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RE: 6 Ways You Can Make Steemit Better for You and All of Us, Starting RIght NOW! Act Like You Own the Place!
I like this-- a lot-- because it's basically good sound "straight talk" about what it takes to get along not only here, but in social media in the broader sense. Nobody is going to hand you anything on a plate, and you are not "owed" anything simply be merit of being here.
Resteeming this one for a little extra visibility.
In a lot of other platforms, there are official "police" and procedures, so in that way, Steemit is even more an experiment in self governance. So, I agree to an extent, but I owned a social media marketing firm for several years and you can't handle things yourself on platforms like Twitter, or Facebook in some instances without involving the "authorities" there really is no such thing here. That's not even something there's a protocol for. It's freeing to me, but frightening for many others, I guess.
The "self-organizing" aspect is one of the things I really appreciate about this platform. If spammers and scammers come in, groups of users here recognize how that's potentially destructive to the entire platform and they take steps-- through some form of consensus-- to change things. We don't have to wait for "some moderator" to take action.
You're right, of course, this is really a giant social experiment.
Yep, it will be interesting to see what it all looks like five years from now.
Not that anyone owed me or any other Steemians anything, but I must say that in the beginning I would have appreciated a wingman and am just now finding Steemians offering very good advice. Admittedly most of my talents are not found online. That being said as owners to assume a healthy and balanced responsibility to offer early advice to newbies would be massively helpful. newbie tag section for beginners to enders to support one another. All for one and one for all. Ya know?
You're both right. This network (and us) lives and dies based on user interaction. If we're all a bunch of shitheads who attack each other for asinine reasons, we will see a decrease in Monthly Active Users. Twitter is learning this the hard way.
And building up the newer users is a very, very good idea. It's more followers for you, and they get help navigating our community. Let's be honest, it's a little strange...
It is very, very strange. I've learned to master every social platform that's come along for my own purposes. This is the most complex of them all. Money changes everything when it comes to human behavior.