In case you are new to this page, this lifestyle program has many educational values. A weekly interview of top users/users in the blog concerning some trending topics on the Steemit platform. And tips that can help other Steemians to progress positively and help boost the Steem’s growth.

It will help you to get to know more about Steemians around the globe and even Steem and Steemit itself.

I take time to look at some of the most important topics in the blockchain and have a chat/call with top Steemians who have a greater idea about those topics.

They also share some tips that can help other users to understand the blockchain and correctly make use of it. Sometimes they seek valuable suggestions here to help them solve some of their challenges.

This Week's Interview was with one of the Steem Representatives, a big-time blogger from Italy. She is a member of the Italy game Witness. She is an old-time Steemian. And just before I continue, have you seen @mikitaly before? I bet 85% of you all haven't seen her before, you didn't even know that the user behind that account is a female, not just a female but a mother of two grown-ups whom she adores so much. Guess what?

You will see her today for the first time...!😁

Let's welcome @mikitaly my guest to the Interview showcase.

🔶Mikitaly: It's a pleasure to be here speaking with you. Thank you so much for inviting me. I'm passionate about the crypto and blockchain world, a nature and animal enthusiast, an avid supporter of strategies to save our planet, and I always believe that positive thoughts, kindness, and a lot of smiles can work miracles.

🔶Mikitaly: I honestly don't remember anymore, but it was the period when I got into cryptocurrencies and I was looking for information everywhere, especially in forums like Bitcointalk and Reddit, Italian forums like CryptoItalia Forum, and Criptovalute.

Forums were also coming up. I joined Steemit, I guess a bit like everyone else, in the beginning, attracted by the idea of receiving rewards for my posts. Then I realised its real value. At that time it was really something new, there were no other similar platforms.

🔶Mikitaly: For the most part, I like to write about everything related to the crypto world. I think you always have to be informed to avoid falling into the trap of FUD and that is why I share my views. Then I also talk about other things. I like to find the latest blockchain-based projects that aim to make our planet greener and less polluted, since Covid, I also pay more attention to health issues and when I find useful news I like to share it. Then of course as moderator of the Italian community, I publish posts that I consider useful for the whole group.

🔶Mikitaly: Yes, absolutely. In my opinion, they are a point of reference for all Steemit users. They give users the opportunity to be more involved in the platform's activities and to interact with each other by forging useful relationships to build their own path on the platform through mutual support that can last over time. In addition, you always learn new things and better understand the dynamics of Steemit. I believe that alone, on such a large blogging platform, one goes nowhere, but not everyone realises this.

🔶Mikitaly: I relax by reading a book or listening to podcasts not only on crypto, but especially on meditation, and mental and spiritual well-being.

🔶Mikitaly: I was encouraged by my group of @italygame, which you know and have already interviewed @girolamomarotta and @frafiomatale. And in the end, I tried to participate even though I knew I only had experience related to running the Italian community and not outside it. Amazingly I am one of the Representatives for 2023 and I am really honoured. It is a really great experience, I am learning new things, I am interacting with other Reps who have more experience than me and this is a lot of help. I will definitely continue to do my best to be useful to the whole great Steemit community..

🔶Mikitaly: Create more interaction between users! Wandering around Steemit looking for users who deserve curation, I see how undervalued it is. This also happens in the Italian community where we still encourage users to interact with each other. Especially new users, but not only, think mainly about posting their own content, disinterested in the posts of others. Instead, it is important to read and comment on other posts, to support the work of others and not just expect to receive it.

Actually, something is already being done to solve this problem: the curator teams are rewarding the most deserving comments with their own upvote. We at @italygame have also been doing this for a while in our community.

I usually delegate 10% of each of my posts to @penny4thoughts, so that the most deserving users who leave comments on my posts can receive an additional reward.

I really think we should give more value to comments because they have a fundamental function: they make the platform alive and active...What value would a post have without any comments?

🔶Mikitaly: I would love to see the Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, in Rwanda. Many travel agencies organize 3-day trekking safaris in the forest to see these magnificent animals, which are now on the brink of extinction. It would be a dream come true..

🔶Mikitaly: What I really cannot stand is indifference. More and more often we turn away so as not to see those who need our help. I think our societies are taking a turn for the worse and that saddens me.

🔶Mikitaly: Do I know African songs?😁 Let me tell you something, my friend...My friend, I lived in Kenya and I only heard African hits, from 2011 to 2015. However, there was one song that never went out of style and could be heard everywhere and at any time, "Vuli Ndlela" by Branda Fassie.