MAKE YOUR MOMENTS COUNT WITH STEEPSHOT
Steepshot is one of steem's interfaces. It is a platform primarily for sharing visual experiences and lifestyles through uploading of photos - one of the very few steem-based dapps that offers steemians the opportunity of doing just this. Here, users get to share their lifestyles and capture moments by posting images to the steem decentralized database. In other words, steepshot runs on the steem blockchain.
Steepshot dapp is an interface both to steem and golos platform.
For the steem platform, the dapp currently rewards users in steem currency for sharing photos/moments though it is likely that it would have it's own platform token with the implementation of SMT.
Steepshot is currently in alpha. From available data on https://www.stateofthedapps.com, steepshot dapp currently ranks #121 and has about 28 active users daily, 143 weekly, and about 372 active users monthly.
Steepshot has a web dapp and mobile app for IOS devices, its an Android app having recently been removed from Google play store.
Signing Up On Steepshot Web Dapp
Signing up on steepshot dapp generally requires you to have an active steem account (althugh the dapp also runs on golos platform)
To sign in on the web dapp,
- Visit https://steepshot.io. Here's the landing page:
To use the web dapp, choose steepshot for web from the option above. This takes you to the web dapp home page here:
Of course you should see different images from the above ones when you do your own sign in.
Click on sign in (highlighted in red) at the top right corner of the page.
In the next page pictured above, you are presented with options which platform you wish to use the dapp on - steem or golos. Our concern here is on steem, So we select the steem network.
On steepshot, you have the option to sign into the platform directly with your steemit posting key or to sign in with steemconnect. Personally, I prefer signing in directly with my posting key because it saves time. Besides, there's really no harm in using my posting key on a third party site. Whichever means you choose to sign in with, you'll eventually find yourself within the dapp with full access to its features.
Creating Your Moments(making posts)
Creating posts with steepshot is quite simple - as simple as the platform itself. On signing into the platform with your keys, you should access the full features of the dapp as in the screenshot below:
- Now head over and click on the create post button (in red highlight). This opens your input/writng page
Upload your photo by clicking on the topmost area of the page to open and select your preferred image from your device gallery.
Fill in your title, tags, and a very brief description of what the image is about
Once done, click creat new post at the bottom of the page to publish your shot.
Features Of Steepshot Web Dapp
Basically, steepshot web dapp is designed in such simpleness that any noob to the platform can easily grasp the basics without much ado. The dapp is devoid of ambiguous components. Some of its features are:
BROWSE: Which let's you browse through posts/images by other users. The post are in three major categories viz HOT, NEW, and TOP
MULTIPLE TAGS: The dapp supports multiple tags - as much as 20 for each post. This is so unlike most media dapps that allot space for a maximum of five tags per post.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: With this, you may subscribe to receive alerts on activities like comments, upvotes, posts, follows, etc on your account.
WALLET: Beautifully designed, here is where you can view your account balances.
SEARCH BUTTON: To enable you find posts on any subject.
Steepshot supports photo sizes greater than 640×480 pixel. Anything less than this would be rejected.
It also let's you set whether or not to view low rated and nsfw posts
My Take On Steepshot Dapp
GOOD STUFF ABOUT IT:
Steepshot has a number of unique features that make it the preferred dapp for sharing photos. The most noticeable of these is the simple design as it makes the process of uploading/creating posts stress-free which in a sense makes the dapp user-friendly.
The multiple tags the dapp allows users is also another advantage as it gives the posts a wider reach and viewership. Furthermore, there's ease of access to the dapp as it has both a web dapp and mobile app.
So far, I see no downside with @steepshot web dapp. However, I feel the team should come up with something to address the concern of users for an Android app since it got deleted from play store by the Google team.
RATING:
4/5 stars is befitting for steeepshot... for simplifying moment sharing and lifestyle.
Here are other useful links on steepshot you might find useful:
On stateofthedapps.com: https://www.stateofthedapps.com/dapps/steepshot