What is a Thunderclap?
Thunderclap is a tool that lets a message be heard when you and your friends say it together. Think of it as an "online flash mob." Join a Thunderclap, and you and others will share the same message at the same time, spreading an idea through Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr that cannot be ignored.
On the 9th of January, we executed a successful Thunderclap with the following results:
Details: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/66402-are-you-still-waiting
412 people from the Steem community participated and together we reached over 750.000 people on Twitter and Facebook! The message we shared was a testament to the transaction speed of the Steem blockchain, as wonderfully depicted in this GIF by 
It's time for the 2nd Edition
Bigger, better, bolder !!
The aim for this edition is to reach one million. In order to achieve this we're undertaking quite some activities (this post on Utopian is just a very small part in it), we're reaching out to people and encourage them to join the Thunderclap via Discord, Steemit.chat, Telegram, Twitter and of course, Steemit itself.
More information and the direct sign-up to the Thunderclap can be found here, on the project page:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/67370-steem-capacity-scalability
Participating in this project is very easy, just a couple of mouse clicks. Can you imagine what happens when a community unites in one voice and sends out a coherent message to the world? You risk being heard. We have seen in the last edition that many people edited the message just a little bit, which we encourage to do. Personal touches are always a good thing, yet we do advise to keep the core message, which is usually a GIF, intact:
Our core message this time, crafted by 
IMPORTANT: information for the people joining with a Facebook account
This Thunderclap was set-up for Twitter. Be advised, some very good feedback from 
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