A Social Network for Curators

Yup is the number 2 app on the EOS Blockchain. It has a lot of daily users *.

What is Yup?

Yup is a site where you can "Curate and share content across the web, Earn money and clout for your taste".
Sounds interesting so I thought I would try it out.

As part of my #rediscovercrypto journey I am looking at what is up and running in Crypto, what has materialised over the last few years. I am really excited to try out all the Dapps that are popular.

Onboarding

I linked my twitter account to log in and I got access to a feed which was fairly intuitive

• The onboarding was fairly straightforward and I could then browse articles and vote on them.
• I seem to have been given an influence rating based on my twitter profile.

Using the Dapp

• I can browse in a regular browser and upvote and add comments.

• There are different categories which you can browse.

Review

Overall the initial experience is a bit confusing but the concept seems interesting and it gives you a different way to browse content on the internet.

• I am not clear on how you can add new content. For example #hive posts.
• I am also not clear how or why it links to the twitter account
• You can also like a metamask extenstion but this seems buggy
• Some of the collections I was trying to browse dont seem to work.

Overall it's an interesting concept and I will give it more time, and see if I can start earning with it by curating.

Edit

The Help docs are here. Why do I always read the manual after I try something out, I dont make my life easy :)
https://docs.yup.io/
Also More info on the Launch

• https://y-u-p.medium.com/introducing-yup-9408fa37335d

Whats really interesting about Yup is that they are focusing on using 2 Layer 1 chains. One for Liquidity (ETH) and one for transactions (EOS)

Previous Posts in this Series

• @eroche/rediscovering-crypto

If you are rediscovering crypto after an absence why not make a blog on Hive using the #rediscovercrypto and share with the community what you find.

Notes

*https://www.stateofthedapps.com/platforms/eos