RE: STEEM Is Not Steemit: 71 M Steem Powered Down....Major Marketing Push By The Other Apps?????
I think the real unlock of value comes through connections and overlap between the different apps built on the Steem blockchain.
At the moment Steemit is a blogging platform, but by building out more emphasis on sharing, and discovery of content, and possibly opening up mini-chat modules on a per-post, per-topic or per-following basis they could create a hybrid of Reddit and Facebook, with YouTube thrown-in for good measure.
There are so many possibilities, but [speaking as a newbie], there needs to be a real push towards making Steemit simple to understand and ultra-easy to use and "get into". Because that's what's held Twitter back - new users struggle to "get it", are put off and don't come back.
For those of you who've been here a while, you can take for granted the knowledge of the platform you've grown with. But for the average new user, there's a lot of learn and if they don't see immediate payback or traction, they won't come back.
Steemit needs to retain more of their new users. I'm not sure how they'd do this though, because I think a lot of people are being attracted by the likes of @jerrybanfield and his excitable hype and the promise of untold riches (which they see others getting), but find it's harder work than they thought.
Yes it is hype. And @jerrybanfield does a wonderful job marketing the site yet I agree with you...promising easy riches is not the path to take. In fact, few have the following that Jerry had when he came on here.
Nevertheless, we are experiencing a rapid growth rate of the daily users....so there is some retention...could the site do better? I am sure. Although I will guess those people who sign up and leave will be back...many of them at least...and regret not getting involved now.
Things will only grow from here which means their path forward is going to require more work.
Too true. Problem is that most people want short-cuts to success and the easy path. As soon as they find out it's hard work, they're on to the next. Look at YouTube - unless you're lucky enough to catch attention quickly (which very, very few do), it's a hard slog with next to no reward for months, or even years before you get any traction.
But the number of "overnight success" stories on YouTube you hear where they'd been posting consistantly for a long time before their success! The beauty of Steemit (and DTube) is early-mover advantage, but your content has to be good too!
Here's to the future!
Very true although, with YouTube, I would say the system is against them.
At least with Steemit, the hard work will pay off if people put the time in....over time, one does get followers and noticed. That will assist in getting more SP.