Who cares more about the community, wine with Facebook execs, and why @ned should learn a thing or two from Mark Zuckerberg
(Source: https://steemit.com/funny/@mynameisbrian/ned-scott-vs-mark-zuckerberg)
About a year ago I was working for a startup that got an invitation to an FBStart event in Tel-Aviv. It was a Facebook event, but one with a very specific audience - developers. That didn't stop me from (drinking two glasses of wine and) chewing off the ear of a Facebook exec about the need for community moderation to replace automated and very bad censorship mechanisms, as well as better tools for community management and groups. Said exec listened and nodded.
Last week, Facebook announced that it will be awarding up to $1 million to five community leaders and $50,000 to 100 more. The goal, according to the company blog, is "to empower leaders from around the world who are building communities through the Facebook family of apps and services". In addition, the company plans to invest more in hiring additional humans to manage community guideline violations and prevent abuse of the platform. Supposedly.
Community First?
At this point, Facebook is focusing on Facebook Groups and their admins. Facebook claims the goal is to empower leaders, but it's not secret that one of the goals is to divert attention from bad publicity the company has been getting lately. But isn't just that. Community managers are assets to social platforms, and Facebook understands that.
I am not surprised that Facebook is targeting group admins as I myself currently limit my use of Facebook to the Israeli Steemit group I admin there, as well as chat with friends and family. Many community leaders are doing just that, and it's a hard job that takes up time. Time is money and Facebook understands that, which is why they're offering monetary incentives in addition to tools to the community leaders on the platform.
What Steemit Inc Should Be Doing
Unlike Mark Zuckerberg, @ned doesn't have a big pool of cash in his house (I am assuming, correct me if I am wrong). He doesn't need to. I don't know the math, and don't care much about politics, nor do I believe that waiting for SMTs is a good reason to ignore an obvious problem with the power distribution on the platform and abuse of said power. I am not the first to say that, nor am I the last.
With the vast majority of the stake in the platform in the hands of a small percentage of users or one side, and plankton users encountering bandwidth limitations - Steemit Inc should be doing SOMETHING.
If Facebook can throw millions of dollars at community leaders, why can't Steemit Inc and @ned do the same thing with power delegations? Are they using them for something else?
Community leaders on the platform are not hard to spot - look for dolphins and minnows guiding others onto the platform, encouraging good content creator and curating a lot. These people are the main reason for the growth of the website's user base (and retention) at this point.
(Steemit Community Leader in Actions)
Facebook vs Steemit
I fully expect (yet another) argument on the merits of steemit as a truly decentralized and democratic platform that rewards authors instead of selling its users to advertisers. There's no doubt steemit has the advantage over Facebook in that field. But when I see Facebook dedicating budgets to community development, while the founders of steemit inc bicker in comments on the blockchain? I feel embarrassed to admit that there's a lot @ned needs to learn from Mark Zuckerberg when it comes to strategic empowerment of the most valuable asset a social platform has - its users.
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Wow, this is a great idea. It doesn't upset the apple cart, but it would give some power where it's needed. I think the problem now is that,in the face of whales, too many newbies are being tempted into giving up their voting power to automation and curation schemes, instead of encouraging diverse content. It so frustrating to see 100 views and 20 votes, but 40 people commenting. I truly think this is a symptom of the imbalance you're mentioning here.
I also agree that plankton retention is essential to platform growth, which is the key to lifting the rewards cap through a higher steem price. I think. Anyway, that's part of what I tried to do with @dolphinschool bootcamp. I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for supporting me and return the favor with a small upvote and comment. Thanks, and keep it up, this is great content! @makrmorrisjr
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I think you're doing important work so I support however I can. <3
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Thanks! Well, I'll be looking for some "buddies" to adopt a plankton the next time through. More personal attention. Let me know if you might be interested. It will likely only be five days, instead of 10, 10 was waaay too much.
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So long the power distribution problem exists on Steemit, it's the sort of "Capitalist Robber Baron" way of "decentralized," which is to mean, the people with all the power act as if they're poor sheep and you better not allow a sheriff into town or they'd shoot the sheriff, and you too.
