What's up, world?

Just wanted to stop in to share some of my favorite Steem tools with you all, and give you a chance to curate your favorites in the comment section and win SBI shares! I've been here for a few months now, and I'm finally beginning to learn about the capabilities of different apps and tools. When I first started posting here through Steemit, although it was exciting, I found the interface to be overly simple and, ultimately, unhelpful. I thought this post might help out some of my newer Steem comrades to understand and navigate the Steem world better. Also, I want to keep it going in the comments, so we can create a useful list of Steem tools for all! To incentivize this, three lucky winners will each get two shares of Steem Basic Income. For more info, see bottom of page.

1. Custom Feed

I've stated on a few posts that one of the issues with Steemit is that there is no filter system for your feed or pages, which makes it impossible to sort through the mess of content that shows up here. Hive account@jga created this awesome tool to make your feed show what you want. There's lots of options for filters: Reputation, Payout, Body / Comments, and more. You can choose to sort through Trending or your Feed. Additionally, you can use any Steem explorer you want! (Steemit, Busy.org, etc.)

2. Spectacles for Steemit

I just found this website by Hive account@pilcrow and Hive account@sjennon the other day, and it's a seriously sweet little tool. It will give you lots of stats that I haven't been able to see anywhere else - Most Loyal / Influential Followers, # of Ghost Followers / Dead Followers, and Recent / Top Upvoters. I would definitely recommend that you take a look to see how many people are actually following you vs. how many followers are dead accounts. Warning: the truth hurts.

3. SteemWorld

You might already know about this one, as it's pretty popular, but I wanted to give it a shoutout anyways. Built by Hive account@steemchiller, SteemWorld has many uses. My favorites are the ability see your Coming Author / Curation rewards and Delegate / Undelegate Steem Power super easily. Outside of these details, this site is basically a prettier and more intuitive version of Steemd.com.

Alright, now for the fun part!

I've been thinking about doing a Steem Basic Income giveaway for awhile now, and I'm excited to give it a go. Entry has never been easier - just leave a comment with your favorite Steem tool(s) for a chance to win not one but two SBI shares!

What is Steem Basic Income?

Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.

How will I be deciding winners?

Priority will be given to those that submit awesome tools that aren't in my list. At the time of this post's payout, I'll assign a number to each valid comment and use Random.org (random number generator) to pick three Steemians to award the SBI shares to. Note: If I check your profile and you are a decidedly douchey Steemian (spammer, leech) who is unfit to be graced by the love of Steem Basic Income, you will not be awarded your shares and someone else will get nominated. I highly doubt this will be an issue :)

Good Luck, Steem On, and I'll see you in the comments!