Great article, with what now seems like very simple ideas. I am new to steemit, not new blockchain or computer science in general. But I have to say I found, and still find, steemit to be very intimidating as far as getting a complete understanding of the ecosystem. I once heard a coder describe learning a new programming language difficult if your mind can't separate the unnecessary from the equation....what you don't need to solve the problem does not need to be learned, at least not right now, maybe not ever. I think the difficult thing with steemit is that many people feel overwhelmed and frustrated after not being able to gain followers, or get votes on a post they spent a lot of time and effort on. There are some aspects of steemit that people should completely avoid if they don't want to fall further down the rabbit hole so to speak. I know I felt these frustrations myself when I cross-posted a silly picture from Instagram that achieved more upvotes in 10 minutes then an article I actually put significant time into. It's human nature to be impatient, but I believe with steemit, patience, knowledge and ultimately experience are the keys to having a successful following and making some money along the way. I see steemit having great potential but I think it's way ahead of its time. I'm going to stick with it for now though. Thanks for the tips and the faucet too! Cheers!
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Hi @bitcoingodmode,
Thank you for your nice comment. I totally agree with you that the steem world can be a very intimidating place. In addition to that it is always changing and you need a lot of energy just to keep up to date.
When we want to introduce new people to steem, we struggle with these two problems:
I've been giving online courses through e-mails or video courses and I never managed to do it with steem. It's just very confusing when you start to talk about steem, steem power, sbd, voting power, voting percentage, delegations, upvotes, downvotes. rc... So in a way you are right. People should just come to write and comment. But then again sometimes they can't because they don't have enough RC... You almost need to understand all of it to really be able to profit from this platform.
You are definitely right about that. It has huge potential and we are on the good way. Steem offers dapps, development, tokens and links it with a huge community. We just have to find a way to make it understandable and appealing to non users.
I'm glad to hear that you like the faucet. Feel free to claim as often as you wish ;-)
Best regards,
Achim