RE: The Greatest Trick Steemit Ever Pulled Was Convincing The World It Didn't Exist
Hey Nanzo, long time!
I think you're right about the fact that the platform may not have been ready to absorb millions of users. However there are two things I would say to that.
Firstly, I'd repeat what I said to @jrcornel above; is that Apple would not exist as a company, if they waited till they got stuff perfect before releasing it and marketing the hell out of it. They are able to do this, because they built up a dedicated following through "innovative" cough design and tech.
Steemit could easily have done the same, sure lots would have been disillusioned, however many more would (and have) ignored the glitches and sung Steemit's praises.
Secondly, I would say that hacks, and floods of new users should be in the plans, not preparing for success is as foolhardy as not preparing for failure.
We have a shit hot product, with a shit hot concept, it's time to tell everyone about it.
Cg
Facebook did not have millions of people leaving it in the early days. It only has that now with a userbase in the billions.
Whoops, replied to wrong comment..
The point is; with any new platform there will always be a flow of people coming and going, and I can guarantee you that without marketing, the going flow will always be bigger than the coming one.
Cg
The nature of a viral product is one which spreads based merely on the satisfaction of users and their desire to share it with others. Bitcoin did not have a marketing budget, and even Facebook did not either. Do you remember ads for Facebook? Probably not, we all joined because our friends were joining.
The difference there is that Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and still took a couple of years before it could claim "viral" growth.
Facebook was the second mass-adopted social platform after Myspace which had millions of users. Facebook made the UI better and therefore it did not take long for those millions of users to switch to the new platform.
The difference now is, there are several mass-adopted social platforms, all fighting for attention. The new ones that gain attention, are the ones that use the "big 3" of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to the best of their advantage.
On top of that there is in-app advertising which was not around in the days of Facebook or Bitcoin. If it was, there can be little doubt that Facebook would have utilised the medium to spread its message.
Cg