What's up fellow Steemitizens? Hope you are all having a great 4th of July! I'm just sitting here scheming up ideas on how the Steemit platform could be improved to solve some pain points.
The following suggestions may or may not already be planned by the dev team(s), I'm not sure. See my list of problems and possible solutions below:
Steemit Improvement Ideas
Problem A
- Either I'm missing it, or it seems rather difficult to find when another Steemit user has mentioned you in either their post, comment, or reply.
Solution
- Implement a "Mentions" category along with the others. This would link directly to the blog / comment / reply where your @_____ tag has been used.
Problem B
- Likely already been mentioned before, but there is no internal chat system in Steemit. Other than external apps (Discord, Teamspeak, etc.), you cannot directly interact with other Steemers unless you comment or reply to them.
Solution
- Implement internal Steemit chat for mobile and desktop, possibly similar to Fakebook's Messenger app. Could either be integrated or its own standalone app.
Problem C
- Users cannot directly invest with USD --> Steem. Convoluted process to buy Bitcoin or other mainstay cryptocurrency, then transfer to another brokerage to buy Steem, etc.
Solution
- This is likely a limitation on crytocurrencies in general at the moment and no fault of Steem/Steemit itself. Hopefully these limitations will be removed when cryptocurrencies are more widely adopted in the general public.
Final Thoughts
Yes, Steemit is definitely still in Beta stage and this post is NOT meant to bash the platform.
I have genuinely enjoyed my time here since joining on June 15th of this year. I've made some great friends, produced several blog posts, tons of comments, and thoroughly enjoyed reading great content from others.
That being said, I think we would all agree that there is always room for improvement, be it an individual, a business, an app, etc. I believe the above mentioned suggestions for solving pain points on Steemit would definitely improve the platform, support future growth and encourage more Steemit user interactions in the current community.
Thank you for reading!
What is the number one improvement you would make to Steemit?
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