I think the biggest problem with Steemit is that it seems unwilling to learn. Facebook is constantly evolving. Not always for the better, but it is learning from its mistakes - again, sometimes to its betterment over us - but where is Steemit's learning, and especially its opportunity for free experience - learning from its predecessors' mistakes?
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it's a pity all that steem remains dormant when it could be delegated to so many awesome people that work really hard for the platform. But what is even more pity is that out of the few times there is a delegation it usually is to greedy people that abuse it to make themselves and their close circle rich..
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I am by no means a fan of Facebook, but I agree that Steemit is not working as advertised. I put a lot of thought and effort into creating thoughtful content yet my payouts are very small. And yet I see some people post meme after meme and earning hundreds. If things don't change I am not sure how much of a future Steemit will have.
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the answer to that is investment,
Steemit is investment in time and treasure, did you invest?
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What do you mean by "treasure"? I invest a lot of time in Steem, which is evidenced by my long, well thought out blog posts. I don't see the same investment of time spent by people just posting memes. So I am still not sure how those earn more, as they are not better quality.
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steemit is not about only blogging, it is also a facebook like, a tweeter like, a 9gag that promote memes, a you tube like, a github like etc.
you can't compare your own post that rely only to other steemians who have high stake.
Treasure? people used their own pocket to buy steem and power up to support their own content to have a voice.
Always remember that curator's are investors and giving their upvotes to somebody they like. No one can dictate them or force them to upvote your post.
better stop complaining rather than keep on finding the better way. The best way? buy more steem and power up! this will speed up your growth
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nonsense. usually arrogant tripe. Steemit sells its rewards as an inducement to gain members. Many members from less wealthy backgrounds join to improve themselves and work hard, This member invests time, who the fuck are you to tell them to spend money buying more steem...many people are because they dont have money, certainly not to gamble on crypto. So @albertvhon , try haing some empathy and wind your neck in.
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it is you @nathen007 is arrogant, can you hear want you are saying?
I am not telling her to spend money, what I told that this steemians gains so much rwards because they invest with money! she is complaining why she earn less, didn't you just read and jump into conclusion, then she replied that it does not worth his money, meaning she has the money but steemit is not worth to invest for.
you are rude enough, if people are work harder in steemit, then why complain earning less?
I am telling her the truth, what empathy you want from a complaining one than telling the truth.
You must know who rewards your post? is it the steemit? or the co-users like you who invest in time and money.
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Compare her posts to your posts, tell where the value to the community is ! She provides great content, works hard and gets almost no reward. People like you post crap get loads of reward. Whats so difficult to understand ?
Steemit, and all the older members constantly tell new members to post great content and be rewarded....you post 'how to be a great member posts' , but it doesnt work. The system is broken. As for dmania, total dumbing down of the ecosystem. and now big you tubers are arriving gaining 1550USD for one crap video...where is their investment, following your logic ?
People dont buy SP just to be benevolent, they buy it to make money. Like you. Thankfully people like this OP provide brilliant content to help the community, her talent is paying you.
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Sound like BIG Youtubers having friends with nice SP and it very beneficial.
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Thats the real problem here, you keep comparing and complaining!
Your good content is bad for others, your bad content is good for others, How do you know what is good or bad?
Why not start working what's a better way to success,
Again, who gives the REWARDS?
Like What I said, Steemit is not about blogging only,
are you upset?
I am not telling anybody to buy sp, yet I am telling that they buy sp and upvote themselves to gain visibility.
Successful people don't complain, they work hard, by jack ma
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I would never buy more SP, that really would not be worth my money. And Steemit does work the way you explain, but that is not how it is promoted to work. That is the issue. Steemit is pegged as this amazing blogging platform where you earn money for quality content (like I do with my own website). The reality is how you describe it: a glorified facebook where friends upvote friends. I don't like facebook and twitter already works well for me, so I joined Steemit looking for a different experience.
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I agree on parts of your points and as I pointed out in my latest blog post, Steemit itself has possible tools to balance those kinds of things.
