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RE: What Should Be Trending At Steemit? + Jerry Controversy Of The Day (Bonus)

in #steemit6 years ago

I wouldn't say it's nihilistic. It's just reality. The trending page has been the target of much criticism (and mostly valid) since the summer of 2016. Many ideas have been suggested on how it can be improved. The only change that we've seen has been the consequence of content being opened to a 7-day voting period. That's it. STINC is obviously not interested in addressing the concerns or improving it in any way...kind of like the rest of the site.

As far as SMTs go - I don't care much for the idea. I don't think it'll add much value and will in fact add a lot of bloat to a blockchain that is already struggling with memory/storage requirements from those trying to keep it online/functional. Steem has a lot of room to scale and we're operating at a rather low capacity right now, but I'm not seeing many proposals for how scaling will actually occur once the user base exponentially expands and/or an exchange is brought online with potentially millions of daily transactions in addition to the regular social media use.

Unless the scaling and node issues can be addressed first, there's really no point in pushing through the SMT project. RPC nodes are already near or exceeding the 256GB capacity and witness nodes are moving to 32GB+ with less than 100K active users and ~1 million daily transactions. The rate at which upgrades will be necessary will continue to increase.

And with ICOs still under scrutiny and undecided by federal agencies like the SEC, I'm not sure that SMTs are the right kind of attention that we need around here. Why SMTs and ICOs is something that has taken precedence is beyond me. Basic infrastructure and functionality/features for the flagship site is needed more than anything else. That should be STINC's main concern, in my opinion.

But as usual, nobody wants to consider what little ol' me has to say...until 6-12 months later when my critiques finally become the trend du jour and what I've said happens to be pretty much spot-on. What else is new though, amirite?

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