Time is getting short, if we are to get this project ready for SMTs.
Hi, I'm @WizarDave owner of @MajorNEWS and MajorNEWS.com.
- I would like to hear your ideas about this project.
What I worked on today...
MajorNEWS logo attempt #1
Taking CorelDRAW 2018 for a test drive...
It's been almost 20 years since I've used CorelDRAW, but I am back at it.
- I've been tinkering around a bit, getting to know the new layout of the program and such.
- My first project is a logo for MajorNEWS.
+ Here's what I came up with tonight...
- My first project is a logo for MajorNEWS.
I've never had any formal graphics arts training. Totally self-taught on all phases of webmastering.
- So, if any of you professionals have advice, I'll gladly listen.
- I think rounded corners would be better, but have not found how to do those, yet.
I used to know... haha- You
will notcannot hurt my feelings, so feel free to drop me a comment with your true feelings.
Example: Do you find the eyes make us appear like a joke? I latched onto the font when I found it because it made me think of a bunch of people looking at (crowdsourcing) the news... But, if it will cause us to not be taken seriously, another font can easily be found...
- You
- I think rounded corners would be better, but have not found how to do those, yet.
What is MajorNEWS?
Sometime in the late 90's, I ended up with the domain name MajorNEWS.com.
- I've tried quite a few different projects there over the years.
- My new goal is to create a site connected to the Steem blockchain
allowingencouraging everyone to crowdsource the news.
- My new goal is to create a site connected to the Steem blockchain
Looking for team members
If you think this is a good idea and would like to get involved, feel free to comment your talents and your interest. I am unable at this time to offer you a wage, but would gladly make you a partner of some sort.
Programmers
We will be forking https://github.com/ocproducts/composr
You can read all about the great open source project at http://compo.sr/
- The first thing is to upgrade the login/signup to include Steem Connect. That won't be exclusive, as we do want people without a Steem account to use the site.
- The next step will be to convert their internal rewards into a wallet in preparation for SMTs.
- Somewhere along the line we would like to create phone apps...
- It would be great to create an algorithm similar to Netflix.
People who like this story also find this other story interesting... - Do you have an existing project that could tie into our program?
- The next step will be to convert their internal rewards into a wallet in preparation for SMTs.
- If you can do any of these, please get in touch with me.
If you know someone who can, please have them get in touch with me.
Entrepreneurs of all flavors
We need to set up a business structure. Rewarding those who help with or invest in the project and eventually the users of the site. If you know how this should be done, we need to talk.
- If you have been involved in a startup similar to this project, please get in touch with me. Or, if you know someone who has that knowledge, have them get in touch with me.
Graphic Artists / UI experts
We need to transform the old school type of site compo.sr creates into a modern site.
Idea People
That can be anyone, including you!
What would you like to see?
How would you like to get rewarded?
Here are some ideas I've been tossing around.
People will get rewarded for doing certain things. Amount of reward is still to be determined.
- To start it will be very similar to dlike.io. Allowing anyone to enter a URL, add a few topics, make sure there is a description and hit enter.
- Our site will allow many more categories of topics, so people will be able to add additional tags.
- We will need help setting up a category tree.
- Our site will allow many more categories of topics, so people will be able to add additional tags.
The program we are looking at using already has polls setup. It should be fairly easy to tie them to news stories and reward people for giving their opinions about news stories.
- People will be asked for input about all MajorNEWS stories that are entered.
- On a scale of maybe 1 to 10, 1 being fakenews and 10 being trusted news, how do you rate the trustworthiness of this story?
- People tend to believe or not believe certain news outlets depending on your core beliefs. These can include political, religious and other beliefs.
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how good of a job did this article report the news story?
- I'm amazed at the details included in some reports and amazed at the lack of details in others.
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how important was this news story to you? to the world?
- Politics is one area where because of location, the news story may not be important to you, but could very well be important to the world.
- On a scale of 1-10, do you like or dislike the news that was told.
- I would like to break this out, so it doesn't affect voting on the previous questions.
- Is this a sub-story or followup of existing news or a breaking new story?
- On a scale of maybe 1 to 10, 1 being fakenews and 10 being trusted news, how do you rate the trustworthiness of this story?
- Does those type questions make sense to anyone?
Extra credit will be given to anyone who can give an eyewitness report.
- If there is a hurricane, I would like to see people directly involved report on what they are seeing.
- Often the local news agencies report a totally different story than their national cohorts.
Can you report what they are reporting, so we can compare?
- Often the local news agencies report a totally different story than their national cohorts.
The program has many other features such as a wiki.
- People could be rewarded for correlating news stories into wiki pages.
Why MajorNEWS?
Over 90% of the "mainstream" media is owned by just a handful of corporations.
- Journalism is dead.
- MSM does not report NEWS, they pick news events that support their particular slant.
CNN, MSNBC, Facebook & Google are all left-leaning companies. Fox, Drudge, Breitbart and others spin their stories for the right.- CNN, in particular, has been caught faking the news. I even recently saw the Weather Channel faking news at the scene of a hurricane. haha None of them can be trusted to report the news.
- MSM does not report NEWS, they pick news events that support their particular slant.
- Stories are reported and then forgotten, if "they" decide to bury it.
MajorNEWS will provide a way to look back on timelines of events, look back on news stories that shouldn't have gone away, ... ???
We will crowdsource the news.
We will decide what is news.
We will decide what is fakenews.
We will be the goto source of information regarding all things newsworthy.
I plan on monetizing the site through advertising and a small monthly fee if you prefer not to see any advertising.
- Good idea? Hate the idea?
- The profits earned will be distributed to those who crowdsource the news.
- That could mean the difference of earning pennies or earning dollars...
- The profits earned will be distributed to those who crowdsource the news.
What do you think?
Is it an idea worth pursuing?
I would like to hear your ideas.
Your idea might be the one that makes this project go mainstream.
- If that happens, I promise you here and now as will be recorded on the blockchain (as will you giving the idea) that you will be fairly rewarded.
@WizarDave... owner of @MajorNEWS and MajorNEWS.com.