#newsteem hasn't been around for too long, but I have seen a few interesting things. Here are a few things that I've heard about/seen over the past couple of weeks since the EIP has gone into effect:

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### What's happened:
- [SmartSteem Goes Manual](https://steempeak.com/smartsteem/@smartsteem/manual-curation) - SmartSteem now does 100% manual curation. Instead of bidding, you can burn STEEM to @null in return for them checking out your post. It doesn't guarantee a vote, but I've got a couple through this method. It's awesome to see that such a big service decided to do this.
- @trafalgar stops posting and upvoting on his alternate accounts, which post "shitposts" (@raindrop and @traf). This shows that the EIP has disincentivised at least some whales from their old behaviours.
- @haejin stops his posting and self-voting bots:
> They were purely designed and well-aimed to push the "buttons" of the trolls. These bots are no longer needed because the parameters of the new Steem now enables revitalization of everyone's original and good intent. Still, the downvote drama and caca throwing that took place were at the very least...evolutionarily entertaining to some degree. LOL!
- @berniesanders takes [a lot of convincing to get back into STEEM](https://steempeak.com/canttakethenagging/@berniesanders/it-s-time-for-new-and-improved-bernies)
- @steemmonsters bot is scheduled for turn off and [they're going back into manual curation.](https://steempeak.com/steemmonsters/@aggroed/content-upvoting-policy-update)
> We hope to encourage quality posts about our game to be written and receive rewards for it. We recognize that it likely means we'll lose delegations in part because we don't like the alternative system of simply upvoting delegators and it's not enough business to justify figuring out a system of selling packs for delegations.

#### So, overall?

I think this is a great leap in the right direction for STEEM. If we can get people who have been for a long time set in their ways to at least consider changing, isn't it worth a try!

I actually thought about writing this when I saw the STEEM Monsters/Splinterlands Update. I'm really looking forward to powering up more because I truly believe #newsteem is going to compound these effects. If you know anything else that has happened due to this, please let me know!