🎁🎈 The New Front-End Reveal Of Yesterday Is Just The Beginning...More to Come During SteemFest 2? 🎈🎁
Hello Steemians,
I was "live" when the color scheme, logo and night mode was revealed yesterday. Some people where really excited and some didn't like the change of logo and color scheme...but unanimously, everybody enjoyed the night mode!
Whether or not you like the new branding, it's function was essential to make it clear that Steemit.com is NOT the same as the STEEM blockchain and cryptocturrency. This will make all marketers and promoters job easier.
So is that it? Was it "the big surprise" that Steemit Inc. had for us to celebrate SteemFest 2?
As we saying goes in marketing:
But why would they not release everything in one swoop?
It's just basic psychology. People won't be able to fully appreciate all the little changes if they are bunched together with hundreds of other little and big changes.
So what they do is drip drip drip 😁
To top it off, if you want to get people REAL excited, you push those new updates right in the middle of a live event.
What Other New Announcement Should We Expect During SteemFest?
This release was just the appetizer in my opinion. Let me put a caveat on this:
This is speculation on my part...even though it's an "informed speculation" it is still speculation.
Upcoming Update #1 : The Mobile App
The mobile app has been in the work for months and was scheduled to be released in 2017. I would not be surprised now since the new branding is out. This will come as a boon for sure.
Upcoming Update #2 : Hivemind Protocol aka Communities
The update we had a few days ago was just there to make the way to what's coming.
You see that nice blank space on the right? Yeah...that's not a mistake. It's a placeholder for a complete new array of feature that will bring in the ability for people to have the equivalent of sub-reddits on steemit.com.
I have been longing for this update for so long and spied the github of the hivemind protocol in anticipation for this.
Upcoming Update #3 : SMT TestNet
This is very speculative but smart media tokens has made quite the impression in the world of media. When the whitepaper was released, people wanted it to be developed already.
The SMT TestNet would be a boon to all the devs that are already present at the event...they might even have access to it during the hackathon? Who knows!?
Upcoming Update #4 : What Else In Your Opinion?
This is where I leave it up to you to speculate on the upcoming updates coming up during SteemFest.
I'm hoping to hear something - anything - about the previously proposed HF 20 "velocity" changes (https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/proposing-hardfork-0-20-0-velocity)
I would think they will need to reduce the cost and effort involved in account creation before or along with communities / SMTs but haven't really heard anything at all about this since the initial proposal 4 months ago.
Either way, looking forward to seeing what else comes out over the next few days. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!
That is very true. But I think they keep that discussion a little more between them and the witness until they've reached consensus...to then make the announcement. (we had contention last year for not following that protocol)
Interesting I didn't know about that - I'd be interested to know what the contention was last year if you're up for sharing.
they developed the hardfork before presenting it to the witnesses. The witnesses rejected it and the process went public for months. They've wasted all that energy. So now they decided to debate the details on the backend before presenting the schedule for the hardfork to the public.
That definitely sounds like an issue! Well I think the community/hivemind changes will require a HF right? If that's so then maybe some "velocity" changes will be included if they announce anything.
Hivemind, I believe, is off consensus. :-)
Yes, you're right, sorry...hard to keep all of this straight!
Thank you for your shamelessly advertising my blog by putting up a picture where erverybody can see, that you follow me and upvoted my latest post :D:D:D You are awesome. Of course I have to resteem this.
Those are some GREAT informed speculations! I hope all of it comes true 🔥🔥🔥
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I was hoping the space to the right would be for Steemit site chat like Facebook had back in the day where the chat bar was in the lower left hand corner. I think in website chat is key for quick response to help people recruit and make decisions in growing communities.
Good point. Maybe they will get rid of tag navigation on the left to switch to communities and have chat on the right. That would be epic!
Yeah, that chat box would be great.
nice post my friend, well i think they might also implement that who is online and who is offline feature into steemit because we can see a nice greenish line is drawn alongside our posts and there is alot of empty space available next to it, so we might see our followers in that space.
That's a good guess...or maybe which community this user is a part of?
yes i agree with your point.
The update was so cool. And the loading time are now fast! Good job
wow, just WOW! We will go mainstream soon!
Keep showing people improvements, plans, upgrades and progress... that is what we've been thirsting for lately. Hopefully Steemfest 2 is the kick-off to new and better reporting, weekly and monthly updates... decentralization is great but let's not be collectively in our own somewhat obscure corners. Peace
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Six days ago. I wrote my post. November 1 will also be steemite te innovations. Nobody took it. :(
November 1st Be come World Steem Day. I offer this.
Interessing post and narrative. Thank you for sharing!
I am thinking of a local community already!