Week 58 - Pay It Forward Curation Contest

pifc (66)in #payitforward • 5 years ago (edited)

We are going to test something this week and see how everyone likes it. We are drastically raising the max reputation level and instead focusing on the post rewards. As of now this will be for this week only, but I want you to also tell us what you think of the changes as you make your entry.

One other change is based on the idea that this contest is to help increase engagement and increase rewards of undervalued content so you need to leave a comment on the posts you feature. You also need to upvote the posts...if the post is good enough to feature it should be worthy of your upvote. Most everyone does this, but it's not mandatory for a qualified entry. If anyone is running into RC issues which makes these extra comments and votes impossible please let me (@thedarkhorse) know and I'll see if there is anything that can be done.

Please read the rules section to understand the changes.

The Pay It Forward Curation Contest is all about increasing exposure for undervalued high quality posts and increase the level of engagement on steemit. You can take part by entering the contest or just helping visit the entries and their featured posts. Everyone chooses their level of involvement and we appreciate the efforts of everyone who helps promote quality content on Steemit.

Make sure to check back to this post often and scroll to the end to see a list of this week's curation entries! This list is updated on a regular basis to help make it easy for you to visit the entries and help support the great content that has been curated.

How to Enter the Pay It Forward Curation Contest?

To enter the Curation Contest you will find 2 high quality blog posts written by reputation level 55 or lower steemians and then write a curation style blog post like this entry by @viking-ventures from week 16 which won a Judges Choice Award. The idea is to highlight both posts and why you thought they were high quality.

To be clear the Level 65 max is only for the bloggers who are featured, anyone may submit a curation entry.

Rules:

Curation Style Post that highlights your 2 featured blog posts.
Link to the high quality undervalued (less then $1 earnings at time of featuring) blog posts in your curation post. Keep in mind that many will follow this link and upvote so pick a post that isn't close to payout!
Include a link to this contest in your entry post
The 2 bloggers you curate need to be rank 65 or below
You need to comment on this post with a link to your post, this is how we track everything
You must Upvote and Comment on the posts you are featuring

👉👉Clarification for Quality Required for valid Entry👈👈
We are looking for Quality Original Content and that post spells out what that means. If you are new please read it.

No less then 200 words of original written content. So a single photo is fine as long as there is 200 words with it. 200 words is about 12 lines of content.
** Art posts that show at least 3 steps of progression will not need to have 200 words of content, but still attempt to explain their art. Please use some common sense here.

Posts from Parley and dmania are not acceptable.

Contest Date Range

This contest run from Now until Saturday 5/18/19 at 11:59pm CST (USA, Chicago).

The winners will be announced on Wednesday 05/22/19.

Prizes: Steem Basic Income

This week 14 winners are going to get a sponsorship for #steembasicincome!

There will be 2 SBI Sponsorship's purchased on a random basis. Anyone who wins a Judges Choice SBI is excluded
from the Random SBI drawing.

There will be 4 Judges Choice Awards based the quality of the blog posts you feature in the eyes of our Judges, @trincowski, @thedarkhorse , @lynncoyle1, & @viking-ventures. Each Judges Choice will get 1 SBI shares for winning from the Judge that picked them.

All 8 of the featured bloggers from the Judges Choice Winners posts will also get an SBI Share. These shares are purchase by the sponsors listed later in the post.

@steembasicincome is a great program designed to provide a lifetime upvote on posts to members who have SBI Shares.

Prizes: Steem-Bounty

@steem-bounty of ~2~ 4 Steem has been created. This is increased this week thanks to a donation from @simplymike. We will only upvote entries for the Author's 95% of the Bounty. No other comments will be upvoted as the goal is to reward those who enter the contest.

@steem-bounty is also a witness account and is run by @knircky. To set @steem-bounty as witness you can go to: https://steemit.com/~witnesses and enter the "steem-bounty" account into the text field and click vote.

Sponsors, Please Support Them!!

Please visit the most recent post from each of the sponsors and thank them for their support of the Curation Contest.

Sponsors	Type of Sponsorship
@bengy	1 SBI Share
@andrewharland	4 SBI Shares
@roleerob	1 SBI Shares
@stever82	2 SBI Shares
@thedarkhorse	2 SBI shares for Random Winners

Current Entries - Please Visit!!!

This is the real purpose of this contest, visit these posts and help upvote the bloggers featured. This list will be updated as new entries are added. Please check back during the week!!

Curator	Entry #
@edencourage	Entry #1
@brittandjosie	Entry #2
@soulkanzart	Entry #3
@celinavisaez	Entry #4
@aggamun	Entry #5
@bengy	Entry #6
@deeanndmathews	Entry #7
@adeljose	Entry #8
@wakeupkitty	Entry #9
@mimismartypants	Entry #10

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5 years ago in #payitforward by pifc (66)

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lynncoyle1 (63) 5 years ago

Glad to be back, and I think the changes are good ones. It'll be interesting to see what everyone comes up with 😊

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bengy (73) 5 years ago

Welcome back! Hope everything is still fine and dandy?

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lynncoyle1 (63) 5 years ago

Thanks @bengy! And yes, things are ok with Brian and I. I'll have to get a post out with details, but thank you for asking 😊

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago

Great to "see" you again @lynncoyle1! While a long time since we last communicated, I think of you often (spoiler alert: you'll be in my one year highlight post ...).

Have a good day!

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lynncoyle1 (63) 5 years ago

Hey there @roleerob! Always a pleasure to see you too, and I'm honored with your spoiler alert!😊

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deeanndmathews (66) 5 years ago

Here is my entry: https://steemit.com/payitforward/@deeanndmathews/my-entry-for-week-58-pay-it-forward-curation-contest

As for the change: I am glad to see a lift to reputation of 65 because it is easier to find higher quality posts to curate -- it gives a larger pool to look at. I also think that a post threshold below $1.00 is good, and commenting makes sense. HOWEVER, the upvote requirement is a little questionable... remember how many of us are dust voters? Unlike Facebook, social proof is not the business on Steemit (although there is the "trending" element)!

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pifc (66) 5 years ago

All those dust votes add up and they count as long as the total vote breaks the dust threshold.

The way I see it (and I'm open to hearing all opinions on this) is that no matter how large or small your vote is when you see good content it's when you should cast a vote. If the content is good enough that someone feels it's "undervalued" and deserves more rewards (the point of the contest) why wouldn't you want to help give those rewards? It's 2 votes out of at least 70 you get in a week. Will see if other have an issue with the upvote, but do know the judges have questioned why people don't vote many times.

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago

Yes @deeanndmathews ...

"... the upvote requirement is a little questionable... remember how many of us are dust voters?"

... understood, but I would put this in "the thought that counts." As a longer term Steemian, I do take note of those who actually vote (arguably the primary purpose of the Steem blockchain!) vs. those who don't bother.

My $0.02 ... 😉

P.S. For those who may not be familiar with it, the "dust vote" service provided by @dustsweeper [the great work of one of our all-important Steem Witnesses - @danielisaori] an indispensible "tool" to have in your "toolbox" on the Steem blockchain. It ensures even "dust votes" matter ...