No community is complete without a way to contact other people within the community privately.
Currently, there are no in built private messaging system. What this means is that people basically have two ways of messaging other users on this platform.
a) Directly commenting on a post/story that the other party writes(They might not check)
OR
b) Using the memo when transferring STEEM or SBD to another user to convey a meaningful message.
Example:
Now, both of these methods are not PRIVATE AT ALL, nor are they efficient. Think about the potential that we are missing out here. The potential of a more tight knit community, and the potential of business deals being done in private, settled with STEEM or SBD.
I suggest that we have a "friending system" within the SteemIt platform. That way, two parties must mutually agree to accept messages from each other before they can actually privately message each other, for obvious reasons of spam mail.
Thank you for reading, and if you like this post, please do upvote. Also do let me know what you think about the subject.
This is work in progress
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Yeah the team is working on this, can't remember where I read it.
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It seems pretty obvious and this is only the beta. Patience...
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This is a great idea, and is surely coming very very soon.
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hopefully :D
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This is what the MEMO key is for.
The concept is already present in the underlying technology that powers steemit (it is called graphene, conceived and developed by our resident genius Dan Larimer.
I am not aware of the exact reason of why steemit.com does not implement the functionality right now, it could be as simple as others things have been of more priority to the team.
To illustrate, here is how it looks when I start my bitshares wallet (which, as you may recall, was the first blockchain powered by graphene), with some details blanked out to protect privacy:
ORIGIN_ACCOUNT sent XX.YYYY SOME_TOKEN to DESTINATION_ACCOUNT
Unlock your wallet in order to see this memo
X months ago - XX.XXX BTS
The memo does not show up, because the wallet is not locked - only the owner of the memo key belonging to DESTINATION_ACCOUNT can ever read the message.
Same concept in steem!
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I think there are probably a ton of ideas like this on the to-do list. But with the money just coming in and the hack and security being top priority it'll probably take a little while before those are rolled out.
Never know though, the capital could keep rolling in and we could be seeing everything progress really fast.
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I really like this idea. I also like your idea that there needs to be a way to prevent spam. I would prefer having a way to block people as opposed to having to be "friends" before sending a message, or have some different options. I don't mind and would even enjoy unsolicited private comments if they are relevant.
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Thanks for the comment patrice. I appreciate every feedback I get.
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Actually there are a lot more important things they want to finish before they start to work out details.
You're absolutly right, it is a must have - but not for now.
You need a stable base that was build with caution to build something big on it. Otherwhise it won't last long.
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Good idea!
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good idea, if steemit is a social network, it is normal, what, this have private msg
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Well Steemit should do lots of stuff, but I guess they dont have 500 developers. Let them get the basics done right first, I am sure it will all be brought to steemit what other services already have. Be patient my friend :)
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Agreed and your precautions are spot-on!
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it would be nice. but the whales and dolphins would be able to better organize and keep the little guys down.
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