The other day I see a post from 
It's a Twitter-like that makes posts of 240 characters or less to the Steem blockchain. I checked it out and was pretty floored at how cool it was. How long had this been brewing behind the scenes? Had I seen it already, but sort of dismissed and forgotten about it? It did familiar, so I'm pretty sure I've at least heard about it before. But here it is, in all it's resplendent glory.
This is a real contender against Twitter, folks - and this is only the first iteration of the platform. The real test will come with the iOS (and hopefully quickly after the Android) app. So far though, I've gotta say, it's lookin' real good. The Steem blockchain is barely on its second year, and we've already come this far. This is absolutely insane.
Good fucking God. There's such an electricity in the air when a new project launches on the Steem blockchain, or when something like SMT's get announced (hoping on another SMT update around mid to late November and from then on monthly until they launch - I would think they'd want to keep the hype up).
But there's a question. And this question is being introduced by Zappl to the Steem blockchain community for the first time: should users start new accounts for Zappl use, exclusively?
It's a good question, and I already see the community rolling it around in their mouths like a good wine, mulling it over as they pour another glass. On the one hand, why in the world would you split your risk splitting your user base if your blog isn't one of the better known ones on the site? It seems to me that the way Steem and it's related platforms work reward a laser-like approach to social media. Focus on building your SP in one account in order to really reap the benefit and be able to more easily share it with others.
On the other hand, there is the idea of clutter. If you're going to be posting ten times a day, maybe everyone in your feed doesn't want to see that, especially if your account is super focused on a certain topic or is basically already famous..... But on the other other hand (I have many hands) each post you make will be short and if you don't include a photo it shouldn't take up an annoying amount of space (for this reason Zappl users probably shouldn't bother using stock photos to make their posts more attractive, it's likely to have the opposite effect - just as in Twitter).
It's a good question. I think, for my own part, I'll be making posts from this account until I feel fairly certain I'll be posting to that platform often (there's not been an Android app announced yet, and the site doesn't seem to work particularly well on my phone - or at all [and it's a new phone]).
Thoughts?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
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