Trying to get inspiration from other social media platforms, here are some proposed features that I would consider improvements for steemit.
on-site chat function
I've been reading a lot of interesting articles from different users and sometimes I wanted to get in touch with them. While some of them may be on steemit.chat, others are not. A simple on-site messaging feature seems common sense.
mentions
Until we get a good notification system, there should at least be a way to alert you when someone mentions your name on the platform (post or comment). Is there such feature that I don't know of?
profile page
Which could contain a couple of posts that can be pinned. These posts could be paid on a daily basis.
profile picture
Would be cool to be able to upload, but I don't think this is a crucial priority.
On another note, I also have a blog and I was wondering if I would violate steemit policies if I copy/paste (import) some of my posts into steemit.
These are a few that have been bugging me lately. Instead of complaining, I'd like to say kudos to the developers for the recent changes with regards to 'feed', 'followers', 'followed' and the reputation system.
If you know of any developers ( @valzav @jesta @roadscape @jcalfee ), please mention or tag them so this becomes more visible. Plus, if you come up with other proposal, please let me know in the comments
Cristi Vlad, Self-Experimenter and Author
Mentions is huge. I want to be able to respond if someone is trying to fyi me
mentions + notifications (top right, hovering over the profile mini-picture)
A profile picture will help a lot for verification
the whole thing about verification deserves its own posts...but I guess we could use FB API to get the profile picture from there...
Great list!
It would be cool if the on-site chat could be connected to steemit.chat avoid fragmentation.
+1 on everything else.
I can imagine something similar to FB chat window
I would say the profile picture is high priority ;)
I could argue that many users do not find it important. But if there's is an option for upload, those who want one can upload one. My pro-argument would be that it creates a better connection between the users if they can relate to an image of a person when interacting to them on the platform.
Great list! It's going to be interesting to see how Steemit changes over the coming months.
"how" and "if" :)
Nice ideas cristi, and towards posting your own content for sure have at it, it belongs to you.
thanks Ray!
Yes! +1 for @-mentions support! You can already link peoples' names automatically, so we should get notifications / be able to visit a tab on the site that shows everywhere we are mentioned.
I personally wouldn't want chat as a built in feature. Too many features on one front end means lots to learn for everyone. There is a benefit to being all-in-one, but it feels like those people who want to use steemitchat can do that now.
Or at least, people could choose whether they want to be PM'd. And really, if we have mention support, and maybe an additional feature where posts can be private except for the people mentioned…
Anyway, room for lots of basic features first!
#steemit-feature