I think Steemit is an extremely revolutionary social platform. But everything could use a little enhancing. Here are my ideas:
Notification system
I think this one is pretty obvious. I'd like a little window that starts shining once something happens (think Facebook haha). I'd like to know when someone flags some of my posts, it really helps to know when your rep is going down.
Replies, flags and tags - I don't think upvote notifications are needed.
Follow system
Right now you can follow people and that's about it. There is no reason to do it, it simply doesn't offer any kind of appeal. We could use a system that tells you when a person you follow posts something - maybe use the notifications for that ? ^^
Rewards for posting in little used topics / Decreased rewards for multiple posting in the same category
No more trending full of travel, introduceyourself, steemit and life posts. We should have a system that somehow (through magic of computers - I Dunno lol) figures out the least used topics and offers extra rewards if you get to a certain amount of upvotes on that post. / Decrease the reward you get if you post too many times in one category. Posting photos of your dog is fun and all, but doing it everyday doesn't really enhance the community, does it ?
Reputation votes not built around voting power
We all love our whales (notice me senpais) , but we could use a fairer reputation system. Give all people that have above, I dunno, 30 voting power the same rep power. = You need a lot of upvotes to get a higher level, but a lot of flags to get down as well. The 30 voting power requirement is set so people can't just make a ton of accounts and upvote themselves to paradise. It could still be exploited if a particularly rich individual decided to, but it's really improbable. If that is a concern, I'm sure someone more technically savvy than me can figure that out haha.
Category spotlight
1.Have a sidebar where there is 1 post from every category. 2.Have these posts change every 15 minutes. (or more, or less, again - I dunno )3. ????? 4.Profit.
Well that's about it. I got many more random ideas, but these seem pretty good.
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