Feature Request: Downloadable Post Histories

in hive-161155 •  23 hours ago  (edited)

Hey folks,

regarding backups, wouldn't you like the ability to download your Steemit post/comment history? I certainly would. Just imagine a more elegant way of doing it, rather than you copy-pasting each individual post. Bleh, I'm too lazy for that. So what if there was an option to generate PDF files, for example. Wouldn't that be nice? I'm not talking about whole context trees either, but the content of the corresponding tabs already existing within your Steemit profile.

I'm not sure if this was brought up before, but if you have been writing a lot this might be as relevant to you as it is to me. So what do you think? Am I missing something, or is there a better way of doing it? What would you suggest? I figured I should be asking here, before making any half-baked proposals somewhere else.

Either or,
I hope you're having a good one :-)

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That's a good idea. I always save everything twice or three times, just to be on the safe side ;-)) What does @moecki or @the-gorilla say? You have to know, they can do magic ;-)))

Three times? That's a lot. I guess it makes sense though given how much work you're putting in. Exactly why I think some sort of backup would make sense.

Btw. technically each post and all the consequent edits are on the blockchain, right?

Btw. technically each post and all the consequent edits are on the blockchain, right?

Exactly.

Yes, that would be helpful. What I did save is a part of the links in my notebook simply to find them back if needed. I don't print much lately but at times a printed version is helpful (so is an index in my account). I assume that if a link can be sent to X and whatsoever it's also possible to download it.

I notice you received an upvote from @ pensif so your question is noted and who knows soon it's possible.

Yeah, I've noticed. Feels like a teacher hovering over my shoulder during a test. Instant worry.

But seriously, I like to print a lot for record keeping. It tends to last a lot longer than digital stuff, unless those printouts go straight into the furnace. Even it's just an digital copy it's still an additional level of redundancy. The X thing is a good point.

I'm not sure if I want my stuff to be downloaded by somebody else though, unless I explicitly allow them to. I guess hackers and such will find ways to parse your data either way, but I could see this potentially enabling low level stalkers.

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Thanks pennsif!