Unbelievably I posted an article regarding this very issue a few hours ago, lol.
"By this point in the future, unless some drastic change is made to the voting system, anyone looking to sign up will be in for a rough ride. Steemit will already be a structured, established entity unto itself, so getting any noticability will be an uphill struggle. Again, for anyone joining, it will be a case of "who you know" to help you up that ladder as quickly as possible or of course the buying of Steem itself, which will hold a great deal more value than it is worth presently. "
Great post, Stellabelle. Thanks for all the kind advice you are giving out. Bless!
What responses did you get? Do you have anything to add to my list?
Well, I was just illustrating the fact that unless something is done about the situation now, it may only get worse. We are all hearing through the grapevine that Dan and Ned are working toward a solution for this currently which is positive news.
One of the best things I see happening on this platform so far are people with an already good reputation posting "link" posts promoting good articles from minnows giving them better exposure and more chance of upvotes from dolphins or whales.
I did one Minnow Rising post, and I plan on doing more to highlight new writers who produce good content......there are so many, so I have trouble finding them, actually.
Given your status on this platform, posts like those go a long way to keep new users spirits high and the determination to keep on posting. But as you rightly say, how many times can this be done by so few influential individuals?
We are fast approaching 70,000 users. Imagine when that number reaches hundreds of thousands. Let's watch this space for now. But posts like this one throwing out ideas to improve the situation is definitely a positive step in the right direction and raises more awareness of the issue.
I think this is a really good idea, and appreciate you doing this. You are doing great things for the community, and helping more content producers get noticed and seen by more people.
I do tend to lean more towards the camp that feels more needs to be done to recognize and reward content from good unknown content producers.
I agree people shouldn't come with the exception of making quick and easy money, and that it takes time and work to be noticed, but we as the community need to make that process as smooth and enjoyable as we can for the ones that are doing that.
If good content producers post quality content for months, and keep getting pennies per post, while the same group of 'popular' people keep making hundreds and thousands per post (often with sub-par quality content) the newbiees are going to leave.