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RE: Happy Holidays From Steemit!
I don't really care. You sign up for a free account, you get what you pay for. Dapps are taking charge, they just aren't doing it for free. Apparently doing so is unsustainable and problematic.
I will not get worked up over free account creation. There's a lot of talk in the dapps community over the idea of creating free off-chain accounts and only putting them on-chain once they prove their worth. I like that idea much more.
As for the button, yeah, it'd be nice if it was removed or was changed to "Free, with Unspecified Delay." But why now? Because of missing spikes on some report? We don't even know what those spikes really were.
As if half of the world would be waiting to join Steem(it). Most of the potential new users must be convinced first to join. Often I say: "Why not just try it out as it is for free anyway?" Most of the users I brought to Steem(it) wouldn't have joined if the first thing they had to do is to pay for an account.
I agree with you, I have a difficult time getting friends to try Steemit. I have one friend that is a very active poster on Facebook, I have tried several times to just get Her to give Steemit a try. She would add so much with her posting! Put a cost on accounts and limit her ability to interact with limited RC she would just laugh at Steemit. We need to give the people what they want, a social platform that welcomes people not a good old boys club that closes the door to new people!
@silvertop Same prob here-not just recently, but the whole time I have been here. Just wrote about this.
Absolutely @melbookermusic, there are too many technically skilled and not enough average posters. Most people just want it to be simple, and to be able to post. Tell a newbie he can’t post anymore because his RC is low and he will probably just go back to Facebook
Yes, they will. I'm sure they have been for some time now.
Yes, indeed, we are just too arrogant to believe that people would need us (need STEEM). No, we need them! Thus we have to make it as easy and pleasant as possible for them instead to expect a lot of efforts from potential new users. :)
I have to admit, I agree with this.
However, personally, I do care. I feel that some of these paid account creation options only allow cryptocurrency as payment. For many, the STEEM is a gateway for those that don't know anything about cryptocurrency to eventually becoming a cryptocurrency user. Without the free account option, we shut down this gateway for people to learn or even people that only want to uses STEEM purely for the social media aspect.
The off-chain account creation concept may very well be a good alternative solution.
I believe we should remove user onboarding hurdles, not create new ones.
Yes i love that idea too of creating off chain accounts, I think its an awesome idea
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Yeah, whoever can pull that off, fairly, will win.