What I DON'T LIKE about Steemit!

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

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Please don't take me wrong, I love Steemit very much, but there are certain things that I don't like that much (yet). First of all, I'm very new to Steemit and that is also the perspective that I'm looking from. Also, I have to admit that I'm not a social media guy at all. I found Steemit a little more that one month ago and I have joined Facebook only yesterday for business purposes.

User Experience, especially for new users

I had a lot of opportunities lately to read and comment on different posts about the advantages of Steemit over Facebook: how rigid and restrictive Facebook is, but how Steemit on the other hand cares for its community etc. And I will admit that I agree with all these arguments. Steemit is designed with totally different philosophy and psychology in mind.

However, in my opinion there is one thing that Steemit is just lagging behind Facebook, and in a great measure! And that is the user experience, especially for the new users. On Facebook, the new users immediatelly know how to use the platform, how to set the profile picture, how to add the cover photo, add friends, join groups and the list goes on...

On Steemit, it is not that simple or straight forward, actually you have to ask around or make a search to find the relevant info, how to make these customizations. I have experienced all of these struggles myself and also when helping my wife.

Keeping track of valuable posts or followers

Again, I find it very hard to keep a track of valuable posts that I want to keep for later or for my "archive". For a few posts that I find very informative and useful I decided to resteem them. That way I can look in my "blog" category under the "User Profile" and find this info. But what will happen after one month, three months? Will I return to my "Blog" list and search from the beginning. Hmmm, I don't think this will be very practical.

And, how can I keep a track of the posts of my favorite Steemians? It would be so nice if there would be some sort of a favorite bar or something where I can just click on a thumbnail of other "favorite" Steemians and I can immediatelly read their posts. Currently, with the "Feed" feature I just miss so many great posts :(

Who actually read the posts of the "plankton"?

Gaining some traction on Steemit is a pain also. You have to spend hours and hours commenting others' posts and hope for their upvote to gain some reputation. Blog posts in the beginning are more or less valuless even if the content is super great. And what happens with this great content after some weeks or months? They more or less go to "void", "null", "nil", if I use programming terms.

Is there a way to make the posts more equaly valuable? How can the minnows or the plankton feel happier in the vast Steemit ocean? Yes, I know, there must be some filtering system applied to separate the good from bad, the wheat from weeds, but still...

Conclusion

As much as I like Steemit and will keep promoting it and try my best to do something good for others, my gut feeling tells me that there are still needed many fundamental changes to make the Steemit a home for many more to come.

So, will masses of Facebook users begin flocking to Steemit? I don't think so, because they have a "much" better user experience and the fact is that outward appereance matters so much to most people. I believe that people outside AND inside Steemit deserves a better user experience. When this happens, the growth will be unstoppable!

I would be very pleased to hear your opinion on this matter,

Ned

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The steemit is not ready for masses yet. Don't send money to null. Buy steem power.

Thank you very much for you feedback and for the suggestion to invest into SP. I'll follow this course.

You're not doing too bad on your promotion. Some people really get burned though. I usually promote all of my posts but I only use .001 sbd. It looks like you might end up ahead so good luck.

Agreed! The user interface is on of the major things they need to work on!

Some valid points. I think there is room for plenty of growth with Steemit. Think of it as Facebook when it was a university campus project!
Another thing I'd like to add to Steemit is the ability to have a personal account and linked business accounts.
I'm sure as the project grows it will have these changes. Lots of potential here imo.

As a newbie, I agree with your minnow analogy. Facebook builds off of your real-life social network (providing friend suggestions and making it easy to add friends of friends, coworkers, etc.). You feel connected and valued right from the start. I'm finding that Steemit takes much more patience. That said, I don't use Facebook.

Dobrodošel v @teamslovenia :)

Mimogrede, poglej svoje članke na busy.org: https://busy.org/steemit/@nedy/what-i-don-t-like-about-steemit

Ni idealno a je bolje kot tale zadeva :)

Aja, @teamslovenia je ena izmed iniciativ, kako pomagati novim članom. Skupaj smo močnejši!

I do agree. I thought I was only a bit slow and bad in understanding the instructions. Sad that it is as difficult as it is🤔 Hope there will be changes for easier handle for people like me that just like to be in a community and read interesting updates and get new inspiration.
I have still not understand how my votes work and how I can get more. I don't either find my upload in the streem😢. Thank you for your comment!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. In the beginning it is usually very hard to get more votes - they will come with patience though. I recommend that you continue doing what you did here. Make useful comments at other's posts and you will get noticed slowly. And you will also get some upvotes. In the meantime try to post something valuable yourself. This is the organic way to grow on Steemit.

This site is VERY confusing at first and I'm still learning how it works. I may never figure it out. lol

Great page you got my follow

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