After browsing and posting on SteemIt I have come across a problem that gives me angst regarding the Tag/Topic field for sorting of posts to "SubSteemIts"
First let me say that it is miles ahead of reddit in terms of crossposting and simplicity, really makes content creation and discovery much more simplified. Reddit requires a separate posting for each subreddit you wish to share your post to, and the linking of such posts is not intuitive and is also limited by the rate of which you can post. This was to prevent spamming across several subreddits I assume.
Which brings me to the first issue of SteemIt tags
SPAM!!!
Now for my example I will be picking on as I think most bitcoiners have a problem with self appointed political figures. Now Mr Mayor has made a post in #Greece, about buying bitcoin in Greece so very relevant to that topic. However, he didn't post it in #bitcoin as well, which is a critical flaw in your steemit strategy my friend.
He did he post it in #models
and #blocktrades
and #blocktalk >:-(
He may have even posted it in other tags but that brings me to my second point...
Transparency and Discoverability
Now something I've seen on other posts that I've adopted myself is declaring your crossposts since steemit.com only tells you the first tag
As you can see, now users not only know about my community, but can also browse other tags easily for more information on the same topics or content! Think of this like the youtube suggestion bar beside the video your watching. You've probably lost an afternoon because it adds to the addictiveness of the site and linking of relevant content
I recommend you all adopt this stratagy until site/platform changes are implemented to allow this to be standard in the bottom bar of the post page
And now my final suggestion which could be
Standardization
Now being that steemit is so new, I can forgive a lot of these faults because "SubSteemIts" are still being created as people create new tags. However, a suggestion popup or label for some of the standard steemits could vastly improve problems like this
New users can easily miss out on valuable Steem and visibility because they simple mistake what a standard SubSteem like #introduceyourself is suppose to be called
Again I point to reddit on how this maybe improved even further by allowing subscriptions to Tags for custom pages
please don't judge my tastes in subreddits
Anyways hope you all consider this on your next post and enjoy the day
Crossposted to #steem #improvements #siteimprovements #steemimprovements
wait no one has created any improvement tags yet??
next post... night mode/dark theme :P