Wow Fam! Just read a wonderful news on Steemitblog updating steemians about the state of affairs on the platform so far. Recently we have seen a rise in Steemit Inc's activities. We have even seen our able CEO @Ned actively promoting STeem in Korea and London soon!
Its days like this that really make me proud of being here. Lemme quickly give you a briefing of the recent changes in order of importance.
SIGNUP OPTIONS:
We all know that the free signup process takes about 1-2weeks or even more. To make it easier and hence avoid the long waits, they have provided an option to pay for immediate signup! So if you are in a hurry, you can check the link at https://steemit.com/create_account to see more.TRANSFER CONFIRMATION:
Some of you that are pretty new may not know that this didn't exist initially. Now, there's an added step which is necessary for you to confirm the address and amount you are sending. I also noticed that there's some prediction feature when you are following a receiver.UPLOAD PROFILE IMAGES EASILY:
This is a cool option for those that don't know how to generate URL from 3rd party sites like we used to previously. Y'all newbies don't know how difficult it was to get images by using sites like imguploader etcz.PAYOUT OPTIONS:
We have 3 kinds of payouts;
1- 50-50
2- 100%
3- Decline payouts.
These options are now in the settings. So feel free to check it there if need be.BANDWIDTH:
This is the ultimate problem for many newbies. Well, bandwidth is like your own share of rice froIm your mama's pot. Imagine that you are 10 in the house, and the food has been shared according to age/size. If you finish your own rice(upvoting, resteeming and commenting, your elder brother may decide to give you from his own portion(delegation) or you wait till mama cooks rice again.OTHERS:
According to the news, we are still to be expectant of more info to come soon concerning fighting bots/spam and other intricate issues.