The community voiced a need. Multiple issues surrounding the POB frontend, since its inception, created a desire within the community for something better and easier to manage. A developer heard that call and took action. This is a story of a developer, his product, and a call for the community to now take action.

Welcome all to the new POB-Ecency frontend: https://proofofbrain.blog/

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POB Ecency

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The community spoke, and @leprechaun stepped up to take the challenge. On May 6, 2021, Leprechaun presented a proposal to develop the new front end based upon the Ecency platform. Ecency's front end was open-source software that anyone could adopt if they had the knowledge.

Leprechaun released community updates describing his proposal, project, successes, and frustrations during 2021:

Date	Article
May 6	Making an Ecency like Proof of Brain Interface
May 7	Day One: Ecency to POB
May 8	Day Two Ecency to POB
May 11	Day Three: Proof of Brain for Eccency
May 11	Day Four: In Depth Research into Hive Engine & Typescript
May 13	POB for Ecency : Funding Proposal
May 16	POB for Ecency : Funding Proposal : Ecency rewards
May 18	POB to Ecency : Day 5 and 6 : Steady Progress
May 21	Day 7 & 8: POB for Ecency: Research
May 23	POB to Ecency: Wallet Work Pausing Now
May 24	The Idea of Delayed Power Downs and the Consequences of Hot Money
May 28	POB to Ecency: Day 11,12 & 13
May 29	POB to Ecency: Day 14 - Getting the Data together for calculating the vote worth
May 31	Proof of Brain Distribution 3% distributed
June 3	POB to Ecency: Days 15,16,17 and 18
June 8	POB to Ecency: Day 19 & 20: Rewards Updates
June 11	Ecency to POB: Come See the new POB Front End
June 12	Reliable Image Server
June 13	Brave Problems with New Front End
June 14	A Call For Binance Posts
June 17	Changed Icons in the New Interface
June 24	Issues With Blue Brain
June 30	Blue Brain Hardfork 25
July 5	Test Net Post
July 7	Blue Brain DNS Problems and HF25
July 8	Proof of Brain Has Moved

After reviewing the site myself:

There are aspects of the new front end that should be addressed.

Leprechaun is talented. I'll give him that, but no matter how talented the developer is, the product must be utilized and adjusted accordingly to meet the community's expectations.

He brought us a new front end. Now, it's our responsibility to provide feedback. Leprechaun needs data.

Call to Action (CTA)

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The community called for a new front end. Leprechaun has created it and, with community support, received funding for its development.

Now, we need to use it and record our observations, positive and negative, for community review.
@Leprechaun should review this feedback and develop a separate proposal, if necessary, for continued development funding.
Be professional in your communications. It may be difficult to correct any issues if it's clouded by emotional responses.
Remember, the new front end is for our use. We get from it what we put into it.

CRITICAL

User engagement in this CTA is critical to further the progress of POB.

However, how should we respond?

What is the best way to communicate?

I have some recommendations.

Recommended Format

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Suggestions

Please use the tag #POB-Ecency if you are writing a new post about your observations on the new front end. It will allow people to review your work.
Comment in this post, if necessary, about positive or negative observations. ALL observations related to this front end are welcome. I only ask that you please be professional about it.
Please specify the browser you are using and the date/time you performed your observations. The post date of your article may not reflect the time you completed your observations.

Formatting

Include links in your discussion. It might help find the issue's location faster.
Include what you think is wrong. In addition to this info, include what you feel needs to be done to make things acceptable.
If you have recommendations for improving the front end. Please state them clearly.

I will include my initial reviews below. You don't have to follow my formatting. What I use works for me well, though.

Initial Review

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Brave Browser Observations

The following observations are made while utilizing the Brave Browser.

Link	Issue	Recommendation
proofofbrain.blog	Home page welcomes users to Ecency versus POB	Change the welcome message
proofofbrain.blog	Unable to log in via keychain, hive signer, or private password. A login error appears when using keychain or private password-"Process could not be completed due to server error" is the message."	Resolve log in issues
proofofbrain.blog	Logging in with Hive Signer does not produce a message about a server error, but it redirects me to the home page without logging in	Resolve Hive Signer issue
communities	Unable to join likely due to discussed login issues	Resolve login issues
@scholaris.pob/wallet	Accessing this area resulted in waiting > 30 seconds for the data to populate. The function is slower than the original front end.	Please evaluate and correct as needed.
@scholaris.pob/wallet	Without logging in, I am able to view my wallet. However, I am not able to send, receive, or claim rewards	No issues. There does not appear to be a security issue.
@scholaris.pob	Transitioning between Blog, Posts, Comments, Replies, Communities, and Wallet results in excessive loading delays	Please evaluate and correct
hive-150329 (POB Community)	Transitioning between Trending, Hot, New, Payouts, Muted, Members, and Activities results in excessive delays with loading.	Please evaluate and correct.
Create a Post	Creating a post looks pretty user-friendly. Due to sign-in issues, however, I cannot post content	Please evaluate and correct problems.
Posting Flexibility	The only option available is to create a post. You can't save drafts or create templates.	Please evaluate adding PeakD post functionality to POB.
hive-150329 (POB Community)	POB community tags do not appear to be available in any area.	Please evaluate and add POB community tags

This concludes my initial evaluation of the POB-Ecency frontend while utilizing the Brave Browser.

Google Chrome Observations

The following observations are made while utilizing Google Chrome.

Repeated observations made from the Brave Browser were made in Google Chrome.
Identical issues observed.

This concludes my initial evaluation of the POB-Ecency frontend while utilizing Google Chrome.

Microsoft Edge Observations

The following observations are made while utilizing Microsoft Edge.

Repeated observations made from the Brave Browser were made in Microsoft Edge.
Identical issues observed.

This concludes my initial evaluation of the POB-Ecency frontend while utilizing Microsoft Edge.

Assessment

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The POB-Ecency front end is not yet ready for full continuous use without further development.

What I don't Like

Sign-in issues prevent me from posting and engaging with any community.
Loading times appear to be similar, or worse, than the current POB front end.
POB Community tags aren't there. In terms of curation, it will be challenging for me to quickly filter those tags specific to the POB community. It would slow my curation considerably.
At a minimum, all features included in the current front end need to be included in the new version.

What I do Like

You can clearly see the difference in earnings between HIVE and POB by hovering your cursor above the rewards payout.
The design is appealing to me, as well as the presentation of information.
We have a front end, and now we need to keep up with development.

Request for Proposal

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I would like to formally ask for a proposal to accomplish the following:

Further develop the POB-Ecency front end and address community concerns and recommendations for improvement.
Maintain continuous monitoring and maintenance of the POB-Ecency front end for the foreseeable future.
Include all current frontend features into the POB-Ecency platform.
Incorporate, if possible, PeakD posting flexibility.
Report on the progress of development.

In Closing

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No one is an island unto themselves.

It is our responsibility to drive things forward. I feel the POB-Ecency project is a massive undertaking. As a community member, it's a part of my responsibility to help move things forward.

I also feel that everyone has that responsibility. Please help us bring POB-Ecency to where it needs to be. Take a look for yourselves and by all means, let's talk about what we think.

Access the new site here: proofofbrain.blog

Add the following tag for easier tracking: #POB-Ecency

Thank you for reading and following on throughout my Hive journey. Special thanks to @ashleykalila for the POB dividers.