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Many people would like to know how Steemit looked before, not only newbies but also early adopters would love to remind themselves memories of the "old" Steemit from a year ago, when there were less users, and the Steemit community was like one big family. But with the current interface it's impossible to dig to much. There are so much posts every day, that to go back a year will take a month.

So I decided to put together a daily report with the top posts from today a year ago. I want to thank to @arcange the one who powers SteemSQL a tool I used for this report, and to @evolved08gsr for giving me advice how to generate these reports.

Special thanks to @jrcornel for supporting me from the beginning I'm here.

The top posts are divided in 3 tables.

1. Top posts by payout
2. Top posts by # of comments
3. Top post by number of upvotes

Please note that some posts maybe filtered for various reasons.

Below are the top posts by payout

Post	Author	Payout
Could Steem Be The Gateway Drug To Mainstream Cryptocurrency Usage And The End of Central Banks and Government?	@dollarvigilante	$4231.024
SteemMag û SteemitÆs Weekend Digest (æSteemit is 4Æ SPECIAL EDITION) #5: The Journey so far - Exclusive Chats With Early Supporters, Owner of A Crypto-exchange, A mini vox pop and This Week on Steemitàà..	@infovore	$3920.086
For the Love of Making	@natureofbeing	$3202.956
E168 2016-08-12 Beyond Bitcoin - PeerPlays Sharedrop! BlockPay Affiliate Program, GRC & New Money!	@officialfuzzy	$2743.11
Bitshares GUI release 2.0.160813	@svk	$2727.817
Free Will and Conscious Freedom	@clains	$2708.348
A mom and her weed	@fairytalelife	$2525.284
Altai the pearl of Russia - part 2. (featuring new author @litrbooh)	@gavvet	$2317.816
The Politics of Negative Voting	@dantheman	$2251.286
A Chat With Bittrex Co-founder, A mini ôVox-popö - Steemians Speak and This Week On Steemit à.. SteemMag û SteemitÆs Weekend Digest #5 p.2	@infovore	$2009.36
Origin of the Right to Vote and how the system denies this right	@dantheman	$1917.726
SUCCESS (An Original Poem)	@ericvancewalton	$1899.012
Why drink stale coffee? (Part 5 Water)	@justinlaak	$1840.438
Right Now Are We Living In The Happiest Time Of Our Lives?	@calaber24p	$1619.09
Bitfilm Director and Liberty Activist Aaron Koenig Joins Steemit - Get his Bitcoin Book for Free!	@aaronkoenig	$1455.342
Kissing Santorini's Magical Blue Sea.	@sweetsssj	$1426.19
Cryptonomex Rears Its Head!	@stan	$1136.402
I Quit Software Engineering to Pursue my Passion for Art. Now I Take Selfies with Animals - My Real Introduction	@daxon	$1024.68
THE AMERICAN DREAM (An Original Short Story - Part 4 of 4)	@ericvancewalton	$1017.524

Here are the top posts by # of comments

Post	Author	# Of Comments
Could Steem Be The Gateway Drug To Mainstream Cryptocurrency Usage And The End of Central Banks and Government?	@dollarvigilante	178
The Politics of Negative Voting	@dantheman	178
The Price of Steem Will Always Go Down... It's Supposed To : The Magic of Steem Power	@xeldal	127
How to ADVERTISE your Steemit post! (Get Everyones attention! Without the BS! )	@kaylinart	123
Some Of My BEST Artwork! MIXED (PHOTOS)	@kaylinart	109
How to withdraw Steemit STEEM DOLLARS in your Bank account? (Tutorial)	@jackgallenhall	101
I Quit Software Engineering to Pursue my Passion for Art. Now I Take Selfies with Animals - My Real Introduction	@daxon	92
Black Holes.	@liberosist	83
Origin of the Right to Vote and how the system denies this right	@dantheman	71
Men Deal With It Too	@veralynn	69
Free Will and Conscious Freedom	@clains	64
Everybody that up votes my post and comments on my posts get rewarded by me Juneaugoldbuyer mini whale just for paticapating.	@juneaugoldbuyer	64
What's Better Than A Whale Upvote?	@sirwinchester	61
Cryptonomex Rears Its Head!	@stan	58
IS STEEMIT THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET OR JUST THE NEW FACEBOOK?	@sift666	58
A mom and her weed	@fairytalelife	56
Parents Should Nurture Freethinking and Disobedient Children	@sterlinluxan	53
Eating Oysters is all about the mood and feel..	@sweetsssj	52
A look at Steem blocksize evolution	@masteryoda	52

And here are the top posts by # of votes

Post	Author	# Of Votes
Could Steem Be The Gateway Drug To Mainstream Cryptocurrency Usage And The End of Central Banks and Government?	@dollarvigilante	786
The Politics of Negative Voting	@dantheman	541
Altai the pearl of Russia - part 2. (featuring new author @litrbooh)	@gavvet	386
Origin of the Right to Vote and how the system denies this right	@dantheman	363
A mom and her weed	@fairytalelife	355
Free Will and Conscious Freedom	@clains	346
I Quit Software Engineering to Pursue my Passion for Art. Now I Take Selfies with Animals - My Real Introduction	@daxon	328
Relax, Everyone! Al Qaeda Are the Good Guys Again!	@corbettreport	314
Peerplays Drops ~ $600,000 USD Of Value Into The Bitshares Ecosystem	@steempower	310
E168 2016-08-12 Beyond Bitcoin - PeerPlays Sharedrop! BlockPay Affiliate Program, GRC & New Money!	@officialfuzzy	306
SteemMag û SteemitÆs Weekend Digest (æSteemit is 4Æ SPECIAL EDITION) #5: The Journey so far - Exclusive Chats With Early Supporters, Owner of A Crypto-exchange, A mini vox pop and This Week on Steemitàà..	@infovore	299
A Chat With Bittrex Co-founder, A mini ôVox-popö - Steemians Speak and This Week On Steemit à.. SteemMag û SteemitÆs Weekend Digest #5 p.2	@infovore	290
Cryptonomex Rears Its Head!	@stan	280
What's Better Than A Whale Upvote?	@sirwinchester	278
For the Love of Making	@natureofbeing	277
Right Now Are We Living In The Happiest Time Of Our Lives?	@calaber24p	276
Simple Examples of Steem's Money Flows	@clayop	276
Parents Should Nurture Freethinking and Disobedient Children	@sterlinluxan	268
STEEMIT Statistics - WEEK 3	@hisnameisolllie	260

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