I'm new here and very inactive, not really likely to stick around to be frank, but I agree with what you just wrote. So far, I see way too much shameless self-promotion without substance, circle-jerking follow-fests, cut-throat capitalism and begging. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but that's what this place seems like. Oh, and let's not forget all the armchair experts, vacation flaunting.. and breasts.
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Hi @shalinoth, thanks for sharing your experience with the platform as a new member. This is exactly why I try to battle the begging for upvotes and followers. It didn't used to be this bad. In fact, I hardly saw anything like this in my first few months on the platform. We are getting a lot of new members lately though and I think Steemit has been advertised as a way to get quick money by doing what you do on Facebook. That is an unfortunate way of advertising the platform and it draws in the wrong crowd, like we are seeing now.
There are still people who are here to write about topics they care about and enjoy good conversations, but it's being overshadowed by the beggars lately.
I can't tell you if things will continue to go like this. I certainly hope not, but it's not like I have any say in this. So I also can't tell you to stay or go. I've been here long enough to want to continue building my following. I found some real and normal people here, so I enjoy spending my time here. Sure, some things frustrate me, but it hasn't gotten to the point where I am leaving. I think the main thing is to try and build up a nice bunch of people to follow. That way you can stick to your Home feed, instead of the New feed.
Is it that bad with the breasts? You know, I set my account to not show the NSFW tag, so I don't see too much of that, and am glad for it.
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Thanks for the thoughtful overview, @playfulfoodie!
I've managed to find a few artists to follow and a few friends from my Youtube circles came to the platform too. So I might hang around, look for more of those artistic gems, and find ways to filter out the shameless vanity posts.
Do you happen to know how to set up more obvious Notifications when a specific person we follow posts something? I find myself pressing Refresh Page a lot.
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Ooh I wish I could help you there! Someone told me about this site or app a while ago which would notify you for specific users, but I completely forgot the name of it. Maybe you could check out the App Center to see if there's anything useful there!
You can open the App Center by clicking the three lines at the top right of the site, next to your user icon. Then go to Steemit App Center.
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Well said, @playfulfoodie .
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Thank you @stillgideon :-)
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Actually, I am one of the people who came here, basically with the reasoning that if I'm going to waste my time on facebook, I may as well get paid for doing essentially the same thing on steemit.
At the same time, the financial motivation for 'liking' and sharing posts - and the sort of calculations that can go with it - make it both more interesting and more shallow. It's a double edged sword. But I'm glad to be here. I think it can work.
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Yeah, it definitely can! I think we just have to realize that anywhere where money is involved, things won't really be 'fair'. As long as we're okay with that and enjoy what we are doing, this is a good place to be.
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