The hype over a Social Media platform being built on top of the EOS blockchain by @dan is starting to build and I want to get my thoughts out about it in a post. I'm all for it. I think the more new and innovative platforms we have the better. What I don't what to see is a Steemit clone, not that I think it will be, but I want to get out my ideas on what I think you should look at including to make it a very different ecosystem than the one that exists here.



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So here's my starting from scratch list of things I think would help make the EOS Social Media Platform different from Steemit and potentially avoid the problems Steemit is having:

• One Person/One Account. Accomplished through ID and Selfie verification.

• No bots. Steemit is the bot-o-rama universe. Make the EOS platform bot free.

• Have a two-part value to vote power. One half of the vote power based on stake and one half based on being a person. Sort of like every US state gets two senators but gets house representation based on population

• no self voting

• diminishing vote value if to high of a percentage of your votes go to the same person/group of people in a given length of time

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Let's start with the one person/one account. This will stop the multiple account abuse used for self voting, harassing other users, and other less than savory activities. It won't even be hard to implement. I recently signed up for the Monaco debit/Visa card and there system worked flawlessly. It can go horribly wrong as well though. Coinbase currently has their system in shambles.

I see banning bots as a needed step. Right now on Steemit, instead of people going out and reading articles then up voting them they are selling their votes through up voting services. This has dramatically lowered social interaction. I thought social interaction was the point to a social media platform?

Steemit has a retention problem. Many new users become dead accounts because of frustration with how little voice they have when they first sign up. The two part value system, or something similar, would insure that new users feel like they are part of the platform while still giving larger stake holders a larger say.

No self voting and diminishing vote value for over voting for the same people are suggestions for the same reason as banning bots. It's suppose to be a social network. This will discourage circular voting and encourage exploration and interaction.



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If you happen to find this post and read it I'd like to say thank you for taking the time to do so @dan . I think having a social media platform built on top of EOS is an exciting idea. I've thrown out these suggestions as ideas to help with the brainstorming. I think there's plenty of room for both Steemit and a new platform on EOS. I just would like to see that new platform different from Steemit and I think from what I read so far you share that thought.