Here is my list of ideas I believe we need to add to Steemit to make it grow!
(Feel free to use any steemit buttons I have created in this post)
A YouTube Share button next to row of all the other social media share buttons user the youtube video box once you hit youtubes share button...Like this
(I just made this image myself in mspaint)
An OFFICIAL steemit mobile app for iOS and android that can do everything the website version of steemit can do INCLUDING acting as a crypto currency wallet for STEEM AND steem dollars and maybe even bitcoin and a button to trade bitcoin for steem/steem dollars and vica versa...a sort of mini exchange inside the official steem app...
It should look like this! Like @SirWinchester 's mock up!
(This pic from @SirWinchester and his Great App proposal !!! https://steemit.com/steemit/@sirwinchester/steemit-ios-app-design-proposal, AMAZING job sir! )
(ALSO I see there has already been a great apple watch app UI design from @sirwinchester great job! Youre killing it!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@sirwinchester/steemit-apple-watch-app-design-proposal
A Steemit chrome plugin to keep steemit always connected and logged in
This chrome extension for steemit would allow people to stay just one button away from steemit and to always be connected...so many things it could do....
And then of course something we also really need to drive traffic and content is a Share Button for blogs etc!
A Steemit share button for news and blogs will help people to share on steemit without having to click "submit story" these buttons create ALOT of traffic for Reddit, Facebook, Tumblr, etc
(I just made this in adobe photoshop(c) just now also!)
With these buttons added to websites we will see an increase in content...we should ask people sharing content like this to not simply share but to write a "Summary" or "Review" of whatever article or video or image they want to share! And explain to new users that we want them to add value and not just share links!
Now I see we DO have an unofficial iOS app its not official and its simple but its a start! Thanks to @good-karma (Feruz Muradov) for making it! Its actually pretty cool and useful! But we need an official one and maybe he can work ion it or maybe he already is we all hope! Just trying to draw more attention to it if that is the case!
But we really need an official steemit android and ios app that comes with a steemit wallet! (I feel like Steemit is my own visualization machine, I write down my ideas with images and they come true!)
there is an iOS STEEM cryptocurrency wallet but we need wallet and steemit app to be packaged together to make it easy for people and incentive using and buying steemit and STEEM and Steem dollars!
Anyway just like @sirwinchester said in his nearly $500 post showing his steemit app idea, "Maybe this can be an inspiration for @Dan , @Ned or any other Developer who'd like to bring these Designs to life in an actual App!" exactly what I am trying to do! I am on your wavelength @SirWinchester !
BONUS: here is a great article from user @artyom about how to add a steemit button to your smartphone homescreen
Please comment with any ideas you fellow Steemiters have for improving Steem especially by incorporating PROVEN social media methods and concepts! (For example just imagine all of the things we still need to incorporate into Steem that Reddit has been doing for a long time...I dont recommended we do a whole Steemit Gold system that would defeat the purpose of steemits decentralized egalitarian ideal...but there are plenty of things like becoming moderator of your own "substeemit" by being the first to create/register it...or what about a Steemit Enhancement Suite that will allow us to have all those useful addons that RES does like giving us a never ending steemit page that constantly adds/refreshes more content at the bottom of a page so you can keep scrolling forever on the same page! or the option to go into "night mode" to save power by replacing the white background with darker black backgrounds!
Also just made this in adobe photoshop(c)
There are so many more things that Reddit Enhancement Suite does that we can borrow and use for Steemit Enhancement Suite but instead of making it a chrome extension we can just make the Steemit Enhancement Suite a part of the regular steemit so EVERYONE can have these options! If you have never heard of Reddit Enhancement Suite check it out and see all the features we should borrow from it to add into REGULAR steemit so that everyone can benefit from all the options that are apart of the "enhancement" and pre program it into regular steemit so no chrome extension will be needed! THIS is a great way to beat reddit at the "features" game..many people DONT use or know about RES enhancements that are possible with the chrome extension so we should just add them into Steemit for everyone to experience! This will make new users very excited to see all of the amazing things STEEMIT will be able to do that Reddit cant (without the enhancement suite!)
With all these powers combined! We CAN beat Reddit!
This @Coindesk image is seriously so true and relevant for me! I am close to being a serious Redditor Expatriot who seriously left because of the censorship! (I will still use reddit to promote my steemit articles but i am now posting content ONLY on steemit! Steemit exclusives! because censorship IS a big problem on reddit! And it will never be as free as the blockchain decentralized steemit! "archiving posts" and even deleting of accounts etc, deleting of whole SUBreddits is a SERIOUS problem on reddit and its just terrible!! Whether its the censoring of people on the left or right, it doesnt matter, noones free speech should be taken away and this is why i love steemit...
i sincerely hope that short of deleting serious death threats or straight up porn, Steemit maintains its open and free doctrine and doesnt censor ANYONE for their beliefs or views or thoughts etc! And if there is nasty stuff or mean spirited hate stuff it can simply be downvoted into obscurity, a proven method on Vote based social media sites like reddit ...WHICH by the way were outlined and patented by IBM in the 80s ...but back to the present...I am very happy for Steemit because I was going to try migrating to Voat but I used it once and never again...while Steemit is just getting more and more exciting...I see people with simple small short articles but with great confidence and positivity and they end up getting over $400! like @craig-grant with his video of himself just being confident and excited about buying Dash! and i saw some articles have earned their creators over $1000!
From steemit user @Condra lol nice one