I think one problem is the search rankings for the HIVE blockchain. When I first started, I found it hard to find information about the blockchain. I started with Splinterlands so peakd was the front-end I started with, but googling peakd wasn't exactly bringing the most relevant results. Also, the number 1 search result on HIVE blockchain is something different entirely. Some users might be turned off given the hard time getting information before deciding to stay or not.
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The internal search engine basically doesn't work, to not simply say that it doesn't work. Practically the only way to find something specific on HIVE is by googling it from Google. But this is being dealt with. It's a high priority issue for the Devs, I believe. Correct me anyone if I'm wrong.
But do you think you could find that info someplace that's easily accessible to begin with? At least some sort of hashtag convention, like, #server-docs, #update-docs #roadmap-docs, you know, what would there be, 25-30 major categories that would only be added to when someone was putting up additional, new knowledge. Not sure though, there's no admin control over something like that. Might be better to think of setting up "communities" like that, where an admin could control the junk, and only keep what's good, and what's up-to-date. Imagine a "knowledge base community" only for #new-users. I imagine that would take a while to get built!
Search with blockchain is difficult in general. Plus you bring up an added issue that none of the front ends really rank high on Google. It is a challenge.
That is why word of mouth and vibrancy is vital. We need to encourage those who do make it here since there are the issues you noted.
Hopefully the new layer on LeoInfra will offer a solution for future search.
From what I understand, it is not easy.
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