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RE: Better Content & Passive Income 👍 Why I'm In Favor Of Advertising On Steemit
No advertising. Against!
Steemit has already gone down a long and slippery slope with SP delegation, with this being abused repeatedly for profit, we now have vote selling on top of that, and from some people who want to be witnesses.
I suggest winding back the changes to the old payouts of 7 days and 30 days. Old content will have more value and life then.
People can already use third party advertisers to place ads in their Steemit posts. I've already seen it on some of the NSFW posts, for research purposes only, of course. Are you against an official Steemit advertising mechanism, as opposed to people using third party techniques, or just all/any adverts on Steemit in general?
Against all adverts! There is nothing I hate more then trying to read some content and having a spammy advert take over my whole screen. Many of the major publishing companies in the United States are having problems vetting ads that do precisely this.
https://www.wired.com/story/pop-up-mobile-ads-surge-as-sites-scramble-to-stop-them/
If advertisements are added to steemit what is to prevent someone from making malicous code that snags your wallet password and hiding it under an advert? I came to steem for content not ads!
Realistically speaking, I think we need ads. We can't sustain this growth without real revenue from mainstream adoption. You can hold your ideology only as long as you get fed. I can see that popup and forced watch ads are shit but you can use it like Quora or any blog sites. Promoting products by giving review/recommendation is a kind of advertisement.
Not all ads are bad. How we use them to their full extend without being greedy is the key. I don't see how we could stay separately from mass adoption and still expect to overturn the current digital tyrants that are Google/Youtube and Facebook. I think a compromise between what we want and what they want would be better for us as we cement our place in the social network ladder.
I'm against any advertising. That's what makes Steemit unique.
As for Steemit raising revenue, it is its own source of revenue. What is needed could be raised from the same source that pays the witnesses.
Sure, NSFW research only, I believe you. ;-)