RE: Been away from Steemit about 2 years, so how is going nowadays ?
Hi. Welcome back :)
Download the 'steem keychain' extension if compatible; most dapps use it, and it saves you from needing to use steemconnect all the time.
Log in via steempeak.com instead of steemit.com. It's a much better front end; (unless you want to support Steemit by seeing ads). The devs are also very active and responsive in discord - https://discord.gg/cWWJjm
If you want to continue with steemit.com; its been broken into the social side and the wallet (steemitwallet.com)
We're on the cusp of switching back to 50:50 author/curator split on rewards, in hardfork 21.
Splinterlands.io has kind of taken over. Developed by Aggroed, the guy behind the Minnow Support Project and a wizard called yabapmatt (now top witness I believe).
Its a trading card game like Magic, Pokemon etc; but each card is a token on the chain; so on top of winning STEEM and other prizes in tournaments; Dark energy crystals in Ranked play and reward cards for Daily quests and season rewards; you can sell your cards or even lease them out to other players for a daily fee. (managed on peakmonsters.com)
Fascinating project, with 2000+ daily players and a marketcap nearing US$2 million.
Are there any auto voting bots nowadays for my steem power influence ? What are some good apps / extensions i should Research ? Thanks ;)
Everything's up in the air with bots at the moment. HF21 is changing the landscape a little, so until it settles and we see the effect on the different bots, its hard to know.
If you want to put it to work, I recommend delegating to @steemmonsters; which will give you a daily dividend in Dark Energy Crystals, which can be spent in game or sold for Steem on the steem-engine exchange.
Lots of stuff has happened in the last 2 years :)
Can i upvote people at 100% power ? nowadays ? where can i find more info about the trading card thingy ? thanks ;)
Yes, you can upvote at 100% power. Steempeak gives you the slider so you can choose. Not sure about steemit.
Splinterlands discord here - https://discord.gg/HGBGfW - its very active and heaps of friendly people. DM me there and I'll send you a starter pack code to jump in and get started for free.