So, the latest vision I am seeing for Steem (others too) is a landing page for sign ups and a "map" or list of apps like this one.
So, this goes really well with my current thinking.
I've also decided I agree with you about funding apps instead of end users.
A map for the Steem dapps would be great actually. @therealwolf maybe something that can be added to steemapps.com?
Say a site that just has each relevant dap in sections of "video", "images", "games", etc.
Every "app" on Steem Apps has already a category, it isn't displayed tho yet, as vertical space has been missing in the ranking overview.
But there is the def. the goal to have a different overview for categories.
Feel free to draw up something (even with words) that you have in mind with "revelant dapps in sections".
This is good for when there are a lot of dapps, so people can find something they may be interested in that doesn't have a lot of tx/24h yet.
Exactly.
We could make a mapp of dapps! Similar to what we did with https://music.cxc.world. @therealwolf, any sort of JSON API with your app?
Appreciate the comment. I think we would have needed a much better landing page for at least a year now since most users came to Steemit and thought that was it.
But better late then never, even though much of the reward pool is sadly going in the wrong direction.
Feel free to "draw up" something that you have in mind with "map" - Steem Apps is open source simply because it has the goal to bring value for Steem - it's not a commercial project at all. API is being offered free-of-charge to web-apps like state of the dapps etc.
So if you want to get involved, feel free!
Yes it is sad to see where Steemit is going. I believe a system is always going to be gamed, as the universe is a very large game in most respect. As above so below.
We have designed a better system for curating content, but in the mean time I like the Map idea, as that's pretty much what we do!
I will have to look into your API!
What might be of some value is that all apps that have steemit delegation have a link to the landing page of the Steem Map so users can find other places more easily. The interfaces (or any other site) could do the same if they choose.
Perhaps @Steemonboarding could have a page they maintain for this purpose?