| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["steemit","steem","blockchain"],"appCategory":"steemit","appTitle":"Why can't you sent personal messages on steemit?","appBody":"<p>It does make sense for Steem to have a personal messaging feature but I for one think that this will not happen because as you said \"<strong>Everything on the blockchain is public</strong>\"<strong> </strong>and is also <strong>IMMUTABLE</strong>. Nothing ever gets deleted nor edited in here! (If you edit something in here it is only edited on the UI or front-end, the original message can still be seen on blockchain explorers)</p>\n<p>People love transparency but hate it when their transparency is the one being put on the spotlight. Just imagine if a guy tried to hit on a girl via a personal messaging built on top of Steem and gets rejected! That rejection can be viewed by all and is stored on the blockchain for ETERNITY! I don't think anyone would even want that. </p>\n<p>The closest thing to a \"personal\" messaging feature on Steem is the \"<strong>memo transfers</strong>\". Some people don't know this but you can encrypt your memo by adding the \"<strong>#</strong>\" sign at the beginning of your message (only works on Steemit.com and probably ESteem atm). Your personal message will be encrypted allowing only the recipient to view the message.</p>\n<p>The problem with this approach is that while Steem is free on \"transfers\" it still has a minimum amount required to send in something. 0.001 Steem/SBD per message might not be much but just imagine if you talk to much. Although this is a pretty tiring method to talk. </p>\n<p>Someone created something like that though, a Steem Messenger. https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@therealwolf/introducing-steem-messenger-beta</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fkb6vzldx","appParentAuthor":"niel96","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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