As promised, here's a little update on the progress I made on the app, along with some explanations about what exactly steem.city is.

But before diving into that, here's a screenshot of the neighborhoods admin area, as it is right now (please keep in mind we're in alpha, so things are expected to break and change).

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One of the things that is missing in the steemit site (and which is ridiculously easy to implement) is a basic template and theming engine (reddit has it for a long time, so does tumblr). So each neighborhood will have its own header, customizable by the owner. I think having such a basic way to customize the UI is a great incentive for content consumption and, allegedly, for user retention. People tend to spend more time in places they consider their own.

Now, about neighborhoods.

In steem.city lingo, a neighborhood is a community of people creating value together and sharing the benefits. There are 3 main types of communities you can create now:

• equal split
• sheriff 50%
• sheriff + deputies

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Let's take them one at a time.

Equal Split

All citizens split the rewards equally, on all posts. Each citizen gets the same share from the entire revenue pool.

In this community, all rewards from the posts are split equally among all the members. The more you get, the more you are guaranteed to receive. If the community will make $5000 / week and there are 50 members, then each member will get $100. It's very good for communities which are oriented for a specific topic: books, running, crypto, developers.

Sheriff 50%

Each citizen gets 50% and the rest is split equally among the other citizens. Each citizen gets 50% of his own rewards.

In this community, each member keeps 50% of his proceedings for each post / comment and the rest of 50% is split equally among all the other citizens. So if you are usually making more than the average, you will be somehow in advantage. This type of community may be more suitable for "celebrities", or people already having an audience from other channels (Youtubers, Instagramers).

Sheriff + Deputies

Each author gets 30%, 3 deputies (moderators) get 10% each and the rest is split equally among the other citizens.

In this case, the emphasis is on moderators. Each author keeps 30% of the proceedings, the next 30% is split equally among 3 moderators, and the rest of 40% is split among the remaining members. This type of organization may be more suitable for very "conversational" communities. Moderators won't be able to censor anything, their role will be more likely as entertainers. Sorta like the people in the price channel of the steemit.chat.

Why Predefined Models?

If you give people too many choices, you'll confuse them. I decided to start with a pre-configured set of communities because I think the goal should be on creating and sharing value, not on tinkering endlessly with the parameters of the system. It's enough tinkering in the main Steemit community, with all the hardforks and witnesses and so on. Which reminds me, if you want to vote for me as witness, you can do it, I'm currently in the 63rd position.

Alpha Testers

There is a slack room for people who want to test the app, please join it by following this link:

steemcity.slack.com

Will post more info in the slack room regarding early access.

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I'm a serial entrepreneur, blogger and ultrarunner. You can find me mainly on my blog at Dragos Roua where I write about productivity, business, relationships and running. Here on Steemit you may stay updated by following me @dragosroua.

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