85%+ of content on Steemit is embarrassing and doesn't deserve even $0.001.
It was way better content when I joined in July 2016. Sure, circlejerks and all those things existed and if you had boobs, a simple image would give you $500 for each tit. Even when you had your clothes on.
However, many of the dolphins we have today, have stopped being active... Most of them published good quality back then, which is why many of them had the opportunity to become dolphins in the first place, but more than a handful of dolphins are producing zero content nowadays... Yet, the support they had, have not been passed on to other Steemians.... And that's embarrassing.
It was easier to make money in the "good old days", and even though I understand that it would've been impossible to continue like that, I still miss those days. It felt real. It felt warm. It felt weird, odd and crazy at the same time... Nowadays, the general feeling is bad, difficult and boring.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. I truly believe that we need to minimize the gaps between the different levels on Steemit. I'm not talking about making everyone whales or something stupid like that, I'm talking about helping newcomers (seaweed and red fish) grow into minnows. That would most certainly boost motivation and inspiration and it would bring Steemit more quality in general. It would also solve some of the retention issues we have.
Simply put, more people would stay if they felt it was doable.
Thanks for that "novel" and your words.
It´s exactly how I feel. I spent more than a half year and got up to level 42. That´s not a lot and I still feel like seaweed. But it´s so hard to get upvotes for good content.
I tried some bots and invested some SBD in bots and promoting. The result was more or less nothing.... A lot of upvotes from accounts with low SP and so most of them were worthless.
For me as seaweed its nearly impossible to get bigger without investing real money in a way that feels more like "pay to win" instead of "create good content, get upvotes and win"...
Thanks again, dude!
Cheers.
Steemit has always been a bit "pay to win", as those who "run the show" is the ones with large accounts. However, back in the days, when I started, you could see tons of heart and compassion. Investors didn't act greedy and selfish. In fact, it was the opposite!
They rewarded good content, no matter if it where a whale, a dolphin, minnow or a seaweed who published the article. They helped newcomers to establish themselves. I was fortunate enough to get a handful of articles well-rewarded when I joined and truth is, that I would probably not have been here today, if I didn't get that much of help and support in the early days. Especially as Steemit always have been promoted like an easy way to earn money...
And truth is, it's not easy at all. It's extremely time consuming and difficult for newcomers... And that's probably why most of them give up too.
There are seaweed now?
Not really... But f you ask me, there is.
This is how I see the different classes on Steemit.
Lol! Can I borrow that image? I want to use it for a post, somehow. I just don't know what, yet.
Yeah sure. :)
LOL you are so damn right mate