Monetary rewards are a great incentive to attract good content creators to Steemit. And as a video content creator and blogger, I'm all about creating good content for my viewers and readers to enjoy and share.
If you haven't noticed, there are a ton of videos on Youtube right now lashing out at the changing algorithms and marginalizing of many channels. Some indeed are very upset about the fall in revenues. But that's not the big reason creators at Youtube and Facebook are upset and looking for alternatives. What these creators are really upset about is something precious that's been taken from them.
I've been on this particular Youtube channel for about 4 years now. I have over 45K subs on my channel. My Facebook page has over 100K likes from people who are interested in our content and the content we share. Do you want to know the real reason most of us are ticked off?
The Facebook Problem
You spend hours and hours developing good content to share on Facebook. Little by little your LIKES grow and maybe you get lucky and a couple of your posts go viral. One video we created and posted on Facebook has over 28 million views and over 24K comments. Another video we created has over 4 million views. These posts generate a lot of LIKES to the page and expands our audience reach...or so you'd think. Getting lucky and having a video go viral is rare. Many posts are never seen by our fans who've like our page. In order for me to once again get the attention of those who have come to our page and LIKED it, I have to PAY Facebook a fee to reach them and tell them that something new has been posted. THAT IS MESSED UP!
The Youtube Problem
Our channel has over 45,000 subscribers. Video content creating takes prep time and sometimes research on the topic and then editing time. Not to mention if your adding musical scores (that often has to be paid for) and motion graphics. It's WORK! Yeah the money from ad revenues is good...but what we really want is to please our audience and get that "atta boy!" when its all over. Youtube has stolen that from us. Most of our subscribers are never notified of new content even if they do adjust their settings to be notified for each new release.
The Bottom Line
I want to be rewarded based on my quality content. PART OF THOSE REWARDS ARE NOT ABOUT MONEY! It's about the subscribers! The Followers of your work. Youtube refuses to notify most of your subs that you have new work when you release it. Just the other day, a long time channel (John Kohler GYG) that I have been subbed to for years, with over 400K subs posted a video and after 24 hours the video had less than 2000 views! WHAT?! It's because Youtube is picking and choosing who will get the ad revenue and who will not. They won't inform the viewers and fans because that means less ad revenue for BIGGER and more network friendly channels.
HOW STEEMIT/STEEMQ Wins!
If SteemIt/SteemQ really want to urge content creators like me to jump away from Youtube and Facebook, just give us our subs. It's that simple! Let the people we have worked so hard over, our fans who have awarded us with that precious single subscription click, simply be notified when we put out our hard work for all to see. Currently Facebook and Youtube hold them hostage away from the creators. Put us in direct contact with our followers and fans. They made the choice to hit the Follow or Subscribe button. If they change their mind, then let them change their mind. What your creators desire most is to be in contact with those who have rewarded them with that most special gift, the choice to follow. That choice is more precious than gold and its why Facebook and Youtube hold it hostage.
Give the creators what they really want. Their audience. And the creators will flock to you.
