Are you an adventurous Steemian? If so, discover a new, random post now! No more scrolling through lists and judging posts based on titles, thumbnails, and openings.. Instead, jump right into a random one and give it a chance!
Steemit Random
I have created a bookmarklet that will redirect to you a random post in a certain category, with optional tag. Take a look to see how it works:
Install
To install, create a new bookmarklet in your browser (it helps to have the bookmark toolbar always shown) and enter the following for location:
Please see http://pastebin.com/HCCy762T
Here is an example of how to do it in Google Chrome:
Use
In Google Chrome, just click on the bookmarklet and you will be prompted with what category (and tag) you want, click OK or hit Enter to continue, and the page will then fetch the random post and redirect you there:
In Mozilla Firefox, due to some restrictions, clicking the bookmarklet while on Steemit.com will do nothing. Instead, you must load the bookmarklet in another tab or window. To do this, you can middle-click, control-click, command-click, or right-click and choose Open in a New [...]:
Thoughts..
This is similar to the "Random article" link you see on the left sidebar on a Wikipedia article. Here it is if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random.
Like clicking on Wikipedia's Random article link, you might run into something very exciting for you and learn a new thing or two.
Tools Used
Plugs!
Here are some of my other tools you may have missed..
[Steemit CountDown] - Easily Monitor Elapsed Times of Posts
[Steemit ↔ Steemd] - Quickly Switch Between Steemit.com and Steemd.com
[SteemDown.com] - Which whales are powering down?
Thanks! And Enjoy. Feedback is always welcome.
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P.S. Feel free to check out and upvote my introduceyourself post: HELLO, FRIEND