The Steem News @ 7 March 2024 : Steem Representatives - Applications Open...

Steemit Inc is doing another round of recruitment of Steem Representatives.

Witness @moecki explores what might be wrong with steemit.com.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Awesome-Steem, Steem Hobbies, Steem Fashion & Style Magazine, Showcase Interviews, Recommended Reads, and Contests on Steem...

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1. Steem Representatives - Applications Open

Steemit Inc is doing another round of recruitment of Steem Representatives.

The requirements to become a Steem Rep have increased again with minimum requirements of a Reputation of at least 70, and at least 17,500 Steem Power.

Delegations for those selected to be Steem Representatives range from 5,000 SP to 20,000 SP.

The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm UTC, on Wednesday 20 March 2024...

• Steemit Update [ March 4th, 2024 ] : Steem Representatives - Applications Invited

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2. What's up with Steemit?

Steemit.com has been having some significant performance issues for the last few weeks with delayed posts, missing votes and vanishing comments.

German witness @moecki has been exploring what might be causing the problems...

• Opening an issue to discuss the Condenser/Hivemind problem ... and to find a solution

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Pennsif the Witness

After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level.

I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... @pennsif.witness

If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.

You can read my full witness announcement here...

• pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post

@pennsif.witness is now at #19. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.

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3. Awesome-Steem

Top witness @justyy has produced a comprehensive list of all the resources, tools and dApps on Steem...

• https://github.com/DoctorLai/awesome-steem

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4. Steem Hobbies

The new Steem Hobbies community founded by @waterjoe and @klen.civil is recruiting Moderators...

• Steem Hobbies Update [ March 4th, 2024 ] : Moderator - Applications Invited

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5. Steem Fashion & Style Magazine

Steem Fashion & Style founder @ashkhan has started a 'Fashion Magazine'...

• Steem Fashion & Style "Fashion Magazine" Week 1 March 2024

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6. Showcase Interview

@ubongudofot continues with his Showcase interviews, this time talking with @caro79 from Venezuela...

• The Interview Showcase 86 - Exclusive Talk with a Venezuelan blogger

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7. Recommended Reads

Long time Steemian @wakeupkitty gives guidance on how to 'free write'...

• How to free write?

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Steem old timer @welshstacker remembers how he helped design the 2018 'Communi-tree' Steem Silver Round...

• Did you know?? I designed this STEEM silver round...

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Steem Reps @dexsyluz and @alejos7ven are hosting the first virtual meeting on 10 March for their Connect You newcomers mentoring scheme...

• Connect You: Preparing our first virtual meeting 8 edition

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8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem.

There are 106 contests in the latest list with over 650 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 07th Mar 2024

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.33	07 Mar '24 8.34pm
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#366	07 Mar '24 8.34pm
SBD price	US$ 5.15	07 Mar '24 8.34pm
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	134,897 / day	07 Mar '24 8.34pm
Page views (steemit.com)	228,943 / day	07 Mar '24 8.34pm

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This is #512 (07 Mar '24) of this news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif ]