What about the permissions system? Ability to define custom permissions and give them to people seems fundamental. Right now we have all kinds of tools (G Suite, project management platforms like Trello and Slack, content platforms like Youtube, literally thousands of websites) and each has their own user system and their own permission levels that you assign to users. As I understand it, one of the promises of EOS is to be able to have one blockchain that all such websites can connect with. All users are on the blockchain. You just define your custom permissions (e.g. ability to post to a certain Slack channel, ability to upload videos, etc.) and assign them to users of your choosing.
This would not only simplify the burden of managing users and logins across many different websites, but it would allow for shared ownership of the data. It seems to me that it's a technological foundation that can help enable a different kind of society.
Do SMTs have anything like that?
The customizable permissions functionality was conceived and designed by Steem’s very own, Michael @Vandeberg, so you can expect it to be done best in Steem. Any other platform employing it is copying.
Sounds intriguing! Thanks for answering, and I'll definitely be more closely following the developments on that functionality.