I have been very disappointed with Steemit Inc over the last 6 months. I think it all started with @ned deciding that Steemit shouldn't compete with Facebook. Facebook is ripe for dethroning in the social media world. People are sick of the censorship with both FB and YT.
What I have seen is a severe lack of competitiveness of Steemit Inc in this space. They seem to be happy with staying in their lane and not trying to fight for market share and win over users. That attitude does not help holders of Steem. Eventually, a cut throat, top quality decentralized blockchain based social media platform will come around with the intention of being the next Facebook or YT and will win the day in the market and Steemit will still be in their lane.
I came here because I have a large audience on both FB and YT. I am sick of the censorship and data manipulation that happens on both platforms. I've been here over a year now and this community still seems content with being in BETA and they are just now saying they have figured out the signup problems.
Do you know how many hundreds in my audience emailed me and told me that they couldn't sign up?
“You Never Get A Second Chance to Make a First Impression” – Will Rogers
Well, I'm sorry but @ned blew it. Those people were also hungry for a Facebook alternative and they came here looking for something new and couldn't even get signed up. They won't come back.
I've been in the ad and marketing business for a long time and I know when a company has the stones to go all the way in a competitive industry. Steemit Inc. has not shown to have those stones. It's been missed opportunity after missed opportunity.
In April of this year, it was front page news that Facebook was losing millions of users on its platform. Steemit said nothing. That was a huge missed opportunity for a press release to let the world know that Steemit was a Facebook alternative.
Just this past week, Facebook was hacked and it effected over 50 million Facebook users! Again, crickets from the Steemit team and no press release boasting of decentralized blockchain technology at this platform. Another missed opportunity.
The bottom line is Steemit Inc is not serious about competing in this space.