Did you notice the new Snaps button on PeakD today?
This is PeakD's version of Threads (InLeo), Moments (Liketu), and Waves (Ecency) that you see on other UI.
Have something you want to get off your chest but don't want to write a full post about it?
This is where Snaps come in.
So snaps are just threads?
Not really, Snaps was designed to be platform agnostic and can be implemented by other front ends. Unlike other options, you can also filter by just users you follow and those who have interacted with those you follow. What's great, this feature works on all of the supported short form platforms not just snaps. Something I found missing on Threads for example.
INb4 the claims Snaps is a ripoff of Threads, this feature is not a new idea. It was originally implemented by @jesta for ChainBB, then copied by @buildteam for their ForumBB and I believe @therealwolf used it for Inji as well. Everyone is working around the same limitations of blockchain technology to implement new features and ideas.
Cross Platform Support
I would really love to see all platforms come together and support a standardized format for short form content. Under the hood, they all do something similar. They create a daily post and then all the short form "tweets" are a comment under this container post. Each platform has their own post which is used by their front end to index their short form content.
PeakD as a rule has always tried to make every feature platform agnostic, so other front ends can adopt them as well. Recently I asked @qu0chuy to help implementing PeakD's countdown feature into Hive.blog for the Hive Auctions project. I would love to see Polls implemented on other front ends in such a way as well as it is a completely open standard.
Rather than create moats on all these front ends, we could have features supported by all communities in a uniform way that isn't exclusionary. I know certain features will always be locked behind exclusivity, but many of these things would benefit everyone to be cross platform and standardized.
My favorite snaps
I'm going to keep an eye on snaps over the next few days and will be voting my favorite snaps.
Why you should vote me as witness
