Answer this Twitter poll to help add Steem to the BTCC Exchange:

https://twitter.com/bobbyclee/status/862908660707540992

- bobbyclee

Today we have a fantastic example of why everyone who wants to see Steem spread and grow should be on Twitter and any other popular social media platform. The Co-founder & CEO of @YourBTCC; Board Member of @BTCFoundation is now conducting a poll on twitter for what cryptocurrency to add to their exchange and Steem is on the list! We're currently in third place of the particular poll we are included in (there are multiple polls), but with only about 1,200 votes total in the poll if just a small percentage of Steemit users vote we could easily take the number one spot! Not only that, but even in the primary poll Ethereum is in the lead with only 1,087 votes out of 4,181 total votes. I have more followers on Steemit than that!

The Real Value of Money

This isn't just a great example of why we should all be on Twitter, it also demonstrates the power of being the only cryptocurrency with a social network built on it (and more coming soon). Because we have a place where we can coordinate our actions we can have even more influence than our mere market cap would suggest. What people forget is that the reason currency is valuable is because it facilitates the coordination of human activity. Money isn't valuable because of the attributes it possesses. If that were the case simply designing a currency with the "ideal" attributes would guarantee its success. The attributes are what enable it to be used to coordinate activity. The US dollar is valuable to me because it allows me to coordinate activity with my local supermarket. They're doing lots of stuff to stock up their store, I'm doing lots of stuff to help grow Steem, and the US Dollar is what allows us to interact despite the fact that I have no idea what it takes to run a supermarket and they don't even know what Steem is.

This is precisely why I believe that Steem is undervalued (disclaimer: this is not investment advice): 1. It is objectively a great form of money with free and nearly instant transfers, and 2. it is great at facilitating the coordination of human activity.

This isn't the only reason to use other social media platforms. In fact, the biggest reason is: that's where the people are. If we want to bring the people to Steem, we have to interact with them, and if we want to interact with them we have to be where they are. You can think of it as destroying them from within, using the enemy's tool against them, or just using these applications until better versions are created on Steem (like #Zappl). Whatever your justification ... just do it!

Shout out to Hive account@kingscrown for finding the poll and bringing it to my attention!

Thanks for reading!