The Steem News @ 4 April 2024 : Engagement Challenge Season 17...

Steemit has announced the communities selected for Season 17 of the Engagement Challenge.

The Steem Video Contest now has a prize pool of over 46,000 SP in delegations.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about @the-Gorilla's DAO project, SteemChat, a Showcase Interview, World Smile Project Food Donations, Promoting Steem on Instagram, and Contests on Steem...

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1. Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 17

Steemit has announced the communities selected for Season 17 of the Engagement Challenge.

Joining Steemit Crypto Academy on the challenge are Incredible India, Recreative Steem, Scouts y sus amigos, Steem for Bangladesh, Steem for Pakistan, and Steem Kids & Parents...

• Steemit Update [ April 3rd, 2024 ] : Steemit Engagement Challenge Communities for Season 17

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2. Steem Video Contest

@xpilar has launched a contest for people to make promotional videos about Steem.

There is a prize pool of over 46,000 SP in delegations. The judges for the contest will be @xpilar, @stef1 and @pennsif.

The contest will be open until 15 April...

• PROMOTION STEEM, MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEO ABOUT STEEM. prize pool of at least 46000 SP in delegation to the winners

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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. DAO Watch : The-Gorilla

@the-gorilla continues to post updates on his DAO funded protect to modernise steemit.com. He is making good progress in implementing a new navigation system, and is inviting alpha testers to try the work so far...

• Proposal-86: Navigation Implementation - Alpha Testing

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4. SteemChat

The @stmpak.wit team continue their work in developing the SteemChat application.

They are currently seeking help with the provision of robust hosting for the project...

• Steemchat needs you

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5. Showcase Interview

@ubongudofot continues with his Showcase interviews, this time talking with @mahadisalim, an engineer, a solar installer and a blogger from Bangladesh...

• The Interview Showcase 90 - Exclusive Talk with A Bangladeshi engineer/ blogger

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@ubongudofot has also posted that he will be appearing on a local radio station AKBC on Sunday to talk about his Steem Lighting Africa project to install PV systems in local schools...

• Radio show Announcement: STEEM going live at 90.5 FM AKBC Uyo-Nigeria

You can listen in to the station through their website...

• https://www.akbc.ng/

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6. World Smile Project Food Donations

World Smile Project founder @el-nailul has posted an update on the project to donate food parcels to local orphans in North Aceh during Ramadan...

• WSP International: Update on Food Parcel Donation in Nort Aceh

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7. Promoting Steem on Instagram

Steem Rep @o1eh continues his campaign to promote Steem on Instagram.

Using the @steempromoution account he is running regular contests to encourage Steemians to post about Steem on Instagram...

• Steem Instagram Promotion Contest 5

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8. Contests on Steem

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

There are 115 contests in the latest list with over 650 STEEM in prizes...

• Contest Alerts : Active Contest List on 04th Apr 2024

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.30	04 Apr '24 11.05pm
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#391	04 Apr '24 11.05pm
SBD price	US$ 4.51	04 Apr '24 11.05pm
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	139,713 / day	04 Apr '24 11.05pm
Page views (steemit.com)	217,738 / day	04 Apr '24 11.05pm

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This is #521 (04 Apr '24) of this news service.

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[ graphics by @pennsif ]