#steemit

The Visible-Invisible. - Still On Top Of Google! (PRO 50/50)

You Might Have Heard Of Me...

I am the average user on STEEM. I had no prior crypto- or blockchain experience, but I joined Steem(it) in July 2016. I was working full time as a freelancer on SEOClerks at the time I "stumbled on" Steemit. My main business were brand building. I delivered nifty, breathtaking advertising campaigns with high-conversion rates to my clientele. I gave them exposure and I gave them traffic.

They went from zero attraction to fully-loaded, 24/7-exposure in days...

And the rest was up to them.

I have published more than 1000 posts (articles) and I have written well-more than 6000 comments. I have published 4 articles per day 27 times in total and I have written a minimum of 1 post per day, 7 days per week for a total of 13 times since I joined in July 2016.

I have several articles that sits on top on google for specific searches, much like the one I show you in the cover image. If you search for: "how to get whale votes" on google, you can see for yourself. I brought my girlfriend here, she gave up. I have brought friends and co-workers here. They gave up. I have promoted Steem & Steemit for hundreds of thousands of people, I have launched successful initiatives and projects. I have encouraged people to stay when they've been on the brink of leaving...

I have bought STEEM-merchandise. I have given away hundreds of STEEM-business cards and I have spent countless hours on writing educational posts and how-to's. Even though the previous asapers-project has been inactive for a very long period of time, more than 200 people still sits on our Discord channel... I have donated STEEM & SBD to various projects and to help fellow Steemians to pay their medical bills or to put food on the table. I have donated Steem & SBD to the travel fund, @t-r-f, to help others go to STEEMFEST, even though I haven't been there myself...

I have done many, many other things...

And all of this comes from one of the average users on STEEM.

I don 't have to be an expert in blockchain-technology or some hot-shot crypto trader to be a Steemian. We have dedicated people around us with all those necessary skills and that knowledge. We need average users. We need John, James, Maria and Mary. We need the Smith's and the Williams. We need Bob.

We need to pave the way for those people, and we need to welcome them with open arms. We need to greet them with laughter, joy and a likeable community-spirit. Skip all the "decentralized" and "blockchain"-talk. That's mumbo jumbo for these people anyways so save your ink.

If I could bring thousands of people to my clients websites and salespages, I am convinced that people above my paygrade could do the same. I brought potential buyers, people knew what they were about to see...

The rest was up to my clients.

I can't do that on or for STEEM, because the "potential buyers" wouldn't see the same potential I can see. Remember, I have been here long enough to have witnessed literally every single thing that ever happened here. I have been here long enough to have convinced myself that STEEM can be something truly lifechanging and revolutionary...

What would convince the average user to stay?

My article on top of the trending due to votes worth 300 STEEM? The greed, selfishness and the overall weird behaviour? The lack of author and curation rewards? The RC issues?

What would you tell them?

That they should put in tons of effort and time and that they should write amazing, in-depth, super-high quality articles?

In all honesty, that doesn't work. It might have worked to some extent in the past, but it doesn't work nowadays. I mean, I have been here since July 2016, 1000+ articles and 6000+ comments later, and I can barely go beyond $1 rewards.

Look, I am not complaining about my rewards, but money is the first and main reason and goal for people to come here. STEEM have been promoted to the "outside world" like the treasure chest at the end of a rainbow with leprechauns running around all day long, throwing money at people...

When was the last time you saw a unicorn?

I Am PRO 50/50.

@theycallmedan talked about 50/50 a few days ago. I wasn't as convinced as him. And I honestly can't say that I truly believe in 50/50 at this time either, but I want change. Without change, we will never reach the masses. Without the masses, we will never see the true potential of STEEM. - Curators need to change their approach, and 50/50 might be exactly what we are looking for...

Worst case scenario?

I lose 25% of my $1 rewards.

Comments · 6

@sorin.cristescu(74)· 2695d
In my opinion we can't find a solution for as long as we think inside the "money" box. "50/50", "non-linear, 1.3x reward curve" as @trafalgar was proposing, all this is "thinking inside the money box".

Steemit has been indeed sold for the "money" aspect, but it had it right: "come for the money, stay for the community". To have money you need STEEM to be worth at least $2 or more, i.e. 4-5 times more than it is now.

