Greetings y'all.
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My contest was quite the success! The main points were to:
Meet some new awesome content creators.
Spread my vote and upvote some great posts.
Thanks to everyone who participated. It can feel pretty uninhabited here with less people Steeming due to the low price. To everyone who has been Steeming even though the price is down:
WAY TO GO!
Truly, those of us who are here in the downtimes are the backbone of the Steemit community. We are here for one another and obviously not just here for the money. Let's keep encouraging and curating one another and upping our standards of quality content!
Onto some of the posts/causes I want to highlight.
First off, the winning commenter stuck out because multiple people shared his post! I read it and was moved to tears.
After Ini gave his Sprouting Talk at a local health food store, our truck lost a belt so we were at a gas station while Ini fixed it. It was there that I read this post and was very touched.
pot o gold
The Winner of the 3 SBD is Wes, @derangedvisions!
If you're not familiar with @nathankaye and Wes' mission, please read this post:
Bringing the Steemit community together to fight Suicide and Depression
When I read this, I immediately knew I wanted the 3 SBD to go to this powerful and much-needed mission. I hope and believe that sharing our voices on Steemit matters and makes a difference. Thanks so much for sharing yourself in this way! May your message reach many and save lives.
Winner #2 of 2 SBD is @goldenoakfarm!
The Peaceful Farm on the Edge of Africa
I love that they are using the newly created #kin-shep tag. Their post is a real boon to the Steemit community and I would advise anyone interested in farming, gardening or off-grid lifestyles to check it out! Way to go @goldenoakfarm!!!
To understand more about #Kin-shep, read their post,
@kin-shep was founded on the idea that all humans on this earth should be able to connect and support one another in times of need. This refers to need as something routine like yard and garden maintenance, or more dire or unique needs such as rebuilding structures after natural disasters.
Perhaps when we are simply in need of community, some helping hands coming together during a natural building workshop-- #kin-shep is a way to put out that call.
If you're not familiar with the new creation by @notconvinced and @coyoteom, check out the concept here: S-H-E-P~ A Necessary Function On SteemIt and follow @s-h-e-p.
The 3rd winner is @focusnow with:
How to use Steem bot Tracker - and why its not a bad idea to buy votes!
Bid bot use is a contentious subject here on Steemit, but I believe at least everyone should understand how to use it! Thanks to @focusnow, we have a great tutorial on how to do so with a step by step guide.
Thank you @focusnow!
SBD Transferred to the winners!
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Thanks again to each of you showing up, sharing, creating, curating and making connections.
Let's keep making Steemit beautiful!
Thank you @mountainjewel. It is awesome that this post has reached so many people.
@nathankaye and I are in the process of getting a discord channel put together for anyone one suffering from depression or having a hard time to come and have others to talk to. Right now it is in its infancy, but we are hoping that it will grow into a supportive community that will help those in need here on Steemit.
Once the discord server is up and running we will share the link with everyone.
Thank you again @mountainjewel for helping spread our message!
awesome! very glad to see the details here. happy to spread the message as it's very important for all of us :) much love and i hope this project continues to spread. 100% upvote.
Congrats to them although I did not win.
thanks for your great sportsmanship and for your entry! Steem on!
Steeming my way to success. Thanks!
This is a great contest! Thank you for promoting the new community program @s-h-e-p 💖🎉
I'll admit to being a bit absent this past week but it is only because we are packing up our little home and moving cross country 😅
I hope to be steeming from my phone tomorrow on the road! 😊
Thank you so much @mountainjewel for making my post the third place winner. I appreciate being acknowledged and am motivated to keep making great post. I bring in a lot of newbies into Steemit and it is my duty to get them up to date with what steemit is all about and how to succeed here. Thank you once again. I will keep on steeming
Thank you @mountainjewel! I do hope the @s-h-e-p program takes off!
Congratulations to everyone who participated! Such an uplifting community minded contest. Way to go!!