The one thing that will turn me off of Steem is the lack of engaging conversation... on my own contributions, or if I comment on other's articles...
The social aspect is missing, especially for new members...
This is the third blog site I've been on, and I've tried to get discussions going, but if someone does respond to my comments it's generally just a short sentence that seems like a minimal courtesy and not an attempt to develop a dialog...
It takes time. I'm three days shy of 2 years. My posts get a lot of engagement. But I enjoy conversation and going back and forth on a topic. Also upvote the comments you receive.
What I'm seeing is a lot of newbies, like myself, that come to Steemit and are high value contributors that become discouraged due to a lack of interactions on their blog posting, and comments to others...
My recommendation is, if you all want Steemit to grow, you may try to show more interest in the well written, and heartfelt work of the newbies... just sayin'
I try to upvote all comments on my blog and comments, as long as they are not attempts to start slap-fights... I will gladly listen to well thought out and written counter discussions, but I have no patience for cut-and-paste memes... memes are really only a lazy person's attempt to shut down discussions...
I answer nearly every comment on my post. Again as stated in the post.
57 whales
200ish orcas
1100 dolphins
8800 minnows
60kish Redfish...
How are we supposed to engage all of you? :) It takes time and effort.
That's a good question... I wonder if an answer will be found in time to maintain the site? I've already seen at least three strong writers that appear to be losing interest since I've been posting over the last ninety days... I'm sure there are many more...
I don't think we will be a good fit for everyone for quite some time. It is going to take people who have a crypto vision. When people mine crypto they don't mine for the price today, they mine for the price in the future.
It will never be an easier path. It will only get harder. Those same strong writers will likely not find a place easier to earn than here. Those who leave didn't want to put money in... They wanted to take money out. We are not ready for that yet.
I just wanted a place to write and have some scintillating conversations...
If Steemit is just about the money... I'm not sure I'm in the right place...
I write for the art of writing and for the feedback... with out feedback... well...
I've written almost two hundred articles online for free, and it fed my passion...
It's too bad there's a lot of potential here, but chasing money alone, won't make this place grow.
I enjoy some great conversations, and I built my account slowly over 2 years. I made 95 posts that didn't earn a thing. I absolutely enjoy engagement. In the early days I had to seek it out.
Now I get it, but I didn't get it over night.
If it doesn't work for you, I'm sorry to hear that, but as I said... Creating content and having visibility isn't easy anywhere. I created a twitter account and send out a bunch of messages, nobody engaged them at all. I started engaging with others on their accounts and guess what, my own account got some action. Building an audience is hard even where they don't hand out money.