Steemit: Let's Imagine
Steemit encourages freedom of speech as nothing can be deleted from a consensus built block chain.
Steemit allows us to pool our resources (our attention) toward real world goals. Steem Park is one example of this, but charities are also bound to benefit from the attention model. If you're curious about Steem Park: https://steemit.com/steempark/@hitheryon/steem-park-is-official-steemit-s-first-crowdsourced-marketing-project
With Steemit, all users get an automatic (and growing as you earn) investment in the Steemit Platform. Users who prefer to make consistent withdrawals can still do so. Up until now it's been difficult for many people to invest. More people buy lottery tickets than actually have investments. Having a social network with a built in default investment could be a game changer for many users.
Pictures used here were found from:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@demotruk/steemit-and-the-attention-economy
http://www.thehypemagazine.com/2016/04/5-startups-that-give-to-charity-in-innovative-ways/
https://socialmediaandteenagers.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/who-has-the-power-cutting-out-the-middleman/
Tell that to greedy corps and their satellites. Everyone deserves freedom it is a moral duty of every online user to oppose the agressive marketing and exploatation of their own content for the solo purpose of getting the social media corporations even more richer.
I don't know if Steemit or some other project will battle hard Facebook, Twitter, Google and Youtube but I'm sure that they must fall down. They are manipulating the market, human needs in a way of false advertising and promoting the projects in illegal way.
Steemit is a place of freedom and will stay so!
As long as Steemit holds to its core values we'll be ok. Honestly I'm pretty sure they will as it's what separates them from other social networks.
well written and very thought provoking Alben -- i see we are struck with similar thinking at this time
Yes you spoke right.. steemit has a future. Its not just earning or investment platform, i learned how to write and even i am addicted to write that i loved so much. Its really a wonderful idea. I don't have much to invest otherwise i would have invested my 100% on it.
It's wonderful. Even those who aren't making much money here can still use it for so many good things.. a place to post anything they like. Everything is timestamped and essentially will always exist. There's no one server in the world someone can attack to delete our posts. There's no moderation except by the community in the form up flagging. It's definitely exciting to be a part of Steemit so early on (it's still just in Beta!). Can't wait to see what the future holds.
Definitely a lot in Steemit that is worthy of praise. However I believe there is an important risk involved in it becoming widely adopted by users. Currently we have our whales going around and they are called whales, while they hold not particularly high amounts of investments in the platform. Relatively high, but not absolutely high.
Imagine if this was a network the size of Facebook and at the same time had its existing interface. The bots we'd be looking at in that scenario would be Corporate and Government owned, with a chance to massively directly influence oppinion, like on no other platform.
Let's just hope Steemit never get's that big or changes its platform by then. Which I'm pretty sure it will :)
We just need to give it time , the future holds a lot for steemit . Those who are patient , will be rewarded !
Nice Thoughts future of steemit is beautiful
Great content as aways :)
Congratulations!
It is all like the concept of Utopia.