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Which social network platform based on Blockchain technology do you think is the best? Will it be Steem or the Akasha platform?

With growing concerns about Facebook's privacy measures, it seems that people are looking for other alternatives which are capable of protecting their personal data better. So far, Steem is the pioneer in the decentralized social media space, and it has attracted thousands of people worldwide. However, it's still far from behind as centralized social networks like Facebook and Twitter are in the lead.

Nonetheless, what are your thoughts about this? Any recommendations or suggestions related to said decentralized social networks will be highly appreciated. Also, I would appreciate if you could let me know of other new alternative social networks (apart from Steem and Akasha) that make use of Blockchain technology. :)

Could we say Steem is leading in the social networks spaces? Personally, I'd use Steem to, and sometimes using it actively since a good post are widely spread there, it really engages a discussion, not to mention it gives a reward to the users though. In other hands, Steem somehow has a form of centralization, the first mining issues are one of the examples.
So, the competition for decentralized social networks are widely opened to the community, I'll look forward to Akasha though.

There is just one problem I have with steem, and I am sure if this problem is solved, we would see a very good improvement in the decentralized social media world, this problem is a user friendly platform, steemit lack a user friendly platform that everyone would be able to make use of without having to follow any online guide just like Facebook , this is why people keep leaving the platform for Facebook, and will keep leaving until the problem is solved.

Social networks have long been dying, every day they sit less and less people to replace them came popular messengers. Support encryption and people do not worry about their data. Now it is difficult to call a good social.network with the future. Something new is needed!

Can we really call Steemit a social media like Facebook and many others though I don't know much about the second one but I don't think Steemit can be regarded as a social media in all sense of it. I think Steemit can be best describes as blockchain blogging platform not social media

I think steemit leads the way right now in this category as of yet but i have heard few more projects under development one recent platform launched by bounty0x team called publish0x also seems good so we will see good competition in this nicje and hopefully better platforms will come up.

Steem feels old though, there should be somewhat facebook like decentralize social media site created. It be helpful one day at least there will be no bias banning like what facebook is doing. Social media sites are being used in politics these days and you can see Trump presidency is an example of it. Centralization however isn't a good thing for it.

You're right with what you said cause I personally left steem base on the exact problem which is not user friendly and I found it so annoying. Besides, steem is not totally decebtralized and I never use Akasha before but heard it fully decentralized since the project was from Swiss and base on ETH network it will be a good one.
Another blockchain base social network are Sola and Sapien which is new project.

steem is now a very popular platform and many people in the crypto community use it. but in the future I think that there will be a new social network

Yes. Steem is not as user friendly as other social media platforms (like Facebook and Twitter). If Steem wants to become a viable competitor against centralized alternatives, this seems like the path to go. As a social media platform, you can have nifty features and all the bells and whistles around. But, if your platform doesn't have user friendliness, then I'm afraid that it will lack mainstream adoption.

I believe that's the main issue that Steem is facing right now. Despite this, Steem seems to be the best decentralized social network based on Blockchain tech. It has the biggest user base of all other decentralized alternatives available out there. What I'm looking forward though, is the stable release of the AKASHA platform. Being based on Ethereum's blockchain, I believe that it will be the "killer app" of the social network space.

Nonetheless, it'll be great to see more decentralized social networks emerge, as it will give people a variety of options to choose from. Just my thoughts ;D

I think karma is good decentralize social network, karma be built on EOS blockchain technology, the karma system is like steemit and the interface is like facebook and other social media, but we can do stakes karma token to getting other karma token it is like mining cryptocurrencies, i think it is interesting for all of community which want know other decentralize social network based on the blockchain technology and here is the website of karma social network https://www.karmaapp.io

This is a very interesting topic, I only know Steemit, because they are the most popular social networking site on cryptocurrency Akasha is new to me although they are launch 2 years ago, they need marketing for awareness, Karmaapp is very interesting something we are looking for.