Nevertheless, you have to see Steemit differently.
I'd more advertise it like this:
Since, on the short term stupid memes might bit you out, but after you build a certain followership you will grow with them.
I would like to point out 2 things here.
a) It is definitely worth investing in SP, since it gives you back through curation (which is probably more than what you get at your bank at the moment) and you are able to grow with the price of steem, which might get you some extra $.
b) It is like opening your own blog, at the beginning, even if you post a lot of good content, it might not get you rewarded, but as you grow and continue to post good and interesting content you will.
And the chance of this happening in Steem is 1000 higher than in a regular blog.
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see, you are selfish
you want yourself to be given and not giving back. Better read @raycoms reply
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how do you know she can afford it ? Arrogant muppet
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I totally agree with you, Last night I couldn't sleep, was doing a lot of researches to come up with a brilliant post that doesn't get flagged, and the end of the day my payouts are really small, it's discouraging. @ned and the Steem Inc should really work on that.
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Lots of interesting points. Steemit does have a bit of that "Committee" feel - like a town hall debating stuff endlessly, nothing really getting resolved, and only the loudest voices getting heard.
I'm not a fan of Facebook, but they do have the advantage of a CEO who can make decisions and turn the ship decisively when the winds change. And there's no shame in looking to the biggest social media site going for a few ideas on how to make things better here. After all, we don't have to copy the bad habits.
Now if enough of us could agree on what the good and bad habits really are...
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Oh that sounds like a brilliant idea! Plus I know that Ned actaully cares about Steemit and the community, whereas I can't say the same about Mark Facebook guy ;) Power delegations are such a great thing and something that can help the community grow so much.
I had an idea a while back about Dolphins, Orcas and Whales taking a team of Minnows and Red Fish under their wing and helping them out from time to time with the odd upvote and delegated power here and there to help them grow faster. There would be requirements to be elligible to be part of a team, and teams would switch up, but it could be a fun way to help people grow and entice new folk to the platform, knowing that even if they start with nothing, they can get teamed up and guided to become great Steemians themselves. There are so many people here who help others, and I myself got some pwoer delegated from someone who felt I deserved it. So if there are people who actively work for the community, like the witnesses, and who get delegated power for their work and their contributions, then more people can help improve the platform.
And I mean, someone like me could create videos ads for Steemit too. I've worked with corporate companies to create commercial ads. I have resources available to me. If I and anyone else who works in video production create a video ad for Steemit, in a pro and savvy way, and then we share that everywhere we can, toehrs share it, and my payment is delegated power, I'd do it. As little "spoons" as I haave, I would dedicate time for that, not just promote it in videos for YouTube, but the whole shebang of a proper commercial ad.
Everyone can do something and get rewarded for it, without Ned spending a dime.
And the more people are enticed to join, the more they will see how it is here and want to stay, because on Facebook, I don't feel valued the same way I do here. I feel I count, I feel I make a difference to people's lives and contribute to their well being by being here and being me. If everyone saw and felt that, then they would swoop in by the millions.
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I agree with your point of view @techslut; I think that delegations should be spread amongst users in some way, shape or form more than they are now. I would envision a system where Steemit inc. appoints ten, twenty or even thirty community leaders to pick out undervalued Steemians that are posting fantastic content but are not really getting noticed.
It would be as simple as these community leaders picking out new candidates every month or two (maybe pick a total of 100, or even pick a lot more than that, as Steemit Inc. have a lot of SP that they could delegate between their accounts. I have not thought up exact numbers, but if new members could be delegated a couple of thousand SP for a month or two, to help them grow, this would be a great incentive for new users to stay active.
Thanks again for sharing this, really interesting!
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THis is a great post and somehting the needs to be looked into by Ned to focus on growth of users of Steemit, it seems to me he has switched focus to SMTs and left Steemit Floundering to be honest
THe key for growth of Steemit into a more mainstream site is the newcomers t the site feeling welcomed and seeing the potential here and growing with it, that is why even as a small fish on the site i focus on trying to help new comers, with a small part adopting a new comer and trying to help them grow but also through a couple of communities I am active in
Lets hope Ned may see this and realize the good he can do
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Amen. I had a friend promise me he'd send this post to the steemit slack group. I told him: "Either @ned listens or he downvotes me to death. I'm willing to take that risk."
