Steem, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg....Why Steem could be on his radar? by daudimitch

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· @daudimitch ·
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Steem, Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg....Why Steem could be on his radar?
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is a well known personality and the face behind the biggest social media platform in the world that we call 'Facebook'. Today we explore the possibility of 'Steem' capturing the attention of "Mark Zuckerberg" as he begins his quest into the world of blockchain technology. 

On February 4, 2004 Zukerberg and his friends launch Facebook from their dormitory in hope of keeping people connected. It was a small scale project that kept college students connected as they shared their story. Many tales has been written of Facebook beginning, some ending in disputes and legal battles as varying parties claim rights to the name and the platform. The Facebook of 2004 is very different to the Facebook of 2018, Facebook is more than just a social platform, its brand now cuts into the fabric of many countries, stirring up revolution and influencing decision making at the policy level. With a 500+ Billion marketcap, its shareholders enjoy financial gains and influence over its direction. 

One of the challenges facing Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, and one can think of it as a 'criticism' depending on which side of the table you stand is the fact the its "Centralized". In fact, Mark Zuckerberg highlighted this problem in his 2018 letter
![Screenshot (746).png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNuRxKzpayKUHE2d1wYh11GMe97y7i5txczGDj5pBfpR1/Screenshot%20(746).png)
An while one can argue that Facebook has made significant gains, it still has not address the above statement, "putting more power into the hands of people". Zuckerberg went further to say
![Screenshot (748).png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZZcudkdqaHKLkjWmBff7U7DrUQxV751dKym6DcCnXz7T/Screenshot%20(748).png)

Zuckerberg went further to say and I quote 
"_There are important counter-trends to this – like encryption and cryptocurrency – that take power from centralized systems and put it back into people's hands. But they come with the risk of being harder to control. I'm interested to go deeper and study the positive and negative aspects of these technologies, and how best to use them in our services"._

One of the most important things to recognize here, Mark Zuckerberg has definitely taken notice of the blockchain technology and decentralization trend. In fact, if you study Zuckerberg history, you would realize he is very quick at seizing the opportunity and going all in. With the increasing demands from varying governments and organization to curtail what people consume, he himself would see this as an opportunity to keep his platform relevant.

_So why Steem and the Zuckerberg connection?_
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The concept of Steem and its blockchain would fit perfectly into Zuckerberg 'study' as it offers a social platform that puts the power into the hands of the people while offering the "decentralization" feature that is resistant to censorship. Another feature that sets Steem apart is the fact the users and consumers of the content are rewarded, thus a symbiotic relationship ensures as content and quality correlates with the financial reward that isn't shared among shareholders compared to Facebook. 

Content delivery and awareness is better appreciated as no single entity can control what is consume, a given member may deem a given content to be unworthy and may "downvote" while other may appreciated and "upvote", these simple features can have profound effect as a community by consensus judges the appropriateness and acts accordingly. 

Probably the most important feature of the Steem blockchain is the fact that it empowers users. As Steem grows, users benefit and the greater ones 'stake' the more the tangible it can be. In fact, some may say Facebook rise created several millionaires but a more substantial question one can ask "how much of those millionaires created the content that they richly benefited from", the answer is obvious but with Steem, that is different. Steem recent rise is the market has left many users extremely happy as they are in a much better place financially and most important socially. Steem reach can be felt from Venezuela, Malaysia, Nigeria, Ghana, etc as the SBD and Steem can be exchange to their varying fiat currencies, SBD rise had a tangible effect for the Christmas and New Year's as food can be put on the table and bills can be paid.

There are several other positive features ranging from security, scalability and throughput that would capture Mark Zuckerberg eyes, and if he end up reading this, am pretty sure Steem offers some of the solution for his Facebook "fix".
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@stadex ·
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Facebook may try their own thing but there are already so many cryptos to choose from. Steem, Reddcoin, EOS, etc.
So many options to integrate. They might even try to buy something up.
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@daudimitch ·
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Steem so far has its platform that has tested time over a year, so it definitely leads the pack, Reddcoin has tried but hasn't had the similar sting like Steem and EOS there is high hopes we have to see how it comes out... lets up that it is generally loved
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@yura81 ·
It will be centrelized and without wallets. Or goverments will ban that network. For example, Russia banned golos.io
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@daudimitch ·
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The struggle continues, you can't blame the government, we have to much actors and everyone has their agenda... Much of this crypto space is opinion, once Steem is loved and that the general consensus it would do great but there are those who would go out of their way to get it ban, so everything with a tip of salt
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@yura81 ·
Russian government demands setup servers in Russia. Or the website will be banned.
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@conradsuperb · (edited)
Zuckerberg is obviously a highly intellectual man, so I think he will continue his research and find something that may end up giving the power back to the people, as his initial idea and framework of FB had to offer... for the time being steemit is where it's at!! Keep on  steeming y'all :))
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@picklejar ·
Isn't Steem (Steemit) more of a threat to Facebook and it's advertisement based platform?
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