{"id":11822,"date":"2017-11-03T17:34:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=11822"},"modified":"2019-11-21T08:26:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T19:26:48","slug":"demands-for-a-better-steemit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/frot-design\/demands-for-a-better-steemit\/","title":{"rendered":"DEMANDS FOR A BETTER STEEMIT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MY UNREASONABLE LIST OF DEMANDS FOR A BETTER STEEMIT<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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By<\/strong><\/span> sift666<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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While we are all thinking about changes and updates to Steemit, I’d like to post my Xmas wish list<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Only a week ago the site wasn’t working at all and we couldn’t even vote or comment, so before anyone loops out and says I’m a dangerous lunatic who should be arrested, I’d like to say upfront that I’m happy that the site is working again and these are all just personal opinions.<\/p>\n

THE LOGO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I think the existing logo is great, really memorable and recognisable. To separate the Steemit logo from Steem, a basic change like putting the Steemit logo into an oval or something could make it look a bit different. It could easily be changed to the new turquoise colour and “Steem” changed to “Steemit” (like I just did above)<\/p>\n

The new logo is a bit bland and forgettable, and we could probably design a better one. If it really has to be changed there could be a logo design contest and vote, so at least we all get to see some other options.<\/p>\n

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THE NEW COLOUR<\/strong> (color)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although some people think the new turquoise is too light and doesn’t contrast with the white background enough for links, I think it works OK.<\/p>\n

Turquoise is not a colour I would have chosen myself (I would have picked purple!) but I actually kind of like it, and I like that it gets away from fakebook blue.<\/p>\n

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But I do have other issues I want to bleat about<\/em><\/p>\n

LAYOUT AND WASTED SPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n

That bloody great waste of space on the right hand side, which is not such a big issue on a desktop, but really screws things up on a tablet.<\/p>\n

It needs to be combined into one list – tags and links combined, and it needs to be all on the right hand side so that it is convenient for most people to use.<\/p>\n

For a right handed person (and that is about 85% of the population), having a menu on the left hand side is like putting your shoes on the wrong feet.<\/p>\n

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BACKGROUND COLOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s great that there is now an option to choose between a light or dark theme, but I think there needs to be a middle option.<\/p>\n

I’m into colours and its not often I say this, but I think there needs to be a grey theme (“early morning fog”)<\/p>\n

Grey backgrounds are relaxing and easy on the eye – they make everything else stand out with good contrast. I always use grey for my background colour when I’m using Word or Markdown, and for a lot of my emails.<\/p>\n

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And even more things I’d like to see changed<\/em><\/p>\n

AN INTRODUCE YOURSELF PAGE FOR EACH ACCOUNT<\/strong><\/p>\n

This would be a page where you could post stuff about yourself and update it anytime. There would be a link to it so that people could actually find it and see it.<\/p>\n

The “introduce yourself” tag idea doesn’t work at all. Half the “introduce yourself” posts are fake anyway: https:\/\/steemit.com\/introduceyourself\/@sift666\/i-am-new-to-steamit<\/a> and most people don’t read them because they don’t know the new people or want to read about random newbs.<\/p>\n

As things are, if you do want to learn more about someone, you have to search all their posts in the hope of finding a hopelessly out of date post from when they were starting out. And what a newb posts is very different from what they would post once they know shit from chewed dates.<\/p>\n

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FLAGGING<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to see that bollocks GONE!<\/p>\n

A downvote could carry the average weight of the upvotes on that comment or post.<\/p>\n

Why should a fired up numpty with $800 in their wallet be allowed to censor a comment by some lowlife plankton with only $2.45 in their wallet?<\/p>\n

Flagging is censorship by those who have more money, exactly like in the real world, but Steemit does not have to be the same as the real world!<\/p>\n

I gather from some of the comments on my previous posts on this subject,
\nthat a few people strongly disagree with this opinion (but most of them are not plankton…)<\/p>\n

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IN SUMMARY<\/h1>\n

This is what I’d like to see:<\/em><\/p>\n

KEEP THE OLD LOGO<\/strong><\/p>\n

SWITCH TO THE NEW TURQUOISE COLOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n

PUT ONE COMBINED MENU ON THE RIGHT SIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

TIGHTEN UP ALL THE WASTED SPACE<\/strong><\/p>\n

INCLUDE A GREY BACKGROUND OPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

ADD UPDATABLE AND LINKED INTRODUCE YOURSELF PAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

GET RID OF “FLAGGING” (CENSORSHIP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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