KARMA Is a... DApp

Karma is an ancient concept, but KARMA DApp was released only in December of 2018. The project already has many fans and the idea behind this DApp becomes popular. The brand new platform boasts over 2,500 daily users. The DApp is available on Google Play or can be used on iOS via TestFlight app. In order to use KARMA you will have to insert your EOS private key. Let's figure out what's so special about KARMA.

What Is All About?

KARMA is the first fully decentralized social media platform on the EOS blockchain. People post content there and can upvote or downvote it staking the EOS tokens. The main idea is to create a space for sharing some good experience with people although there's no filter and you can post whatever you wish. KARMA is about building the strong community of people who do good deeds, share their stories, and incentivize others to dedicate some time for something good because it's vital for each of us.

We shouldn't underestimate the significance of the idea on the basis of this or that social media platform. "The medium is the message", Marshall McLuhan said. On Facebook people are open and share personal thoughts and professional info revealing their names and photos while Tumblr is very leftist, highly anonymous, and artsy. Instagram is the way to see your friends and their daily life (and their annoying blogging efforts sometimes). KARMA seems to create a new niche: a platform reminding us that we can do good things, and it's not a hard thing — the feed is full of fresh inspiring examples. If you are ready for the challenge of trying to live a better life, then KARMA can be a good choice. Another reason to join the KARMA community is a natural frustration that we feel when we scroll the news feeds of the other platforms: political, environmental, financial, and other news can drive anyone insane. We really need some good news, and KARMA might get you some.

How Does It Work?

The set of functions is quite typical for the social media app. This lack of a unique approach in interface makes KARMA intuitive. The next functions are available:

—Up-Vote
—Downvote
—Comment
—Share
—Categories
—User Profile
—In-App Wallet

Abuse can be prevented via downvotes, spam reports, and 3 strikes-rule. There's nothing new here.

OK. So nothing new at all? No, there is a new feature — The Idea Generator. You click the button and get an idea of what you can do to help someone or make life better. You can click again and again until you find interesting advice that you can follow. That's really something unusual for the rest social media platforms.

Original content brings rewards to the author. The author gets 90% of the reward, the rest 10% goes for the further development of KARMA. The stronger upvotes appear when users stake their tokens for at least 3 days. It helps the entire EOS ecosystem. The similar scheme is used on Steemit although 3-day staking makes it more user-friendly.

Conclusion

Even if you don't like to demonstrate your good deeds (because of shyness or moderate character) you might get a lot of inspiration from the news feed on such platform as KARMA. This app can trigger many people to make good deeds, and let's say it, the app is designed well, it's easy to use. If you have some healthy experience (I guess everyone has it), feel free to share it on KARMA. Who knows, probably it will change your life to better, and help other people?