Smart hyperlink paste / copy to clipboard for easy reference

Repository

https://github.com/steemit/condenser
(or any blog/SNS UI that uses Steem blockchain)

Components

• Post share function, or
• Paste (of hyperlink) function

Proposal Description

Introduction

One distinctive feature of many Steemit posts is that they are more informative than usual blog/sns posts. In many cases, even though much information is from other posts on Steemit or the Internet, unfortunately, no proper reference is provided. I believe this is partially due to the inconvenience of hyperlink markdown. For instance, for a pretty link, one should specify both title and address separately, which is very annoying. I'm always trying my best to include the reference (especially when it's not mine) in my posts, but to be honest, it's very time consuming even when I found the article. Thus, I propose two ways to dramatically simplify this annoying job.

1. Smart hyperlink paste

• When a user paste a hyperlink of Steemit post, it is automatically pasted as hyperlink markdown with the title.

2. Hyperlink markdown copy to clipboard

• Steemit.com (or Busy, etc) should provide a way to copy hyperlink markdown to clipboard easily. See the Mockup / Examples for details.

Mockups / Examples

1. Smart hyperlink paste

Suppose "https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@blockchainstudio/powerdown-information" is in the clipboard.

Currently, it is pasted as below:

Current Steemit.com hyperlink paste function

Thus, a user need to make a skeleton of the hyperlink markdown and then copy the title separately.

In "smart hyperlink paste" proposal, it is pasted as a hyperlink markdown automatically:

New proposal: hyperlink is pasted as a hyperlink markdown automatically.

2. Hyperlink markdown copy to clipboard

Another implementation is hyperlink markdown copy to clipboard. While it can be implemented on blog/feed directly, I provide a mockup in the share function that is already provided on Steemit.com

Currently, each post provides a button for sharing

If you click the share button, the popup below appears.

But, it doesn't provide a function to copy the link as a hyperlink markdown.

In "hyperlink markdown copy to clipboard" proposal, it provides the separate button for markdown copy to clipboard.

My hyperlink markdown copy to clipboard proposal: a separate button to copy the hyperlink markdown to clipboard.

Benefits

• Much easier reference
  Even though users want to provide proper references, so far it's very cumbersome. In the new proposal, it's way easier to do it.

• Author credit
  Proper reference appreciates the original authors. Thus, authors have more incentive to write good posts.

• Plagiarism prevention
  Partly due to the anonymity of blockchain, not enough reference tends to be provided. The difficulty of reference leads to unintentional plagiarism.

• Search engine ranking improvement
  Most search engine ranking algorithm (including Google) uses the hyperlink to calculate the score of a link. If more references are provided, it can increase the search engine ranking of the articles.

GitHub Account

https://github.com/economicstudio