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Buried content in Steem(it)?
Since I've joined the platform one thing that's driving me mad is the lack options available to dig up "popular" + "aged" content. Similar to on reddit where we have the ability to sort by top/new/hot/controversial AND date range. It feels like the majority of the content on this platform is being buried in the abyss.
It seems to me that the trending/new/hot filters all prioritize "new" (< 7 day content), which is whack. Especially when trying to gain context for a particular tag/community.
- The search feature (only way to unbury content) is incredibly under developed and relying on Google Custom Search
- The trending / new / hot / promoted filter a tag when you're in the tag but also filter globally when you're on the homepage.
- The hamburger transforms list view of the posts instead of the intuitive placement for further filtering.
- The links section includes only 2 shortcut links, instead of taking advantage of the real estate
Exhibit A
In my daily sleuthing I came across ProjectSteemCar. The post was from last year, and I wanted to know what they were up to since so I clicked on the tag and.... zlich.
Where are all the pre-existing posts for that tag? I know one exists, because of the original post I had found via google.
Why doesn't date range exist in Steem(it)? Does it exist on another explorer?
Crypthoe.
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I am interested to hear what others with superior familiarity with the platform/blockchain will have to say about this topic.
I think with the current curation reward system, being there (relatively) early will always will out as far as generating the most rewards and the community will perpetuate it as is. I wonder if there could be a complementary archival explorer to allow for the current system run on a weeks worth of content?
Ah, so you're suggesting because of the curation rewards (discovering new content), the status quo will perpetuate.
Archival content doesn't give value back. It's a one way exchange to author if upvoted.
But comments can still be paid out, right?. So perhaps there would be more value in commenting on archival posts then in the curation angle on new content...
I have come across a user that is reposting the same content (without any indication of which, that I noticed) two days after the initial posting. I think this frequency is far too rapid to repost, however, after a set long-term period, could a potential system of nomination for an explorer that could hold the nominated content be feasible? There is potential for the community to again curate and further discussions/form updated chains to allow for indicated edits and maybe form collaborations between related nominated items. And the authors would have as many opportunities to be rewarded for the information as the community sees fit.
I noted this same user cross posting only a day apart under different tags, which as you can imagine, is leading to a significant amount of profits per piece of content. A platform like reddit will generally respond with downvotes to someone who abuses this, but is agreeable to it as long as the amount of locations shared is not exploited and the poster acknowledges that the content can be found elsewhere. Does cross posting by utilizing one or two tags repeatedly seem abusive or are the people using the 5 most applicable tags for one post just "fools" not fully profiting on content?
From the small inconvenience I experienced in that the video I was watching was not the continuation of the series that I had intended to view, but something I had already invested time in watching, I think that these behaviors on a large scale, for the sake of extending the amount of time content can be rewarded, would make finding novel content, even just within a single blog, more difficult.