I am sure you have all noticed the drop in price for Both SBD and Steem. Today they both are very close to the $1.00 mark and I think its likely we see it below a $1.00 sometime today or next day or two. The question is, If that $1.00 wall breaks how far will the price drop ?
Steemit has the right ingredients to be a major player in the media outlet world but needs that giant push to get out to the masses and I believe that giant push is aggressive marketing. A commercial or two letting consumers know that Steemit is uncensored and creates you money while passively aggressively pointing out the flaws of traditional media sites ( I believe ) will create an influx of new Steemit members and investors. A few billboards wouldn't hurt either.
It would also be nice to see a Favorite Followers option along side the followers option we already have. Some accounts on here are big with thousands of followers and follow thousands back for different reasons. As is, our Feed is almost worthless to anyone who decides to follow a couple hundred people or more. If we had a favorite followers feed we could put those blogs we want to visit more often then some others in it and make life here on Steemit much easier.
Along with the price drop I have noticed the SBD amount in our Post payout shrinking drastically. Today it not only shrunk but it has gone to zero ... nodda .. nothing. Has the payout structure changed ? Are we seeing the removal of SBD payment ? My 10 second search has revealed no answers.
I think the removal of SBD will be beneficial to Steemit and user retention. Currently Steemit wallet has SBD / SP / VP / Steem and USD in its wallet. That is allot for the average social media user to take in. The system needs to be more simplified and if possible SBD needs to be removed and just use Steem for everything.
