RE: Browsing STEM Topics Expectation vs Reality.
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When I browse STEM community posts, I had this mental image that the trending/hot pages would contain some quality posts about STEM topics near or the same caliber as the ones I can find on established science journals or articles site.
There are very few here that can post at that level about STEM or anything for that matter. There are a few really experienced people in their field here, so it does happen but it is certainly not the majority.
Most people just write to collect rewards. Many with as little effort as possible. It is the sad reality when ever action can result in money.
STEMGeeks wasn't built for a repository of science papers, it was so anyone can talk about STEM topics regardless of experience. I would have loved to have more interesting and unique posts and discussions, but realistically it isn't going to happen until we drastically grow our user base.
Yeah, at some point I recalled Freya Blekman being a hit in the community until they stopped posting and never came back :/
Same, also picturing the community have something close to reddit where people crowd source complex problem solving within their respective fields under the STEM umbrella. I tried onboarding some of my colleagues in the medical field but the responses I end up with are the usual not into crypto, too complicated, and cocky 'I'm already earning a lot and busy to bother with those things' (partly true as some colleague have successful careers).
I'm hoping to see more post of people just flexing their own science experiment, working on a project talking about it in a casual manner, rather than creating content built from snippets of info somewhere else.