The Features I Think Are Missing From SteemIt

I know Steemit is in beta but I have some ideas for features I wanted to put out there to better this new social network.

First and foremost I just spent the last 20-30 minutes clicking through to refollow everyone who follows me. I do this out of respect as I am no better than anyone else. Back when I had my Twitter account with 34K followers it was nearly impossible to do this because I would average 50-100 follows a day. Essentially I became too "popular" but again I am not a celebrity and if I was I would still treat people with respect. Because simply put I am not a dick.

So enough ranting the reason I told this story is as things stand now for someone busy like me it will be near impossible to follow back people who follow me. The reason being that there is a key feature missing which I am unsure how no one has thought to add this yet. That key feature is a tab for "recent follows" as it is now you have to click and go through your individual follows in alphabetical order. (I don't have the time nor the patience to do this.)

There is no way to just see who is new that just followed you. This is problematic and time-consuming if you want to follow a specific user it's easy you use CTRL +F and search for their name then click follow. But if you want to discover who just followed you then you have to scroll through all of your other followers and play seek and find to establish who just followed you.

The next feature I would like to see is private messaging being able to view someone's account and send them a direct message maybe an inbox feature? It's a social network but I feel what is lacking is the ability to connect privately with people and not just on their articles they post. Discord and groups like MSP the (Minnow Support Project) and SteemitBC (Steemit Blogger Central) are making networking easier but it's outside the network using external software not integrated into Steemit itself.

Another feature I think should be added is automatic embeding of gifs or implementing giphy into Steemit for post and comments. Photos and videos embed without a problem while gifs have a problem embedding if not properly formatted this should be addressed so it's easier for new users to post gifs.

Finally, I would like to see the flagging system removed and replaced by downvoting and the introduction of a karma system. Where users who spam and just act like assholes in the comments section get punished by others in the community.

Suggestions for punishment can range from blocking post temporarily to losing SBD/Steem recycled back into the network's economy for repeat offenders. I think this would encourage friendliness and for people to be human rather then jerks if they don't agree with something.

Thanks for reading this short post! What do you think? What features would you like to personally see implemented into Steemit?