There are actually about ten decentralized blockchain base social networking site but steemit was the most popular because they understand and know how to make awareness about their project but for Akasha I believed the team had the experience you making the beat out of blockchain but don't know how to awareness.

why do you think Steem is the answer here? and more importantly why do you even think Steem is decentralized?
you are talking about the "social media platform" aren't you? in which case Steem is not even a social media platform it is centralized website more like reddit.

you see the token called "steem" may be decentralized and it is obviously based on the blockchain technology but the "platform" called "steem" (which you are looking for as an alternative to centralized Facebook) is neither decentralized nor uses blockchain technology. it is simply a website like Facebook, Reddit,... where you have to first sign up on and whatever posts you make are stored in their centralized database (note that this database is not blockchain!) and they control your account and what you post so it is not decentralized either.

a decentralized social media platform is when you download a wallet, own private keys, make transactions (posts) and broadcast them to the network (other peers) on the P2P network instead of sending it to a server.

Thanks for your sharing. Almost people here are thinking about Steem.  My Steem account banned, that means they can control everything. So Steem isn't decentralized. I don't having experience in tech, is that right?

well as far as the platform goes (which is the only reason why they created this coin in first place) it is fully centralized. as you have experienced it already, they can "ban your account" which is a clear sign of centralized platform.

I was using Steemit from the past 5 months and I was actively create new article and earn the steem dollar and steem power because of upvote by the high ranked members like we see trust rating here on this forum.
Likewise bitcointalk steemit also one of the best source learn and earn at the one place. I have one doubt to access my steemit account. Please give me the suggestion as you know. It is active key to unlock the account but where I need to use that key???

I also agree with the opinion that Steemit is all the same more a blog than a social network. There is also Sola, it reminds me of Instagram. I used some time both of this platforms but with time I left, because I didn't find them convenient for myself. I like messengers more.

Thanks for sharing this, mate. Smart contract blockchains like Ethereum and EOS, shows that it's widely possible to build a decentralized social network for the whole world to enjoy. As for me, I wasn't aware that a decentralized social network like this, existed in the EOS blockchain. But, it's good to know about it, since it proves to be a viable alternative against Steem, Akasha, and other decentralized social networks based on Blockchain tech.

I believe that only those that can prove to be useful for the mainstream world will prevail in the end. As such, this leaves me with Steem, Akasha, and Karma as one of the best decentralized social networks based on Blockchain technology today. There's so much to learn, in this ever-growing world of crypto. Hopefully, new alternatives would emerge over time that will greatly rival the existence of centralized social networks like Facebook and Twitter.



Well, Steemit claims that only the text-based content is stored on the Steem blockchain. Only the rest (like images and videos) is stored in third-party sites. While I'm not a huge fan of DPoS (because of its semi-centralized structure), it seems to be the best approach for scalability. Decentralized or not, Steem seems to be gaining traction at least in that regard. :)

Steem is by far the most successful, but is not really a social media network. It is more of a blogging platform. To be a social network you need to able to create communities. I have been using U°OS Network recently and they seem to understand this idea about creating communities around common interests.

Akasha is still a work in progress, even after a few years since it's been announced. This is bad, since other competitors (like Steem) will be able to stay one step ahead of the game. If Akasha wants to attract people into its platform, it would need to deliver something innovative not available in already established decentralized social network platforms. Otherwise, Steem (Steemit) will remain as the top decentralized social network based on Blockchain tech.

Last time I've heard, a new decentralized social network emerged called Yours which lets users pay in BCH for content. There may be other alternatives lurking around which are out of my knowledge, but so far, Steemit has the biggest user base on all the Blockchain space.

Nonetheless, both Steemit and Akasha seem to be the best decentralized social networks using Blockchain technology. There's another decentralized social network called Diaspora, but it doesn't rely on Blockchain technology. Still, it's better than using Facebook or any other centralized social network. Just my thoughts ;D

It seems to me that this is Forecasting, I heard a lot of positive things about this project, but I can’t use it yet, I also heard about Sapien Network, I think that this project will be even better.

