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Hello Steemians! The Steemit Team (#newsteemit) had a great time at Steemfest and we’re now all back to work pushing forward on Communities and SMTs. For those of you who didn’t watch the livestreams (shame on you!) we’d like to update you on some of the exciting developments that we covered at SteemFest.

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Group Presentation

We kicked things off with a group presentation during which every project lead spent about 10 minutes going over what we've accomplished over the past year, what we're working on now, and our visions for the future of Steem.

Communities

In his Steemfest presentation, @roadscape explored his vision for the future of steemit.com. In his view, having the most powerful blockchain isn’t going to get you very far if people can’t see what it is capable of doing. While some may think that the problem is not enough blockchain-level features, that we need more marketing, or easier sign ups, it all boils down to engagement.

@roadscape believes that Communities has the potential to address all of these core issues, but that’s a lot of pressure to put on just one application! So while designing Communities he asked himself questions like, “What does a healthy platform look like?” “What does a moderation system which serves its users look like?” “How do you shift Steem from a game people play to a way they interact with the world?” And of course, “What is a Community?”

He answers all those questions and more in the following video and then wraps things up with a surprise announcement and demo of Communities which are now in Private Beta!

SMT Wizard

In their blockchain presentation, @vandeberg and @gerbino gave a surprise demonstration of the SMT Wizard they’ve developed which will enable anyone, not just developers, to launch their very own SMT in minutes! The wizard is still in development, so it will continue to get better over time, and we plan to release it to the public in the not-to-distant future.

In the following video, they launch not one, but three SMTs in under 15 minutes while explaining what they are doing. These are actual Smart Media Tokens that were created on the testnet!

Steemfest was an amazing experience for the team and we can’t thank @roelandp enough for all the time and energy he puts into making these conferences as fun and informative as possible. There is no other conference in the world like Steemfest and that is due in large part to his herculean efforts.

Of course, it also wouldn’t be Steemfest if not for the amazing community members who assist Roeland (shout out to the @firepower team) as well as attend the conference. Thank you all for sticking with us through the difficult times.

We can’t wait till next year!

The Steemit Team

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What's going on with Ned guys, is he still in Steemit team?

Ned is Executive Chairman of the Board. He regularly meets with @elipowell, Steemit's Managing Director. He is primarily focused on other projects at the moment but he is excited about the progress that is being made on Communities and SMTs.

Will it be possible to share something about Ned's projects?

why? What difference does it make. He isn't involved in the day-to-day activities, he can fish, work or play...

Yeah! Let the man fish for pete sake!

He can fish once STEEM value goes back over 1$

Until then, back to the grindstone for HIM!

;>

|fish, work or play...

Lol...just popped in for a minute...glad to see you're still able to stimulate community discussions...lol...

Best regards.

Peace.

When Nedcoin? 😁ahah just kidding guys best of luck you are awesome!!!🙌🍀🤞💙🤸‍♀️

Thanks for the update. I was wondering the same thing about Ned, but it's great to see he's still around.

Was an amazing experience. The Steemit INC team, and all the Steemians were awesome people. Looking forward to next year!

I wish this fest will acknowledge Indian crypto market potential and give some opportunity to Indian people.

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Ask not what Steemfest can do for your country, but what your country can do for Steemfest!

I agree with this. Well said. Bringing value is at the core.

Yeah, such a brilliant and simple statement. No one should be looking at Steem Fest as a cash grab.
Gain information and secure discounts on venues and nearby accommodation, restaurants and attractions first, then start bragging about how much sense it makes to have it in location ??.

Thank you for being present in SF4 showing your honesty and hard work. The team is finally delivering some of the most expected products and now the communication is working. People are getting more optimistic because of all that. I appreciated how sincere all the members were during SF4. They answered when they had answers, they asked for feedback and suggestions. When they had no answers they said they exactly that. "I'll have to think about that because I don't know."
This is the kind of posture that makes me confident.

... it all boils down to engagement.

🙏🏽

I have the dress all picked out. I am just waiting on the proposal.

I have the dress all
Picked out. I am just waiting
On the proposal.

                 - sepracore


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Lolz funny though, got me laughing hard

Loving this! ❤️

It was absolutely wonderful to be able to attend SteemFest in beautiful Thailand and to finally meet the Steemit team including their significant others. I’m so looking forward to this next year and all that #newsteem has to offer!

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Thanks for the recap. It is always nice to review what was done and where things stand.

One suggestion: it might be useful to put out a 6-12 month road map. Most are aware that communities is in beta and SMTs on Testnet. We will presume the bugs will be worked out as more testing is done and those will go live in 6 months or less.

That said, what is the next few areas of focus for the team? 2019 saw a lot of big projects on the drawing board, most which were accomplished (kudos to Steemit Inc for that). However, after such a long wait and the mantra of communities, smts, communities, smts....now what?

I would think it helpful to put together a few bullet points of major areas that the team is going to focus upon next.

Thanks for the feedback. Given the delays of Communities and SMTs, we really wanted to put our heads down and prove (to ourselves) that we could ship these products. So we were a bit obsessed with those initiatives, but you're absolutely right. They are now in a place where it is time to start communicating about our broader vision for the ecosystem.

Wow this is amazing I am very proud to be a member of Steemit. The Steefest must have been nerve wrecking for you guys to be in Bangkok and discussing the roots of the last year. I am so happy to hear you guys are geared toward making the platform a stronger force. I am so excited to see the new tools as well as starting this new community idea. Well done I am hear to stay.

It was an amazing experience and i'm glad everyone from Inc had a great time at SteemFest! I hope we can do this again next year! Cheers.

Very interesting thanks for sharing.

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