Reviewing Steem Account Creation Tool: PART1

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Repository

https://github.com/jnordberg/steemaccount

Introduction

There is currently no way to speed up the account approval process. If you are unable to wait, there are third-party websites that allow you to bypass the approval process and pay to open an account.

Steemit says its current account creation process is to avoid abuse and I agree with them.

To create an account on the blockchain, it costs STEEM tokens. When you create an account through steemit.com, Steemit Inc. is supplying the tokens to pay the account creation fee. In order to prevent users from abusing the paid-for signup and creating multiple accounts, we need to be able to verify that each user is only signing up for one account.
Steemit FAQ

These account creation tools are used at the user's risk. You will need to release information like Active key. The active key can be used to transfer money out of your account. This is an important key and if released to the wrong or untrustworthy website, your account (the account of the person trying to create the new account) may be at risk.

This particular account creation tool was created by @almost-digital

Account Creation Requirement

For anyone who is on Steemit would have known of the challenges involved in creating an account on Steemit. In the default way of creating a new account, you will need to provide your email address and phone number. For both legitimate and illegitimate reasons, some people want to run multiple accounts, some want to create an account for a family member or friend etc.
Many people prefer not to reveal personal information on social media. They fear it could be used against them in the future just as we saw in the 2016 US election where user data was used without their permission.

Even on the profile of Steemit accounts, you could see a pattern of people revealing less information about themselves.

Account Creation Waiting Time

Normally, Some accounts are approved faster than others. Most accounts are approved within 24 hours. Some may take a week or two to review. When I wanted to join Steemit, I had to go through the waiting time process involved in creating new accounts. The first account I tried to create didn't come through; I waited and waited, and when I was tired I had to initiate another process of creating another account. The account finally came through after about one week. I didn't have anyone to guide or create

If your account has not been approved after more than two weeks, you can ask for help in the #help channel on steem.chat. I never sought for help when my first account was not created, I thought it to be stressful

Benefit of @almost-digital Account Creation Tool

• It takes only a few minutes. There are only about three spaces on the form to fill, the remaining two you generate or use copy and paste.

• You don't have to reveal your phone number or email. This is a plus for those with privacy concerns. Also, we might not have enough spare numbers or emails to match the number of accounts we want.

• It is cheap. It cost only 6 steem which has a current market value of about $1.8

• It is free opensource and can be implemented locally.

Resources

https://account.steem.vc/
https://steemprojects.com/projects/p/steem-account-creator/

Series Backlinks

In this series, I would be reviewing opensource account creation tools on Steemit. This is the first part