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Great post!

This is better for growth but worse for long-term ecosystem health imo.  People should be valued based on what they do on Steem and how effective it is just on Steem.  Such influencers can already get outsized rewards by onboarding people, people who will then vote for them, etc.  I feel like the incentives are already there and don't need to be further juiced in this direction.

the bottom line like?
I am a bit do not understand with your articles. @ntomaino

I like it, it's almost like a decentralized referral system. I'm not sure what I could add to the discussion, but I think the idea is one worth pursuing.

Interesting point. Of course Steemit should made use of the existing social networks of the Steemers. But how to implement this? Isn't it already in the self interest of a Steemer to use his network to promote his content on Steemit? The more people know about it, the more are signing up to Steemit and vote for the post. - Helpful would be, if well known journalists and authors like Neil Strauss would post continiously exclusive content on Steemit. They should create micro magazines, as I call it in my new post with reference to Seth Godin. That brings there already existing tribe to Steemit. Take a look at my new post: https://steemit.com/steemit/@capitalism/captalism-1-will-steemit-become-a-platform-for-100-000-micro-magazines

I like and dislike this idea, I see where you are coming from. You worked really hard getting to where you are on those sites. I personally have 1,500 twitter followers that I can't really bring with me. But at the same time, It would make it a little more difficult for those just starting out, To grow. We would have really popular youtubers, Twitter, and all the other people come here. They would automatically be above everyone because of their past success. It would be so hard for those of us who are lower, To get up. 

I think they need to get that "follower" button working, So we can start building our followers on here from scratch. Those people who are already super popular can start at the bottom like everyone else, But because of their writing/video/Drawing skills. They will rapidly move up anyways By curating and posting new and interesting content. 

They could also add all our new posts to the "recommended" IN our follower category so we can easily see what our followers are posting, and we can give loyal upvotes. I just don't know if I fully think the people who are really popular should start above those who are newer. Just my constructive opinion :) 
This is definitely a good post, and something we should think about. I'm glad you are whiling to make the sacrifices that you did by coming to Steemit, Maybe you can help recruit some people and build up on here instead. 

Unfortunately followers don't make you money like Steemit does. I have an email list of 1500 people and I make very little advertising my coloring books to them, I also feel like blogging on other platforms is close to worthless. See the work of "Buck Flogging".

I think steemit community give gifts each write articles,, I'm sure steemit can beat like facebook, twitter, and medium. we'll see a few more years

My suggestion is to let things happen the natural way. We don't need to force Steemit being successful. Steemit is going to climb the ladder by itself pretty soon. Times are changing and so do we. The traditional social media will vanish. Steemit will rise

How much I want to make another article on this topic... Must find time... I'm thinking it is about the individuals ability to [privately socialise with like-minded people](https://steemit.com/whales/@luke490/how-whales-could-save-steem). Us in crypto-sphere know this is impossible, but the illusion is what counts. Like the FDA, it is not what the FDA does, but the illusion of what it does that makes it work for people.

Won't you already be receiving more funds by already having an audience that will upvote your posts?  And wouldn't adding a mechanism to pay celebrities more, just create a larger gap between whales and minnows?  

It is already hard for minnows to climb the ladder and I feel like this would just make it much harder while increasing the already established revenue stream for bloggers with a history.  They are already going to be able to copy their posts here and make a decent amount doing so, IMO giving them more money on top of that will make many users upset.

Essentially wouldn't it tell everyone "hey if you blog elsewhere, come here.  But if you are new to blogging, don't bother?"

*Just my 2 cent opinion*

I think your proposal has a lot of valid points that Steemit should take into consideration.  A person of greater influence on other social platforms can steer many more followers to Steemit than a person with lesser followers.  Want network growth?  Lure other social networks' "whales" into OUR pond.

New platform, new start. This  shouldn't be Reddit 2.0 where the popular people can just swoop in and take over. No thanks.

