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RE: Recruiting New People for Steemit?
My real life and my steemit life don't intersect much. I am somewhat disappointed that some small account holders that I would chat with each day are gone. Makes me wonder how in the world someone new would get started. And the answer is buy in. But then that person is thinking about money first. Not the best way to build community. I'm still here. And not going anywhere but I would say I'm hanging waiting for the next big improvement because what we have now doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
So, people you know here are disappearing? I don't mean in a mysterious or strange way, just that they stopped posting? Was this before the HF?
If the answer for new people is to buy in, yes they'd be thinking of the money but also I wonder if (or why) they'd buy in to something they haven't tested out yet. And buying Steem isn't like an easy click of a button, it's a whole series of steps and registering. Unless they're already into crypto and have accounts set up. It took me months to decide to buy and then another month to figure out how to do it!
I still think Steemit has potential but I agree the changes aren't making it easy for new people to get in and start swimming with the rest of the fishes.
No, quit at hard fork. People with small accounts. Couldn't post and just quit. Little guys that hardfork shutdown. Just gave up. They didn't have any steem power and frankly didn't care. They were just posting and commenting on others peoples posts. Had no interest in making money. Votes weren't worth anything. So they would never pay money just to be able to post and comment. You know, they were using it like social media :(
Oh dear, I was afraid that was the case.
For those days when I couldn't post, comment, or vote, if I was a new person I would wonder if it was worth the trouble. And they decided it wasn't. I think if it had gone on much longer I might have decided the same.
I'm not the one with the answers but if it doesn't become easier to be here I'm afraid they're going to have a lot more inactive accounts than they do already.