RE: [WTF is JSON series] Ingestron -> Steemjson: Making STEEM a universal JSON-storage blockchain step by step
No you did a great job explaining. It's extremely difficult to explain coding to a non techie.
You may have to break it down even further into something about what Json is stands for and break it down like you did with examples.
I learn pretty quickly from repetition and memorization, but it took me quite a while to grasp exactly how JavaScript objects work and interact.
Maybe even breaking down a simple app or how one would go about using some of the info and the API to build something would be great.
I know (myself included) there are a lot of people with some great ideas for applications that have no idea how to implement them.
Usually the answer has been "it's quite tricky and I don't know if the way I've learned to do it would be the best way to teach you."
I feel someone taking the time to educate creative non coders in the basics of programming for a blockchain would be invaluable. There is a shortage of people who can code some of the great ideas that are proposed. Maybe even a feeler post like a "how many people would be interested in tutorial x" or take suggestions. Whether that turns out to be html and CSS or JavaScript or another language, I think the monetary support would be there.
I'd love to do it, but my "coding" is mostly limited to basic JavaScript and HTML that allows me to easily format my blog posts (something that should be made far easier so great writers can format their content as easily as Microsoft word and drag and drop pictures from a file sharing site).
Not sure if you have the time, but maybe you could partner up with a few coders and together give some pointers or break down how some of the current apps on steemit were made.
Probably a huge undertaking, but I see extreme value for someone willing to undertake and answer questions like this.
You're entirely right about two things:
I really appreciate your detailed reply, it was worth much more than the $.02 I was able to give it :).
I got your 2 cents :) actually I feel that commenting has dropped off since people aren't being as heavily rewarded for comments as they once were. I see the value from having people value my input and follow me just as much as a large payout on a single whale vote, but I don't see as much engagement as there was a while back.
To me, comments are sometimes more valuable than the actual blog post. Especially if that post is asking for input from comments.
If the target votes per day were set at ten (or a low number) if I were a whale, there is no question that I would curate far more voting on a blog post than a comment so if I am limited to a certain number of 100% upvoted 9/10 would likely be blog posts.
I'm not sure how this can be addressed, but if comments become less important, some creative minds will cease tospend time crafting well thought out responses and opt for simple "bot like" responses.
A simple comment of "great post" really does very little for either the original poster or the commenter. If a bot that cannot read the article can make the same comment, I have to say it might as well be left unsaid.
I try to make my comments unique and meaningful as often as possible. Occasionally I'll make a brief comment on a picture or give someone a short encouragement, but I see how useless most comments are on things like twitter and YouTube, that I would hate to see the comment section cease to be useful.
Maybe some sort of "Comment Curie" curation team could be made to give rewards to the best ten comments or so of the week.
But that being said, 2 cents is more than I made on any other social media site, so the fact that you are able to share that makes everything worth it.
The more people realize that working together is the best way to keep steemit the better.
Steemfest is something that I believe will be an absolute game changer as some of the most dedicated creative minds will all be in one place. Nobody who isn't serious about steemit will attend so it will be a great experience.
Hope you can make it. I understand people have families, jobs, bills and other things preventing them from taking a 3 day trip to Amsterdam, but I'm quite excited to network and meet the faces behind many that I know solely by their username.
While the feature will most likely be added to change a profile picture, it's kind of nice to not see or judge anyone based on appearance unless they wish to be quite public.
Enough of my comment rambling. Glad you appreciated my comment.
Fuck it, I'll buy my ticket now :).
I've been debating it like mad.
Purchased.