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I would Hope would see your post is purely with good intent and no Malice and it may prompt him to take some action
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Yes, waiting for magical SMT's does not negate the current climate of Aquatic Dysfunction and the need for improvement.
but, but.......Lambos
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I've only been on Steemit a couple of days, but after reading this post I'll pay more attention to how this is really being structured. I guess Steemit is still in its infancy. Remember facebook is nearly 15 years old. Steemit is less than 2 years.
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When the platform picks favorites it disadvantages everybody not so favored.
When delegations go to support X it takes value from every other vote to favor this favored entity.
When big sp influences where rewards go small sp has value taken from it.
It's just a fact in the math.
The only way things improve here is to have a voluntary cap at ~100mv.
This empowers every account under 100mv by making their votes more valuable.
Once enough dolphins exist we can reevaluate the soft cap.
Until then every whale vote or delegation rental favors the favorites, or those willing to buy their rewards, at the expense of those that don't play along.
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Indeed they did give some delegations but a lot more are kept with them.
It would be better if they delegate it to a lot more dolphins and minnows who are building communities and inviting more people to Steemit.
There are a lot of communities and advocacy that would benefit and we would have more people encouraged to join, stay and build projects.
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I would support more delegation with hopefully big "audits" to see if its actually getting spread and not just awarded to "friends".
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As would I.
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@techslut as someone who builds communities on SteemIt I couldn't agree more. Good write-up!
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The thing is Facebook is gradually learning and I think Zuckerberg deep down would want to overthrow the longevity of steemit, if I was @ned, I will of course usevthis opportunity to think of certain development expeccially communities, I once said this but I was told it was a wrong idea by some whales now here it comes again.
We've got to act faster and better @ned should react
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To be honest, I don't think Facebook even notices Steemit exists. And if it does, it'd look at it and know the platform has deep issues so it doesn't actually need to worry about it.
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Why do you think the Facebook owner is planning to monetize Facebook?
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Because he wants more money? And because it's a public company with investors?
Also, Facebook has been monetized for a while, via ads.
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I mean you haven't heard the plan for users to earn too?
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There is no such plan.
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And even if there were, "Whoa, earn money for writing on a social platform online, nobody has done it before Steemit!"
<.<
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A lot of good points, hopefully he sees this! For now people are doing things for this community for free but honestly, there should be rewards for those that use a lot of their own time to help new people on the platform and a lot even recruit people actively. Time is money after all but for now that does not seem to apply in this case.
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Interesting write up. Well, i am new on this platform and i'm still learning much about things here. I agree with you on some points. Yes, community leaders, group admins who are preaching about the steemit platform to others and guiding them need to be encouraged. They are really the ones behind the growth on the platform. Just as you have said, Users are the most valuable asset on a social platform.
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Good points. I'd say that too much attention shouldn't be given to what one person is doing (ned), but how the community should encourage quality over quantity etc. Of course some of that needs to come from the development team. Or well much of it at this point.
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Developers, stakeholders, steemit inc.
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I think you've inadvertently identified one of the key problems with incentive-fueled democratic systems. The simple question behind this is - what is money and what is its purpose. I think money is defined by 3 things: 1) you give it, 2) you get it, and 3) it has the ability to move value in space and/or in time (like a container). Anything that can carry value like that and that you are willing to give to others (for a reason/utility) and that others are willing to accept (for its value) is money. Be it Fiat or crypto. But here is the thing - crypto is more than that. It offers other functionalities that make it money+. plus what? Well, that's the 64,000 $ question :) If it were only money - same as Fiat - the problem would have been very clear - a strong enough currency in a community will become translatable to power - as has happened in the US for example. This type of "Democracy" that is in fact an oligopoly needs to be restrained by powerful checks and balances - and those hardly ever provide full cover. In the case of steemit - and I, as you know am a total noob, so trying to tread carefully - the token mechanisms are trying to do several things at the same time: provide compensation, encourage participation, reflect true value being generated on the platform by its users and probably more. This creates a fairly complex structure that is difficult to balance. So what is the steem token (with its different phases and transformations) - is it simple money? Is it an interaction facilitation mechanism? Is it a tool for "social mobility?"
