Today is the second day of the steemfest meet up that is taking place in Poland and following an initiative by @uwelang, I decided to write some of my thoughts regarding Steem(it)!

Taking the opportunity to discuss about steem & STEEMFEST³

This post shall have as first tag the #steemfesthomebound and with it, I would like to be able to share some of my thoughts about steemit.

• You can watch the event live here > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwuUSatqAsi5XXy_GngMjjQ/featured

Being a steemian for a little more than a year, there are certainly some already shaped opinions and ideas. Some of them I will share and some of them not (at this point)

Why do I love steemit?

Steemit was my first interaction with the Crypto World. Being curious by nature, I never took some time to explore the (at that time) frightening world for me.

All that changed in October 2017, when I first joined the platform.

Steemit helped me to get out of the box, it gave me the opportunity to meet like minded people, to interact with them, to open up a whole new world .....

A whole new world opens up right before your eyes, all you got to do is get out of the box

Why do I love steem blockchain?

When one first joins steemit, especially when there is no prior knowledge of blockchain, they think that steemit=steem. This is not true. The main core, the heart of the system is the steem blockchain. Everything else is an application on the blockchain.

It took me a while, but then I started getting acquainted with a variety of applications, communities, ideas, visions.

There are national communities (take for example @greek-trail)
There are scientific communities (such as @steemstem)
There are blogging communities (such as @steemitbloggers)
There are fund-raising communities (such as @fundition)
There are activity tracking & rewarding communities (such as @actifit)
There is an incredible open source community (@utopian-io)
There is a whole bunch of international translators (@davinci.witness)

There are even the incredible mamas of steemit, you would never had guessed, right? (@steemitmamas)

And so many other dApps that really make steem blockchain, a sustainable place that is worth to take the time to explore and to make the most of it!

(You may want to take look at a recent dApp Analysis created by @miniature-tiger here)

Take some moments to discover the undiscovered and always expect the unexpected!

How can one be informed about the steemfest?

You can follow the official account of @steemfest and watch the videos on youtube

You can check out the tag #steemfest and check out
🔥 New steemfest posts
🔥 Trending steemfest posts

If you check out the tag on twitter and instagram tagged steemfest or tagged steemfest3, you will also get a chance to see much more info by participants!

Who would I absolutely die to meet at SteemFEST³??

• @iliasdiamantis - A good friend that I have never met him till now. He is attending steemfest and always posts some of the most interesting updates that I do not want to miss.

What I would ask him: Where do you find inspiration for your crypto discoveries & cooking sessions?

• @suesa - A very dear person who I did not have yet the chance to meet. Recently she took up a very interesting role at the @Utopian-io Team and I think she is the perfect person for it!

What I would ask her: - How do you manage to be always, everywhere? Do you have time left for yourself?

• @andrarchy - He is the content director of Steemit Inc, I always hear what he has to say and I like the fact that steemit has been trying to come closer to its people..

What I would ask him: - 1. How did you feel with the steemfest 🔥 outfit? Whose idea was it?
And ..
2. If you have a new social media team, would you consider expanding your support with groups on facebook, telegram, discord, etc? We see many scammers everywhere, and I would like to see OFFICIAL groups in every place possible

• @ned - I know it will never happen, but he did post an AMA, so If I ever did meet him, I would take the opportunity to ask him ..

How much do you know about steem communities & dApps?
What are your criteria for choosing what/whom to support?
Do you have any ideas about how to increase the users' retention?

I dream of a Steem World

I hope that steem(it) will be a better place for everyone, that the communities will be able to make their visions a reality and that this technology can be an incubator for new ideas that will make the world a little bit better.

I dream of a world where cats, dogs, chicks and all kind of living creatures (including the bugs living in the photostories by @ruth-girl) can live together, happily ever after.

And we will not say no to the riches that come with it!

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If you wish to contribute into making some noise about steem & the steemfest, feel free to:

• Use the tag #steemfesthomebound for the next few days
• Write about why you love steemit
• Write about why you love steem blockchain
• Write about how you are informed about the steemfest (steemit, other social media, news)
• Write about why you would go to the steemfest, who you would absolutely wish to meet there (and why)
• Feel free to improvise about it!

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• Edited -
  I am so happy that some people actually read!! @seapilot thanks for correcting the typo!

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