There was an interesting post yesterday about a new DApp that was just introduced. This one is, it appears, an upgrade over what was already here.
Memes are a lot of fun while having a huge following. For a while, they were really big on the Steem blockchain. Due to a variety of factors, they seemed to die down.
Now there is an application looking to resurrect this.
Memestagram is the latest app announced on the Steem blockchain and it is focusing upon those Steemians who love Memes. These quick pics with interesting sayings are littered all over the internet. The intention is to have them back on the Steem blockchain.
There is a twist though. This team has some interesting ideas of how to reward content creators in addition to adding in some fun.
Unlike most other applications which reward with standardized upvotes, Memestagram has a lottery system which will determine the amount of upvote one gets. It can be one of 33%, 66%, 77%, or 99%. Whatever is rolled is what is given.
This is given once a day meaning that, as the account gets bigger, the upvote could be fairly significant.
Which brings up another part of their plan. They look at this as the ability to give those interested in Memes a sort of basic income via upvotes. This is in line with the upvote economy where the money comes from upvotes which funds people. It is fairly easy to see how a significant upvote each day for those Steemians who are into Memes can really make a difference.
The Interface is fairly straight forward. People can vote, comment, and find people with similar interests. There is, however, a bit of a twist on the voting.
As it is easy to guess, a heart signifies like, and a poop signifies a dislike for the author’s exquisite sense of humor, although it does not correlate with your SP or affect the post’s payout. Although we have some plans for those who get a big pile of them, but we’ll talk about that later.
Down votes on there do not affect payouts, at least directly. They obviously have something planned so we will have to wait and see what comes out in future updates.
The other interesting aspect to this application it has a full-blown STEEM wallet. It is not simply an interface that allows one to read what is going on with the blockchains.
Some of the things that can be done:
-Send STEEM
-Power up or down your STEEM
-Move STEEM/SBD to and from savings
-Delegate/undelegate your SP
-Claim your post rewards
They were even nice enough to include a conversion charge.
Check out their full post.
Here we see another development team pop up and bring an application online. Personally, I had not heard anything about this until I saw the post. It is an interesting idea. I know the Memes were popular when they were on here before although they did create some problems.
I am certainly interested in how they handle the downvoting and monitoring of things. If rewards are not affected, what will alter or deter behavior. They obviously have something in mind which I look forward to reading about.
Judging by the timing, I would not be surprised if an announcement followed about them creating a SMT around this project too.
It will only make sense.
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Good to know. Not sure how they're planning to run quality control if the upvotes are randomised.
Guess we'll see :)
even the best memes, though I love 'em, aren't exactly the most high quality content anyways.
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Memestagram- They Couldn't get a better name? :/ I mean Dmania was awesome, this is too long, not catchy.
My 2 cents
Agreed.
exactly
what a funny long name
Congrats, someone thinks that your post was good enough to be deserving of a vote. Enjoy it.
Terrible name! Im not even interested to go see something that is called this lol, good luck though ofcourse!
You don't see it as a break into mainstream platforms? if the -gram hooks & grows what's the problem?
memegram would be easier on the tongue :) or memstagram?!
four syllables in an 11 letter word is just too much, or?
I'm not saying I am a marketing somebody, but mem-e-sta-gram is quite hard to say!
All written in postive vibes here :) edit: Also dont Usa and Uk say meme differently? I'm not a user of tech really but here in Norway people call it differently lol
Do they have their own token? it seems that no
I have not seen an announcement at this point about that., not so far anyway.
More DApps demonstrating the flexibility and potential of what can be built in this ecosystem! The boundaries continue to be pushed forward which is great for the value being created!
Sounds fun for meme-ers. I totally love them, but totally can't be bothered making them... the dapp sounds fun though...
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I like this project a lot. I have found a nice outlet for original cartoon/comic memes 'and actually get some crypto for it." Can not express this enough how great this is. The built in wallet is super sweet part you'll appreciate also. I think it has great potential to catch those oblivious to blockchain already. I'm fully behind this project as they also have more on the horizon.
Ok, admittedly my first impression brings hope that future apps will aim for higher ground.
.. and will be mindful of what they attract and how that can influence the greater community in the future.
But there is a more optimistic take on it-
An active target audience- Identified, and all things considered, there is reason to believe that it will be a profitable way to leverage a popular brand while providing a venue for people to spend their disposable time and attention.