Warning : Only unpopular opinions below.

I've discussed Steemit with my colleagues (3), friends (9), blog followers (7,000+ with only 19 responses so far), in slack chats and on some Reddit post and here are some of the key points and impressions that have been made/expressed to date. I'm only posting the negative opinions because I can sum up the positive comments with three words, "I like it".

Note: Some of these issues reported have been resolved. Some comments have been paraphrased and/or portions removed for brevity.

Comments

• "The new BitShares forum"
• "it's for BitShares users"
• "only the early miners are there"
• "they only upvote each other"
• "if youre not in their clic[sic] they don't upvote"
• "yea it's basically an insiders club and as Carlin would say 'and u ain't in it'"
• "I'm not giving up my private key"
• "why can't steem authenticate via a signed message, or some other method, aside from giving up my private key?"
• "constantly logs me out"
• "I don't get it. Why do we need another reddit?"
• "So people are being bribed to post? They'll say whatever they think will earn them the most."
• "yea there goes unpopular opinions. toe the line or gtfo"
• "the large Steem holders can downvote any post they don't like into oblivion"
• "rigged"
• "unless you own a lot of STEEM it's pointless"
• "one whale can take away any profits u made with a click"
• "exactly. and then upvote their own post so they earn the rewards instead of you"
• "fanboys stroking each others egos"
• "it's centralized"
• "seriously? $140,000 for a political post that has like 10 responses?"
• "I've seen original content with thousands of words get no upvotes and stupid memes some bot posted get thousands."
• "one guys taking other peoples comments with no upvotes and reposting them as his own and earning $5k lmao"
• "just shows you they're only upvoting each other"
• "what a circle jerk"
• "seriously just look at the front page. if it's not about steem it's not making jack"
• "so just post about steem and you too can be rich lol"
• "only if the steem gods deem it so"
• "I've posted about steem and didn't make a dime"
• "cuz yer not in da club holmes"
• "If you post about any other project you get one or two upvotes, if that"
• "just proves that you're not welcome unless you're posting about bts or steem"
• "and they think theyll be the new reddit?"

I've been warned that I should not post this openly, but if you know me from the BitShares forum, I don't give a shit lulz. I think it's something that needs to be out in the open instead of hidden in private chats/forums and messages, otherwise things are unlikely to change ... assuming these comments are accurate, and I'll have to admit that I do tend to agree with a lot of it. But that's just me, your opinions are probably different and that's cool. I just thought some of you may appreciate hearing what's being said behind the veil.

Now get your downvote buttons ready ... and go! 8b

Errrr I mean, go reduce the friction! ;)