I think this is a good first step towards a right direction. I'd just show top 20 most active apps on this list and leave it there, we already have https://steemprojects.com/ after all. We need more dapps that people want to use, not ultra fancy list of our current ones.
It's enough that it can be shared to new people to Steem so they can see what the most used apps are quickly, and to investors, that there's more possibilities than just blogging on Steem blockchain. And I recommend everyone to use it that way. Rather than direct people to Steemit.com, use steempeak.com and this project. Showing them the real trending is the last thing you want to do.
It's a low hanging fruit, but done well, I was honestly expecting something bigger from the earlier talks, but this is the smartest approach of course. Hopefully there's some other cool stuff coming too to populate this list!
I agree. Another goal is to have a different kind of view on apps - as for example utopian-io is a super important and valuable steem app, but it currently is far down on the list due to the missing interface.
100% agreed, I'm sure Utopian would garner a ton more traction if people would just know about it. When I see Steem discussed anywhere outside Steem, it's all about just Steemit and blogging and not a single mention of projects like Utopian or DSound. Your tool will be important tool to battle that, we can't wait forever for people to discover us, there's just too many coins out there and competition is propping up like mushrooms after rain.
The reason I'm still here is that even though we have our flaws, we still can attract everyday normal users, not just nerds and cryptopeople. If we can get that ball rolling further, this blockchain could snowball in a huge way. But we need marketing and word to spread out.
I also have to mention how discouraging it has been to see projects like open-mic go on without Steemit Inc delegation, project like that with proper support could've been a major driver on making Steem known around the globe with not so technical people that otherwise would be very hard to reach. Through these people Steem could spread like wildfire in my opinion.
He's giving the data to other websites and so it's somewhat like advertising for the benefit of steem more than this is a place to find apps. At least this is my take.
Yes, you're correct.
The goal is to have a website that you or anybody else can link to, for showcasing the value of Steem.
It will also be completely exclusive to Steem and can display data in the way that other websites will probably not be able to, as they have to find a layout that fits multiple platforms.