The Steem News @ 12 October 2019
Travelfeed announce push notifications and Thailand meetups.
@nickyhavey offers a Bluffer's Guide to Downvotes, the Steem Proposal System approaches 1000 SBD daily funding budget, and there is a week of ads to be won on MSP Waves.
And there is news and discussion about Gerbot, Splinterlands, SteemLeo, Dblog, a Steem Health Check, Natural Medicine and SteemChurch...
1. Travelfeed announce updates & Thailand meetups
Steem travel site @travelfeed has released 'Push Notifications' to let members know when they have been curated, mentioned, followed or if they have received a reply.
A new 'Discover Nearby Posts' feature helps users find geographically related posts.
Travelfeed is also organising three post-SteemFest meetups in Thailand - one in Bangkok and two in Chiang Mai...
2. The Bluffers Guide to Downvotes
Since the advent of the free downvotes in Hardfork 21, their usage has become a hot, and somewhat controversial, topic on Steem.
@nickyhavey has revived his 'Bluffer's Guide To Steem' for a one-off special to shed more light on the subject...
The downvote debate is generating a considerable amount of explanation and argument from all sides - for example from @xpilar...
And from OCD witness @acidyo...
3. Steem Proposal System update
As the daily budget available from the SPS is about to cross the 1000 SBD mark there are still just the three proposals from @inertia, @steemchiller and @howo currently receiving funding...
Among the proposals waiting in line hoping to be voted above @gtg's Return Proposal threshold of 14.1 million SP are @kommienezuspadt's Steemian v The Bear comic proposal...
@good-karma's XSteem exchange dev pitch...
And @votovzla's call for assistance with their attendance presenting Steem at the Rotary International Business Fair in El Tigre, Venezuela...
4. Win a week of Ads on MSP Waves
MSP Waves is running a contest to win a week's worth of advertising at the beginning and end of all its live shows.
Station manager @r0nd0n is also on the look out for new show hosts. If anyone has an idea for a new show and a decent internet connection why not give it a go on MSP Waves...
5. Gerbot adds new Charts
Developer @gerber has updated Gerbot that runs on Discord to provide information and charts on Steem-Engine tokens. It can now provide charts showing the top buyers and top sellers of any token in the last 24 hours...
@bluerobo continues to put out new charts for different Steem-Engine tokens. The latest is for UFM - the native token of the UpFundMe network...
6. Splinterlands switches to manual curation
Splinterlands has joined the ranks of the manual curators with a team of @travelgirl, @clove71, @isaria and @carrieallen, alongside @aggroed and @yabapmatt, looking to upvote good quality Splinterlands related content with the 600K SP @steemmonsters account...
Meanwhile Splinterlands' new Kickstarter campaign is growing at an untameable pace...
7. Tokens need Utility
SteemLeo founder @khaleelkazi discusses how a token needs to be given utility value for a successful economy, and he looks at how they plan to achieve this for the LEO token...
Dblog founder @rokyupjung reports that the sale of DBLOG is being brought to an end after more than a million tokens were sold in a week...
8. Steem Health Check
@socky runs a health check on STEEM and reports another good run of powering up exceeding powering down is underway...
9. LOTUS Challenge - make your own version to win
@naturalmedicine have launched another challenge with 40 STEEM plus tokens up for grabs. All you have to do is make your own version of a store bought product...
And ecoTrain founder @eco-alex is offering one lucky person a 2000 SP delegation for a month - you just have to say why you want it...
10. SteemChurch International Ministry update
The Steem Christian network founded by @sirknight, SteemChurch, gives an update as it expands around the world and across the cryptosphere...
KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap & @arcange ]
(change on previous day in brackets // n/c = no change)| Steem price | US$ 0.139 | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| SBD price | US$ 0.689 | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| CoinMarketCap Ranking | #84 (+1) | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| FCAS Score | 810 (-1) / A / #20 | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| No. of Whales | 38 (n/c) | 11 Oct '19 |
| No. of Orcas | 360 (n/c) | 11 Oct '19 |
| No. of Dolphins | 2167 (n/c) | 11 Oct '19 |
| No. of Minnows | 9249 (-1) | 11 Oct '19 |
| Alexa rank (steemit.com) | #8,755 (-40) | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steemit.com) | 141,846 / day | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| Page views (steemit.com) | 368,799 / day | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| Alexa rank (steempeak.com) | #59,841 (+668) | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| Unique visitors (steempeak.com) | 16,289 / day | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
| Page views (steempeak.com) | 87,958 / day | 13 Oct '19 02.20am UTC |
Follow @penguinpablo, @steem-data & @eforucom for more statistics.
Visit the Steem Meetups & Events Calendar for a full list of meetups coming up...
This is #201 (12 Oct '19) of this daily news service.
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