So many posts in Steemit are about Steemit itself! A suggestion... by paolobeneforti

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steemit · @paolobeneforti · Mar 20 '17 (edited)

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So many posts in Steemit are about Steemit itself! A suggestion...

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<p>On Steemit, we have a lot of posts about Steemit. In Literature and Semiotics, this is called <em>self reference</em>. Novel and essays are self referencial when their text talks also of that novel/essays itself.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>But</strong>, wait, Steemit is not a novel or an essay. It is a container of posts. A collective blog. So, it is absolutely normal to see posts about the container, its authors and its rules. (In fact, I think we should categorize this particular posts as "secundary literature" -but I don't want to digress.)</p>
<p>Nevertheless, there is a <strong>problem</strong> when you have a blog where many post - most of the top rated ones, I'd guess - talk about the blog itself. The problem is that the blog in its entirety looks poorer than it actually is.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This happens becouse every post is a brick that contributes to build the identity of the blog - of Steemit. And this is a problem with regard to the goal to have a lot more users in Steemit.&nbsp;</p>
<p>So, my suggestion is to have a room all by itself to put the posts about Steemit and its rules in.&nbsp;Take them off of the frontpage.</p>
<p>I know: this is just another suggestion/request about the frontpage of the platform, and all these issues are not to be solved in the beta version.</p>
<p>But, see, <em>Steemit doesn't look a beta version anymore</em>. It risks to look a poor release of itself.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Just a feeling!</p>
<p><em>(For the records, this post talks about the self reference of Steemit posts, and this post is on Steemit: it is a "self self referencial" post :D)</em></p>
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@mammasitta · Mar 20 '17

It always depends where you want to look , how your mind focuses , what you choose to read. 
I do understand your point

👍 paolobeneforti, mammasitta

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@paolobeneforti · Mar 21 '17

yes, It's not a problem for me to find what I like, I just think to how Steemit can appear to new users.

👍 mammasitta

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@pompe72 · Mar 21 '17

It's called masturbation.

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@screenname · Mar 21 '17

Re: So many posts in Steemit are about Steemit itself! A suggestion...

<p>This post has been ranked within the top 50 most undervalued posts in the first half of Mar 21. We estimate that this post is undervalued by $4.33 as compared to a scenario in which every voter had an equal say.</p> 
<p>See the full rankings and details in <a href="https://steemit.com/curation/@screenname/the-daily-tribune-most-undervalued-posts-of-mar-21---part-i">The Daily Tribune: Mar 21 - Part I</a>. You can also read about some of our methodology, data analysis and technical details in <a href="https://steemit.com/curation/@screenname/introducing-the-daily-tribune-most-undervalued-posts-of-nov-04---part-i">our initial post</a>.</p>
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@shortcut · Mar 21 '17

Agreed. I wished we would be able to follow different topics/boards and decide if we want to read all the self referential stuff or not. Maybe new user should be asked for their preferences, like it is a usual practice on other social media sites.

👍 paolobeneforti

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@silvia · Mar 20 '17

nice post @paolobeneforti

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@paolobeneforti · Mar 21 '17

thx :)

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