I think women need incentive to make the transition, and right now, I am not sure that Steemit or Dtube look terribly appealing to women, if women were to make a snap judgement to join based on what they were seeing trending. This is why I have been making an effort to make content that appeals to women, and represents women. Representation is important. Women seeing other women is important. If I looked at just the trending page alone, I am not sure I would even give Steemit a chance, so word of mouth and Steemit-promoted content shared on other social medias are extremely important. Also focusing on female-driven interests like lifestyle, shopping, mom-blogs etc, could also do wonders for getting women here. I feel like the devs are hyper-focused on the here and now. That's how they upvote content, to satisfy those already on here, but I think we need to branch out and think about the future and also look at developing content to draw people here! Good video!
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Ahh great points my friend! It’s funny how now that I’m acclimated to the platform, it’s easy to forget that it’s still not very user friendly. I’ve been currently onboarding my sister and I’ve been reminded of this due to her learning curve on the platform.
Even the fact that I used the term “onboarding” points to the fact that getting involved is a complicated process. Great points about the trending page too. I probably wouldn’t have connected with much of that content before joining Steemit either.
I did a post the other day talking about natural remedies for cramps and before posting literally had pause because I thought, “No one is going to care about women’s health/issues here on Steemit.” Hmmmm.... kinda illustrates how male centric we still are in terms of our types of content.
Thanks for the thought provoking response!