Follow Friday: Grounds for optimism

tabea (57) · 5 years ago

Wow, thank you for mentioning me! I like your #followfriday cause it's really hard to find the gems out here and it's good to have recommendations on good blogger :) We can support each other and strengthen the platform by curating the good content.
Thank you and I will now dig a little into your older posts from #followfriday !

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steevc (73) · 5 years ago

Cheers. I started these posts after seeing people do similar on Twitter. We don't currently have good discovery tools on Steem, so we have to do what we can. I see so many talented people who deserve a wider audience. There are some people here who are only out to make what they can and maybe support their friends, but it could be a grown-up social network with a new kind of economy where people earn good money. I do what I can to help that happen.

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joebrochin (63) · 5 years ago

We don't currently have good discovery tools on Steem

That is probably the biggest bur for me. I would love to search Steemit before Google, but the search results are horrible and found many times that are not really relevant to what you are searching for.

That said, are there any projects out there to provide better search or discovery tools?

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steevc (73) · 5 years ago

I would hope people are working on improving discovery. It should not be too hard to match people up based on common followed and/or tags used.

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pennsif (79) · 5 years ago

Thanks for these intro's Steve.

Some interesting new people to add to the Follow radar.

Good to see @slobberchops start to make progress bringing in the UrbEx'rs.

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steevc (73) · 5 years ago

We need to work on migrating some communities away from centralised platforms. Those who are less keen on restrictive laws may be more open to it.

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bozz (70) · 5 years ago

I think the biggest thing about the mobile apps is who wants to type up a 500+ word post on a phone keyboard. It is just tedious and annoying despite the quality of the apps themselves. I know there is a bit of stigma about posts that have just one picture and a little bit of text. The problem is, that is what the newer generation is used to. Now that vote buying isn't as prevalent it might be time to look past that perception and welcome the "would be influencers".

steevc (73) · 5 years ago

Exactly. Online culture has changed and Steem should embrace that. As long as the content is genuine and people enjoy it then why not? All those kids will just consider us 'boomers' ;)

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bozz (70) · 5 years ago

Okay boomer... :)

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slobberchops (74) · 5 years ago

Another bloke I found still has yet to post but has drafted a great intro he sent me to read. I don't want to prod him into action, he will post when ready.

He knows someone else within the community, and that always helps. Still, that's 2 more.

I find it hard work, all the questions.., 'what's with the massive passwords' was one. There's so many who are totally unaware of this world.

steevc (73) · 5 years ago

There needs to be a FAQ that answers such questions. We have the Welcome and FAQ, but maybe they need improvements. I think we can propose changes.

If you can get a few more of these people on-board it may start a movement. Good luck with it.

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joebrochin (63) · 5 years ago

A community knowledge management system may be the answer. Something like a Wiki, which the community provides content, reviews, approves what goes in, what stays, what is retired, and what is changed. A collection of the best tutorials, posts, and other training.

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adetorrent (74) · 5 years ago

Thanks for the shoutout! :)

I wish I was into games on here. I still can't get my head around Spliterlands. I'm waiting for the first shoot-em-up or Tetris-like game on here. I'd play those.

steevc (73) · 5 years ago

I guess blockchain favours slower moving games, but I'm sure some inventive developers could come up with something.

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adetorrent (74) · 5 years ago

The whole thing doesn't have to be transacting on the blockchain. They could just use it to manage the rewards and achievements.

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heighung (63) · 5 years ago

This project continues to grow, many people did not believe, many people have created other platforms that do not work, this is a wonder and we are strengthening our steem.

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