![If You Build it, they will come](http://cashflowdiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/if-you-build-it.jpg)

I believe that steemit has it's own merits and will attract it's own following without the need for massive social outreach.   Similar to [Pokemon Go](http://www.pokemongo.com), I would argue that the folks who are going to join steemit will most likely hear it through word of mouth from their friends and colleagues.

Many will be nervous about the word **blockchain**, but once they realize that the blockchain aspect is secondary to the content of the posts, they will be more comfortable.    

Just my two cents.

Someone needs to crack the whips on some developers on this idea, pronto :)

Great idea, @ntomaino!

I applaud your creative thinking, but I think we should search for other ways to grow the community.  My main concern with your suggestion is that it would only serve to give a "leg up" to a select group.  That's quite against the spirit of a meritocracy.  If others have been successful using other social media, then they should have no problem being successful here either.  There must be other, more equitable ways of growing Steemit.

>Proposal: Steem users that provide social credentials on existing platforms (Twitter, Medium, and Reddit) should receive more Steem Power for their contributions, and the increase should be relative to their social reach.

To be frank, this seems like a **terrible** idea.  If you want to leverage your followers on other networks there's nothing stopping you from posting links to your steemit posts on your Reddit, Medium, and Twitter. You shouldn't be doubly rewarded for having an established social network.

Here are a few points to consider:

 I suggest to anyone on Steemit to familiarize themselves with why Steemit has been borne out of creativity, necessity and a vast experience in the crypto world by Dan Larimer.

I have spent most of the time in the last few weeks since I discovered Steem on finding out who Dan is and what his vision is.

Some of what I found I will write about in a post down the road. 

People on here should be aware of his foresight in many aspects that make the entire cryptoshpere vulnerable. Those that are part of it since many years know too well what I'm talking about.

However, Steemit is not only a possible tool for market domination wrestling with incumbents - or being another little David that is trying to go into the ring with Goliath - it is much much more than that from my little perspective over here.

Any questions about growth should involve quality vs. quantity issues. Especially in the cryptosphere everybody is aware of the "51% vulnerability" effect for lack of better terms. We are just witnessing in a parallel ecosystem what the Ethereum community is going through. Let us learn from this. Any how many do know Dan's history as far as DAO's are concerned and his thoughts on that.

Influencers: I do not see any reason why a true influencer should need any core code alteration to adjust Steemit to whatever success he/she seeks as an influencer. Especially not if it's tied to monetary goals vs. altruistic goals. Nobody has any problem if an influencer decides to publish on Steemit first and then republish on networks that are not comparatively effective in monetary terms.

Steemit has already a vast range of different types of contributors and community members ranging from tech savys, geeks, intellectuals, alternative lifestyle promotors, investors, traders, anarchists etc. etc. - this is a live experiment that will likely be as successful as the algorithmic or technological framework allows it to be. 

The social, psychological, political as well as marketing impact consequences this will have is something we're in the middle of experiencing.

Most people are not used to be surrounded and somewhat affected by bots and especially if they don't even know that there is a "bot-war" going on in the background.

So in conclusion to not turn this comment into a post section I am very appreciative that so many great minds are participating in communications about what kinds of constructive actions could be undertaken while at the same time we all have to be aware that the distributed blockchain allows for the most discrepant philosophies to armwrestle either to the benefit or the detriment of the community.

I believe the best way to play this is not to draw attention and rather people "discover" steemit. 

Not all advertising is good advertising. Sometimes you just have to lay low like the cool kids and let them come to you.

In order to defeat other networks , we need to emulate youtube , then steemit will be huge , and steem will be worth 100$ each , cheers steemers

Horrible. Seriously. You have to understand if you have a huge following on twitter and whatever other networks, then you need to bring them to steemit ok, got that. 

But, increasing your rewards is greedy straight up. You can already manipulate this with integrity by upvoting your post and key **buying steem power** instead of mining it or earning it. Honestly, put 5 bitcoins into steem power and your capitalistic idea will wane as you're getting a $3000 payout.

Get ned to upvote you, off steemit. Little manipulation goes a long way. /s