RE: What the heck is happening with steemit? I’ve been gone four months and just returned today. Help!
Hello @swissclive. Welcome back. This hardfork thing started on the 25th, thats about 4 days ago.
Permit me to help with these few tips
-You can now comment every 3 seconds (previously 20 seconds)
-You can call back delegated Steem Power in 5 days (previously 7 days)
-The "curation window" is now 15 minutes (previously 30 minutes)
-Unlimited timeframe to edit post
-Self voting (voting on your own post) is now harder to abuse
-SBD debt ratio is changing. "Steem Blockchain Dollars" are designed to be pegged to the value of $1.00 USD. This new logic will assist in making SBD more stable.
Most importantly...
You no longer need to delegate Steem Power to generate new accounts. (Previously you needed to delegate ~ 14 Steem Power to generate an account). A new system called Resource Credits was just implemented, allowing accounts to use credits to mint new usernames."
Good and bad news.
Steemit has been successfully forked. Now, Resource credits and Manna determines a lot in your steemit journey. The number of Steem power you have play a big role in your interaction on the platform. A newly created account with 15SP can only give 3 comments, 9 votes and 11 transfers/powerups.
They are trying to reduce spamming and make people invest in steem power. You can now check the number of comments, upvotes or transfers you can do on steemd.com
Happy New Steemit.
@oredebby that’s a great summary. Thanks so much. Self-voting is harder? I think I just voted myself. What about voting bots? It looks like they may be disabled?
Awww well I'm not too sure, but I don't think it stops bots from doing their work.