The Steem News @ 5 September 2024 : All Change for the Engagement Challenge...

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It is all change for Season 20 of the Engagement Challenge.

DLIKE is back in action.

Today's Steem News also includes Developer Updates, Meetup Calendar, Talking Points, and Contest Corner...



1. All Change for the Engagement Challenge

Steemit Inc has announced the winners for Season 20 of the Engagement Challenge.

Out of a record 62 applications, 15 Teaching Teams and Challengers have been selected for the new season.

The numbers are well up on previous seasons reflecting the dropping of the various rules and guidelines for applications, and the shift in focus to the Teaching Teams.

Steemit Inc have highlighted that the Steem blockchain offers a unique environment for online learning with courses being free and and the potential to be rewarded for your endeavours.

The Teaching Teams selected cover a wide range of subjects including cooking, crochet, business, programming, graphic design, fitness, hematology, pattern making, creative writing, spreadsheets…



2. DLIKE is Back

Originally launched 6 years ago DLIKE has been dormant for a while following adverse changes on the chain.

Now it is up and running again providing an Instagram / Pinterest like interface for Steem...


@dlike witness is also featured in this week's Showcase Interview from @ubongudofot...



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



3. Developer Updates

Witness developer @justyy has tested his new TRX to STEEM swap tool...


@etainclub is continuing work on his Steem payment system, SoodalPay.

A Steem Wallet function has now been added...

Witness developer @etainclub has also posted a list of all the apps he has developed on Steem including ppebak.com, an online store, a blog app, a Steem Accounts Exchange, and an Anonymous Posting app...


@ety001 has done some optimisation of the bridge.get_ranked_posts API to improve the display speed of the trending listing page for communities...


@michelangelo3 has been testing scheduled posts on SteemPro...


@remlaps has now made his Steem Conversation Accelerator browser extension open source...



4. Meetup Calendar

Steem Meetups continue around the world.

Next up tomorrow is an event in Dhaka, Bangladesh organised by @shiftitamanna.

After that on 8 September is the meetup in Aceh, Indonesia with 56 attendees signed up so far...


6 September - Bangladesh, Dhaka

8 September - Indonesia

5 & 6 October - South Korea

2 November - Venezuela

30 November - Nigeria


If anyone knows of any other Meetups being planned anywhere in the world please post in the Comments.



5. Talking Points

@dove11 discusses the importance of comments.

Should comments get as much curation attention as posts...


@remlaps raises the tricky issue of downvotes.

What role should downvotes play on the Steem blockchain...


Witness @xpilar asks if Steem has a healthy ecosystem...



6. Contest Corner

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

There are 104 contests in the latest list with over 650 STEEM in prizes...


Steem Rep and Healthy Steem Mod @dexsyluz is running a contest about the topical issue of MPox (formerly Monkey Pox)...


The @italygame team run a number of weekly contests including photography, food and travel.

You can find them all in their Digitaly magazine...



KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price US$ 0.15 5 Sep '24 3.30pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking #397 5 Sep '24 3.30pm UTC
SBD price US$ 2.33 5 Sep '24 3.30pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com) 130,635 / day 5 Sep '24 3.30pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com) 199,844 / day 5 Sep '24 3.30pm UTC


This is #544 (05 Sep '24) of this news service.



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स्टीम समाचार @ 5 सितंबर 2024 : एंगेजमेंट चैलेंज के लिए सभी बदलाव...

Thank you for the Hindi translation of Steem News.

Thank you so much, @pennsif, for shout about DLIKE.

Good luck with the relaunch of DLIKE.

Thanks for the Steem News update. Here is the Indonesian translation:

Thank you for the Indonesian translation of Steem News.

Thank you for the Urdu translation of Steem News.

Muchísimas gracias por impulsar mi concurso de esta forma ♥
Ya se me hacía raro que nadia hable sobre la MPox (algo que en twitter estuvo sonando mucho en las últimas semanas, sobre todo por la alerta mundial de la OMS), hay mucha tela que cortar sobre este tema

Por cierto, todos quedamos sorprendidos y emocionados por los 15 equipos para la temporada 20 del Reto de Interacción. Veamos como evoluciona de forma positiva! Ya estoy preparandome para la primera semana

Salud, disfrute de un café por la tarde sin mucha azúcar

Hopefully MPox doesn't spread too far and too fast.

Season 20 with the 15 Teaching Teams should be interesting...

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