A few of us have been talking lately about how to bring new users to steemit. To make a long story short, we came to the conclusion that we can't just grab anyone who has a facebook page, we need to find content creators who can bring their talents to steemit! I watched a vlog today by the lovely Mayo lady Claire. In the beginning of that video she mentions how much work she's been putting into her content lately without getting much in return.
"But sure that's YouTube, and I signed up for this shit"
Doesn't that just say it all... I mean... Need I say more??
Then I watched her video from the week before.
Claire is one of millions of not just YouTubers who are trying to monetise their content. I hadn't even seen any of this go on a few months ago.
But if you YouTube "Why I left BuzzFeed" you will get a series of vlogs about people who wanted to own their own content and not be owned by the companies who help them monetise their content!
There are people trying to monetise their instagrams, their blogs, their music and their fashion design.
And if they run a legitimate business, they probably pay Facebook to promote themselves instead of getting paid to do it on a platform called steemit.