My 2 cents:
Dang - already too long and the reply edit box is tiny :) -
thanks for making me think about this
Goodstuff and Goodnight
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As a brand new plankton, i think that there are more solutions to enable faster growth of steemit adoption.
for example, adding the possibility of personalized feeds by topic can increase exposure to the right audience the will value the content better.
better exposure to a more relevant audience will lead to a higher incentive.
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Tip of the iceberg, my friend. Steemit needs a UX overhaul, onboarding process, FAQ and some kind of community support platform. But none of these can happen if steemit inc is busy with SMTs and ignoring the community.
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Yes, such good points! I find it so hard to find good content just by searching Steemit. If you're not on Discord it's near impossible to find content relevant to your interests.
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that was a really clever way of you putting in! also facebook's idea is pretty brilliant, they have seen the stats they know pretty much they fucked up and that more and more people are getting out of it and start register in other social platforms like instagram ( not steemit yet :P i think) so they have something to do. What better way that promoting his own business with prize awards to people that use his platform and with their turn they will bring more people!
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thanks for bring this to light, I was not aware FB were doing this.
As for Steemit Inc and @ned, well I hope that this post grabs their attention, and the many other posts that are calling out for the same thing.
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Currently, Steemit's members are being duped into paying to have a say. The members are forking over large sums of money because they think that's the only way to get exposure here. They pay these so-called promotion bots because they were told that will give their post a boost... but it doesn't give them a boost. If everyone bought $10 to put beside their post, that just makes $10 the new $0 and they remain unseen.
The money goes straight to the middleman instead of remaining locked in as Steempower. The members are not being rewarded nearly as much as we used to be because they think taking a shortcut is the fastest way to success. They didn't read the fine print because the fine print wasn't offered.
That behavior gives Facebook a clear advantage. Nobody needs to pay to have a say there. It's not pay to play or pay to win.
Those middlemen are making thousands of dollars per day, and these new members are getting nowhere.
I don't even think Ned realizes the full potential of this platform yet. He seems to be too distracted with snake oil salesmen knocking on his door and offering new "ideas" for them to make money while thousands upon thousands of other members can't gain traction and end up quitting because of what these snake oil salesmen did.
People are being lead... astray.
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You obviously don't manage pages on Facebook. I do. It's pay to play. You get literally no exposure without paying Facebook for it.
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Are people paying Facebook $1200 for two days of exposure?
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And more. A LOT more. Ask any Facebook page manager how much Facebook charges for the attention of people who already liked you page.
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I just asked someone who manages Facebook pages, and she didn't give me an answer.
On the trending page of Steemit we currently have people who spent $1200 to be there for two days.
You said:
Steemit isn't selling it's users to advertisers. The users are selling themselves to advertisers and for far less exposure than Facebook can offer. Every few days, these Steemit members spend another $1200 or so(at today's token rates) to purchase that slot high up on the trending page.
Not until people wise up.
The advantage comes when real advertisers arrive, buy STEEM, and place ads on popular blogs that generate ad revenue for the blogger. Then, everyone from the top all the way down to the bottom(even if they don't have a popular blog that generates ad revenue) benefits from the ads instead of being sold to the advertiser(or, in our case here, selling themselves).
This is a blogging platform, with elements of a social network. In my opinion, it's best to leave what Facebook does out of the picture and focus more on how something like Youtube operates.
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YouTube (Google) has been empowering creators on the platform through monetary incentives, production guidance and even a bloody studio. But YouTube doesn't have a problem with user acquisition or retention. Facebook is discovering it has a retention problem. Not as major as steemit, but at least they're DOING something about it.
