As many of you know Steemit is currently closed to new users and they cannot create accounts. This is happening at a time where Steemit is getting massive media attention. Most bloggers and individuals who are trapped on the outside want to become part of our elusive club. I already have friends complaining that I am lucky I have an account and they cannot get in. However, Steemit is still not known to the public at large
When Facebook was founded only students and alumni who had a Harvard address where able to create an account. Slowly hype grew around the social media platform and they expanded their user base to allow Ivy League University students and alumni to create accounts. The media and hype machine started covering Facebook and since it was exclusive everyone wanted to be a part of it. Facebook moved to allowing users to invite friends and then opened it up to the public. By the time it reached the public everyone wanted to be a part.
Steemit currently has a rare opportunity because of the disabled user creation. If instead of opening Steemit up to the general public, they allowed its current user base to invite people to join the online community it will create a public hysteria.
This will slow the initial growth of the community, but the people who are invited will more likely be individuals who will add value to the community at large. The media will pick up on this and talk about how to get an exclusive invite. Outsiders who cannot get in will want nothing more than to be allowed to participate on Steem. The snowball effect and media attention this will create will benefit the Steemit community and help it strive to be the future platform for social media.
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