Steemit Changes - A Harbinger Of Major Transformation?

Those of you who may have logged in during the last 24 hours might have missed seeing the changes in the site. Though I wouldn't say that the website looks any more awesome than before, it does seem that some of the developers decided to do something about the mounting feedback from users - and so tweaked "the look" a little bit.

Feedback and suggestions keep appearing on Steemit but somehow it's almost like no one is listening. The new features, though subtle and almost unnoticeable, indicate that there are "official" eyes scanning through some of the suggestions that are being given. It is certainly a good sign and hopefully more changes will follow especially those that will positively impact not only the user experience but also the lives of regular bloggers who earn a part time or full time income from the platform.

The first and most noticeable change are the links for trending, new, hot and promoted feeds now appearing on the top center of the page. This makes it much easier to go these sections of the site instead of getting stuck on a sub section of the feeds based on main tag of the last post you were viewing. It also makes it more prominent and will be appreciated by those who are new to the site and would like to take the help of something to make their way around.

Of course this does not change in any way the actual content that appears in these feeds which must be driving away a lot of people from the site. For some reason the major stakeholders of the site have retained the algorithm that makes below average content appear as trending and hot posts.

Coming to think of it, making the change could actually be a bad idea because it actually promotes the so called trending posts even more, exposing the site's worst in the form of flag wars, abusive fights written as posts, bot-boosted trash content and senseless posts that no one actually reads but which get upvoted due to different reasons.

On the top right corner is the Search icon inside a circle, also the case with the Submit New Post icon. The addition of a circle frame adds to the aesthetic value of the site a bit, but not much else.

As I said these are minor cosmetic changes but the larger significance of the changes should not be missed. It means that they have not forgotten about making improvements and hopefully these will be more constant and large scale, especially if Steemit Inc. wants to keep up with the expected competition - like for example Dan's proposed new platform.

I was also pleasantly surprised to notice that rep score on the wallet page changed back to the actual score after showing 25 for a few seconds. This was plain irritating for a 25 rep score to be showing on one page, for a big happening site like Steemit and I am glad that they were able to make it work.

It sure feels nice to know that someone listened to some of the smaller, low hanging fruit suggestions and it gives the hope of larger changes on the anvil, that could possibly be of greater significance. Here's hoping that they will come soon, rather than later when it might be a bit late.

Though this post is about some small changes to the site I have told it as it is. What is your opinion? Do not hesitate to put down your thoughts below, however candid they might be. (-:

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