Is it a Good Practice to Edit Steem Proposal Posts or Create Update Posts?

gadrian (66) in steemproposals • 5 years ago (edited)

I thought about this question yesterday as I wrote the initial considerations for the SteemConnect V3 Beginner's Guide.

But this was in my mind every once in a while, usually when I check out or see updates for Steem proposals.

So, the question is:
Is it a Good Practice to Edit Steem Proposal Posts or Create Update Posts?

On one side, if the Steem proposal post can be updated, the following can be accomplished:

the proposal can be updated to include clarifications requested by people who commented on the post or from feedback received via other channels
progress reports can be included directly in the proposal post
updates are in one place (the proposal post) and immediately available to anyone interested in Steem proposals
is it possible to alter the original voted proposal, and if not enough people check the edits history, to receive undeserved votes and funding?

On the other side, if distinct posts are created with progress reports:

more people will likely see them, because not all use the SPS, and we are consumers of 7 days max content
the interest in the proposal is tested regularly through the comments on the updates, the upvotes received, and the shift in proposal votes they may generate

What is your opinion on this?

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5 years ago by gadrian (66)

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borislavzlatanov (54) · 5 years ago

To my mind, there have to be Updates rather than updating the original post. This seems much more clean, it will get better noticed by the people who follow the proposal, and is how existing platforms like Kickstarter do it (see the tabs on a random project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/petzval-80-slr-art-lens?ref=section-homepage-featured-project ).

Having individual Updates also creates better accountability, from my perspective. After a proposal has been funded, anyone can go and see what updates the proposal creator has made. And if there is a future proposal from the same creator, people can go to their past proposals and more quickly see what updates and when were given by the creator.

(Btw, I think this would be a good post for the SteemDevs community. Or maybe a separate dedicated community for proposals as not all are dev-related.)

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gadrian (66) · 5 years ago (edited)

To my mind, there have to be Updates rather than updating the original post. [...]

I'm also leaning towards that, with one, or possibly two additions:

I would update the original proposal post to link the additional updates, to be easier to find (or manage this through the interface like Kickstarter)
(optionally, for "extra points") I would link each newly proposed feature / improvement of an existing one from the original proposal post to the update post(s) where its progress is discussed.

I think this would be a good post for the SteemDevs community

I haven't thought of that. Initially I wanted to add this in SteemHelp community, but eventually I just added it on my blog.

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