Thank you for this information.
The press coverage: Not bad, but also not very ... I don't know.
I don't want to be a spoilsport, but the publications of press releases issued by companies are often only a gap filler for the websites. I also read the Steemit Inc. announcement and would say that hardly anyone at the company took the trouble to write something really profound and interesting. I come from the business and have spent years doing PR for major brands, so I know how little impact an occasional press release has in the abundance of news. Actually, I was looking for current blog posts by Steemit wtnesses and found nothing essential but this blog from you. It seems that most of the witnesses I have voted for have stopped their active work on the blog, except @blocktrades. I can't say to what extent they work in the background and I can't assess it at all.
Really good public relations has the following prerequisites:
Contacts in the mainstream media to the editors-in-chief
Regular cooperation with publishers and website operators in the form of attractive incentives/prizes with a relevant financial outlay
Appearing at the hottest trade shows and providing merchandising and press material
Inviting high reach media and press people to Steemit events and exclusive good interviews with the makers, drivers and other people of importance or interest.
etc.Actually, a concept has to be drawn up annually in order to be able to implement all relevant news and messages beyond the year. Therefore an extra budget has to be provided.
Who knows whether this is the case at Steemit Inc.
Does anyone know the format brandeins? It is an excellent German business magazine that writes top-class articles about business and entrepreneurship. The format is popular and appreciated by those who value good research, genuine interest and love for their work and their company.
None of this seems to be the case here (at Steemit/Inc.). It's not a drama, just a fact of what it looks like.
That's the disadvantage of decentralization. The drivers that exist are not organized enough and, despite all online connections, not networked enough into the offline world or with other online formats. So if there is no central unit to push these things forward, it is more likely that the present and future of Steemit will develop rather slowly and that only the constant and protracted work of the individual interest groups will make a difference. New users will hardly be attracted in this way, but if you're not in a hurry and don't look at this development in months, but rather years or decades, you don't have to despair. However, if so little happens, as now, one could think that all, which have pushed once something, have gone away.
Anyway, I am thinking whether I might even finish my article in preparation, which would be directed to a large extent to the witnesses, which you can look up at https://steemworld.org/@erh.germany under "witnesses overview" on the very bottom of the site . Who should I exchange now? Any recommendation from you people? Who is more active than those who are listed with me?
Thank you, in case you had the patience to read this long comment.