As it stands now, new content is posted to the Feed by using the API and contributors create and manage their work off-site. Soon, we will begin testing a key platform feature called the “Contributor Dashboard.” Two of our team members with journalism backgrounds, Chris Eberle and Colin Mo, along with Pareto Network’s design team, Ted Lanpher and I, are creating a concept for the dashboard and the related content management systems.

With this conceptualization, our design and dev team will get to work building an initial working prototype. The prototype will allow us to refine the user experience for content contributors, and enpower them to produce high quality original content and reap the rewards of their work. Equipping our contributors with a useful and informative dashboard is central to our platform evolution.

More on the specifics. The Contributor Dashboard will be the place to find statistics on content and rewards, trending Intel, tools, templates, and profile settings. You will see the progress you’ve made in earning rewards, including a breakdown of the reward sizes and which of your topics are most popular with your readers. It will be easy to find inspiration for the next piece of Intel by checking trending Intel and Categories. In this dashboard, it will be seamless to access the wallet where rewards are received. We want to enable comprehensive content management, and give insights into what works for you and others.

How contributors create content plays a big role in their experience. The content management system needs to have a breadth of tools and an intuitive design. There will be everything a contributor needs to create Intel: text editing, an image search tool, tagging and categorization, graphics and charting tools. To foster authenticity, we plan on integrating plagiarism detection. When Intel is complete — of course one can save a draft for later editing — a contributor will be able to set a suggested reward amount and upload to the feed.

We are excited to push ahead with releasing an engaging user experience as soon as possible. Though finishing the reward mechanism is our top development priority, we want our community to know what is coming next.

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