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Today is the final day of Season 2 of The Diary Game. We are still voting on as many posts as possible. If you haven't been voted by @steemcurator01 do not despair (or complain!), we will do our best to visit everyone. And if you have continued posting your diaries you will receive a nice 'catch-up' vote when @steemcurator01 arrives. It seems most people have enjoyed the game as we are commonly asked when Season 3 will be starting? --- --- ### Season 3 - The NeverEnding Season

We are happy to announce that Season 3 begins tomorrow! **As so many people enjoy writing their daily Diary Game posts, and as it has proved such a good starting point for newcomers to Steem, we have decided that The Diary Game will become a permanent feature.** There will though be some changes. The Diary Game will become part of the ['A Better Life With Steem'](https://steemit.com/the1000daysofsteem/@steemitblog/1000-days-of-steem-a-better-life-with-steem-new-content-and-curation-project) project that we announced a couple of days ago. You should now use the tags #betterlife , #thediarygame and #countryname (for example #india). These should all be in the first five tags. #the1000daysofsteem should not be included. Posts can still be in any language. The rules about the minimum number of words (300) and the maximum number of images (8) will now be optional guidelines rather than obligatory rules. You can write diary posts daily or occasionally as you want. **As the Diary Game will now be part of the Better Life project, votes from @steemcurator01 or @steemcurator02 will no longer be guaranteed.** **We will still be voting on many Diary Game posts but much of the curation will be handed over to Diary Game Curators who will be part of the Better Life Curation team that will be formed over the coming weeks.** **There is more information on the Better Life post but if you are interested in becoming a Diary Game Curator you can just start making your sample Diary Game curation digests including any diary posts dated from September 26th.** You can chose to curate Diary Game posts from around the world, or you can specialize in a particular country or language. We are not sure yet how many Diary Game Curators will be needed as it will depend on how many people keep making Diary Game posts, but as we spot good curators they will be invited to join the Better Life Curation Team. Members of the Better Life Curation Team will get all their curation digest posts voted on by @steemcurator01 or @steemcurator02, and the posts they select in their curation digests will also generally receive votes. --- https://youtu.be/2WN0T-Ee3q4 --- We hope many people will want to continue writing their daily diaries. The Diary Game posts have allowed us to learn so much, and to connect with so many people's lives around the world. We hope the connections will continue, and grow stronger. There is so much more to come. Thank you, _The Steemit Team_ --- --- ### Notes from the Community...

#### Steem Power Up Day - October 1st

Organizer @kiwiscanfly has posted a reminder about the forthcoming SPUD event on October 1st. The prizes on offer this month are even more impressive... * [**T - Minus 5 days till #spud4steem**](https://steemit.com/spud4steem/@kiwiscanfly/5wqo3z-t-minus-5-days-till-spud4steem) --- #### Street Food Contest

Bangladesh Country Rep @rex-sumon has a contest about Street Food on the go. 25 STEEM is up for grabs... * [**Do you love street food? Special street food review contest**](https://steemit.com/hive-138339/@rex-sumon/do-you-love-street-food-special-street-food-review-contest) --- #### Education Costs Contest

India Country Rep @rishabh99946 is running a contest about education costs. There is over 50 STEEM to be won... * [**How much do you pay for your education?|How do you manage to pay? | contest on Steem | Open for everyone**](https://steemit.com/hive-196725/@rishabh99946/how-much-do-you-pay-for-your-education-or-how-do-you-manage-to-pay-or-contest-on-steem-or-open-for-everyone-or) --- #### Contests, Contests, Contests

Contests are blossoming on Steem. @rishabh99946 is doing a great job maintaining a list of all the current contests around the blockchain. If you know of any contests not on his list, add a comment to his latest post... * [**UPDATED | compilation of On going contests on Steem | Categorized**](https://steemit.com/hive-196725/@rishabh99946/updated-or-compilation-of-on-going-contests-on-steem-or-category-wise) --- --- #### PLEASE DO NOT PUT ANY DIARY GAME LINKS IN THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST. COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THIS POST MAY BE DOWNVOTED TO MOVE THEM BELOW MORE RELEVANT COMMENTS.

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