What Is Snax And Why Am I Joining As A Block Producer
Snax is a platform for rewarding social media content creators. It's based on the EOS blockchain - it's actually a fork of it - and it has a relatively different approach in rewarding content producers. As opposed to other platforms which are trying to build the community first and then build on various metrics inside that community (visibility, reputation, etc), Snax uses existing social platforms, like Twitter or Steemit, and rewards content creators for the attention rating they already have.
There is a certain value in this approach, and here's why I think it is:
- content creators can focus on their legacy social media platforms (here, the term "legacy" includes even younger competitors, like Steemit) instead of starting to build a new audience from scratch
- using one token for multiple social media platforms can reduce financial friction
- the "lose coupling" between the content creator and the rewards ensures there will be more flexibility in case of social media rating fluctuations (i.e. sometimes you're doing better on Twitter, sometimes on Steemit)
The platform is still in beta, but I joined it from the day zero. As a matter of fact, I'm the first block producer ever in the testnet.
I wrote this post as an informal introduction to this project, and as a honest signal that I'm joining as a block producer - a more thorough post will follow after the live blockchain will be launched.
Meanwhile, here are some links:
- main website
- whitepaper
- beta UI (not the beta blockchain)
- Discord channel
I'm a serial entrepreneur, blogger and ultrarunner. You can find me mainly on my blog at Dragos Roua where I write about productivity, business, relationships and running. Here on Steemit you may stay updated by following me @dragosroua.
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Anther one ?
wow they are growing fast
It is a very interesting approach as many content creators do not want to "move" from their legacy social media accounts nor even replicate their content on the new ones. Using the same token for all of them is a very interesting approach.
Honestly, I think projects like this will be the biggest competitor to Steem. Why use and earn on Steem when you can already earn on a platform that you're familiar with and already have spent time building your following.
Checking it out now to see what it's all about.
Hey! Steem will be the second platform (after Twitter) which will be integrated into Snax blockchain. You will be able to earn Steem and Snax for your posts on Steem and we hope that will help to motivate creators on Steem and enable Steem to grow.
Valid point, but it all depends on the execution. If it requires installing some browser plugins etc. - they're gonna have big problems with wider adoption.
They do not require that. You link your account on the social media platform with the one on the Snax blockchain, and they're doing "scoring rounds", at some time intervals, and they infer your metrics from those rounds. It's really "lose coupling"...
Thanks!
Ahaan! Hopefully, it will help you meet the hardware expenses you are bearing for steemit and also for snax. Will surely look at snax platform.
Wow. It sounds pretty very good and interesting to hear about
Nice - I'm going to check that out :D
Since it's coming from you, am in, following you back to back.
Am also going to check it out and see how it goes.
Thanks for bringing this to our notice.
Another day another week on Steemit!!! feels refreshing :)
Is there any integration with STEEM planned?
AFAIK, Steem will be the second platform after Twitter (which is in testing right now).
Just signed up. Thanks for sharing.