Why I'm Moving To Busy.org

You all know that I love STEEM and the entire Steem blockchain. I used to only use Steemit as the portal to the fantastic content we have here but have since changed my tune. While Steemit is still excellent and fills a need, I find busy.org to fit my style much better.

I first learned about Hive account@busy a while back when Steemit was suffering, what seemed to be a DDoS attack slowing it down to practically an unusable state. However, at the time I was a bit of a Steemit minimalist and did not pay much attention to busy. Over the past week, I chose to give it a solid try and concluded that I like it better than Steemit.

What I Love About Busy

Over All Presentation

I love the way Hive account@busy looks. It's super clean and comfortable to read. It feels more like what most people would expect a blogging based social network to look like in my opinion. It's easy to see that the devs have a focus on usability overall.

Notifications

Even though I use Hive account@ginabot to receive notifications, it is still nice to see them on busy. At this time I have yet to see any setting for the notifications, but that is a minor detail and one I am not worried about.

Save Multiple Drafts

This is epic for any serious blogger. Write a post now and save it for later to give yourself a head start. I do believe that you may access those drafts from any computer, unlike the way Steemit holds drafts. If this is no the case, please let me know.

Interesting People Tab

I like this tab that Hive account@busy included in the main feed. It gives me an easy way to check out other users that I have yet to see. I am not sure how they are pulled, but it does seem like there is some thought put into the process. The creators shown are not all steemit "famous" creators and looks to be tied to how I am already following.

However, it may just be all about the user's reputation and nothing else.

Easy To Read Blogroll

This is a big plus for me! The way busy lays out the posts on the feed, and the blogroll is much better in my opinion. The thumbnails pop off the page in a way that makes an effort worth the time. Why have a tiny image in the blogroll when we spend the time to make the header image?

Awesome Vote Slider

The vote slider on busy is easier to use and get to that exact percentage you desire. I also like that it shows the amount of currency that percentage yields at our current Steem Power.

What Could Change

Needs A Dark Theme Option

It's true, there is no dark theme option on busy at this time, and that is fine for use during the day. At night I prefer to use dark themes where I can since it is easier on the eyes.

So I started to mess around with color schemes and plan on releasing a Chrome and Firefox extension to change Hive account@busy to a solarized dark theme for me until they implement the feature. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

Remember Comment Vote Percentage

The saved voting percentage for both comments and posts is a nice plus that Steemit has at this time. On busy we can set the default voting percent, but it is site wide. So for each comment, I make I have to manually change the percentage to whatever I deem reasonable. It's by no means a deal breaker for me but would be a nice touch.

Will I Ditch Steemit?

For the most part, I think I am going to stop using Steemit in favor of Busy. I already set GinaBot to open all links with Busy, and I find the overall experience to me much more pleasurable. There may be some occasions where I will need to use Steemit instead, one of them being the internal market that Steemit has and busy does not as far as I am aware.

Thanks For Reading!

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