Steemit users only and followers only posts proposal!
I don't really know where to make a proposal or if this has already been proposed but I am going to do it from here hoping for someone to see it :)
My proposal is coming from my personal needs but I guess also from others needs.
So what about private posts that only steemit users can see and why not to expand this feature to followers only view?
The Steem block chain doesn't really accommodate this. You whould have to send encrypted messages to the blockchain the and decrypt them in the web-client.
But the idea behind the block-chain is that the content should be public. Otherwise you wouldn't know what to vote for.
Ok, so if we forget the second part, the "steemit users only" part could work since only steemit users can vote... right?
Yes it could work. But the Steem protocol would need to be changed to create such a system.
Everything is currently public and stored in plain text. (Except the passwords of course).
Your entire history of comments, posts, new followers, upvotes, resteems and powerdowns, are available for everyone.
So implementing a 'pm' system would be tricky. Because it's impossible to 'hide' data in the current system.
for example
Someone could create an #SMT (Smart Media Token), with a closed ledger. Were you can store messages in a way they aren't visible for everyone.
I see what you mean but this makes it more private.. I could just be a simply cryptographic message that every steemit user has the key to decrypt or an only steemit users kind of tag that prevents steemit.com to publish the content to non users.. (like nsfw for example)
yes, that is the whole point i think. Steemit needs official private chat outside of blockchain. See my other comment there.
Private chat could be incorporated in third party platforms. But can't be used for the reward pool. Because not public means that people can't vote for your messages.
Yes, this is what i said too - all chat communications outside of the blockchain. People should not vote for chat-like private messages. Not should it be permanently stored anywhere.
As for the third party chat i am very much skeptical because what is the difference then between lots of existing chat options?
Besides, there is steemit.chat which is not a good option for many reasons either.
The chat should be integrated. Meaning while I am at this very interface replying to you or upvoting your post, i should be able to just as easily send you a private message.
The chat should not have a separate and different login.
The chat name should match exactly your user name that is used throughout the whole platform and blockchain.
There should be a certainty that the chat messages will be delivered to the other party (unless sender is blacklisted) and that everybody on the platform is automatically included in the chat users pool.
Every other platform that I am aware of has something that can be used for direct private messaging.
Besides, it will reduce bloating of this platform from chat-like messages that treated like posts while they should really be in private chat.
I think this need derives from user's natural desire to have direct messaging. Like any other social platform, Steemit should have an "official" way to send private messages to other members and groups. "Followers" could be just one of the group. Unifficial Steemit chat, Discord, Skype, WhatsApp does not count because none of them guarantees that the user can be reached that way. Besides you would not even know the user name of the person on that platform which is not the same as on Steemit. Even Steemit chat is completely different and has different user names.
This is quite possible and not hard to implement actually.
I also think that it should not be a part of blockchain. Private chat should be outside of the blockchain and therefore no voting for private chat messages.
I think Steemit should catch up with pretty much every other social network in existence and implement official private chat.
interesting topics to talk about
Nice post my friend 😘
@makishart