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I've been meaning to do this one for a while, and so I figure now is as good of a time as any. Having made over 300 posts and comments in my 60 days, it makes sense to do another update to reflect.

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Steemit is ultimately about the community that makes it what it is. This insight really hit home with me last week when @cryptopie wrote his <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptopie/dear-diary-today-i-had-taken-the-medicine-that-i-was-needing-for-15-years">post</a> about how writing on Steemit has finally helped him afford his medicine. Writing while hooked up a dialysis machine in the Philippines, he started writing for his international audience in June. Through Steemit, the kindness of strangers allows him a fighting chance at survival. The Internet is full of kind strangers, but I think that they get drowned out by the outrage machine. Steemit then is a gathering place for the refugees of the old system. As @ackaza <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@ackza/steemit-on-google-trends-is-extremely-popular-and-growing-fast-and-according-to-alexa-we-are-the-2-191st-most-popular-website-on">wrote</a> last week, Steemit is rising in popularity on Google Trends. The data confirms a common intuition that the cryptoeconomy is gaining in adoption outside of the U.S. faster than it is inside of the U.S.

It's weird calling the system "old," though, because social media is still a new technology. The iPhone, for example, has only been around for 10 years; social media, in some form or another, is as old as the web. And the mobile web has really only come into its own within the past 5 years as the advancements in wireless data technology have finally made their way to the consumer. @stellabelle's <a href="https://steemit.com/gifs/@stellabelle/amazing-creative-absurd-hilarious-brand-new-steemit-gifs-for-you-to-use">GIF factory</a>, @heiditravels <a href="https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@heiditravels/blockchain-tech-is-bringing-honesty-back-to-charities">crypto-travel vlog</a>, the musical crypto-economy of <a href="https://steemit.com/musicoin/@beanz/attention-steemit-musicians-get-musicoin-for-your-music-and-steem-for-getting-your-listeners-to-join-steemit">Musicoin</a> are all possible because of these advancements.

While we wait for the hard launch of companies like @appics that <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@appics/announcing-appics-or-the-next-generation-social-app-or-first-smart-media-token">building</a> their businesses with <a href="https://busy.org/smt/@ned/smts-explainer-centralized-vs-decentralized-blockchain-rewards-copyright-rev-shares-video">SMTs</a>, it's up to us to keep making this community great. I know that's a lot of talk for a new guy, but I'm on a mission. If cryptocurrencies and blockchains are really Web 3.0, then we've got a lot of work to do ahead of us in figuring out what this all means. But thankfully, because of places like Steemit, perhaps the new Web will be what we've been needing to fix the problems with the current one.

Hopefully.

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<p>If you liked this post, please consider sharing, commenting, and upvoting.</p>

<p>Thank you for reading,</p>

<p>- Josh</p>

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<p><h4><center><strong>More Posts by <a href="https://steemit.com/@joshpeterson">Josh Peterson</a></strong></center></h4></p>

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* <a href="https://steemit.com/artificial-intelligence/@joshpeterson/will-robots-want-to-vote">Will Robots Want to Vote?</a>
* <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@joshpeterson/putting-together-resources-for-new-steemit-users-and-non-users">Putting together resources for new Steemit users and non-users</a>
* <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@joshpeterson/why-is-it-taking-so-long-to-approve-new-accounts">Why is it taking so long to approve new accounts?</a>
* <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@joshpeterson/helping-introduce-non-steemians-to-steemit-post-signature-version-1">Helping introduce non-Steemians to Steemit</a>
* <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@joshpeterson/lessons-from-50-days-on-steemit">Lessons from 50 days on Steemit</a>
* <a href="https://steemit.com/writing/@joshpeterson/why-am-i-angry-all-of-the-time-and-where-did-my-friends-go">Why am I angry all of the time and where did my friends go?</a>
* <a href="https://steemit.com/introducemyself/@joshpeterson/my-first-steemit-post-introducing-myself-and-some-initial-thoughts">My first Steemit post: Introducing myself, and some initial thoughts</a>

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<h4><center>View History</center></h4>

