There are often times when I login to Steemit.com it doesn't work. Either it gives you an error or it goes on real slow. It's a good thing that we have an alternative called Steemitstage.com (verified it's owned by Steemit as well). So whenever the site does not work - I use Steemitstage.com instead. Recently, Steemitstage also stopped working. Presenting me with a broken robot image telling me that the website is down or something. However, it's up and running now and I noticed something very different.

If you look at the screen capture above, the trending page looks different. The list of posts has been updated with a new look. The author names are now on the upper-left corner of a post together with their Avatar. Along with some other layout changes: Tags are on the left side. There are "Links" on the right side. There's also a button that transforms your feed into a 'busy.org-like' or 'facebook-like' environment. Look, here's what happens after pressing that button:

It makes the 'thumbnail' bigger, just like how you'd see it in Busy.org. This can make the website look much more enjoyable for some, especially if they like to focus on the thumbnail and have problems squinting their eyes just to see what the first photo is about without opening the post itself. Other than that I didn't notice any other changes on the main feeds.

The same format also applies to your blog's page. It now looks like this:

Your comments and replies also had the same changes. The comments page looks like this:

You'll notice that the replies page has troubles loading Avatars (much like when you open a reply in Steemit.com, it won't show you their actual avatar, rather it will show you the 'anonymous' avatar by default - it seems you have to go to their main blog first so that their avatar will load the first time, once it is loaded you're able to see it in the replies page). It looks like this:

The rewards, wallet, & settings page stays the same without any noticeable difference. The only thing I noticed is the font could be different, both in type and size (but it's possible that was just brought about by change of device - I'm on a desktop PC in Steemitstage.com while at work now and I'm usually on a laptop at home.). Another thing is my Cover Image doesn't show up and that space stays white (it works ins Steemit.com btw), while users who doesn't have one will retain the blue gradient as their Cover Image.

Since my voting power is not up above 90% I decided to upvote the entries I got for one of my contests, then I've noticed is that hyperlinks and the Upvote icon now has a brighter and deeper blue (the slider also gets a somwhat bigger box). Here's a look (I can't take a screenshot of the slider without moving my mouse away):

Another one that's notable is the Powered-Up Posts does not have the Steemit logo on it anymore instead it's a blue 100% logo.

Could it be that they're doing updates on Steemit.com that's why it's working intermittently? I did notice that notifications are working properly on Steemit.com now (most of the time). I wonder what other things are in store for us Steemians? After all, this is a Beta site so changes are inevitable and will be a vital part of improvement not just in the website interface but in the experience as a whole. Any changes here can directly affect communities and the Steem currency. Hoping for the best. Let's change Steem for the better!

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Maraming Salamat!

Thank you so much!