Hey Steemians. I need some input..
It has been brought to my attention that the Steem community could benefit from some programming tutorials. Things along the line of:
- using steemd to sign and broadcast a transaction
- using radiator to make automated bots in Ruby
- modifying the SteemIt interface to add features
- using steemapi-js to create bots in JS or node
I will be releasing guides with screencasts for each of these topics. But what I would like from the community is some input and suggestions on what you would like to see.
Where should I post the tutorials? Steem blogs? YouTube videos? Somewhere else?
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@netuoso - How about a cartoonish video or instructional on (1-2) of the most important pieces to the basic STEEMIT Ecosystem - geared toward brand new minnows.. I have to be honest here - I feel like I'm a tad more moderately Tech Savy compared to most people in the world - average people. I run a website I designed, have learned how to market and increase website visits and conversions to my site -
However... However - After a few weeks on Steemit - I've made a shit-ton of mistakes probably by simply not grasping and truly learning the basic components such of Steem Power, Witness Voting, Upvotes, Resteeming - (at first I resteemed every post I genuinely liked and had no idea my voting power was at like 15% and probably 0% at one point - lol), The Whale to Minnow hierarchy, and maybe end with some Tricks on STEEMIT - to allow each new member to not stumble at first and get discouraged - as I have often felt..
I believe in continual dev upgrades to the platform as it grows to adapt to what it becomes - just as FB, Twitter, Insta, etc all have had to do -
However - exactly what has made every social platform over time become a Major Platform - simply was to start with a basic, super easy to understand, user friendly navigation system that a 4 year old to a 70 year old could comprehend after only a few hours exploring.
About two weeks and I still feel I'm scratching the surface of truly understanding how the model works..
I understand the user financial reward system within STEEMIT inherently makes STEEMIT more complex. But maybe that should be the focus by the many amazing people on here donating time and hard work - instead of creating more features to only intimidate the first day STEEMIT stumble upon finder that signs up.
My apologies for the long comment - just ask and I'll delete or shorten it severely - I stand to make no personal gain from it and do not want to lessen the purpose of your generous post at all. (Edited for typos)
Please don't delete! This is a great comment and exactly the type of input I was hoping to come across.
So I'm not a designer or an animator, but I could easily write out the scenes and the information to have someone else animate it. Or... I could pick that up myself too.
I agree that the amount of time and research necessary to truly understand Steem is a hard barrier of entry for the average user.
I really like this idea. Maybe I will find some time to play with it
@netuoso - Thank you for writing that - I know that it was sincere and honest - I can feel it - And I appreciate that. The delivery (animation, slides, whatever) wouldn't need to be too fancy - I was just envisioning, writing, realizing, all at once - then after reflecting on my own personal first experiences on other major platforms - the $$ effect light bulb came on and made me realize - STEEMIT is an entirely new breeed of social media - and how delicate it actually is - especially since it's been "live" for a decent amount of time..
There surely is much discussion amongst the social media giants to try to reel back in its user base and likely try to mimic the personal-content-reward-theory that has and will appeal to anyone who finds STEEMIT - Write content to share among friends/strangers with no financial compensation or Write content to share among friends/like-minded people/strangers with an definite financial compensation - even it's only pennies..
I will certainly keep the first comment up since you appreciated my thoughts/ideas - skimming it tho I'll edit the typos - just because the spell-check feature hasn't been adopted yet 100% - :) Much Thanks and I appreciate your dedication to helping STEEMIT become the first Social Media Platform that changed social media forever
Yes, absolutely. I would echo @krytonika. While I've read the white paper and followed the obvious Steemians, the complexity, nuances and pitfalls that a new Steemer could face, unwittingly, might hamper the growth of the eco-system or decrease the quality of the content to a point where there is there is little value. That's along the general use case.
On the other side -programming/code:
Another topic
As for where... Youtube works, you can then embed them in an article transcript. I think that if you leverage the Steemit eco-system and then encourage us to resteem and share on our other social media to bring more into the steemit eoc-system.
I'm in the same boat as @krytonika, just in a week. Learning, learning and more learning and trying to contribute.
@jasonbu - Glad to know I'm not alone - The more that people like us speak up / and get lucky enough to be heard.. (much thanks again to @netuoso for this post - otherwise let's be real - A post authored with the same exact words, and even fancy images, videos etc attached - likely would be seen by a small handful of users and read by even less.. So @jasonbu - my advice to you is for now - in order to be heard in terms of needing to better understand STEEMIT - the only way is to comment on a Whale or well followed user and cross your fingers -
I have faith that this issue will be resolved - but in the meantime - that is the reality..
