RE: What Should Be Trending At Steemit? + Jerry Controversy Of The Day (Bonus)
Steemit is far from perfect, but it is very good and one of the most innovative ideas I've seen in the last decade. I know how Steemit can easily be fixed. Currently there is no moderation for the tags. I would allow for moderated tags to compete with non-moderated tags. You need both moderated tags, and absolute freedom tags. A moderator, for example, could make a rule that any posts that uses a bot for an upvote is banned (banned from being seen on that tag only). I also want tags to remain that have absolutely no moderation (other than flagging). I want to see moderated tags compete against un-moderated tags so we have the best of both worlds and people can decide which tags they will use. If this feature is implemented on Steemit, I think most of the the problems will go away.
So, I think Communities is supposed to be something like what you say, because they are definitely supposed to play off of the current tag structure. There will be moderators and administrators which can make up their own rules. What I don't know is if the current tag system will be separate, or if it will be up to each Community to keep things free or not.
I don't know when it's supposed to happen, and I don't know if it will be exactly what you're talking about, but it's been in the works for a while and it's supposed to be "around the corner." :)
The bandwidth fix is said to have been right around the corner for the last several months.....
So don't hold your breath. If I remember right, that's supposed to be resolved with HF 20, so hey, different dev team, but still more waiting.
Excellent. I hope the Communities feature works out.
I have to agree with this, i really do think that this provides a layer of sanity in this open system. By having both, its an option for the end user. There are some issues with this that would need ironed out, in terms of how moderation could work on the steem blockchain. I mean we are simply just tagging but conceptually I think this could actually improve things.
Curated tags are a great idea. I told my sister that long term, decentralized systems won't last because cheaters will always cheat, scammers will always scam and people will look for the easiest way to game a system for personal gain. I also said there will need to be some small centralized layer. This could actually be the curation of tags with some rules set to ensure quality content is trending that people want rather than content that authors are forcing...