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Paying managers doesn't solve problems. Good managers solve problems. Paid managers can cause more problems. Paid managers can still get fired. Just compare it to any real world example that has paid management. If Walmart screws up, the managers get fired, Walmart keeps going because they hire people to take the fall.
Anyway, I'm not trying to be a jackass here.
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Paying good managers solves problems much faster than hoping they'll do it for free. :)
And I know you're not trying to be a jackass. If I thought you were, we would not be having a dialog that's about to vanish into the unreadable thread zone. :)
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It's also important to note that buying upvotes usually pays back. As in, you get what you paid in SBD and SP and don't lose anything by "recycling" your SBD to give your posts more exposure.
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For selfish reasons, it pays off.
If I decide my artwork is the best, on my own, and pay for votes to place my work at the top every day... what will the other artists think of me? It's not them who will be eager to support my work. Over time I'd just end up being an informercial for art instead of an artist.
On Youtube, we skip the ad so we can view the content. I don't want to turn my blog into an ad that gets skipped.
If other artists were to attempt to compete, they'd have to purchase votes as well. If $1200 becomes the new $0, $1200 worth of our tokens becomes worthless to all except those who sell the votes. In this case, those are advertisers who win. Everyone else loses.
That's a huge sacrifice to make just for a bit of exposure.
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She is right. As someone who manages Facebook Pages for years, I can tell you that you need way but way more than 1200$ to reach the people who liked your page and new audience.
And, because of the new changes to the reach of pages ( that just started. Its going to be sooo bad soon. ) you need to spend a lot.
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Nope. You're not paying facebook $1200 for two days of exposure, for one post.
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It can be even more. or less, it depends how many people you want to reach, what people did you target and how well did you optimize the campaign.
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The whales are running their dupes on a treadmill.
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Just because someone is offering people crack, that doesn't mean they need to buy it and smoke it.
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Yep, but in this context the whales are supposed to care about the platform, and clearly they care more about profits than creating a welcoming, rewarding platform for small investors.
I don't, and haven't, used the bid bots.
In fact, I spend way tooooo much time going on about how they rape the reward pool.
When the community is ready, they will step up and stop this crap, until then it is open season on the dupes.
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I think our two issues are the bandwidth and robots. I wish real upvoters decided things instead of the robots.
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Truly, such great focuses! I discover it so elusive great substance just via looking Steemit. In case you're not on Discord it's close difficult to discover content pertinent to your interests
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So am
I funny picture I like it man 👌👌
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a very memorable experience, and an interesting post, and good luck is always a friend
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Totally agreed. he has a lot to learn.
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I work on the Salesforce platform and they’re another company incredibly focused on giving back. They mandate that employees use 1% of their time on community projects, plus help support things like STEMettes. I do like to see this sort of things from corporate entities.
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great post and even greater point @techslut am still a minnow here and i can tell you getting started was not as easy as i thought it would be, most users that helped me out where either fellow minnows or dolfins. i found out most whales are just collecting sp for upvotes and enriching themselves off our expense (MOST) if @ned could do something about empowering the right comunity leaders it would go a long way in helping the steemit society as a whole.
thanks.
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agree!!
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Im not a fan of FB's business model in a few areas but I've heard a few examples of this type of thing. I can't fault them on their appetite to invest in people, and let them grow to their full potential.
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Steemit seriously need to learn. Communities are really working hard to keep this platform running.
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A very interesting discussion about Steemit vs Facebook. I hope @ned always succeed always. thanks @techslut has shared.
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Nice tray...
@techslut please upvote back
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Oh, please, this is nothing but PR. A total of 105 Facebook communities is drop in the ocean and will not make any real difference to Facebook's engagement.
Of course, Steemit is very different and more importantly things here are on a very different scale. While for Facebook, this is nothing and just a way to "apologize" to the communities they are going to be cutting out people's feeds in a publicly noticeable way. Here on the other hand, SP delegations could do wonders for the community and there are a ton of projects and communities that would surely use some SP well to keep growing the whole thing.
