The progress of Steem keeps along. Yesterday I came across a couple of things that I want to mention.
We all know the online dating world is big business. Match.com and Eharmony are two of the bigger dating sites. Then we have all the different ones that focus upon specific demographics or interests.
Therefore, it only makes sense for this to come to the world of Steem.
Many are already interacting on some form of a personal level to begin with. This is just the next step in our community. Steem based romances would add some spice to this place.
In taking a look around the site, it follows the typical pattern of most that are out there. We have three different levels. Free, gold, and premium. Each offers different levels of usage. The prices seem to be in line with the other dating sites although it has been a while since I was on any.
They put together a post announcing the launch of the service.
https://steempeak.com/en/@steemder/dating-platform-for-steemians-steemder
The other project was one that really excited me when I first heard about it. Yet, over the past year, it dropped from the face of the planet. I concluded it was another project that had big dreams but ran into issues
Fortunately, I was wrong. I received an email yesterday that updated the progress.
We are all familiar with Telegram. The application is used by millions and is working on a token that is going to be released at some point this year. Someone had the idea to create this same type service on Steem.
The value of Telegram is that it allows people to form groups around certain topics. Essentially, this is a messenging application which enables people to share links and pics while also conversing. Looking at the Deegram website, it seems this is going to be a mobile interface akin to Appics and Steepshot. I am not sure if or how they are going to work the messenger aspect into it.
Nevertheless, this is what the email said.
We've worked long and hard both with trying to find our vision and place in the Steem ecosystem as well as developing the app from the bottom. We chose not to go the ICO route as we wanted both to challenge ourselves and to deliver as best possible without the imminent high expectations.
We're quite pleased with the first version, but we are aware that there is still a long way to go.
As of now, we are not much different from Steepshot as we haven't implemented some of our desired features yet, but the overall design of the app shows somewhat what we are thinking.
There are more news to come, so stay tuned!
And should you wish to be invited to the closed Alpha, please send us an e-mail to robin@decentralize.no with your e-mail address connected to either app-store or Google Play depending on your device.
They are looking for people to test in the Alpha stage.
I am excited about this since I thought this project was long dead. It will be interesting to see how much they eventually model this application after Telegram or if they go in a completely different direction. The fact the team remained dedicated to the project even when being silent is encouraging.
This is the wonderful part of Steem and the decentralized world. Projects can drop up out of nowhere and be added to the ecosystem. While we are slow in terms of impact across the entire Internet, it only takes one application to capture the attention of millions to take off.
These two are additions to the Steem family. It is always encouraging to see expansion of this platform.
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