The real opportunity for a social network with monetary incentives built in

in protocols •  8 years ago  (edited)

Right now, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat work great for people that want to share text, picture, and video content with the world. Some argue that a social network driven by economic incentives rather than organic self-expression, community, and engagement is doomed to fail.

These people are missing the fact that the content we share on traditional social networks is specific content that makes us look good to the rest of the world. The primary reasons people share on traditional social networks are social validation and self-promotion. I strongly believe there's an opportunity for a social network that emerges with real content that does not make us look good, but that others get value from because of the realness. This unique, real content is essential in for these networks to grow.

When there's a monetary incentive to share, the primary reason for sharing becomes earning rather than social validation. And the content that emerges on such a social network has the potential to be very different than what has existed before on social networks.

To date, there has been some real, never-shared-before content on Steemit like this hand-written letter that author Neil Strauss received from Phil Collins and these prison memoirs from Charlie Shrem. This is the type of content that Steemit needs more of -- real content that you won't find on other social networks.

If everyone on Steemit shares things they've never shared with the world before, Steemit will become a much more unique and sustainable community. For your next post, I urge your to share a secret and tag it #realness. My next post will be my own #realness


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jordancooper Jordan Cooper tweeted @ 09 Sep 2016 - 21:51 UTC

@NTmoney you can't buy self expression, community, social engagement, or the things that drive a network like twitter...

Disclaimer: I am just a bot trying to be helpful.

I love the Realness idea I will most certainly partake, and what you said about standard social media being a platform to showcase ourselves hit it right on the nose.

thanks @viktorcapulet. looking forward to your #realness post

I'm going to post one too @ntomaino :D

because that's what people want to read... :D XO

I value that idea. Check out my steemit only post on how I got my scars, it's graphic, too much for FB or any other social media platform...XO