Steem used to be "just" a blogging platform for me, but it has evolved a lot in the two years that I have been using it. It no longer feels like a blogging platform at all, but instead a blockchain of all types of dapps, including a few blogging dapps (Steemit, Busy etc.).
Some of the other things we can do on the Steem blockchain includes:
- Play games! Steemmonsters and Steemgar allows us to play games on the Steem blockchain, and I'm sure there will be many more dapps to follow in the next few years. We have no transaction costs and a quick block rate (3 seconds), so Steem is a good fit for games.
- Photos. There are a few photo apps for Steem, including Steepshot that is trying to pick a fight with Instagram. Just imagine when Instagram users learn that they can get paid for the likes they receive!
- Send and receive coins. Let's not forget that Steem is an amazing blockchain itself, even without the blogging part. Very few blockchains let you send money as cheap and quick as Steem, and one of the best parts is that we can send to a username, and not some 64 character long random string!
And there are many other types of dapps out there. So in my opinion, the Steem blockchain is so much more than just a blogging platform, and dapps like Musing, Steepshot, Steemmonsters etc. all prove this. Blogging is just the tip of the iceberg.
For the sake of clarification of my own answer - Steem is not a blogging platform. Steemit is a blogging platform built on top of the Steem blockchain. Other platforms and Dapps like musing.io, Dlive, Dtube are the same way
Coming to the question at hand - Yes, I do believe that Steemit is still very much a blogging platform. On the other hand I also think that other Dapps and platforms like musing.io, Dtube, etc. will sooner or later take over Steemit. This means that when Steem goes truly global, it would be because of the emerging Dapps. I also think that Steemit will always be there, serving as the backbone that brings all the dapps together.
My perspective about quality posts ave changed over time. Now I believe that it is not just about quality but rather building community relationships through good content. Earlier when I came to the Steemit platform I though that creating excellent content is paramount for success. Then I realized that no matter the greatness of the content I create, I would always find something better on the internet. Same went for the other posts on Steemit as well. Gradually I realized that I would much rather have friends here, rather than 'colleagues' who create good content.
I am here to be a part of this community by creating interaction and engagement through decent content. I am not just about quality content anymore. I am about quality engagement and having a good time doing it.
Before I got to know the difference between Steem and Steemit as well as got introduced to other Dapps like DLive,Dtube,Steepshot etc... I honestly treated Steem as a social media "blogging" platform as it was marketed that way by many people.
Most if not all my posts back then where always around 500+ words as I think that people consider that as a basis for quality and thus possible upvotes(since it is a blogging platform) of course I was wrong.
Over time my opinions and thoughts about the Steem blockchain changed. It changed to one that will probably replace all the social media platforms in existence but instead of getting "pure likes" we are being incentivized by participating.
Also my opinions on what quality is changed and what I think will make this platform grow. Truth be told I am in the minority who thinks that in order for Steem to grow, people should be really free to post whatever they want, just like they do on Facebook, Twitter, etc.. There is just too much policing lately on Steem striving for quality that people are leaving the platform as they feel intimidated.
I think Steemit is much more than that. The introduction of other Dapps like Tasteem, Let's Eat, Steepshot, esteem, steemhunt and countless others are proof that the Steem blockchain is alive and well even if the price of STEEM doesn't reflect that. I do think the quality of posts has declined from what it used to be and what I expected it to be when I started on Steemit. The good stuff is still there though if you look for it.
Steem used to be "just" a blogging platform for me, but it has evolved a lot in the two years that I have been using it. It no longer feels like a blogging platform at all, but instead a blockchain of all types of dapps, including a few blogging dapps (Steemit, Busy etc.).
Some of the other things we can do on the Steem blockchain includes:
- Play games! Steemmonsters and Steemgar allows us to play games on the Steem blockchain, and I'm sure there will be many more dapps to follow in the next few years. We have no transaction costs and a quick block rate (3 seconds), so Steem is a good fit for games.
- Photos. There are a few photo apps for Steem, including Steepshot that is trying to pick a fight with Instagram. Just imagine when Instagram users learn that they can get paid for the likes they receive!
- Send and receive coins. Let's not forget that Steem is an amazing blockchain itself, even without the blogging part. Very few blockchains let you send money as cheap and quick as Steem, and one of the best parts is that we can send to a username, and not some 64 character long random string!
And there are many other types of dapps out there. So in my opinion, the Steem blockchain is so much more than just a blogging platform, and dapps like Musing, Steepshot, Steemmonsters etc. all prove this. Blogging is just the tip of the iceberg.
For the sake of clarification of my own answer - Steem is not a blogging platform. Steemit is a blogging platform built on top of the Steem blockchain. Other platforms and Dapps like musing.io, Dlive, Dtube are the same way
Coming to the question at hand - Yes, I do believe that Steemit is still very much a blogging platform. On the other hand I also think that other Dapps and platforms like musing.io, Dtube, etc. will sooner or later take over Steemit. This means that when Steem goes truly global, it would be because of the emerging Dapps. I also think that Steemit will always be there, serving as the backbone that brings all the dapps together.
My perspective about quality posts ave changed over time. Now I believe that it is not just about quality but rather building community relationships through good content. Earlier when I came to the Steemit platform I though that creating excellent content is paramount for success. Then I realized that no matter the greatness of the content I create, I would always find something better on the internet. Same went for the other posts on Steemit as well. Gradually I realized that I would much rather have friends here, rather than 'colleagues' who create good content.
I am here to be a part of this community by creating interaction and engagement through decent content. I am not just about quality content anymore. I am about quality engagement and having a good time doing it.
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Before I got to know the difference between Steem and Steemit as well as got introduced to other Dapps like DLive,Dtube,Steepshot etc... I honestly treated Steem as a social media "blogging" platform as it was marketed that way by many people.
Most if not all my posts back then where always around 500+ words as I think that people consider that as a basis for quality and thus possible upvotes(since it is a blogging platform) of course I was wrong.
Over time my opinions and thoughts about the Steem blockchain changed. It changed to one that will probably replace all the social media platforms in existence but instead of getting "pure likes" we are being incentivized by participating.
Also my opinions on what quality is changed and what I think will make this platform grow. Truth be told I am in the minority who thinks that in order for Steem to grow, people should be really free to post whatever they want, just like they do on Facebook, Twitter, etc.. There is just too much policing lately on Steem striving for quality that people are leaving the platform as they feel intimidated.
I think Steemit is much more than that. The introduction of other Dapps like Tasteem, Let's Eat, Steepshot, esteem, steemhunt and countless others are proof that the Steem blockchain is alive and well even if the price of STEEM doesn't reflect that. I do think the quality of posts has declined from what it used to be and what I expected it to be when I started on Steemit. The good stuff is still there though if you look for it.