I like Steemit. But I am not blind to it´s flaws.
I am a new user. No one who reads this will recognize my name from some previous post. Therefore hardly anyone will read this post. It will not reach trending and be only visible in new for a few minutes and in its main category for half an hour or so. But there is only a handful of tags/category that get visited.
Most users of Steemit are on this platform, because they are interested on crypto. And Steemit´s userbase is very homogen. Most users read posts about crypto, art, traveling or Steemit itself (like this post)
If you are not interested one of these topics, than you have no reason to be here. Also right on the homepage these tags are presented, amplifying the time spent with these topics.
I like crypto. But does my dad? Does my friends? No. And if the are interested in one of the other topics, then there are better sources of entertainment.
So at some point there must be a way to make Steemit´s userbase more inhomogen or the platform will be only a little more than an average forum about crypto with a slightly bigger off-topic corner.
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