We Need A Forum For All Crypto [Why Not Steem?]

Seeking Competitive Progress

We are living in a tribalist crypto landscape today. It's an eat or be eaten emerging industry right now. As bear market woes continue, more ICO communities are fading away or losing a bit of their early-2018 luster.

The DApper HODLers among us appear to have a pretty consistent formula. Most all cryptocurrency communities have a presence on Twitter, Reddit and Medium. For the last couple of years this has been by and large the standard (most of all for Decentralized Applications) - for crypto companies seeking to amass an audience. These traditional networks are great to draw more eyeballs inwards, but it's become increasingly difficult to sustain them.

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We need more conversations across the aisle. (Something that you could argue - cultivates competitive progress.) Blockchain companies aren't talking to one another and their platforms are losing users as a result.

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User retention is a huge problem across all cryptocurrency networks right now. No network (Steem included) is immune to this. Reddit isn't user friendly enough, Medium looks pretty but lacks engagement and Crypto-Twitter simply has way too much "free ETH." These traditional social platforms are super important to build bridges and onboard newbies into the blockchain world, but that might not be enough on its own. Shouldn't each of these crypto communities be seeking a blockchain-based forum to learn and benefit from one another?

We Need A Forum for all Crypto

The blockchain world needs a place to broadcast ideas, gather feedback and incentivize growth. So, why not practice what we preach... why not Steem?

Steem - the self proclaimed social blockchain - has over 50,000 daily users transacting (those actively upvoting / commenting.) That's definitely not a lot, but it's magnitudes more than any other blockchain fueled website. Here are some statistics looking at Ethereum, EOS and POA (below).

Source - https://www.stateofthedapps.com/stats

Apps like Steemit.com (one window into Steem) are making it easier for "outside" blockchains to find their voice. Starting a blog or vlog here doesn't mean you have to ditch your hometown crypto team.

Keep Your Crypto / Tap the Network

Sure, we (@sndbox) are stakeholders of Steem and yeah, it would be pretty nice if a DApp swapped Ethereum for Steem - but it doesn't have to in order to benefit from the community. All DApps are seeking more active usership. Steem offers an active (and enthusiastic) crypto-fluent community to broadcast to. Even if you're not using Steem as a rewards mechanism, why not start using it to attract new users?

How many DAUs has that Medium article earned you? Can you reward those new users directly through Medium or Facebook with crypto? The answer is no. But you can upvote the people who comment on your Steemit blog announcements, and reward users who publish articles / videos / tutorials focused on your platform. There are so many incentives here to gamify.

So, why can't an Ethereum DApp build a social presence on Steem? We're actually starting to see that happen. There are a handful of DApp communities beginning publishing updates and ideas here in an effort to reach a new audience and incentivize users to explore their product.

How Steemians Can Help

Steem could serve as an empowering forum for all crypto. This place could be a Mecca of breaking blockchain news, stories and ideation. We should be supporting of all kinds of blockchain companies and communities here. A few friends of ours are already leading the charge - @dadanyc, @decentraland, @creativechain and @knownorigin. Show them some love. Check out their DApps, give them some feedback.

We're all in the same boat. Let's start paddling in the same direction.

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