Now Is Not A Time To Panic
Like any investment, the price of steem will rise and fall. But unlike most investments you likely have in an IRA, you have the ability to directly influence the price of this investment. The only way steem will gain value (which I'm confident it will) is through interaction with this unique and creative community.
While there is the opportunity for investors to simply spend money and wait, I believe that decision is missing the real value steemit has as a platform. Steemit itself is a tool and becomes valuable as people look at and interact with thought provoking posts, whether by creating them or commenting and giving feedback. Without that, investor dollars would be worthless (in my opinion at least).
So instead of jumping ship because the value is not what it once was, how about we as a community take the time to address some of the issues and solve them. This is a new field where money is redistributed in social media and there will be highs and lows. People will come and go and talk good and bad about this platform, but here are some of the ways I feel each person can contribute easily.
- Have a contest tab that sorts different contests into categories. Photography, fantasy sports, guessing, word puzzle, comment, writing / poetry etc. All in one convenient section
- Encourage those with no interest in blogging to instead focus on goods or services they can provide and have a tab that links to peerhub.com and get the word out on that awesome decentralized storefront. (Possibly add an auction feature and talk with
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about features to add for ease of use or otherwise).
- Reward great comments. Comments earn far too little and whether that means forming a group of volunteers to curate great comments and reward them in some way or another creative idea, without people making meaningful comments, this platform will not achieve its full potential. Some of my best connections have been made through comments and reward or not, I will continue to make lengthy comments to those who read my posts and people whom I feel deserve recognition and responses for their blog posts.
- Possibly hire or find another group that will monitor and help new users. Possibly assigning an hour of monitoring an introduceyourself feed or channel and putting the best of the best into a blog post that promotes. I don't believe everyone deserves to make a lot of money on a first post, but I think that a lot of creative people aren't being rewarded for the effort they put in, whether that is sheer volume or otherwise should be addressed.
- An FAQ or live chat feature for users who are new or have a lot of questions and don't know where to go would be awesome. The easier it is for more people to post, the more likely people will focus on content and not as much time on formatting.
- Get local colleges and businesses involved in performing arts and creative writing contests. See if a local college with a dance, writing, fashion etc. program could partner with steemit for a contest. The winners of the contest could get SBD and also something from the school or local businesses or restaurants that want positivity attached to their names.
- A questionnaire that helps people figure out their strengths and how they can help - planning, brainstorming, marketing etc. Steemit is nothing without people working together. This is not a "me" first social network. This is about many people reaching goals together. Selfish people are quickly left behind in the dust of people working as teams.
- Rewards for daily interactions like a certain number of days where you have posted in a row, or comments etc. with prizes being a prize wheel spin or something fun that gives you a chance to win some sbd (like a lottery, without people spending money they don't have to enter).
- Marketing team that actively seeks out ways to bring unobtrusive ad dollars to steemit, with the ability for users to make SBD from looking at videos, clicking on ads, etc.
I'll be at Steemfest this year and am hoping to work with some other passionate people to get the monetary value of steem back to a reasonable price. Right now I believe it is bargain priced and if I had the means to do so, I would be stocking up. (Not giving investing advice, but personal advice of my own). Hoping to work with some people as serious about this platform as I am.
Steemit got me out of a dark time in my life, where I thought my ideas and whole being were worthless. Connecting with this community really changed my outlook on life. I'm willing to put in 110% effort to make sure others have the opportunity that I have had, through whatever abilities I have to offer.
Please feel free to ask or comment in any way that you feel will benefit steemit. I'm here for the long run :)