Right now SteemIt is more like Wordpress.com or Medium.com than anything else I can think of. I know Steemit is a "reference" to Reddit but IMO Steemit is not like Reddit or Facebook or Twitter, etc.
I think having more well defined sub-steemits like Reddit has with subreddits is a good idea.
On the other hand, I like the model of Wordpress.com where I can create a blog and even have my own domain for my blog. Yet others on Wordpress.com can still find me through the reader and other tools.
Taking it a step further, once we have an open source solution which is basically like the open source Wordpress software - people can easily run a Steem-backed website on their own server or shared hosting.
Let's remember that Wordpress powers many of the top websites (WordPress was used by more than 26.4% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2016.[7]).
That's not too shabby so maybe the current "serious blogger" direction is not so bad after all.
In any case the marketing should align with what the platform is really all about.
There are, after all, a ton of Wordpress (and Medium) users who already know how to write great content. They could be an asset to the community and I think, for now at least, they are the target market in terms of new users who will be successful in Steemit.
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Not just that, but nesting 6 deep as a limit does not encourage conversations that can be followed in the comments, and locking comments after 30 days is wrong too.
amen to that
Could not agree more.
I was the top ranked "social media guru" on Linkein for about a year and a half, until the changes were just coming too fast to keep up with. I'll be posting some thoughts on this topic today. Stop by.
Cool. 'Will do.
I agree, I think users should be able to create a blog layer that caters to their niche. Let's say thay are a golfer. That person would be able to create a "blog" backed by the Steemit blockchain. The steemit.com site could be a catch-all and show all posts as well. This could drive more traffic to the blogs and followers. I have an idea for a blog like this, but waiting for @Ned and @Dantheman to roll out a feature like this. Also, withdrawing SBD needs to be easy, so that users can withdraw without having to go through a multitude of steps or instructions.
Totally agree. An exchange to go directly from steem to a major national currency while bypassing bitcoin would be a huge step.