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Introduction
The world of steem is exploding right now. Users are up, voting is up, commenting is up, price is up...we are going through wave 2 of growth right now. A lot of the work that was being done quietly in the background is now coming to fruition.
Esteem, SteemQ, chainBB, Zappl, Steepshot and many others are slowly coming out to compete with steemit.com
NOTE: Just in case you are new here, all those platforms are on the STEEM blockchain. They all work in synergy. Some will display all the content found on the blockchain while other will only display the content generated on their platform.
How This Explosion Will Impact User Behaviors
One thing that I have been noticing is how much an interface can influence the way I interact with the content on the STEEM blockchain.
For example, when I am on steemit.com, I scroll and find a whole bunch of random posts...some that I am interested in and some that I'm not. Someday, I cannot find anything that grabs my attention. But it's always a fun process.
On chainBB, it's very different. I use it to stay up to date on the different projects that interest me:
EOS, bitshares, Peerplays and so on.
When I browse on chainBB, it is for a specific purpose and for discussions.
When Zappl will be released, it will be a completely different game. The number of posts will go through the roof since there will be a character limit on each posts.
From there, a lot of things will change: voting patterns, commenting patterns, resteem, etc.
I'm truly wondering how steemit.com will deal with this. It seems that the intention of steemit.com is to be the "catch all" interface.
Should an Interface Display Everything or Only What is Being Posted on Their Platform?
This is still an open question to me. It makes no sense for me, in the case of Zappl or Steepshot, to display everything on the steem blockchain. For the sake of consistency and also for the sake of an app culture, it makes sense to not display posts coming from other apps. What do you think?
In the case of chainBB, I believe this app can evolve into a massively decentralized app where each community can have it's own forum on it's own domain.
ChainBB Trail Updates
So, as some of you know, I've started a voting trail to reward people who write posts or comments via chainBB. I've been voting like a banshee! Lots of you have been benefiting from this.
Thanks to all the people who have been following the chainBB trail!
This effort has proven to bring fruit!
Conclusion
Let's keep pushing forward! Please share what you think will be the impact of multiple apps on the same blockchain and how you think it is best to move forward.