Great point made here.
I think that is a very good thing. It is only to the platforms benefit for all of us to pick up our game. If we are getting some "professional" bloggers here, then it is best for all of us if they bring great content.
The question is how are each of us going to do this? This is going to require thought from everyone to determine where they best fit.
Like you said, this is the attention economy and with more eyes comes difficulty in vying for that.
Thanks for the reminder...I best get my list together....it starts with catching up on your videos which I am woefully behind on.
Don’t worry too mich about my past videos and look forward to my upcoming ones. Another problem with Steem is the 7-payout period which invites lower quality. I wtote a longer comment under @spiritualmax’s post today which started a few good replies.
On the other hand someone made a good point there: the connections we form today will probably live on and help us to get our future content monetized even when we have mega content creators who fish for the whales. I will likely upvote your posts in a year from now and beyond because we created a form of mutual trust and respect. If you write a B- post I will still upvote it even if there are others who write A+ stuff around the clock. In the end upvoting is a subjective and interpersonal activity that goes beyond quality and message. Friends will be friends.
I am going to watch a few of your older videos because there was some things that I was interested in...you are education as well as entertaining.
As for the votes, I agree. This is a social site at the foundation and we will upvote those we know, like, and trust. That is why I wrote a few times that it was misguided to think that some of the heavy hitters wouldnt upvote each other. It is only natural. If they spend a year developing trust and kinship, why would that cease? It wouldnt.
One thing I did consider with the heavy hitters is that they might be on here and pull in a lot of new users; yet those users do not have much VP. To start, that might frustrate some of the youTube superstars. Their 500K followers might be worth some money over there but on here, unless they have VP, they arent worth much. Also, it means the voting pool will take a while to dilute especially if those youtube followers arent content creators.
But you are right with that comment, the serious YouTubers who spend a lot of time creating longer, serious content arent going to be part of D.Tube because of the payout window. That might frustrate those who are reared with the produce it once, get paid forever....not on here...get paid for 7 days and that is it.