I recently started posting on my Facebook page about my switch to the Steemit platform in the hope that I could convince some of my friends to join me. One of my friends saw my posts and contacted me through Facebook messenger to ask me for more information. I've included a transcript here of our conversation, to help you with your own conversations with your friends, as well as solicit your input.
I am by no means a Steemit expert, having only joined a couple of months ago. But I think I did an OK job, based upon the questions he was asking. My friend is from England and living in the U.S., I am from the U.S. You can see his distinctly British humor in the exchange. I'm really interested in what you think about our conversation and welcome any feedback. By working together to persuade or friends to join us, we can grow Steemit.
There was a long pause right before I answered the question myself. You could almost hear the cogs turning. My intention was to get him to think about his question by asking a question of my own, and it worked...
@infinite-monkey I am beginning that quest as well. I am scrubbing a lot of my old Facebook content (I haven't used it in years), and will begin evangelizing.
Hopefully people realize that self-fulfillment through content creation can be much more than the "look at how great I am doing" contest of other social media platforms.
Followed :)
You make it look so easy 😀
Thanks. I believe the best way to learn is to explain something to someone else. This was my first attempt.
Thanks for sharing, it really helps. I think it is good that you kept out the "decentralized blockchain technology"-explanation for now and focused, on what is really interesting to him at the beginning..getting directly rewarded for his content. Once his first resistance lays down, his curiosity will rise rapidly like Steemit
Thanks. You're right, I don't think crypto and crypto related technologies will achieve mainstream adoption without non-technical explanations. Sure, there's geeks amongst us (raises hand sheepishly), but the vast majority of people just want to earn money, or just want to socialize.