STEEMIT HARDFORK 17 PROPOSALS FOR REGULAR PEOPLE
As part of my Operation Newbies initiative, I present another infographic made for REGULAR PEOPLE that explains most of the proposals that have been announced with Hardfork 17:
As I was doing research on the Hardfork 17 change proposals, I got confused whether these changes had already been decided on, or were going to seek community feedback before going into effect. It appears that the changes are still up for discussion so this infographic should be viewed as proposals, I believe. To be honest, it's confusing whether these changes are going to in fact occur, or are going to be discussed and potentially not going to occur. Any information about this would be beneficial.
please note: not every Hardfork 17 proposal change is represented in infographic. To be honest, the removal of rate limiting bandwith from the core consensus change I couldn't grasp. What does this actually mean?
As the infographic reminds you, it pays to engage with others.
My best advice to you as far as the upcoming changes are concerned is that by regularly engaging with other people's posts, your chances of being rewarded will go up. And by engaging, I mean providing useful/fun/informative/interesting comments, not "Good job bro". Comments are one of the main reasons Reddit became so valuable. The same is true for many other networks.
We can argue all day whether rewarding comments is good or bad in the long-term, but there's no better way to understand how this all will work than by experimenting with it.
If you want to read the official Steemitblog Hardfork 17 proposals go here:
https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steem-0-17-change-proposal-introduction
Drink your Kool-Aid kids.
If I will see a policeman like this in real life it will make my day!
ha ha!!! Nice one.
Hi @stellabelle - here is my review of what is included in the HF based on what is documented in GitHub:
https://steemit.com/hardfork/@timcliff/latest-info-on-hf-17-from-github-date-tentatively-set-to-tue-7-march-2017-16-00-00-utc-11-00-00-est
yes thanks for linking that. I had read it before, but couldn't recall who wrote it. Thanks.
A great illustration of how to explain something. We must remember that developers and users are vastly different. We just want the basic details. Great way to show how this can be done easily and friendly to boot!
thanks for stopping by and having a look. I think I'll continue this series for new developments so people can understand what's going on via pictures.
Thanks for looking out for us newbies!
It's encouraging that the platform is constantly being tweaked and improved while I'm getting my feet wet.
I like your "regular people series". There should be much more things in the world explained like that :)
Resteemed
I wish i knew if these are already decided on or still up for debate.....
Earlier I thought they had been decided on, as I think some are like the removal of 6 comment nest limit, and the removal of the number of posts we can write each day. The rest of them I'm not sure about..
Thanks for this posting
And I had NO idea there was a limit to the number of posts or comments.
you enlighten me repeatedly, again thanks.
There's a nesting limit of 6 comments, so that means if there are 6 comments and you try to comment on it, you can't. You have to start a new comment thread.
Also, if you post more than 4 times per day on Steemit, your rewards will go be dimished. This was done to prevent spammers/plagiarists from gaining rewards.
wow, I posted more than that a few times. Always things I thought was deserving of being noticed, and I try to stay away from the highly polarized left vs right stuff. I'm quite a centrist myself.
I wish I had known about the limits.
thx again
The blog post made by @steemitblog was a proposal, but I think that features like the payout after 7 days and unlimited comments will be implemented anyways since the community responded very positively on them. Others were more likely discussed (the unlimited editing for instance). We'll see which of them will be really developed in the end ;)
I'm looking forward to the 7-day payout period. I think it will increase interaction a lot. Right now, there's so much emphasis on finding posts within the 24 hours and the older posts just flow away like water in the river. Why even look at yesterday's posts, lol. It will be a lot more interesting when we can weave together interconnected posts over a week. We can go deep into different topics.
I sure hope getting rid of the 4-post rules doesn't lead to lots of junk posts. Human nature being what it is, my bet is that post limits will need to be restored pretty quick -- unless we get communities at the same time. Otherwise, there will be a firehose of content. It's hard enough keeping up now, lol.
I'm looking forward to editing past posts, too. That will allow us to link our content better. So readers will be more likely to look at several posts covering interconnected content.
Exciting times! The open experimentation and adaptation of Steemit is one thing I really like about it. And the people! : )
This comment was so helpful I had to UPvote it!!!!
Glad it helped! : )
Thanks for the infographic resume. It would make easier to read the document, if I can find it ...
Straight to the point with no faffing about Thank you :)
Is it just me that's slow, or what do you mean with "Main Takeaway:" and then putting an image with people and stating "It pays to engage with other people on steemit".
I read that as its going away and it will no longer be rewarded to engage with other people on steemit.
Great work with the whole simplification of things :)
take·a·way
ˈtākəˌwā/
noun
a key fact, point, or idea to be remembered, typically one emerging from a discussion or meeting.
"the main takeaway for me is that we need to continue to communicate all the things we're doing for our customers" -Google
This is what I read too. Great question.
what word should I replace it with?
Not to be disrespectful, but "take away" can be construed both ways. I was confused as to which meaning you were trying to get across. Perhaps "in a nutshell" or "the moral of the story," or "we are getting." I don't know. "Take away" is essentially correct, but the words can have two meanings.
I love your posts, by the way!
i changed it now.
The only error is that takeaway is all one word.
I learned something new today, as a user not primary to the English language. Thank you all for the examples and explanations'. I did not know about that word in that context.
there is another hardfork coming? what is 'unofficial'? does that mean these are suggestions?
unofficial means that I don't work for Steemit, Inc. and I was not commissioned to do this. However, you can read the official steemitblog information on the upcoming Hardfork here: https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steem-0-17-change-proposal-introduction
From everything I've read, it appears that these are still in the proposals phase and not decided upon, but to be honest, I cannot really tell for sure. I'm going to change one thing on the infographic...
yes thank you i had missed that one! thanks for explaining it more and bringing it to my attention, cheers!
no problem! That's what simple infographics are made for. Easily understood in less than a minute.