SteemWorld ~ Weekly Support ~ #16
[EN]
This post is intended to cover the server costs for SteemWorld.org and to enable me to continue my development in the future.
In case you missed the first part:
SteemWorld ~ Weekly Support ~ #1
[DE]
Dieser Post ist dafür gedacht die Serverkosten für SteemWorld.org zu decken und mir in Zukunft weitere Entwicklungen zu ermöglichen.
Falls du den ersten Teil verpasst haben solltest:
SteemWorld ~ Weekly Support ~ #1
Updates
Transfer to / Withdraw from Savings
In the Balances tab it is now possible to transfer STEEM/SBD from our Account Balance to the Savings Balance and (vice versa) to withdraw available savings back to our account:
By moving liquid STEEM/SBD to the Savings Balance the saved assets can only be accessed by withdrawing them from there and waiting until the withdrawal period (3 days) is over. This makes the liquid assets a bit more secure, because (in case of a hack) they can't be immediately transferred to an exchange. Same as for the Powerdown I will add a page warning at the top, so that we get informed when a withdrawal request has been started for our account.
Transfer to Savings
Withdraw from Savings
In case we own STEEM and SBD there will at first pop up a dialog like this:
Number of received replies
We now have the count for replies in the Stats section:
Thanks to @meins0815 for the reminder ;)
While parsing the blocks my server counts the number of replies we received for our posts and comments. You may wonder why the count is not the same as it is being reported from @steemitboard and the answer is that I don't count answers to other peoples comments in your posts. I like it better this way, because it's a bit more accurate.
Table of running SBD conversions now sortable
Thanks to @tcpolymath for the idea ;)
In the making
- Finding/Building a trustable open source solution (maybe Keychain) for using private keys on SteemWorld
- Web service for loading the data in a more efficient way and to enable me to add many cool new features in future
- Different views / no limit in the posts overview
- Details for coming rewards (number of posts/comments, maybe a pie chart)
- Improved coming curation rewards overview
- RC costs calculation
Links
EN | What is SteemWorld?
-> Welcome to SteemWorld.org!
DE | Was ist SteemWorld?
-> Willkommen auf SteemWorld.org!
Thank you for supporting my work!
Positive thoughts create a positive world. It all begins with connecting our thoughts with emotions. What we focus on is what becomes powerful. We are the creators of our world.
Much love,
I use Steemworld every day, so i like to support you 👌
I couldn't steem on without you buddy :) Thanks again for all you do here!
Steemworld is a very useful app and if you could tell us all how much it costs to run your current and future servers then maybe we could find a way to support it without using the rewards pool as at present.
You mentioned that it cost $93 dollars a month to run your older server setup.
If we knew exactly what the costs were (your work included) we could set up a fund so that you would not have to rely on the present inefficient and low value steem upvote method.
I always upvote 100% on your posts. At least the ones that I see in my feed.
I don't use autovoters anymore so it's a bit difficult to keep track.
Upvoted for visibility and for anyone that wants to join me in creating a support fund.
That's only for one server, but I'm running also a second one for SteemWorld.
That's difficult to say, but I think I currently need ~ 500 USD a month. Of course, that's still way below the payout I earned before quitting my job, but I would be able to live at least. With the current market prices it's really hard to survive for much longer, but I'm doing my best. STEEM at 3.00 USD was great, at 0.80 USD it was getting dangerous, but now it's deadly.
I don't think a fund would be a solution that I would prefer, because it makes me depend on other people filling the fund. With votes it's a bit easier I guess.
With the current low price of steem. You are going to run into problems if you rely on upvotes.
Have you considered a subscription model?
How many hits does steemworld get per day/week/month?
I use it daily as I'm sure many other people do.
You could charge as little as a dollar a month per account using the service if you have the volume.
I'm pretty sure people would support steemworld as a service.
I would definitely support the services you provide.
It's about the best app around for such an overview of the steem blockchain for non technical users.
Yes, that would be a possible solution, but I'm not sure if the people would still use SteemWorld when it would cost something. Especially minnows would not like it, because they would earn even less than before.
I've currently no counter on my servers, but SimilarWeb shows 330K visits for November. In July there were about 660K.
I'm thinking about building kind of a promotion service for posts. People could make bids for being promoted for one day (or longer) and the highest bid wins. The winner would pay the bid amount and SteemWorld would then display a link with title and picture of the promoted post on the starting screen of SteemWorld for the agreed time period.
With currently ~ 11K views per day their posts would get much more attention and votes I guess. Maybe that's the solution...
I like that "promotion" idea.
I've been on steem for almost a year now. As a new user I wouldn't have paid for any kind of subscription to SteemWorld but as a steemian I might now because
I have SteemWorld open in a tab 100% of the time when I'm on steemit.
I have you on an auto vote so I can support you without missing anything.
If you do decide to go with a paid subscription, I recommend giving free month or two to new users. once they see what SteemWorld is all about they wont want to steem without it.
As per my other comment about newbies, I agree with you, they cannot afford it and it takes most of them more than 3 months to become independent.
The idea of promoting a post by bid...I like it, but maybe it should stay on your front page for 2 days, then, have a button we can click to see the last three posts you promoted (makes them feel you gave them extra value).
Those who want to show appreciation for all you offer us should then reward those bidders by upvoting and/or commenting on their post.
From what you say, you basically need to have at least $20 per day. Set the min bid for 10STEEM - to win the bid, we'll have to bid higher.
At the worst, it should seriously reduce your reliance on voting only.
Feliz de apoyar a @steemchiller en el mantenimiento y desarrollo de esta fenomenal herramienta que nos brinda un excelente soporte e información de actividades a los usuarios activos de Steemit, abrazos fraternos!!
Thank you very much for such detailed and meticulous work by you and your team. These never cease to amaze me how human brains could think and devise solutions to all practical problems! The world would be much happier if those politicians are as dedicated as you in trying to improve our well being!
Hope for the best and wishing all those in distressed to get some healing soon!
Cheers.
Lieber Chiller,
eventuell hast du es vergessen:
Du könntest den Hinweis und den Link zu diesem Support-Post noch während des Startvorgangs deiner SteemWorld anzeigen lassen (so, wie bei deinen vorherigen Support-Posts).
Lieben Gruß, @double-u
If I like something in your writings... I am indeed loving your original ideas to support steemit community by your great website...
Another thing.... when you have stopped drugs...and made that post.... Really you are doing a very nice strong great thing to your life and your family and friends whom are supporting you....
By the way.... Resteemed with great respect and love....
Big respect for your amazing work.
A huge Thank you.
Resteemed :-)
Don't know if somebody did it before but I had to.