No one that I have pitched steem to has joined. Even people who I know would be interested and who would do well. One person said "when I read up on the whole fake money thing, I was out." lol. A lot of people do not understand crypto-currencies and it frightens them a little. I'm not deterred though. I'll keep trying to convince people. Like you said, we don't have to convince people first try. I'll whittle them down.
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Yeah you are describing a pretty common situation - even though lots of steemians act like it's so easy to recruit people, in reality it takes a lot of practice. With time I think its possible to get better at recruiting.
Yeah. I think it has a compounding effect as well. Information spreads quickly once it takes off.
Then we will have people coming to us saying "have you heard of steemit? Everyone is using it" and we will be like "yeah. Actually, I tried to get you to join 6 months ago and you told me it was stupid and probably a scam...." lol
That's often what happens in these situations.
This is a great point! It will get easier as it goes... yea dude, thanks for that thought, that's a good way to look at it.
There is definitely some truth to this, but I can't help but think 'money itself would be fake money if it didn't have the people's mandate' - so why don't we strip the power from the institutions robbing us blind to give us 'money' and give the money mandate to something they don't control?
We are years out from something like this (maybe even multiple decades) but eventually (hopefully) we can get there.
I agree. Money is basically just an idea or an agreement made by society. I think people tend to fear what they do not understand. So going back to the original post, I think Matt is bang on with the idea that we can introduce the idea gradually and that will eliminate a lot of the fear surrounding steemit and crypto in general.
I also agree with what you are suggesting - hopefully, crypto will move power away from the major institutions and into the hands of the people.
It's also worth remembering that a single EMT attack could destroy the internet, and therefore all cryptocurrency, for a long period of time.
Hey I think there's some merit to what you are saying - but, even if you think that cryptocurrency is "better" than fiat money or will help to take down the nation-state / etc - I think the points I'm making in this post (regarding how to "sell" the steem idea) still apply.
For example, if the person you are pitching steem to does not share the voluntaryist belief that government is fundamentally evil - trying to tell them that "money isn't real, man!" will really just push them away. It's like if someone wants you to help with their charity, but they insist that you convert to their entire religion... whoa, no thanks dude! I'll donate $10 but I ain't going to church every sunday. lol
Good analogy. I agree.
People get defensive (and rightfully so) when ideas are pushed on them forcefully.