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RE: For the 50th Time, I'm gaining even more Faith in Steemit...
Question for ya. It doesn’t seem like this is possible...at least not currently. But will there ever be a way for a community to be a completely closed group meaning what is posted there stays just there? Reason I ask is there is a Comics group I’m a part of that was on Facebook but now left for Patreon as the founder thought there was no better place. It’s a speculation group meaning they don’t want their info getting out. Just staying between members. Guessing that’s not possible here as everything is transparent on the chain?
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That's not possible right now. Everything on the Steem Blockchain is transparent. I understand the need though, but I reckon there are already plenty of centralized options for that.
Is that true that everything is transparent? That is an actual question by the way. I know memos can be encrypted by adding # in front of it so only the recipient can interpret it.
Could posts and comments be encrypted so only members can decipher the encryption and read the contents of the post? This way people could have private communities but everything gets kept on the chain. For instance, witnesses could have a community but only active witnesses could view the posts. This would help remove reliance on third parties such as discord which fragments the community.
To me this approach would open up a cool new door because it would allow for small groups of friends to form communities. It would essentially allow for Facebook like functionality on the blockchain if I am thinking about it correctly.
You could send PGP messages or some other option like that. But, as a built in solution, no there is not one currently.
I've thought about this a lot as well.
Steem absolutely needs to implement the ability to use the memo key to encrypt anything. Would be quite the godsend.
Absolutely. I think it would be a real game changer for those that want that functionality.
Yeah I figured. I hope it happens eventually in some capacity though. Regardless, I’ll be trying to build a nerd community once live.
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While I get your idea, I would Imagine that would cause a lot of abuse on the steem blockchain when it comes to the reward pool. Since it would basically make them invisible the the outer world. But that's another discussion :-)
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True....Maybe an option where as if it's marked private for just those in the community they forfeit rewards? I dunno...just spitballin here. lol
I just know that we got invited to a private surprise birthday party and if that was done here instead of facebook, the person of honor would see it then. I do like the idea of keeping things within a group.
Another example is I am in a retailer only group on FB and info is put out by the publishers from time to time there just for our eyes only. Things like that. But as @exyle said...there are other options out there for it.
There are other options but I think something could be developed on chain. Possibly a second layer solution.
Its impossible to set a standard value of posts since we all have different opinions about valuable things ✌️
I think steemit lately has grown more mature with the downvote system, with that meaning; bidbots has become without work, and people are running all over for substitutes...
I feel the same as you guys. People need to be more active and manually upvote post.
How would facebook gwt if all autoliked?
We are in exiting times 🤘🤘🤘 steem on my fellows, lets make steem greater.
Peace ✌️
Are you asking if someone could put an encrypted post onto the chain? I dont see why not. The other party would need the decryption code to read.
The question is what system could steem community do to have a decentralized and trustless method for decryption stuff?
I've thought about this a lot as well.
Steem absolutely needs to implement the ability to use the memo key to encrypt anything. Would be quite the godsend.