I enjoy resteeming the posts when members do giveaways, although I try to limit that resteeming to no more than 2 or 3 in a day so as not to flood member's feeds. Are you giving away shares in your twinned post too, or just highlighting @terminalyill's post?
As for timing on upvotes... that's a complicated thing. I haven't done the actual calculations to identify the optimal time for upvoting our own posts.
We currently upvote member posts at 19 minutes, as our analysis shows that to be the optimal average time for maximizing curation rewards. Eventually we will optimize on a per member basis.
I have someone in mind who I'd like to sponsor, and surprise her in the blog I'm currently writing. What exactly does "sponsoring" entail? Thanks so much :)
And thanks for the timing tips; I was thinking around 20-25 min, so I'd say we're in the same ball park!
You send 1 STEEM to @steembasicincome with their name. Each of you receives one share, which entails you to upvotes on all your future posts. Sponsoring just entails bringing them into the program. You have no further responsibility.
Thanks for the information. The person I was going to surprise just won a membership for another contest entry haha. So I'll have to find someone else now :)
There are so many great Steemians to choose from!