Although Im in love with this platform, I am beginning to lose motivation quickly. Quality content is constantly being overlooked, while pictures of a lizard are gaining $500. Should I sit here and spend a few hours putting together a post to get $2? This is extremely frustrating and Im pretty sure im not the only one who feels this way.
This is what Steemit currently looks like. The majority of us are minnows gasping for air, trying to find some food to nibble on and every day one minnow dies because their wasnt enough motivation to live.
Less than a quarter of Steemit accounts are active users which is not a great sign for the site moving forward. Why should people waste their time giving others useful imformation while others are posting less quality and making more money? I spent 2 hours sourcing information to bring content and news to this platform only to see a picture of a sunset gain more upvotes than my post. Why Im still on here idk, but I do know after seeing something like that most users would leave this site. I believe there is something that can be done to fix this.
Will Steemit fix this or will they let popular users influence monetary movement?
On Steemit, users can upvote themselves and double their money in half a year. Thats 250%+ a year. Idk about you, but any site or investment where I can gain more than 250% a year on my money is something that will not last. Upvoting yourself shouldnt be an option. People will just upvote themselves and not even bother looking for quality content because upvoting themselves is much more profitable.
How about the "Trending" and "Hot" tabs at the top. It seems like its the same people who dominate the top every day. How about a trending or hot based on your reputation score? Or setting up a team to search for wuality content. I believe this would encourage people to create better content in hopes of making it to this "new tab." This would help weed out the low quality content and give individuals who are posting useful information and giving the site value exposure.
I expect to receive $2 for this post.
If you agree that there needs to be something needs to be done please resteem. Thanks!