( THIS IMAGE IS MINE )BACKGROUND
I have over 180 folowers now and my article tagged 'science', asking for input about the idea that the Earth is growing has had only 11 views in 2 days (at the time I'm writing this). That is what I would expect from the days when I had 25 followers. What is happening to this platform? Where are all our curious minds? Why am I not getting lots and lots of feedback and ideas? I know there are some very intelligent people here.
My post can be found at https://steemit.com/science/@happyme/is-the-pangaea-theory-wrong
THE PROBLEM
I believe this subject has lots of facts and ideas that can be explored and debated but if nobody sees it, the discussion will never take place.
Steemit is supposed to be a place for social interaction, but what I am seeing lately is that many of those who have already established themselves are too busy writing articles and earning money to bother reading articles by others except for possibly their friends. Those who have not established themselves are busy trying to get the attention of those who are established and have no time to read articles by their peers. This leads to a closed loop where those on the inside get more and more attention while those on the outside are stuck and remain outside trying to get in.
I see this as promoting SPAMMY comments by those seeking attention and exacerbating the problem. All this might go away when the value of Steem goes up and the little guys are able to earn what they feel is a reasonable return for their efforts, but somehow I doubt it.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
I think there is another issue at play here. I believe that there are just too many people overwhelmed by the amount of material that enters their feed on a daily basis. I suspect that if the interface allowed for better filtration of what enters a person's feed, there will slowly develop a situation where people will gravitate to watching only certain tags or themes. Those then will become true followers in the sense that they will actually open and read what comes into their feeds.
DISCUSSION
What do you think? Am I way off track or will a better interface create a better platform?
I sincerely thank you for your interest!
