site we can be proud to invite our friends.

People don’t care about linear curves, curation percentages, block times ect. They want a fast free blockchain where they can interact, build communities, profiles, have fun and be free from censorship while earning a few dollars. If we can’t provide that for them then we have lost.

I read a great article today about how success doesn’t follow money. Money follows success. Big sponsors don’t pick a team that they like and pump money in to ensure success as there are no guarantees.. They pick proven winners to further their message by jumping in where they know it will do well.
If you build a large successful eco-system, advertisers will chase you to get onto Steemit.com. Build a top site that entices users and businesses and the money will follow. For too long the community has been overlooked when it should be taken as your greatest strength.

Now I don’t know if the right people will even see this post but I would like to think that they would. They might also not agree with me but I would like to think that they would mull it over. We have seen how great sites like 3speak and Steemmonsters have been built in a very short length of time to a high standard so it can be done.

I know that this is like drawing stick figures to represent my vision but I hope that the message is clear.

Just to sum up that this is not a negative post. It is a post for our future and where I would like to see our flagship app take us.

Build for the long term and the arrival of millions of users. Showcase the best parts of or our blockchain and entice people to join. That will drive up the price, the users, the business and the development.

If you want to be a blogging site then fine, have a section to post into but we are so much more than that now and I would like to see it reflected by the people in charge of the site. We are being left behind and it’s entirely open to changing that fate..