This post is not about the steem coin itself. The success of the coin depends on different factors such as how many uses it has (different apps and sites) and how many people adopt it. This site is a focus on this site and I want to talk about it separate from the coin. Steemit is a social media/blogging site. I do feel we need more social aspects to make it a stronger social media site but it is pretty great as a blogging site with a community attached to it. But when it comes to being a social media network, there is one factor that is more important than others. And that is how many people are using it.
Numbers are what determine the success of sites like Steemit. Take Facebook for example, it is the main social media network because it has the users. It is what your friends and family use. This is the same as Youtube, Twitter and Google. These sites are the dominate sites because it is where the majority of users go in their respective fields. Yes they have grown to have better features than their competitors but those came over time and being a successful company, then had the money and resources to make it work.
Steemit has the advantage of being the first in its field. But I feel we need to get that user base in as soon as we can. This is, in no way, a message telling steemit they need to move faster, they are probably working their asses off. Just an opinion that soon, very soon, there needs to be a focus on bringing in the masses. I read before the idea of things being good enough and, for now, this might be the smart way to do things. Maybe even as soon as HF 19.
Yes, we need more features and a cleaner UI and other fixes. But once the onboarding process is ready and we can get people in quickly, I feel like we can worry about those features as we grow. We want a high number of users who are using the site, or will come back to check if those features are ready. Not hope we will have enough time and interest when the site is ready. I know this might sound a little backwards, but I think it is how tech works nowadays. People are used to betas. People understand things are not perfect at the start. But what you can't risk is losing attention to another site.
Go team steem.
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