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<center><a href="https://steemd.com/@joshpeterson" title="@joshpeterson Steemd profile">View Steemit blockchain activity/edit history</a> | <a href="https://gist.github.com/joshuadanpeterson/fc020ac8d7d6f6bda43cc79d9cffa403" title="joshuadanpeterson Github Gist">View draft edit history on Github</a></center>
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<center><em>Josh Peterson is a <a href="https://tfas.org/programs/robert-novak-journalism-fellowship/" title="The Fund for American Studies: Robert Novak Journalism Fellowships">2016 Robert Novak Journalism Program Fellow</a> and a writer living in Denver, CO.* *Follow Josh on <a href="https://steemit.com/@joshpeterson" title="@joshpeterson Steemit profile">Steemit</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jdpeterson" title="jdpeterson Twitter profile">Twitter</a>. <a href="https://keybase.io/joshuadpeterson" title="joshuadanpeterson Keybase profile">Keybase</a> for secure chat. PGP Fingerprint: 4507 3000 1A40 2691 DAB8 ED65 A3EA 3629 73FD B7FF.</em></center>

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<h4><center>Cryptocurrency Wallets</center></h4>
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* BTC:  14LE7Jv4NZXgtWq876RUdSUVKfZs7rcnzf
* ETH:  0x4Dc807c3409Ba225d7Fc07fFd97d219613E11d31
* DASH: XhMDF7PjkYsT1wiYREDDewxnDPNSjNWpc8

<p><sup><center><strong><em>Need a Bitcoin wallet? Use my <a href="https://airbitz.co/af/BAU">referral link</a> to download a mobile Airbitz wallet.</em></strong></center></sup></p>

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<h4><center>For more information on STEEM and Steemit</center></h4>

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<strong>If you're new to <a href="https://steem.io/">Steem</a> and <a href="https://steemit.com/welcome">Steemit</a> and would like to know more, check out the platform's <a href="https://steemit.com/faq.html">FAQ</a>, and <a href="https://www.steem.center/index.php?title=Main_Page">Steem.Center</a>, a Steemit-focused wiki built and maintained by the platform's users. Also check out @minnowsupport.</strong>


* <strong><em>Interact with the <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/steem/">Steem</a> blockchain through several different platforms: <a href="https://steemit.com/faq.html#What_is_Steemit_com">Steemit</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit-faq/@aleco/steemit-block-explorer-steemd-com-what-is-it-and-how-to-use-it">Steemd</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/steemdb/@jesta/steemdb-com-open-source-blockchain-explorer-and-data-playground-alpha-release">SteemDB</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/busy/@busy.org/busy-your-next-gen-social-network-platform-based-on-steem-blockchain">Busy.org</a>, <a href="https://beta.chainbb.com/chainbb/@jesta/chainbbcom-a-blockchain-forum-platform-for-steem">ChainBB</a>.</em></strong>

*  <strong><em>Other Steem apps include<a href="https://steemit.com/video/@heimindanger/introducing-dtube-a-decentralized-video-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs"> dTube </a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/music/@prc/introducing-dsound-a-decentralized-sound-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs">dSound</a>, <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@steepshot/announcement-steepshot-ex-steemstagram-android-alpha-test-version">Steepshot</a>, and <a href="xhttps://steemit.com/steem/@zombee/introducing-dmania-9gag-on-steem-make-money-with-memes">dMania</a>. Mobile apps include <a href="https://esteem.ws/">eSteem</a>, <a href="https://steepshot.io/"> Steepshot</a>, and <a href="https://steemit.com/steemdev/@armandocat/steemapp-1-1-android-beta">SteemApp</a>.</em></strong>

* <strong><em>Enhance your Steemit desktop browser experience by downloading the <a href="https://steemit.com/steemdev/@armandocat/steemit-more-info-1-5-chrome-extension-firefox-extension">Steemit More Info browser extension</a> for Chrome and Firefox.</em></strong>

* <strong><em>New to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain">blockchain</a> technology and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrencies</a>? Check out @heiditravels' videos on <a href="https://steemit.com/@heiditravels">Steemit</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavTvSwEoRABvnPtLg0e6LQ">YouTube</a> to learn more.</em></strong>

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<p><strong><em>If you're not on Steemit, but would like another way to show your appreciation for this piece besides sharing it on Facebook or Twitter, or you'd like to comment on it, please consider <a href="https://steemit.com/welcome">signing up</a> for a Steemit account and voting for this piece. It doesn't get cost anything to sign up, and votes are really important because that's how I get paid on here. Thank you in advance. - Josh</em></strong></p>

<p><center><strong><em><sup>Signature created by <a href="https://steemit.com/@joshpeterson">@joshpeterson</a>.
If you'd like a copy of the code to make your own extension, click <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@joshpeterson/putting-together-resources-for-new-steemit-users-and-non-users">here</a>.</sup></em></strong></center></p>

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