Truth be told the fact that you came out in front and put this out here like this speaks volumes. I'm sure that you and the team know how much negativity being transparent usually brings, but despite the possible outcome, the comments that I'm sure will show up on this thread very soon, you decided to put your face on a video and deliver the message yourself.
To me that shows a brave step and leadership, so as much as it feels like you are delivering us bad news you are also feeding the community a dose of realism, which of course is precisely what we need.
I realize that adding more things to the table sounds like an impossibility at the moment, and I'm also aware that some steemians cringe at the idea of selling ads or anything that remotely smells like the legacy system they abandoned. But difficult times require difficult choices being made, and to be honest if coinmarketcap can survive with some ads, I don't see steemit.com sporting a label of treason for adopting a similar strategy.
At any rate, I'm grateful for the video and the post...
That was the goal of this communication. Transparency is key at this time, more important than ever.
thank you. i'm with @meno and i honor and respect your communication & transparency!
i am also hoping that other front ends like @steempeak, @busy, @partiko, and other dApps that are coming out with incredible developments daily come to the fore as steemit.com falls away (and also looking forward to your new dApp too @ned, but we as of yet don't know too much about it.) It's an incredible time for essential die-back and to see what rises in its place.
I know there has to be many of nerds like myself playing @steemmonsters at least a five games a day to do their daily quest, I see that game having the ability to drive it's own little community off the Steem blockchain.
that's a great point. and i'm a nerd there right along with you! i love that game!
To add to the community aspect, we need lot more than "text". Games & other types of "consumable content" will drive usage.
I like to "start with why" too - but transparency is not a goal to be completed. It is a value you can embody, through practice.
A single communication on this or any topic is hardly transparency; transparency would revisit this idea next week, and the week after, and regularly with updates of some substance.
The RC's problem, is a massive problem.
People don't join a blogging/social media platform to be penalized for blogging and interacting. One post and 2 comments, and you are essentially locked out until the next day!
It's just not a logical to set things up like this.
(if a growth in users, is the desired result)
Agreed
Totally agree and couldnt put it into better words. Thanks @meno.
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