RE: Why Steemit Is The Platform Of The People And The Answer To Censorship
You bring up some valid points but remember that Steemit is still evolving (BETA) and is, in part, a social experiment.
I agree that there's a good number of people who write whatever happens to be the most profitable for them, but I don't think that's the majority of users. I also see a lot of people focused on their passion and interests, some interests such as crypto, bitcoin, steemit are shared by most users so these topics tend to do better than others on the whole.
I would also like to point out that a lot of older users came here to escape censorship and who're not motivated by earning crypto/rewards. There are people here focused on preserving their work to the 'immutable' blockchain. Also, there's more diversity here than meets the eye, especially beyond the trending pages.
Steemit is far from perfect and there are many issues that need to be addressed if the platform is to go mainstream. imo, it could go either way at this point in time.
Yes, and it's because steemit is still in beta that I take the oppertunity to make my point.
I can be wrong but if I'm right then now is the time to make a fuzz about it.
I can't write code so I need to hack this issue with the tools I've got.
I never used social media before. Or wait MySpace I did use until the music industry steamed in and turned it into the biggest spam machine. That drove me away from everything in the social media industry.
Escaping sensorship is indeed a huge strength of steemit and it's the biggest feature. Still there is @cheetah and @steemcleaners who are doing steem-surveillance. And they do it in the same 'bad' way as any other surveillance.
Slightly less bad as others, but surveillance just does not work. As there will always be people who manage to go under the radar, or find new creative ways to get around it.
I'm actually looking forward how this platform will evolve. And I hope my feedback will help it in a positive way for all the users.