📊 MASDACS.io Beta Testing BOUNTY #2 - Posting to Medium [BeyondBits Rewards Inside]

bushkill (57) · 7 years ago

Here is my feedback/comments of using test.masdacs.io on my recent post:

Will there be a way to save posting keys? Becomes pretty monotonous if I have to enter all my keys every time I visit the site.
No indication that credentials where saved successfully when save button pressed
For those new to Medium, integration token can be created in 'Settings' (I did find that in the ? button after the fact)
On cross posting page, if I click on the help ? icon I can't get the pop-up ballon to go away. Not clear you have to click ? again.
When dropping image files into editor, no indication of progress (%) like with steemit editor. It took much longer to load image than steemit. I created the same post in both interfaces for comparison.
To improve over steemit can you offered code dropped images in html instead of markdown? Markdown is very finicky when you try to surround with tags and seems to require line breaks before to display correctly.
No indication that draft was saved successfully when saved button pressed
Can't cut/paste tags. I use the same 5 tags for my beekeeping series, pain to have to type them all in each time.
Does not give an option to auto upvote on your post.
Medium posted to draft folder, not published.
Medium did not handle markdown correctly. See photos of Steemit vs Medium.

steemit (correct)

Medium (incorrect)

Link to Steemit post -> https://steemit.com/homesteading/@bushkill/-beekeeping-for-everyone-11-let-s-talk-splits-20180311t165521840z-post

Medium post is still in draft, not sure how to fix the markdown issues.

BitShares: bbq-iguana

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steempowerpics (69) · 7 years ago (edited)

What platform/browser were you testing on? First time anyone mentioned the account keys did not hold in local device. The site usually puts a notice bar above the content "Message: Saved".

Thank you for the detailed feedback.

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bushkill (57) · 7 years ago

Just to clarify, keys where persistent through the session, my issue is for future post instances that I need to re-enter all my keys again. That is why I questioned if there were plans for a single sign-on option. I know this would require keys to be stored somewhere and added security issues on your end, but if the ultimate goal is to get people to use it and cross post, you need to make it as easy as posting to Steemit as a barometer to get buy in.

I just went to look again and do see the "Message: Saved" for keys, but do not get it when saving drafts.

I'm not trying to nit pick, but I have seen too many projects not reach their potential or fail due to poor usability. I want to see this be successful, but functionality is not good enough for users to buy in, it needs to be easy to use.

Mac-Epic/Chrome/Brave

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steempowerpics (69) · 7 years ago

Interesting, it keeps the keys for me (locally), but I ran into other issues myself trying to post to all 3 at the same time.

Thank you for all your feedback, it will definitely help the team.

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bushkill (57) · 7 years ago

The keys are persistent as long as the cache isn't cleared. If your browser clears cache every time you close it then you will need to re-enter all the keys again

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steempowerpics (69) · 7 years ago

I posted tonight's EOSTalk Live announcement using the MASDACS.io test site so I could try a test to all 3 platforms at the same time and had mixed results this time so I just wanted to drop my notes here with everyone else's for future reference.

I had my post compiled and ready to go in MASDACS, and of course forgot to add my Medium token key, oops.

This gave me a chance to test saving as a draft which worked out perfectly and allowed me to pull the post back into the editor after I put in my Medium account info.

I am used to writing in HTML as well as Markdown in my Steemit posts and usually change the image markdown to basic html for my images. This allowed the images to show on Medium with no problems.

This time I ran into a similar issue others have reported, this was for Steemit and Golos. The post was sent to Medium with no problems. This was my fault since I copied my post source to Steemit really quick when I had to go back to put in my Medium key just to be sure I did not lose the post. This seems to cause a problem with the API not allowing you to create a post when the create a post form is open already on Steemit.

As has been mentioned by others, the API to Medium saves the post as a Draft and you need to manually Publish it after.

I was able to test the signature feature this time, that is pretty cool indeed.

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bushkill (57) · 7 years ago

Just did another post and a couple observations.

You can't drop an image into the signature edit box
Still had issues with getting "saved" notifications when saving drafts. It seemed to get hung and I had the reopen the window to restore the notifications.
Had issues with Medium formatting the end of the post again. Perhaps miss-interpreted html break for bold? Though I did use breaks earlier in post that worked correctly.

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areurdayle (50) · 7 years ago

going through the sites and typing the cross posting post to appear on steem and medium
successfully posted to the medium platform(was saved as draft) but having problems with posting on the steemit platform, it brought this result error 2.PNG

the medium link: https://medium.com/p/51a7e0353a0f/edit
steemit link is unavailable since it refuses to post

my BTS: sokia4real

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https://steemit.com/masdacs/@marshalllife/have-you-heard-about-masdacs-io-the-cross-posting-platform-20180310t001953458z-post

marshalllife (64) · 7 years ago

once i posted through Masdacs.io, it was posted directly to my steem account, but was saved as draft on my medium,

i had to manually published the post on my medium.

bitshare account - " Bitmar5 "

https://medium.com/@harryjohn_61077/have-you-heard-about-masdacs-io-the-cross-posting-platform-1c74add4d8e5

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steempowerpics (69) · 7 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to test this on Medium and giving your feedback with the animated gif.

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marshalllife (64) · 7 years ago (edited)

sure, its nothing really.just making my self useful and involve

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steempowerpics (69) · 7 years ago

We do appreciate it :-)

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hatemmkh (55) · 7 years ago

I suggest to add the Editor tools of steemit posting so that you simplify the process of creating content for authors instead of copying formulas from steemit because there will be no high advantage of posting through MASDACS. If this is done, the author will create the post directly here instead of making it there and then copy because it will be easier for him to post directly on steemit instead of copying many times and coming here

BTS ACC, hatemmkh1

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katteasis (63) · 7 years ago

When I tried medium it sent my post to the drafts folder and then I had to publish it from there manually. Is it how this should be working?

If we have to publish it manually anyway, I can't see any extra benefit of cross-posting on medium since it won't reduce our workload. Or this has something to do with medium's rules?

Apart from that I would really love to see the Post Schedule feature for steem/steemit on masdacs.io. This could be an awesome feature many users want to use.

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utomobong (52) · 7 years ago (edited)

I can't post on masdacs
This is what shows up each time i try

BTS/OL address: uty-bby

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marshalllife (64) · 7 years ago

kindly input one or two tags like you do on steemit post

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utomobong (52) · 7 years ago

I did that
I used 5 tags

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marshalllife (64) · 7 years ago

okay, glad it helped

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https://steemit.com/steemplus/@maxwell95/why-you-should-download-steemplus-20180314t202921291z-post

maxwell95 (61) · 7 years ago (edited)

I got to test it out one more time and posting was smooth for me even though the medium post goes directly to draft. I have to go back to medium and repost it for the public to be able to see or view it.
Below are the steemit and medium links

https://medium.com/@maxwellbruno52/why-you-should-download-steemplus-a3a68128f188

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