In July 2016, I reached out to @heiditravels with an interview request. That marked the beginning of my "20 questions" interview series.

After that, I asked 20 questions to @katecloud, @manthostsakirid, @blockchaingirl, @piedpiper, @stellabelle, @budgetbucketlist, @allasyummyfood, @the-alien, @mrs.steemit, @andrarchy, @sirwinchester and @roelandp.

Then my focus shifted. Over the past year, I have put more of my energy into interviewing non-Steemian influencers. There were two reasons for this strategy. The first was to bring quality content to the Steemit platform. The second was strategic marketing. When these influencers shared the link to their interview via social media, tens (or sometimes hundreds) of thousands of their followers were being exposed to content on Steemit. In some cases, interviewees actually ended up creating Steemit accounts shortly after their 20 questions appeared on Steemit (such as @rogerkver and @dragosroua). In total, I have had the pleasure of asking 820 questions to 41 intriguing individuals.

I plan to still interview influencers outside of this platform; however, considering how important the theme of "community" is to Steemit this year, I think the time is right to re-focus some of my attention to the individuals who make this platform what it is. Some of those who I plan to interview are well-liked by pretty much every active Steemit user. Others aren't. But "20 Questions: The Steemian Series" will aim to shed light on the people behind the mysterious usernames and tell the stories of those who make Steemit what it is.

20 Questions: The Steemian Series

The ball is already rolling on this project, but I'd encourage you to drop a comment below if you have an individual in mind who should be featured in 20 Questions: The Steemian Series.

And, @ned... if you happen to be lurking and reading this post... keep in mind that I haven't given up on featuring you in a 20 questions post. It's going to happen.

If you want to check out any of the previous interviews I've done, here is where you can find them:

Previous "20 questions" interviews:

20 questions with @heiditravels
20 questions with @katecloud
20 questions with @manthostsakirid
20 questions with @blockchaingirl
20 questions with @piedpiper
20 questions with @stellabelle
20 questions with @budgetbucketlist
20 questions with @rogerkver
20 questions with @allasyummyfood
20 questions with @the-alien
20 questions with Janina Storace
20 questions with @mrs.steemit
20 questions with @andrarchy
20 questions with Scott Young
20 questions with Jesse Heiman
20 questions with @dragosroua
20 questions with Chelsea Dinsmore
20 questions with @sirwinchester
20 questions with Ludvig Sunström
20 questions with Kyle Eschenroeder
20 questions with @roelandp
20 questions with Tim Brownson
20 questions with Sean Ogle
20 questions with Henri Junttila
20 questions with Hal Johnson
20 questions with Farnoosh Brock
20 questions with Manny Kess
20 questions with John Goehrke
20 questions with Sunny Lenarduzzi
20 questions with The Cranky Flier - Brett Snyder
20 questions with Shawn Murphy
20 questions with Leo Babauta
20 questions with Jacob Staudenmaier
20 questions with Steve Scott
20 questions with Stefan Hyttfors
20 questions with Zachery Ty Bryan
20 questions with Ryan Lancaster
20 questions with Richard Millington
20 questions with E-mail Prankster
20 questions with Joseph Raczynski
20 questions with Elan Gale