Because people are stupid.
That's one thing I learned the time I am on steem.
They seem to falm for every trap there is.
Because, well, in real life there is government to protect them.
Here they are on their own and open to... Attacks from quacks and snake oil sellers like Jerrybanfield.
You know best what stupid things users are upvoting. And this will not change. It seems te be in human nature to fall for scams and such.
sigh..
Steemit was actively marketing to populations that are economically disadvantaged and people that have low skills/IQ. Hopefully the South Korean market balances this out
This kind of marketing makes it tough to curate and help people....sigh
So many things wrong with this picture... i do think the solution though is around the corner.
I hope so; I am keeping an eye on developments, that is why I am posting on this kind of article @migcrypto.
tbh i believe that the solution has more to do with abandoning steemit as the dominant social media platform of the STEEM blockchain and using one from of the coming wave of SMTs
That is what I see as well @mlgcrypto, many times sites have tried to pay bloggers, and they have failed. I've always seen our social media site as a test for scalability, documentation, and lighting fast transactions. Steem Inc has one of the best Blockchains out there. I do hope our social media site improves its user interface and develops and sound economic plan with free markets. That's why I came here because I am an artist and I want to sell my paintings and other artwork for cryptocurrency and get out of the mafia banking system.
I forget how long ago but the core team actually announced that they were going to stop focusing on improving steemit the social media platform and instead focus on improving the STEEM ecosystem; improving things such as scalability and modularization. Combine that with the advances that BTS is making and Id honestly say that this is easily the biggest sleeper among the top 100 right now.
Thanks for you