Once I truly can comprehend and understand all facets of STEEMIT - I assure you my mission will be to become a strong voice of the changing issues that new users are facing - Afterall - STEEMIT is only as strong as its weakest links - without growth of new users - Whales will eventually be swimming with only Whales and like Dinosaurs - STEEMIT may face inevitable extinction. Can I get an Amen? Lol - I BELIEVE IN STEEMIT - And all successful social media platforms need an ongoing "food chain" for lack of a better word..
@krytonika You explained perfectly, exactly what I think and how I feel about Steemit. Like you, I come from a tech-savvie background; but it's a big learning curve here and anything that simplifies it, will make it more appealing to new members.
@andyturner Thank you for saying that and speaking up about the most critical fundamental properties needed for STEEMIT's Sucess.. Likr I had said in one comment - the almighty dollar - being paid to the users is the lure to many new users - however - too much money being paid to the 1%ers ($300-500) a post for many Whales regardless of what is written - may be a cause of STEEMIT demise -
My 6 year old nephew can see that the system is flawed - just like the old adage - "The Rich get Richer" Gratefully many Whales give a lot of money back to the pond - however I'd love to see some factual stats on what percentage give back to the minnows and what percentage of their "income" - which can simply be created simply by owning large amounts of BTC, STEEM or Cash - My worry is that when word gets out that someone can invest $10k in STEEM - then post 3x a day and rack up $1,000 a day income in a month
Very good idea
@bless - Thank you for saying that - even the brief positivity to a comment - for me at least - makes me feel like my voice really is being heard - and I don't need 10k followers to be reassured - I have maybe 125 and of 125 maybe 15 that have followed me because of common interests and ideas - Ya Dig?
Thanks for helping the community! I'm interested in learning about automated bots and I personally would prefer a YouTube tutorial. Voted for you as witness. :-)
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Thank you!
i love to read about these on
steemit❤ and acces to examples on 
I am interested on
and already did some hacks and one day i love to implement these in a proper way:
… and more in development
This is a great idea! I think steemit is fab but like many others I'm really not very technology savvy (seriously, I don't even know how to get an app on my phone - perhaps someone could do a tutorial on that - ha ha) so could do with some seriously basic tutorials that presume absolutely no knowledge of cryptocurreny, steemit, computers.....There's a lot of fab information on steemit that lovely people have written to help others but I find it takes me a long time to search through and find several different posts that eventually help me to solve whatever I'm doing. I could probably get more help from discord and chat but even that is so new to me that it's quite daunting to jump in - I worry that I'm going to make etiquette errors just 'cause I'm not used to communicating that way.
I hear ya with the Discord chat - I felt just - out of place after only checking it out for 15 minutes - multiple conversations just streaming by me and not being able to follow any of them lol
I go way back to IRC in the 90s - unfortunately I lived in it and probably lost countless days each year doing er...nothing in particular, lol. Having dipped my toes into Discord for a few minutes too, I know where you're coming from. The answer is probably a different room (channel) where it's more laid back.
It's not just me then. That's good to know :)
Not at all!!
I'm not even sure if I should feel guilty or not for almost hijacking that post - I'm glad I got @netuoso 'a blessing - but I felt the need to respond to everyone who is in the same boat as myself - One good thing about the ledger is that everyone can see I did not write so many words to capitalize off this post - 3 weeks deep my net worth is barely $4 - :)
It's good to have honestly voiced your thoughts. Thank you.
Great job, @netuoso regards
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Hi, more people contributing coding knowledge is good. The best thing to do is write about programming matters/problems that interests you and explore those.
More diversity the better. I read any interesting posts, you never know what new things you will find buried away :)
I think this is a great idea - but to be honest, these topics all seem a bit beyond me.
But maybe when you make the videos I'll find that they're right where I'm at though..
Sorry I can't be more help - but will resteem :-)
That's why I'm probing for the suggestions coming from the community
same here ;)...like I tried to "make"(?) "Lucky Luke" the bot but it needed Linux plus I didn't even understand a thing;;lol u need to start from the basics for super dummies at least am talking about me ;) ...how about creating a tag? just saying..
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Good...
This will be a great idea @netuoso! I will suggest to make all basics of steemit and also a demo on how to buy steem/steempower, how to cash out also, these will surely help all the newcomers with little knowledge on how it works! Many users find it complicated and get discouraged!
Cheers and good luck
@progressivechef
I find it best to listen and follow the example, so online demo would be best I think :)
Is there a steem like/upvote button like the Facebook button? That would be useful. But I guess it has to link to a post on the steemit blockchain...
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Nice project will love to get more knowledge about it
@phunke resteemed and upvoted your post....see you around
Definitely would suggest youtube vids... I personally am a visiual learner. Even in coding classes i had to see it done as i did it before i got it... Just my thought