Steem-Engine Helping To Create Niche Based Social Platforms

almost 5 years ago

When I joined the Steem blockchain one thing I had issues with solving was how to know the right tags to use. What was my post about? Which tag was best to use to make more people interested such topics see it? At the end of the day I ended up using tags that were sometimes unpopular and because of that I didn’t really get much interaction via comments or upvotes on some of my earlier postings.

So, it’s not about using #ketcom or #rabbits because those were not popular tags and you probably won’t get anyone noticing you if you use those tags. It is also not about using #life, #steem or #steemit because they are among the most popular tags, chances are that you little post if not promoted might not see that light of day.

Steem Engine To The Rescue

Before now we had UIs (user interface) like busy, esteem, partiko, steempeak and others I am not too familiar with, their focus was to create a more user friendly interface with additional features the Steemit platform did not offer and sometimes with added incentives in the form of upvores or tokens.

But @aggroed and his team developed Steem-Engine for which users could create tokens for virtually anything of interest and with the introduction of Scotbot to Steem-Engine all hell was let loose. We now have multiple UIs that are niche specific, with their own tokens and offering users the opportunity to earn not just SP and Steem/SBD but also the ability to earn their own tokes which could be traded, staked or mined.

User Interface (UI) And Their Niche

https://www.weedcash.network/ (WEED)

This was the first UI powered by Steem-Engine Scotbot. It has a thriving community and their niche is mostly Cannabis Related Content related post, the tag is weedcash.

https://www.steemcoinpan.com (SCT)

Many in the English speaking community didn’t know about this SCT until palnet come on board to open our eyes to what is happening on the blockchain. It actually started two months and you have mostly Korean language based post on it, though other languages post are allowed on the platform. Their niche is mostly Block Chain and Cryptocurrency related post and their tag is SCT.

https://www.triplea.reviews (AAA)

Another UI people in the English speaking community didn’t find out about on time was another Korean contribution to the blockchain called TrippleA. The niche is mostly Movie, TV and Anime related post and reviews, their tag is AAA.

https://www.palnet.io (PAL)

A lot of people were surprised to see this token when they login into their Steem-Engine account, some didn’t even know anything about it until they started seeing a lot of post about it. Some users dumped it for the free cash they were not expecting, while some kept buying and staking them, and some just left them there until they understood what it is before taking any actions. For now it is a General niche platform like steempeak.com, busy.org and other steemit.com alternative platform and their tag is palnet, do not confuse the tag with the tag palnet with their token palcoin as using the token palcoin as a tag without including the palnet tag doesn’t make it a palnet post.

https://www.splintertalk.io (SPT)

This is a UI coming from the Steem Mmonsters management team, they have a forum too and the niche is mostly Splinterlands / Steem Monsters related post and their tag is SPT.

https://www.sportstalksocial.com (SPORTS)

Sportstalk is a sport related UI and you get to see a lot of post that has to do with all sports generally. The niche is easy to get based on the name i.e. Sports related post and reviews, their tag is SPORTSTALK.

https://www.steemleo.com (LEO)

Steemleo was launch not up to a week ago and their mode of launch amazed a lot of us because they airdropped 1 for 1 for members that staked their Palcoin. A lot of us went to our Steem-Engine account and discovered this token without knowing what it was. After many members started posting about it the buzz spread around like wild fire. The niche is mostly ** community for investing content** related post and reviews, their tag is STEEMLEO.

As more tribes are forming and people getting together to form a community it shouldn’t be a surprise if we see more UIs coming onboard in the future. I wouldn’t be surprised if @blueeyes8960, @mariannewest, @jayna and others come up with a UI that focuses on writing or @emergehealthier comes up with a UI focused on poems or @mariannewest with a UI focused on gardening or @j85063 with a UI focused on cars or @crypt-skip with a UI about animation or @definethedollar with a UI for his project Solairitas and the list goes on and on. Lol.

Be Mindful Of The Tags You Use

With all these UIs offering additional rewards via tokens for upvotes received i.e. through curation and authors reward one is tempted to use tags all the tags when the post is created has nothing to do with the tag been used. In some niche UIs, use of their tag for unrelated post will likely lead to your post getting a downvote. So you need to be sure your post contributes positively and talks about that platforms niche before using that tag.

Note: Please don’t take this as a financial advice, do your own research or contact your lawyer or accountant before taking any decision. If you sight me as your source of information for taking your own financial decisions I’ll say I said whatever I said under the influence of alcohol. Lol.

Image Credit: The banners are from the platforms of each UI

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