RE: Steem post promotion: Past, present, and future

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RE: Steem post promotion: Past, present, and future

the-gorilla (75)in #steem • 3 years ago

It's been interesting watching the activity over the past few days - snice sc01's comment. There are already over 300 posts that have @null set as a 25% beneficiary but almost no posts that have "promoted" their posts via some SBD burning.

What this says to me is that people are using the #burnsteem25 hashtag solely to get the attention of sc01, knowing that if the vote doesn't come, they've not "sacrificed" anything.

I continue to watch with interest 👀

3 years ago in #steem by the-gorilla (75)

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remlaps (75) 3 years ago (edited)

What this says to me is that people are using the #burnsteem25 hashtag solely to get the attention of sc01, knowing that if the vote doesn't come, they've not "sacrificed" anything.

I agree. The "out of wallet" requirement seems to be a big barrier to entry.

Any idea where to find documentation on how to write a browser plugin? I'd like to have something that highlights posts in my feed if they have a null beneficiary set or if they have a non-zero promotion cost...

I can't imagine that it would be very hard, but I have no idea where to start.

Update:

I figured out how to create a browser extension and use it to find the beneficiary and Promotion Cost strings. Now I just need to figure how to do something useful with it.

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the-gorilla (75) 3 years ago (edited)

Ah, I was about to reply and just saw your update.

If it's any help, I've got a webpage hosted that shows all of the active authors/posts which have beneficiaries set, what percentage and the pending payout. I don't want to share it publicly but if you have Discord, I can share it with you there - the-gorilla#4289

Now I just need to figure how to do something useful with it.

It sounds like you're half way there. You should be able to navigate the DOM from one of those strings and implement some inline styles - you might not even need to do any DOM hopping and just replace the string that you've found with the exact same string + some inline styling.

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remlaps (75) 3 years ago

I wanted to work on this plugin so I can make "promoted" posts stand out visually in other feeds besides /promoted and #burnsteem25. It's interesting that it has the opposite effect in #burnsteem25, too. It's easy to tell if someone forgot the beneficiary setting.