Something I've noticed in different crypto groups. Pretty much ever since Steemit and STEEM became a thing two years ago.
Whenever non-BTC coins are being discussed, and people ask what other people are hodling, ask for suggestions on what they should buy, etc. first of all, no one ever brings up STEEM, but if I do it, I tend to always get ridiculed.
It happens every single time.
If I bring up the tech behind STEEM, which makes it a more viable coin than BTC by a mile, people look at me like I'm an idiot for hodling something like STEEM.
It's silly because, despite how I feel about Steemit, the site, STEEM, the blockchain, is still the best out there and it's not even close. It may change when EOS finally launches proper, but right now STEEM is the very best blockchain, based purely on its tech.
But people look at me like I'm mentally challenged whenever I praise STEEM.
They don't do it when I say I hodl DASH, Ethereum, Monero, hell, even Doge.
My point is that there's something about STEEM's image that turns people off. I'd like to get some discussion going on about what it might be.
Is is the circulating supply? Is it the fact that anybody can just post shit on the internet and get STEEM for free? The poor to simply non-existent management?
Something else?
I feel like this is an important problem to solve.