Thanks for sharing this, mate. These new decentralized social network projects seem to have great potential. But their user base is not as big as Steemit, given that they're not well-known in the crypto space. Most recently, I've stumbled across a new project called Mithril which aims to be exactly as Steem but using the Ethereum blockchain instead. In the same way Steem rewards you by hodling (or rather delegating) your Steem Power, Mithril rewards you by staking the MITH tokens on your wallet.

So far, Mithril seems to be as close to Steemit delivering a quality social media platform that's decentralized and reliant on Blockchain technology. There's also another social network named "Memo" based on Bitcoin Cash's blockchain network. Given how many alternatives have emerged lately, the competition is getting fierce. But their success will largely depend on whenever people adopt them at a large scale or not.

Nonetheless, decentralized social networks based on Blockchain tech seem to be a great idea, but people are still relying on centralized platforms (like Facebook and Twitter) today. Only time will tell us if people will make the switch towards the decentralized world, as their personal data becomes threatened by centralized entities. Just my thoughts ;D

I like you have made thread which are talking about the decentralize social network based on blockchain technology because we are part of its technology although it will be different platform are EOS, ethereum and another blockchain technology. The most important we are in era of decentralize it is important thing to be known by all of community cryptocurrencies, today is our time to apply decentralize application dapps on daily real of life, we can use decentralize social network, market decentralize, games decentralize, gambling decentralize and any other. We are in new era of blockchain technology and the people must know about it.

Unfortunately, none of them have been great. Steemit has turned very sluggish these days. Part of the reason why Facebook has been so successful is that their user interface has been swift - content loads super fast. I guess then the prime requirement for any decentralized social network is that the underlying blockchain that is built upon can scale and support a very large userbase without slowing it down.

Another huge aspect when it comes to decentralized social networks is content curation and removal of objectionable content. This is where it gets tricky - For Facebook, this is easy, they have a set terms & conditions that follow suit with the legal jurisdiction of operation which allows them to use a task force for moderation. How do you enforce such a thing in a decentralized network?

I suppose the solution will be to use Artificial Intelligence-based system that enables something like a liquid democracy to formulate a set of rules that govern the network and ultimately make decisions that is in accordance with these rules. DFINITY is attempting something like this through their Blockchain Nervous System (https://medium.com/dfinity/the-dfinity-blockchain-nervous-system-a5dd1783288e) - Think of this as voting based, decentralized decision-making system that grows more intelligent and learns to make better decisions over time. I think something like a BNS would be needed for any social network that needs to be "decentralized" in the true sense of the word. I mean a social network wouldn't be a decentralized network if a small number of people can hold a meeting and change the governing rules overnight.

Steem is absolutely leading the blockchain based social network project in term of their user and daily activity. But there are also some emerging project like Sapien, and also Indorse. I believe there will be many blockchain-based social network project in the future. I just hope there will be a project that is stand out and have something different compared to former project. Not just a rip-off or even just the same project with different name.

There are:
Steemit https://steemit.com/
Minds https://www.minds.com/.. Zappl (twitter-like powered rewrite by steem)
Mithril https://mith.io/
Steepshot https://steepshot.io/
DSound https://dsound.audio/
Trybe https://trybe.one/
DecenTwitter https://decentwitter.com/


I can't tell which one of them  is the best though. But it's possible that steemit is the most popular.

My only problem with steemit is it not being  mobile friendly and the annoying display of earnings below posts. The displayed earnings are very distracting. This is one of the reasons I stopped using the platform.

By far the foremost widespread blockchain-powered social platform among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is Steemit. it's been around awhile  time currently, and it makes it simple for content creators to create cash by contributing valuable and interesting content to the platform. though this idea might not essentially build individuals rich overnight, it's not uncommon for contributors to earn $100 per valuable post on the platform.

Steemit allows for a new wave of content creators who previously faced roadblocks such as lack of paying opportunities and jobs to come to fruition. Anyone, across the world, can have access to the platform and can get paid for what content they put on the site.

So i think it's the best decentralized social platform out there

Decentralized social network platforms are gaining popularity but it is very difficult and far away to have bigger impact as majority of people stick to the existing well known centralized ones.
The reason is: they  have got used to them mand most of their friends are there.
It is difficult to change people`s habit even if they get better service.

