Of all the words I could use to try to describe what I felt when I discovered Steemit (more than a year ago), I think, the first one I would use would be "excitement"; followed by a feeling of strangeness accompanied by many doubts.

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The project of @ned was in all the news of the crypto world, and it flooded the minds of content creators and invited them to join. So, it did not take long for me to also be a part; trapped by the vision and the business model, I entered the world of Steem.

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"We built Steemit on Steem to show the world the future of the web. We built it to inspire new digital content business models and apps by entrepreneurs and developers" - Steem.io

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In a few months, my social habits in front of the computer had changed; I stopped reading content on many other social networks and became addicted to Steemit.

I realized that people who decide to make their way into this world, forget what is out there, and start using more platforms on Steem, than any other centralized network. We have found an environment where we can share our lives, talk about work, or vacations; while we earn a little money for it. In addition, if we pay attention to our new digital habits, you will notice that we now share the content created in Steem in other social networks.

Many Topics

While talking with the community about the improvements we could make to the platform if we were the designers and developers; the topic of disorder in blogs arose, and how it becomes a problem to find a post that you uploaded a few months ago. And, if we observe the users, you will notice that there will hardly be anyone who talks about a single topic. I have seen some blogs that have at least 5 different themes.

If you have a blog like mine, full of content on various topics, you will know what I am talking about when I say that it becomes tedious not to have control over the organization of your content.

Order your talent

That's why we decided to create Cheekend, the next platform on Steem Blockchain that allows you to organize your talent by sections.

How many forms can exist for users to group their publications by sections depending on the theme? ... We have called them "Collections".

This is not new; Similar models have been seen with Google Plus, Pinterest or Unsplash; allowing its users to order their different content in collections depending on the theme. We believe that Steem needs it. We want that while you make money, you order your talent.

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The Cheekend Product - Create, share and discover amazing collections on the Steem Blockchain.

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Collections

Each collection is a specific set of publications on a particular subject, arranged in a simple way so that you can read clearly. If people follow you on Cheekend, then they automatically follow your Collections.

Open Collection

Within a collection of yours, or of some user you will be able to find the posts that previously have been selected to be displayed there; followed by important data about the collection: 1) Number of posts inside. 2) Sum of the value in SBD of all the posts. 3) The number of people who visited that collection. 4) Date of creation and 5) Tags used.

If you liked a collection a lot you can donate to the creator by clicking on "Donate"; in this way, we think that creators can be rewarded for their hard work.

If you click on the "Add to Library" button that collection, will be automatically saved in a special section called "Library". We created it having in mind that, you don’t want to see all the time the collections of the people you follow.

Read Post

Profile = My Collections - My Library - My Posts

We have grouped the information in your profile by different sections in order to give your visitor the freedom to navigate wherever they want without getting lost or bored. People who visit your profile in Cheekend can enjoy a new and friendly view to watch your work, follow it and share it with whoever they want.

Create a new collection

Creating a new collection in Cheekend is so easy. You have the possibility to personalize it by choosing a cover photo and selecting a color that will distinguish it from the others. In 125 characters, you can express that it dealt with what people will see soon.

In your newly created collection, you have the possibility to add old publications or create a new one from within it.

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We don’t show you all the captures of the product leaving space for you to discover it yourself. Cheekend is in development right now and we have tested our first versions with the people closest to us. We are working very hard so you can use it soon.

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About Project Cheekend

We consider Cheekend as a complement of Busy, Steemit and all the other platforms on Steem. Cheekend doesn’t intend to compete with these, on the contrary, we want to be allies and receive support in all areas.We are open since we are an open source and non-profit project.

Our goal is to empower users by giving them a platform where they can have the order and freedom to continue creating and sharing their content. We believe that we are working on the future of the web inspired by what @ned and his team did. The founders of @busy.org, @utopian-io, and @fundition. Thanks for the inspiration

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The Team

We believe that, in terms of skills and experience, we have what it takes to continue with this project. We have worked together for almost 3 years in projects for other companies and a Startup that we founded in 2017 named Dohnny.

Oliver Cambrano

Commercial Developer and Product Designer - Working on the vision and strategy.

Oliver is the founder of a community in Steemit with more than 1300 members. He designed Cheekend according to the needs of the members of his community. Is a great UI / UX designer, marketer, and entrepreneur.

Jensen Baronville

Technology architect, developer. Leading the development team.

Jensen is a developer since his childhood and co-founded Dohnny: a platform to create web applications in an agile way using artificial intelligence and the latest market technologies such as React and Graphql. Expert in technology and agile methodologies.

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Road Map

From now, we look for the community to join our Discord channel to get them the Alpha version of the product and that they can give us all the feedback we need to improve the features. The dates we have defined are based on our belief that we can receive the investment and donations we seek to accelerate development.

Alpha Testers - September 2018

A select group of steemians and developers will use our first interface with some implemented features.

Open Beta release - November 2018

The general public will be able to use our application for the first time. We believe that the beta launch will be in November of this year considering that we obtain the feedback and sufficient funds expected.

Release Cheekend V1 - Q2 2019

The public can use our platform with all the features implemented.

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Cheekend users can share their collection in the form of a publication in Steemit or Busy. We want to get a good amount of SP to support the best with our vote. We seek to reward talent.

We are 2 entrepreneurs from Mexico and we would like to manage our team working locally. But, we are not closed to someone who can collaborate remotely. If you are interested, you can send a message to our DISCORD.

We are looking for investors.

You can help us by voting this publication or sending directly to our Wallet the amount you want. The money will be used mainly for the product and to buy food. If you are interested in being a direct investor in Cheekend, you can contact us at our DISCORD.

Cheekend is for you, we want to receive all the feedback you can to improve and grow. We look for honesty on your part. If you like this, you can share it with the communities.

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Links

● Cheekend Landing Page
● Our Discord
● Github Repository
● Github Road Map
● Github Task

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All rewards from the @cheekend.com account will be used to fund the project

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