Steemit is making the news again and this time it's about the upcoming Steemfest event in Amsterdam this November. Check out the article snippet and link below. There are quotes in the article form Steemit's very own @roelandp.
Steemit is taking its first ever public event to the platform’s European enthusiasts as a three-day conference slated to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 11 - 13.Though supported by the popular social media platform where users get rewarded to post and vote online, SteemFest is organized by a Steem developer and entrepreneur who built the apps SteemyOrNot and RadioSteem.
Roeland Landegent said the event’s idea came to be after he shared it with and was accepted by CEO Ned Scott. He later reached out to an initial group of early Steem users and 'Steemcelebs' and other Steemians whom he got to know in the past few months to gather their interest.
Landegent told CoinTelegrapgh:
“Since I registered on 7 July on Steemit (3 days after the payouts started), I immediately became a huge fan after discovering it. I must admit at first I was a bit wary but soon I was hooked. About 6 weeks ago when I was doing the dishes and thinking about Steemit, it popped up to me for the first time: 'How cool would it be to have a global get together
Read more at the full article: https://cointelegraph.com/news/writers-chefs-bitcoin-nerds-car-fanatics-going-to-steemits-first-ever-public-event-in-europe