I would not be so positive...1 million accounts of what?...How many are really active?...how many share quality content?...how many people make projects for the growth of the platform?... if we only look at that million, what we want is to deceive ourselves.
I love steemit...it's almost the only social network I use...Let's not fool ourselves...the purpose of the platform is dying.
They will continue creating thousands of accounts...but active are very few...And why is this? for the bad distribution of wealth in steemit...few have much and many have little...we made steemit a perfect copy of the distribution of real world wealth...and many of the powerful instead of making an ethical use of the platform, they are dedicated to the purchase sale of votes.
If we continue this way, many accounts will continue to be created, but fewer and fewer will be active.
if it continues to cost so much to grow in steemit people leave it...or is dedicated to publish hundreds of post junk to get 0.01 in each of them destroying the blockchain.
If we do not worry about making a better distribution of wealth the future of steemit is very doubtful
and how do we make a better distribution?
with important delegations to the different communities...and within those communities to who care about the growth of the platform, sharing quality content, making projects for the growth not only personal but of your community...if we do this it will be easier to grow...and not only will accounts be created, but people will stay in steemit because they see the future in belonging...people will stay because they trust the platform...and if you trust the platform you will trust your currency...and if there is confidence in the currency the price goes up...
If those who have more, if those who have millions, they do not start giving important delegations they will continue to have millions, but millions of nothing.
I love steemit. Let's not destroy it as we destroy the world
I have to agree with you to some extent. But consider this, the "active/inactive" address ration of the Bitcoin and Ethereum network is waaaay worse. By fat i dare say that Steem has the best numbers when it comes to activity to address ratio.
There are 2 million activity (network transactions) in the Steem network in the past 24 hours alone. As compared to the barely 200,000. Steem only has 1 million addresses so far while Bitcoin already have upwards of 14 million.
Of course, the data above doesnt paint the whole picture. Steem and Bitcoin are designed for totally different purposes.
From a purely technical standpoint, all the spam thats happening right now barely put a dent on the Steem Blochain network capacity. Operating at only 0.2% strain to the network. Bitcoin was running at 100% for the past 3 years before the spam stopped. Cryptokitties killed Ethereum and today it's still experiencing some congestion. The spams arent even a problem for Steem to handle.
That I concur. but it doesnt mean they can only delegate or die. There's alot a user can do for the benefit of the platform, not just delegation. But then again we will have to understand that not will do things in the name of altruism Steem is a microcosm of the real very capitalist world after all.
And it doesnt only have to be a whale, a minnow delegating 10SP to the right cause can have HUGE positive impact to the whole platform too! @steemcleaners and @spaminator are always in need of delegation no matter how small.
If minnows arent doing what they hope the whales would do, do you think its fair for the whales to do it?
Source of numbers: blocktivity.info
Actually, if bitcoin and ethereum are worse, it's not something that worries me ...I speak of steemit, which is what interests me...and I agree with you ... they do not have to do altruism...they should do it for their own good...I do my part ... doing the purpose of the platform that is to share quality and creating projects...and giving my opinion...the sale of votes has to end ...the powerful should use the platform and the blockchain ethically...and reward quality and the projects that make the platform grow.
And it should be the other way around ... the whales have to lead by example
and the minnows will follow
if on a platform as spectacular as steemit only little more than 5% of users are active something is wrong ...
you are right, we need more people on steemit, but we need to create value, I live in the first country using Steemit and it is really changing my life.