RE: Opinion: Steemit is an engineer's platform seeking a designer's elegance
I leapt to viewing this because of its title.
However, once I read your action points... I can see why you used that image above.
could probably be accomplished by having one token and 3 types of bank accounts. That is just a semantic change, and can be done, and may in fact clarify things to a new user. However, the three tokens are very important for the stability of the platform. Albeit the steemDollar may be redundant.
Don't ever bring that up again! It is along the lines of when anarchist's dream comes true and govern-cement dies, then #2 can be accomplished. Until then, don't even talk about it. Unless you really want to see steem disappear from The U.S., U.K. and any other country controlled by a central bank.
should have been done a long time ago. And there are people working on a faq / welcome page. They really need some designer help.
Voting on comments really is throwing your vote away (unless you are a whale.) So, a loss of voting power equal to voting on a post is an undue price to pay. Would it be better to have no vote power loss on comments or a 1/10 vote power loss on comments. We should run some simulations.
This will have to be done before this site becomes much larger. I have tried to start discussions on it, but it usually goes nowhere.
Subreddits are basically just specific, agreed upon tags. Steemit's current tag system is only structured in an organic way. And has a large propensity to get out of alignment.
First thing steem needs to decide is if we want subgroups or just to continue relying on tags.
If we continue with tags, we need to allow for favorite-tags ( a button/hyperlink) that will limit the feed to a stored tag. favorite-tag-groups that will limit the feed to a group of tags. (such as steem, steemit, steemdb)
Also, we may want to change the tags (when posting) to combo boxes/drop down boxes of often used tags. Maybe even have the first tag be constrained to a certain set so it always falls into a subreddit like category.
I will be glad to hash out any of these in further detail. Maybe even code some of them... if I ever figure out who to push changes to.
If Steemit wants to be an "anarchist's dream", it will forever remain a niche product that the vast majority of the world's population wouldn't be interested in. Of course, that's a valid route to take, but I wouldn't want to be part of it either. Thanks for your comments on the other fronts :)
I meant #2 in the same way as what happened to that guy who was "supposedly" in charge of the silk road. People are being suicided for less. So, don't ever bring it up again... unless of course you are a govern-cement shill.
Is it possible at all? I mean, if I wanted to change or add something, is there a way to do it (via established development process of course), or would I need to, um, talk to the big fish directly?