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A quiet Sunday on Steem? Not really. There is plenty going on around the platform - new communities for every interest, contests of all shapes and styles, and the Steemit Crypto Academy for the crypto curious. Today's Steem News includes news and updates about new communities, Play Steem, Hey! Have Ya Met...?, World of Xpilar, SteemAlive, SteemFoods and plenty of contests.... --- ---

1. Communities, Communities, Communities...

New Communities are springing up every day. You can always see the new communities as they are formed at... * https://steemit.com/communities [select NEW in dropdown] Among those set up in the last few days are... * **Health Republic** - @dobartim https://steemit.com/trending/hive-184794 * **SteemCharity** - @lidiasteem https://steemit.com/trending/hive-144737 There are two recently formed for the Filipino community - maybe they should get together... * **Steemit Filipino** - @loloy2020 https://steemit.com/trending/hive-195978 * **SteemitFilipino** - @mermaidvampire https://steemit.com/trending/hive-175986 And there is even a community for Elon Musk fans (I wonder if Elon will join!)... * **Elon Musk** - @modemser https://steemit.com/trending/hive-145194 --- ---

2. PLAY STEEM - getting close

The release of the Android version of the PLAY STEEM mobile app is getting close. @etainclub has continued to post updates on in-app account creation and tag autocompleting... * [**[PLAY STEEM] in-App Account Creation**](https://steemit.com/hive-192037/@etainclub/play-steem-in-app-account-creation) * [**[PLAY STEEM] Tags Autocomplete on Android Device**](https://steemit.com/hive-190685/@etainclub/tags-autocomplete-test3) --- ---

3. Hey! Have Ya Met...?

The @heyhaveyamet team of @jamerussell, @xcountytravelers and @brittandjosie continue to do a great job of meeting and greeting new people arriving in Steem. Do follow their posts and say hello to new people arriving on the platform... * [**Hey! Have Ya Met...? Introductions for Saturday March 6, 2021**](https://steemit.com/heyhaveyamet/@heyhaveyamet/hey-have-ya-met-introductions-for-saturday-march-6-2021) There is also the Newcomers' Community run by @cryptokannon and the Country Representatives for anyone new on Steem... * https://steemit.com/trending/hive-172186 --- ---

4. World of Xpilar Curation Trail Nominations

@xpilar is on Day 4 of his project inviting people to nominate posts that deserve a vote from the World of Xpilar Curation Trail... * [**Submit your daily nomination of a post from the World Of Xpilar community that deserves upvote from our Curation Trail (Nomination Day 4)**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@xpilar/prcfx-submit-your-daily-nomination-of-a-post-from-the-world-of-xpilar-community-that-deserves-upvote-from-our-curation-trail) --- ---

5. Open Happiness & Selfless Giving

The @steemalive Community led by @focusnow is into week 2 of the Open Happiness project. This week the theme is 'Touching lives through Selfless Giving!'... * [**Open Happiness (Week 2): Touching lives through Selfless Giving! (100% Powered up)**](https://steemit.com/hive-167622/@steemalive/open-happiness-week-2-touching-lives-through-selfless-giving-100-powered-up) --- ---

6. SteemFoods User Verification

The @steemitfoods Community is continuing with its User Verification system. It now has over 250 fully verified members... * [**SteemFoods User Verification System Continues ! | 250+ Verified Accounts | 250+ Verified Account Badges**](https://steemit.com/hive-148497/@steemitfoods/steemfoods-user-verification-system-continues-or-250-verified-accounts-or-250-verified-account-badges) --- ---

7. How to Boost the Immune System Contest

@dobartim has kicked off his new Health Republic Community with a contest titled 'How to Boost the Immune System in a Natural Way'. The contest runs until next Saturday, and there is a prize pool of 50 STEEM... * [**WEEKLY CONTEST WEEK 1 - Healthy Game - Day 1 - Reward Pool 50 STEEM - How to Boost the Immune System in a Natural Way**](https://steemit.com/hive-184794/@healthrepublic/weekly-contest-week-1-healthy-game-day-1-reward-pool-50-steem-how-to-boost-the-immune-system-in-a-natural-way) --- ---

8. Contests, Contests, Contests !

Contests closing soon include... * [**OCTAVO CONCURSO: "PALABRAS INSPIRADORAS" / TODOS SON BIENVENIDOS! / WORLD OF XPILAR**](https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@franyeligonzalez/octavo-concurso-palabras-inspiradoras-todos-son-bienvenidos-world-of-xpilar) * [**NEW CONTEST HERE!! Sea or mountain? // NUEVO CONCURSO AQUÍ!! Mar o montaña?**](https://steemit.com/hive-119812/@belenguerra/new-contest-here-sea-or-mountain-nuevo-concurso-aqui-mar-o-montana) * [**My favourite TV Show - Contest 2021 | Best Of India Contest | Contest on Steemit**](https://steemit.com/hive-196725/@bestofindia/my-favourite-tv-show-contest-2021-or-best-of-india-contest-or-contest-on-steemit) --- **Make sure you clearly state the closing date of your contest in the announcement post if you would like your contest to be included in this 'Closing Soon' section.** --- --- Compilations of many current contests on Steem have been posted by Best of India Community leader @rishabh99946... * [**Updated as on 2nd March | Compilation of On going contests on Steem**](https://steemit.com/hive-196725/@rishabh99946/updated-as-on-2nd-march-or-compilation-of-on-going-contests-on-steem) And by @masumrbd of the Bangladesh Community... * [**Compilation of ongoing contests 04 March, 2021 (Updated) STEEMIT community**](https://steemit.com/hive-142140/@masumrbd/compilation-of-ongoing-contests-04-march-2021-updated-steemit-community) --- ---

KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.465	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC
STEEM price	0.00000912 BTC	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#161	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 6.48	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#25,607	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	167,617 / day	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	351,997 / day	07 Mar '21 11.28pm UTC

--- --- This is #304 (7 Mar '21) of this daily news service. For more news about Steem check out @dmitrik's weekly Steemit News... * [**SteemitNews: Новости этой недели**](https://steemit.com/hive-171319/@dmitrik/5zumdw-steemitnews-novosti-etoi-nedeli) --- --- [ graphics & images by @pennsif ]