The first phase of the Steem FAQ and Wikee: Consolidation of Knowledge
Many have called for it, some have looked for it, and now we are going to create it. We need your help creating the best FAQ and Wikee a cryptocurrency and/or social media site has ever had. This will be for new users, journalists and more, so let's make FAQs and Wikees great again.
To begin, let's do a few things in this post:
1/ Add your questions about Steem and Steemit below that you believe are asked frequently. (a/ Please only submit one question per high level comment. b/ Please submit new questions to the thread)
2/ Answer each others' questions :)
3/ Link any articles that are relevant to a Steem / Steemit Wikee. (a/ Please submit the link with the following information and structure: Subject / Date posted / Author / Link / One sentence description.)
A few users (I know of @someguy123 & @dragon) have begun Wiki projects. This thread is meant to help them, Steemers and Steemitans alike take the Wikee and FAQ projects to the next level by consolidating the best information and getting the best answers. I'll be watching this thread closely and answering questions along with some others on the Steemit team such as @dan and @theoretical to help pull out the best answers down to the technical level.
For time's sake, let's consider this a one month long project, although hopefully we can string together the most relevant questions answers and articles much sooner.
The FAQ and Wikee projects could use a lot of love. Steemit is interested in hiring or supporting any entreprenuering Steemians to help with the task. Please reach out to me on steemit.chat (@ned) if you are interested in helping :)
Ned and everyone: As promised, @kevinwong and I hereby release our "Simply Steemit" guide (link below) into the public domain for the purposes of helping start this Wiki guide. Everyone, please feel free to use it, cut and paste it, re-write it, revise it, whatever. This was designed as a basic guide until something else came along, and now the Wiki will take over that role. I am thrilled NOT to have to write any more How To materials for Steemit! -Tom @donkeypong
EDIT: This comment was upvoted by Kevin (co-author) also, indicating his agreement to make this guide "public domian".
https://steemit.com/steemit/@donkeypong/simply-steemit-your-no-nonsense-guide-to-getting-started
That's a great guide and I've bookmarked it! Whenever I've been asked about starting out on Steemit I've shared your post. :)
What Steemit tools are available for the community?
http://steemtools.com
It's also listed as a quick link in the top right hamburger menu on every steemit.com page. Just click on Steem App Center.
What's the difference between STEEM, STEEM POWER AND STEEM DOLLARS?
steem is a token you can buy or sell.
steem power is steem locked up in a time-vault that is generating more steem locked in steempower until you power down and convert your steempower to steem over a two year period.
Steem Dollars is a token you can buy or sell and it is pegged to about $1 worth of steem.
Steem >
Currency (like the USD)Steem Power >
Determines how much is your Up vote worth/ how much influence you have in the platform and how much are you vested.Steem Dollars >
A smart contract(promise) that you will get around the same amount of Steem out worth 1 US Dollar at the current market price. 1 Steem Dollar is always worth around 1 US DollarSteam, Steem Dollars & Steem Power / 19.7.16 / @donkeypong / https://steemit.com/steemit/@donkeypong/still-confused-by-steem-steem-dollars-and-steem-power-the-power-plant-analogy / Understanding the difference between steem, steem power & steem dollars.
8-15 / @anotherjoe / https://steemit.com/steemit/@anotherjoe/steemit-steem-steem-dollars-and-steem-power-for-dummies-yes-the-mud-will-settle / Walks through the various features of the wallet, explaining the different options and how they work, including images of dropdowns. Links to other helpful articles included.
Steem tokens are tradable tokens and can be bought or sold instantly at anytime. It does not determine how much influence you have on Steemit.
Steem power are long term shares of a company that when invested in, can only be cashed out at 1 percent per week, over 2 years. A total of 104(number of weeks in 2 years) payments over 2 years. Investments in Steem power means the commitment to the long term value and health of it.
Each Steem dollar can be converted to Steem worth 1 dollar. It's pegged to the US dollar. Currently convertible to Steem worth about 80 cents and ranges from 80 cents to $1.40 the highest so far I've seen. And the range is sometimes dependent on the price of Steem going up or down when converting. But ultimately it's convertible to Steem worth 1 dollar.
Steem is a crypto-commodity that is used to back a digital currency called Steem Dollars which are always worth about 1 USD. Steem Power is a reputation point system that grants the individuals who add the most value to the platform the most influence. It too is backed by the crypto-commodity steem which means it can be converted into Steem and then into some other money like Bitcoin or USD, however, unlike Steem Dollars you cannot cash out right away.
from here: https://steemit.com/steem-help/@fran2k/steem-network-asset-classes-steem-steem-power-and-steem-dollar-explained-in-one-chart
What's available for developers interested in Steemit?
https://github.com/steemit/steem
How you get a better reputation, please explain all methods, thanks!
And how you can loose it?
There are two methods:
Create original content, adding value to the community. Once you do that, your reputation will go up based on how many positive votes(upvotes) you get. You can loose it, meaning, your reputation will start going down if you get the opposite, which is how many negative votes you get(downvotes).
I think this question is much more likely to be phrased
or
To which I would answer.
"Being flagged by somebody whose reputation is higher than yours, can negatively affect your own reputation. If a mistake has been made or you wish to redeem yourself, you could try reaching out to the flagger before the time of your flagged posts payout.
It is possible that your post has broken one of The Unwritten Rules of Steemit."
more details how the reputation system is functioning would be great!
By the way, here a great reputation viewer: https://steemit.com/steem-cool/@blueorgy/steem-cool-live-reputation-rep-viewer-w-estimated-upvote-rep-value-rep-needed-for-next-level-level-information
What is the Steemit whitepaper and what's its use?
To clarify there is a Steem Whitepaper, however, there is not yet a Steemit Whitepaper.
Steem == Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Steemit == Website that pulls data from Steem
The Steem Whitepaper was written to describe the mechanics of the token system that makes decentralized content incentives and distribution possible in a way that can improve web technologies across the board. It also is applicable to Steemit, one of the first websites to plug into the Steem blockchain. Users who have read the Steem Whitepaper will understand better how their interactions with Steemit are actually interactions with Steem, the decentralized network.
Why is it called the Steem Whitepaper and do you plan to make it Steemit Whitepaper?
Does steemit needs a whitepaper? how about an FAQ?
-- develCuy
Thanks that was very helpful :)
As the author of the graphene docs, I can help you setup a nice page or (if you like) integrated it into the existing docs pages there. The sources are public domain and github hosted (repo). It is build on ReStructureText and uses sphinx to generate nicely looking pages. Alternatively, I can recommend jekyll to build static pages aswell.
CTR+Fto use the Find option in your browser and type in what are you searching for eq. Steem Power, Steem Dollars etc...This way you will avoid repeating questions that already have an answer.
If you made a comment asking for something that has an answer already, delete your comment.
Also read through the comments thread first. You'll have an idea of the questions asked and you'll definitely learn a lot and feel like a Steemit ninja. You'll learn a lot more about Steemit than you've learnt your entire time on the platform.
How Many USD Authors Really Get per Article – Steem Dollars Explained / 2016-07-03 / @riensen / https://steemit.com/steem/@riensen/how-much-usd-do-authors-really-get-steem-dollars-explained / How much SBD is actually earned (-SP and -Curation) and how to convert them to STEEM (blockchain conversion / market).
@ned I already started working on this over at http://steemguide.wiki
Would be open to any help I can get on it.....
Edit: I also messaged you on Steemit.Chat under a different name with explanation why!
Edit 2: I am also working on Steem.Gifts, Steem.Market and Steem.Exchange but can't get any help on any of them.