I have encountered the same skepticism. People think it's too good to be true. Even journalists who have been here, and made decent money, they have decided that it's too risky, and they don't really see the value. They treat it like a casino. They are distrustful. It does surprise me when intelligent people decide not to go on Steemit. It's like people are divided into two groups: the dreamers who want something beautiful and who believe in the dream and the rest of the jaded people who are too grumpy to see the dream in the first place. I'm a dreamer, always have been. I refuse to be otherwise.
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That's totally right.
The real problem that bring Steem is about equity/fairness.
In a Per-view or Per-click system, the rules are clear and gives an equity for each users.
The consensus in steem is based on whales power (SP), which means your post can have 1000 views / 1000 upvotes, and win like 5$,
when another post with 5 views, and 2 upvotes, can be at 200$.
You can certainly win more money than in the old system for a blogger, (like advertising, or product placement), but this example will somehow build frustration to people who think they deserve more, and just that other people voted by whales do not deserve this value. Some are even auto-voted by whales Bots..
Steem is based on incentive (money), and it's all public on each post, even in the post list.. You cannot avoid the comparative vision, and avoid building frustration to most of the people who does not reach even a few dollars rewards.
I think that's why we can consider Steem as a casino,
you need LUCK, or at least to build relationship, to talk to whales in the chat, or like dollarvigilente, to be famous and have a lot of followers. If you can't afford doing any of this, this is all about luck, and somehow they are not totally wrong about the casino thing..
I'm dreamer too, but i guess we just dream about being in the lucky ones, but this system will still create unlucky guys, frustrated people, and thats why it will not solve but only reproduce the world problems ;)
somehow contribute, a little bit, to a better life for a few more people than the old system. i admit it and thats why i love it and is a dreamer like you are ;)
Hard work pays off my friend! "Pay" your dues and you won't lose :)
It's more than getting paid for blogging! It's an investment vehicle. We have models to follow such as Bitcoin and other currencies who's price shot up very high. Bitcoin floating around the $600's, Ethereum went up past the $20's. Observe how dirt cheap Steem is right now. Buy low/sell high! I dare you to invest as little as $20 dollars (which@current price around $1.44 will get you 13+coins) & see what happens over a period of just 1-2yrs from now! Just think when price reaches $20 - $600 w0w! We can rack up a lot of coins now by adding our own money, the 'interest' it provides, and by getting involved with the community simply by voting, commenting, blogging - GET REAL PEOPLE!
you seems like not having any notion of economy or money ;)
steem cant reach 600$
Those grumpy ppl you speak of ARE the dreamers! The choice of words to use for ppl like you and I would be, believers ; go-getters, visionaries - but I do understand what you are saying :)
I see you mentioned "believe" in there l0l
I see little to no risk (other than some lost time) and am optimistically guessing at the potential benefits. This is a place for dreamers to unite.
What you saw is just a preference for the tried and true, which makes sense in their world. Plus, most people are on their guard when money enters the picture. Overall, it's self-protective: "I'm no fool."
That's one of the reasons why innovations like Steem have a natural rhythm of adoption. Skeptics, understandably so, need time to shed their skepticism. They need time to see that it's not "too good to be true." This is why a plateauing in adoption is sometimes a good thing: it makes the 'get rich quick' less quick, if you will, and therefore more believable.