Now.. As the title says "quick thoughts", so this is only going to be a quick blog post. There's a LOT of reasons and I could go into detail for hours and make a really long detailed post, but that's not what this is.. This is just some quick thoughts I've been thinking recently, and for a long time really, but especially recently as I see more and more communities springing up on here.
And that's that.. Steem/steemit are in a great position as being the first major social media tied to a cryptocurrency.
The amount of people on here now and big names as well and we're still in beta I think says a lot.
The very nature of social media allows people on this platform to much more easily communicate than any other type of coin in my opinion.
One of the most major things are all the new sites/apps like Dtube and Dsound and Steepshot and on and on, it's not just steemit! And recently after starting a contest on here I was introduced to a guy who create the Crypto Empire which is a group of people networking on here, and they've sort of created their own virtual digital world sort of like the game we created as well..
And the guy who created the Crypto Empire recently wrote a blog post about how even if steemit somehow died that these groups will live on, the connections being made here are bigger than any social media platform. And that's one reason why I think that this platform has so much potential.. Because of it's social nature, whole communities are springing up here and they won't go away even if steemit does.
But in all reality, I don't think steemit is going anywhere for a while.. Some other new and better social media would have to come along and there are some other projects in the works or out there now, but I haven't got deep enough into all of them yet to say whether any of them have a chance of ever overtaking steemit. Plus I don't see why there's not room for multiple different social media even if other good platforms start springing up. There's room for numerous in my opinion!
Additionally as I said before, this is not just about steemit, there's numerous different groups and apps and sites springing up like Dtube which are bring over a lot of big names! Not to mention steem/steemit still appears to have the most transactions with the least power usage and cheapest fees and on and on and on.. I really have my doubts this recent price drop is a sign of anything too major. If anything.. I think it seems like an amazing opportunity to get some steem as a lower price.
And I'm not a financial adviser blah blah blah. Don't listen to me. I don't know much, this is just a random opinion on the internet and I think things look pretty good for steem longterm, they haven't even released the SMT's yet.. Or the mobile app.. Or numerous other things.
Anyways.. That's what I've been thinking lately and I do still want to look into the other new social media springing up, but I have my doubts steem will be disappearing any time soon. I guess we'll see, I don't know much.. Though I think it looks very positive for this platform into the future for a while! :)
K. Gonna go for a walk, hope you're having a good day out there!
PS.. I wanted to include a picture so I'm including a recent picture that @yeszuzia did for our Information Finding Championship game here on steemit. :) If you are intrigued by the picture and might want to participate or know more feel free to ask! I'll do my best to answer when I get a chance.
Let’s see how steemit will perform in the future.i‘ll share my stuff here, even if the outcome will be small. It’s fun that’s why I’m doing it. I just hope that these „big names“ won‘t destroy steemit. To be honest so many plastic people on YouTube ,instagram and co. I moved here cause here are more real people with real feelings. The greed of many „big names“ turned YouTube into a advertisement machine. Just my opinion,don’t kill me .everyone is welcome ,just don‘t turn it into a instagram/fb clone
Very well said! I'm trying to save my voting power but vibed with that so much I had to give it a full powered upvote. I agree in regards to your sentiments and the new quests against people who are reward pool raping I think is helping. Other people are thinking of solutions as well, but.. It's going to be hard in my opinion to ever be a clone of those other sites when there's no censorship here. People can be whatever they wanna be. If that ever did happen I think it would be more a reflection of the human psyche than of steemit itself, at this point steemit is functioning much like a tool does, either benevolent or not so benevolent depending upon the user and how the user decides to use it.
Thanks for your reply. Time will tell!it is exciting to see steemit growing.
I totally agree with you, Steemit isn't going anywhere soon. It's more like I hope it doesn't go anywhere soon. It has changed my life already.
Word. It's changed my life as well, as surprising as that is to say. But.. I definitely never would have learned and grown in some important ways if it wasn't for discovering this platform. I certainly hope it's around for a while and not only just being around I hope it continues to grow even more. :)
I am confused and worried.Confused about steemit.com how long will it last?It has only 8lac accounts and most of the accounts are not so active.Big whales are working like a gang except some of them.Worried about steem and sbd price why its price is not going up?Bitcoin recovered from that disaster but steem and sbd price is going down.The price of this two coin hits all steemians directly.Let's hope for the best.Thank's for the post.
Steemit favours those that came first, those coming now will struggle but great experience.
That's true harj, though you could say that about almost any start up, or any new video game or most things.. The people who get in at first definitely do benefit more. But it's good you still see how it can be a great experience. I think it's been great even without the monetary aspect because.. We can say whatever we want without being censored! I get censored a lot on other sites! So.. I think the platform has a lot going for it! :)
yes Apolo I agree with you thats one big bonus with Steemit its lets you control your posts and you can post as you wish but financialy its hardwork for those coming in now and even back in 2017. Hope its all going well with you bro! :)
Indeed it is hard work, and much harder than it used to be. But.. Still better than any other social media out there right now in my opinion!
And thanks man! Same to you! Hope all is well with you and yours!
Yeah it's ok Apolo don't you feel sometimes Steemit feels like a ghost town.
Not really. Have you tried posting on Facebook? It's terrible. And steemit doesn't even have close to as many users.