When people start writing normal, everyday things ("did my jogging in the woods today, <picture of woods>") and earn $5 for that they'll start noticing.

How do we get there, how do we get STEEM back to $2 or more ? The answer is to forget the money and focus on community. @llfarms has started a discussion about a mission and a vision for steem. What is steem, why are we here ?

I have offered an answer in my latest post which points to MSF (Doctors without Borders), a charity, for Pete's sake. That is an organization employing more than 100 000 people and receiving more than 1.5 BILLION euros PER YEAR in donations, without a "product "or a "service" to sell

If MSF had a blockchain, its consensus would be called "proof of caring". The 100 000 people working for MSF they care and they "mine" with their work hours.

Forget "50/50" or other such "flash in the pan" tweaks. Rise you head up and look in the future: why are we here, to whom do we SERVE ?

If we, as steemians, do not serve anybody else outside of ourselves, then we don't deserve any money
@lordbutterfly(80)· 2696d
You simplified the the 50/50 split to a dangerous degree. Its not just:

i lose 25%

A 50/50 split makes the vote buying problem many times worse. But traf and kevin wont be sharing that fact with other people.
@freebornangel(72)· 2696d
Bring back the n2 and the whale experiment and our adoption worries will be over. We will be wishing more people would leave, imo.

Nobody wants to pay to play a game where the only winners are the already rich.
@curatorcat(73)· 2696d

Skip all the "decentralized" and "blockchain"-talk.

Yup. And skip the "anarchy" angle, too. The average person doesn't spend 24/7 worried about which "freedoms" the "evil government" will take from them, next.

They can learn all that stuff later. For now we just need to "sell" our awesome community and interesting bloggers, and as a sideline there's this nifty thing called "Steem Power" which works a bit like a long term savings account that allows you to gradually become a "stake holder" in the social content platform you're using. How cool is THAT???

Forget the magical unicorn poop, and forget — REALLY FORGET — Jeff Berwick's infamous $30,000 Steemit post. Even though he seems to be a "hero" to some of the local population, that niche is about 0.01% of the broader population who likes cats, dogs, recipes and growing flowers.

We can't just continue to tell people that "Steemit" and "STEEM" is two different things.

Not anymore than it makes sense to insist to people that it's "tissues" and not "Kleenex;" Kleenex is a BRAND not a "thing." Nobody cares; so the term "Kleenex" sticks. Unfortunately, too many of the people with influence here live inside a little tiny bubble inhabited by blockchainiacs who have close to zero idea of how the remainder of the world operates.

My "market" is bloggers. The "pitch" is that this is a lot like "social blogging" like we had it (UNPAID) around 1999-2006, before Farcebook and MySpace killed that genre. The second pitch is that it's a bit like having a blog monetized with AdSense... extraordinarily slow, but UN-like AdSense, Google can't step in and arbitrarily suspend your account for having a thought they don't like, when you are $0.73 from the $100 payout threshold.

=^..^=
@streetstyle(72)· 2696d
I hear ya @hitmeasap Been here a minute and realize some of the same things... but I also see Steem evolving and even growing, especially with all the new dapps and other stuff... But what inspired me continues to inspire me, and that is Steem’s ability to help the individual through self effort as well as communal. It isn’t easy and we aren’t becoming millionaires, but I know people who have ate, or been educated or had medical attention taken care of Because of Steem.

Full Steem Ahead!!

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@bashadow(70)· 2696d
I, like you am just an ordinary person. I do not believe that 50/50 will solve anything. I also do not believe we have very many real curators. We have people wanting to make a quick buck off the back and work of others. (I am actually fine with that when it comes to steem). I think people would be very hard pressed to find very many post that get voted on at day three of being posted. Most post votes are done by so called curators between 13 and 17 minutes of a post. That is not curation-that is looking to make a buck off of someone else's work - and I am fine with that being as it is an automated system.

If it should be decided to go with a 50/50 split because of curation efforts then the start time of the curation payout should be randomized. That will show me they really are concerned about the curation effort and not about the bottom dollar. A randomized start time of curation payout would mean simply that just because you voted for a post during the sweet spot (13-17 mins), does not guarantee you a better curation reward than someone who voted for the post on day 3 hour 17 minute 23.

No other change to the formulation needed. Just the start time of the post curation payout. Anything less than a randomization of the start time just means it is about the money and not the content.