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Good idea, we must give priority to quality from quantity.
I really hope this will go as planned.
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Let the Stemian friends join in the COMMUNITY STEEMIT page. Let us enliven this Facebook page and also become our silaturrahim forum. Let's continue to socialize Steemit in the middle of Facebook users, so that in the future this number of community members also continues to grow and expand around the world.
thanks @techslut
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There should never be "leaders" on a truly decentralized and democratic platform.I'm a beginner on this platform,a low level nobody,but I frankly don't need leaders to invite my friends and family members.Anyone who understands what is the point of being a part of this community will leave FB behind and join,because of the conception,not because of "leaders". Why Steemit should copy anything Facebook does? Most of the people like me (who got blocked,censored etc. over there) are flocking to Steemit,exactly because it's not like FB,and seeing how fast this platform and blockchain technology grows,I will not be surprised seeing Facebook copying a lot of things Steemit has very soon.The only thing I would consider to change is the voting power.I feel like if you are an active member you should have an equal voting power,just like everybody else,regardless of your rankings.
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The thing about Steemit is that if you have enough money, you can direct the platform. You can make yourself invunerable to flagging and can also control content visibility to suit your whims. While it is decentralised, it is not unable to be controlled. We’ve all watched the rather high profile case of a single user gradually chipping away at the reward pool and there is literally no mechanic in place that can stop it. You have enough power, you control your path on Steemit.
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Yes, that's why I said equal voting power to anybody who is an active member (idk,maybe at least one post a day and the account is 6 months old )
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I'm not sure if I can think of a way of implementing it fairly. With voting power equal, it still benefits those who are very well established - big gravity entities pull in the votes - and it will make like a struggle for those trying to start out.
Not that I've got a solution for a level playing field though, sounds like a case for a master of algorithms!
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But you have the chance to become "well established" as well.It takes time,lot of work,and some investment.
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That is certainly true. I've been plugging away since late November and I'm juuuuuust about starting to feel like I'm tangibly getting towards my self-set goals on the platform.
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See? And now I will follow you to help a little reaching your goals and forget about Facebook! :-)
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wow great and learning post
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Go for steemit community in action!
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Some of the whales are doing a pretty good job at empowering minnows in my opinion, and ppl can get out of bandwidth hell in 1-2 months with hard work and good posts, still, i agree with you, we need more publicity to increase our user base! I've seen some great YouTubers coming to this platform lately
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I have also an idea about the selling/buying of upvotes on Steemit. Why not mark all bot upvoted paid posts on Steemit as "promoted" or "sponsored" (or even move them to the promoted tab) like on all other platforms. This would add a lot of credibility in dividing paid from organic content. I am not against ads on Steemit because they already exist and can help sustain the value of Steem btw 🔥 but paid posts need to be better labeled in my opinion.
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nice entry, please, more such
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Have you looked at neds wallet?
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According to friends better at math than I, steemit inc alone holds about 101,295M VESTS (5,502,331.829 STEEM) in their account. Please correct me if I am wrong with the numbers. I am not a numbers person.
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I was thinking about this point you made in your post (a good point) he has a lot more in his, than steemit inc, so yeah he could be doing some big things for the community as you say, but I don't know what is going on at all with that.
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Haha. Facebook doesnt have 99% posts talking about itself and self promoting garbage and i dont think i have ever seen any user mention facebook in that manner or worship it like people on $teemit do, and most of it is fake just to earn some $$$. $teemit cant be compared to facebook on any level. Here you cant even find real content out of all the garbage people are promoting. Even those categories on top of page are as fake as it gets. Everyone here talks about escaping from censorship on facebook youtube etc. Atleast on those platforms i get to see what i go to see not 99% promoted garbage and even for all those ads and shit there are addons like ABP and others. So what are we talking about here? People dont even see $teemit for what it should be, most are suckered here with a premise that they can earn money. And when i hear people here talk about quality content, i can only ask about what ? What people will do for "money" or atleast here for a feel or sense of it, without even turning their brains on. People behind this platform clearly have no vision.
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