Well, no system is perfect. While the concept of a decentralized social network based on Blockchain tech seems to work as intended, it still has some inherent issues that need to be fixed. Such issues are mostly related to mainstream acceptance and ease of use, as people find it complicated to join this new trend. Centralized social networks have been dominant for quite some time now (and will always be), unless people become very concerned about their privacy.

As for DFINITY, it seems to have a nice approach towards delivering a decentralized social network that's capable of enforcing a specific set of rules. If successful, it can become a force to be reckoned with as it rivals traditional social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Still though, the hard truth is that centralized social networks are dominating the mainstream world because of their ease of use and extreme popularity.

Things aside, AKASHA seems to be releasing a stable version of its platform soon. This one is going to be much more exciting than Steem, as it will live within the Ethereum blockchain. Considering that Ethereum is the world's second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, it could allow the AKASHA platform to gain some traction over the long term.

Nonetheless, my best picks for decentralized social networks based on Blockchain tech are Steem, Mithril, and AKASHA. ;)



Thanks for sharing this, mate. It seems that the number of decentralized social networks relying on Blockchain tech, is growing every day. The more people seek out for alternative ways to communicate, the better, as Blockchain-based social networks could gain traction in the mainstream world. There needs to be a lot of exposure in the outside world for this to work. Otherwise, people will have no reason in joining other alternatives when they already have Facebook.

Nonetheless, time will tell us whenever this concept will succeed in the future or not. Just my opinion :)

Steemit claims to be a dapp on steem blockchain. But the company has a wide control over the contents and accounts and at some point multiple users were hacked and steem tokens stolen. Whatever way they may be on blockchain, they are not satisfying anything people could aspect from a blockchain based social network.

Honestly, putting up my accounts on facebook doesn't really makes me feel good about it. Though, we need to secure our accounts, we still need to put it on cloud if there's no way we can store it on a tangible paper for the QR code that we can easily scan anytime. But for now, I think facebook is not really a threat when we talk about crypto.

I read Friendster is already pushing into decentralization too. They have even partnered with one of Tron's leading SR called Beatzcoin. Well, I think these 2 would disrupt the digital and media industry.

Hmm, no wonder Facebook is rushing to introduce their own coin, If Facebook is not careful, some of the new social network might push them aside using the blockchain technology, with blockchain technology developed on decentralized system, many people will rely more on it because of they will have direct control over their own account and be able to control their own information.

I can see that steemit and sapiens are already becoming more popular than Facebook; people would have seen the benefit of joining a platform running on full blockchain than the one not running on it.

I've only really used Steem and like it. I am not as active as I could be. Contentos is another platform I find interesting would be relatable to youtube or blogger. Elixxir is in the pipeline too to be the next wechat or venmo

According to Steemit, they claim that text-based content, votes, and STEEM's tokens are stored on the STEEM blockchain while images are obtained from third-party sites. They expect to move image content to IPFS soon, which will make everything depend on the Blockchain. I've checked the official STEEM blockchain explorer known as steemd, and I can see text-based content from posts made on Steemit.

Compared to other Blockchains, Steem is partially centralized because it depends on DPoS for consensus where only a select few delegates maintain the Blockchain (mostly whales). Still though, it's the best thing around these days. On the hand, the AKASHA platform is nearing release and it's going to be a completely decentralized social network that will depend on the Ethereum blockchain for everything.

There's another decentralized social network based on Blockchain technology named Memo.cash which relies on the BCH blockchain to obtain messages from it. Users can easily store their messages on-chain, without the need for a centralized database (which constitutes a single point of failure). Despite the number of decentralized blockchain-based social networks available, the space is still not mature enough to handle real-life situations. User experience, and ease-of-use are key elements for these platforms to survive in a highly competitive market.

Therefore, it may take a long time before Steemit, AKASHA, or any other platform would take down centralized alternatives anytime soon. Just my thoughts ;D