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Applications are now open for the Community Curators for February. Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Season 15 of the Engagement Challenge, Steemit Content Interface, SteemChat, Steem in the Web3 Era, Scouts y sus Amigos Charity, a Showcase Interview, Contests on Steem, and a Recommended Read from @jaynie... --- ---

1. Community Curators for February

Steemit is inviting applications from anyone who would like to become a Community Curator for February. To apply to become a Community Curator you must have a reputation of at least 70 and you must have at least 13,000 SP of your own. The closing date for applications is 11:59 pm UTC, on Tuesday 23 January 2024... * [**Steemit Update [ January 15th, 2024 ] : Community Curators for February - Applications Open**](https://steemit.com/community/@steemitblog/steemit-update-january-15th-2024-community-curators-for-february-applications-open) --- ---

2. Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 15

Steemit has announced the communities selected for Season 15 of the Engagement Challenge. Joining Steemit Crypto Academy on the challenge are Colombia-Original, Comunidad Latina, Steem4Nigeria, Steem Entrepreneurs, Steem for Bangladesh, and Steem Indonesia... * [**Steemit Update [ January 10th, 2024 ] : Steemit Engagement Challenge Communities for Season 15**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-update-january-10th-2024-steemit-engagement-challenge-communities-for-season-15) --- The Week 1 Challenges for Season 15 of the Engagement Challenge have now been posted... * [**Steemit Update [ January 15th, 2024 ] : Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 15 - Week 1**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-update-january-15th-2024-steemit-engagement-challenge-season-15-week-1) --- --- ### _Pennsif the Witness_

_After almost 2000 days on Steem I decided it was time to take my contribution to the platform to the next level._ _I have therefore set up as a Steem witness... **@pennsif.witness**_ _**If anyone would like to support what I already do, and what I am planning to do, by giving one of their 30 witness votes to @pennsif.witness I would be hugely grateful.**_ _You can read my full witness announcement here..._ * [_**pennsif.witness Witness Campaign Post**_](https://steemit.com/witness/@pennsif.witness/pennsif-witness-witness-campaign-post) **@pennsif.witness is now at #18. Thank you to everyone who has voted to help get to this position.** --- ---

3. Steemit Content Interface Updates

Developer @the-gorilla has continued to add further enhancements to his Steemit Content Interface particularly for communities... * [**10010 Pinned and Muted Posts - Steemit Content Interface (SCI) Update**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@the-gorilla/10010-pinned-and-muted-posts-steemit-content-interface-sci-update) * [**10001 Steemit Content Interface (SCI) Update: Communities & Enhancements**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@the-gorilla/10001-steemit-content-interface-sci-update-communities-and-enhancements) --- Developer @the-gorilla has also been doing some interesting ad-hoc analysis of the 'quality' of posts.. * [**Play Your Content Right (Some Interesting Content Stats)**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@the-gorilla/play-your-content-right-some-interesting-content-stats) --- ---

4. SteemChat

The Steemit Pak witness development team led by @blockseater have posted a further update on their SteemChat project which now provides the option for chatting in communities... * [**Subscribers could chat in its Favorite community NOW...**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@stmpak.wit/subscribers-could-chat-its-favorite-community) --- ---

5. Steem in the Web3 Era

Korean witness developer @etainclub has now released the further instalments of his book on Steem and Web3.0... * [**[STEEM in the Web3 era] Chapter 1 Steem Blockchain Web3’s core platform**](https://steemit.com/hive-196917/@etainclub/web3-steem-1-web3) * [**[STEEM in the Web3 era] Chapter 2: Steem’s technological superiority**](https://steemit.com/hive-196917/@etainclub/web3-steem-2) * [**[STEEM in the Web3 era] Chapter 2: Steem-based revenue generation model - Various ways to generate revenue through Steem**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@etainclub/2ac9ec-web3-steem-2) * [**[STEEM in the Web3 era] Chapter 3 DApp development case using Steem**](https://steemit.com/hive-151113/@etainclub/web3-steem-3-dapp) --- ---

6. Scouts y sus Amigos Charity Donation

The Scouts y sus Amigos community charity @scouts-charity has donated 150 STEEM to Venezuelan Steemian @astilem to help with medical expenses for her young son... * [**CROWDFUNDING : ÚNETE ¡Donación de 150 Steem para tratamiento del bebé de nuestra amiga astilem**](https://steemit.com/hive-181136/@scouts-charity/crowdfunding-unete-donacion-de-150-steem-para-tratamiento-del-bebe-de-nuestra-amiga-astilem) @astilem has posted more about her son's medical condition... * [**Mi bebé necesita fisioterapias | Encefalopatía estática y retardo psicomotor**](https://steemit.com/hive-193637/@astilem/mi-bebe-necesita-fisioterapias-or-encefalopatia-estatica-y-retardo-psicomotor) --- ---

7. Interview with @marpa

Nigerian Community Journalist @ubongudofot has now reached his 78th Showcase Interview. This week he talks with Steemit Award winning blogger @marpa from Colombia... * [**The Interview Showcase 78- Exclusive Talk With the 2023 Steemit Best Award winning Author/Smart blogger**](https://steemit.com/hive-111300/@ubongudofot/the-interview-showcase-78-exclusive-talk-with-the-2023-steemit-best-award-winning-author-smart-blogger) --- ---

8. Contests on Steem

@disconnect continues to publish his comprehensive daily list of current contests on Steem. There are 92 contests in the latest list with over 2600 STEEM in prizes... * [**Contest Alerts: Active Contest List on 15th Jan 2024**](https://steemit.com/contestalerts/@disconnect/contest-alerts-active-contest-list-on-15th-jan-2024) --- ---

9. Recommended Read @jaynie

Long time South African blogger @jaynie who has recently returned to Steem has posted an in-depth look at how the platform could be improved with better writing and more reading... * [**Let's Do Better**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@jaynie/let-s-do-better) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.23	15 Jan '24 1.29pm
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#342	15 Jan '24 1.29pm
SBD price	US$ 4.18	15 Jan '24 1.29pm
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	134,897 / day	15 Jan '24 1.29pm
Page views (steemit.com)	228,943 / day	15 Jan '24 1.29pm

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