I think a lot of it is seeing people making way more money for equal or less value content over and over. Sure, it's not all about the money.... But time is still money just the same. If someone spends four hours writing a really good post and makes $1, and this happens to them on every post - then they see someone else make a post with horrible quality and make $200 - eventually that first person will leave cause they will realize, it's not about quality, it's about who your rich friends are.
People can't see that far into the future about how valuable this platform can become. For myself, I don't care if I only get 1 steem for a post because 2 years from now that 1 steem could be worth $500. New users want their rewards now and they get frustrated and leave if they don't get it. As for people making $10k for 2 posts, they must be making more money than that elsewhere for their time, or they aren't actually that smart.
I'd agree with you that money (and people feeling undervalued) is probably the main reason people leave. Again, this is my assumption based on anecdotal evidence, I'd be interested in actually surveying people who left Steemit to confirm why. I also agree about the long-term potential; however, whether Steem is worth $2 USD or $200 USD five years from now might not change the fact that people will be frustrated that their earnings are disproportionate compared to other users.
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Yeah that's true about the proportion staying the same. I never really thought about that. The thing I keep in my head is, I'll be a millionaire if steem gets up in the hundreds. The more steem I can get now (even $1 per post at a time) lowers the price steem has to reach before I can comfortably retire. That thought alone will keep me here for the long term even if my posting frequency falls a bit here and there.
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"If someone spends four hours writing a really good post and makes $1, and this happens to them on every post - then they see someone else make a post with horrible quality and make $200 - eventually that first person will leave cause they will realize, it's not about quality, it's about who your rich friends are."
Isn't this the case with blogging in general? The difference is that people may see Steemit as an easy way to make money blogging and can easily see all the crap content that gets high praise. I've been in this situation myself and it can be discouraging but actually, this is still the easiest platform to make money for new bloggers and as active user base grows, quality level will continue to rise as well. Much more so nowadays when I look at the top trending, I feel like the posts deserve the rewards they are receiving. I think this trend will continue as more quality creators join.
Isn't there a plan to have "communities" for different interests, discusssions, Reddit style? If there was blogging and forum style communication, then why wouldn't people use Steemit instead of Reddit if they can make even a few pennies to play with?
Have you ever used Plenty of Fish dating site? When you join you get a pm from a PoF ambassador who gives tips for how to be successful on the site. They have videos teaching the habits of the most successful users and how not to feel bad when you are rejected. You will be rejected many many times but that's just part of the game and it happens to most people. What if there was a similar crash course available for noobs? A pm is sent out with links to guides upon first signing in to your account.
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Oh yeah, this is still the easiest way to earn money online by far. You don't have to tell me, it's the new users that need that message.
I just try and see it from a new bloggers point of view on joining steemit. For some reason, earning $1 when someone else earns $30 for the same thing is worse than everyone earning $0 from Facebook. It's really just today's social conditioning working against the sheeple. Everyone wants everyone else around them to be equal and, if they aren't, they feel left out and give up.
But, it's not ALL about quality on steemit either. People with rich friends do get higher rewards than people without no matter the quality of their post. I don't really agree with it, but I don't really care either. Someone can earn that $30 posting about bitcoin and I am earn $1. That dollar, to me, is a dollar more than I would earn on facebook no matter how much anyone else earns.
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