Subsocial - How to create an account

Step-by-Step Guide on How to create and Use a Subsocial Account

Download Polkadot Extension

To begin using Subsocial, you need to install a Polkadot Extension. You can install the Polkadot.js extension in your browser. Polkadot extension can be downloaded and installed on Chrome and Firefox. The extension will allow you to sign the transactions for SubSocial and to interact with any Substrate-based blockchain

Create SubSocial Account
Log onto the SubSocial application. It will automatically try connecting with the Polkadot-js extension through a pop-up. Click on - Yes, allow this application access” and it will connect with your SubSocial application. Your account is a pair of cryptographic keys where the public one becomes your address and the private one your password which allows you to interact (create spaces, post comments, transfer SUBS).

Claim Sub Tokens
For any transaction on SubSocial, you will need to have $SUB tokens. To get some $SUB tokens, use the Faucet option. Fill in the google form and you should have a small balance of $SUB tokens sufficient enough to help you with the transactions. Once you see a $SUB balance, go ahead and create your spaces. You could even log onto Subsocial telegram to ask and obtain these tokens from someone on the team.

Create Spaces
The building blocks of Subsocial are the spaces, posts, comments, likes, and follows. Spaces are similar to blogs, publications on Medium, groups/pages on Facebook, servers on Discord, or channels on Youtube. We’re all used to having a profile on the Web2.0 Sites so the concept of spaces might come across as confusing. Instead of having a profile, SubSocial will allow users to designate a single Space that they own as the Profile Space. It will serve as the source of a user's profile information including the avatar, name, bio and other information.

Profile space is not a requirement.

Create Posts
Posts are similar to posts on Facebook, articles on Medium, tweets on Twitter. That should be self-explanatory. You can create a video post as well. As of now, videos cannot be directly uploaded on Subsocial. You can upload links from other platforms like Youtube, Vimeo etc.

Polkastats
For Subsocial, you can use Polkastats to track your activities and transactions.

This was a basic walkthrough of SubSocial. Do let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

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