In response to our first growth-idea proposal. We have now moved into the growth-proposal phase after receiving a 100 % approval to move forward to the growth-proposal phase you can see the results here. We are proud to move on into the 2nd phase!
Summary:
The idea is to create a censor resistant decentralized micro-blogging application that sits on top of the Steem Blockchain. This will allow people to quickly give updates to their life and get some value back in doing so. With the Attention Economy fresh upon us, and we are all striving to achieve a new way to bring to the masses ,but we also wanted to usher in the Activity Economy. One is not exclusive to the other ,but can handshake with each other.
Problem:
Short form micro-blogging is still a necessary format in the SteemIt ecosystem. We have the long-tail with the main SteemIt platform , but short-form is under served and the platform in it’s current form doesn’t accommodate this need well.
Solution:
Nate Brune ( @picokernel ) had envisioned a version of Twitter on SteemIt originally called Squeak. We’ve decided to expand on this vision with some better functions and features. As mentioned above, we believe in a new model (or, an additional model ) we call the Activity Economy. You cannot have an Attention Economy without the activity. We hope by providing the necessary activity, this will create the necessary network effect of value to the SteemIt eco-system as a whole. We’ll be writing more about the Activity Economy very soon.
Desired Outcome:
Proposed Development Schedule : (9 weeks )- IOS: 480 hrs
- ANDROID: 480 hrs
- Website: 480 hrs
- API: 210 hrs
- ADMIN : 180 hrs
- Mockup Designing & UI Freezing: 50 hrs
Reminder, we’ll be doing a complete re-branding overhaul of this project from From Squeak to Zappl. There will be other additional changes done which can be found below.
On launch features
- Profile Feed / Main-Page Follower feed
- Followers page
- Following page
- Categories
- Steemconnect.com login
- Normal login
- Wallet page
- Great user ui/ux
- Promoted system
- Embedding twitch, youtube and other forms of media
After launch features and goals.
- Emoji support?
- Multi lang support
- Multi lang special characters support
- Image uploading
- Private messaging system (Likely Rsa AES p2p encrypted messaging.)
- Poll system
- Tipping system
- Internal market ?
- Blocktrades integration ?
Cost:
$32,000 SBD
To start contributing to the Zappl project transfer SBD/Steem to the @Zappl account.
Early adopters who contribute will get special access to our Zapsters room at our Zappl discord channel. Let us know of the ID you used to contribue to the project and we’ll unlock the room. You’ll be able to get first access to the latest and greatest updates of Zappl and have direct access to the development team and influence decision making. Imagine having access to Jack Dorsey, or Evan Williams of Twitter early on! SO what are you waiting for become a contributor and let’s change the world with Zappl!
In Other News:
As mentioned above we have our Discord Channel so feel free to drop in and say hi! We love our SteemIt community. Want to get involved in Zappl ? Let us know what kind of role you want to play. Thanks for ALL the support!
The Zappl Team
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