Hey dtwo! PALnet is actually one of the longest running and largest off-chain Steem communities, and is the parent group of the Minnow Support Project, which you may or may not know about! We formed with the idea of helping teach, grow, and encourage Steemians, provide services, and generally just make friends and make Steem better~ we'd love for you to hop in and join us, anytime.

As for this interface and PALcoin, there will be lots to come, with a visual refresh, and new ways to move around the platform. I'm excited to see you've tried it out. A good way to think of it is like a companion and expansion to Steem!

Everything you do here will be reflected on Steem interfaces as well; if you hold PALcoin staked, it's like powering up your Steem into SP. It will allow you to allocate rewards in both tokens while voting on content all over this front end, and all Steem front ends if the palnet tagged is used. Overall, we're just really excited to try to get people excited about engaging, sharing, and being social again. It's a big experiment that we're pretty stoked to be be a part of, so thanks for jumping on board!