Curie started out a year ago with the aim to reward new and engaged Steem users for putting out quality original content. The goal was also to kickstart a curation community on the network. The project is simple: curators would need to go through hundreds and thousands of posts everyday on the Steem blockchain in order to recommend hidden gems. Over the course of the year, the project has evolved into something that's more decentralised, with a simple score-keeping mechanism to open up Curie to anyone who wants to contribute as a curator.
Curie Statistics
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Current operation lifetime | ~12 months |
| Operation downtime | ~2 days |
| Posts upvoted | ~20,000 posts |
| Authors rewarded | ~7,500 authors |
| SBDs generated for authors | ~700,000 SBDs |
| Curators paid | ~1,000 curators |
| Paid out to curators | ~110,000 Steem + 7,500 SBDs |
| Paid out to reviewers | ~40,000 Steem |
Chronology
Project updates
Adding More Support for International Posts
Curie was the first curation project that helped support great posts in some international and non-English areas, including Korean and Spanish, which have become large segments on Steemit. Today, there are many growing communities in international growth areas, some of them posting in languages other than English. To recognize and support good content in these areas, Curie will allocate a portion of its votes again on some regional posts (in English and in other languages). In each of these areas, we will rely on trained curators who have posted appropriate guidelines for their communities, have a trusted system in place, and will be supervised by Tom @donkeypong.
Italian curators: @thenightflier and @bhuz
Brazilian curators: @maxjoy and @dudutaulois
Nigerian curators: @destinysaid @gbenga @ehiboss @ogoowinner @fisteganos
Malaysian curators: @bitrocker2020 and @awesomianist
Myanmar: @kachinhenry and @patricksanlin
Indonesia: @aiqabrago and @levycore
(This curation will be independent of Curie's general curation works, which will continue as usual with no changes)
Curator Recommendations
With public submissions by new curators now closed, we have a new system for onboarding new curators. Top curators will now be able to mentor and recommend new curators. If the new curators performs well, the recommendor will receive a Recommendation Fee. Some guidelines for this program -
Only curators with CS >5 and AR >85 (i.e. the top tier) will be able to recommend new curators.
If the new curator can maintain a CS => 1 for 4 weeks, the recommender will receive a 150 Steem reward for each curator recommended. If the new curator can become a top curator, maintaining CS >5 and AR >85 for 4 consecutive weeks, the recommender will receive a 750 Steem recommendation fee.
Poor recommendations will lead to disqualification for the recommender. If even one new curator fails to maintain CS => 0.25 within the first 4 weeks, the recommender will not be able to recommend new curators.
There's a limit of 3 new curator recommendations per week, all of whom will start off with 2 submissions per week.
The new curator recommended must be a bonafide and engaged member of the Steem community. (I.e. no sockpuppets, nepotism etc.)
Top curators may develop their own process for selection and mentoring, and can use #curie to solicit applications for curators. Once you'd like to recommend someone please post in #curie. Once the new curator is verified by a reviewer, they'll be added to the platform and required to maintain a minimum CS of 0.25.
If a reviewer who is also a top curator recommends a new curator, a different reviewer must review the submissions.
Join us in #curie on Steemit.chat, vote for @curie as witness and follow us @curie!
A really great innitiatives by the team behind @curie . You guys have set a benchmark to produce not just good authorship but an ecosystem that inspires great content and not settle for substandard posts. The journey has just begun and I personally would like to thank the team @curie for a job well done today, tomorrow and many years to come .
No plans for French support (says the guy who is not writing anymore in French for some time already :p) ?
If you can find some good French curators, feel free to send them my way.
I can give it a try, with the time I have (that is nonetheless limited), and start curating french articles. Let's chat tonight or tomorrow about that.
I remember curie helped me no end back in the day for which I was always grateful as it pushed me along to where I am now. Cheers @curie!
"wonderful work" does not begin to describe the feats the team behind @curie has accomplished.
Even as a relatively new member on Steemit, it's apparent to me that the Curie project is what made Steemit the platform of better quality content it is today.
You have achieved your original vision and more. With the integral role of Curie in the ecosystem, it's more than possible for everyone to get their chance at shining their light.
Im pretty sure you're all only getting started and we can all see there is much to be accomplished in the road ahead of us.
I think I won't be objected if I can thank you on behalf of everyone for your continuous contribution.
Great update, I've been following the Curie program with interest. Shame that the public submissions are closed now, do you have any tips to get noticed by current curators and have a change to be recommended?
Great stuff @curie. I have a question regarding your service and some things that I've observed. Currently the main benefit for authors who get 'curied' are pretty much monetary. A large majority of articles don't see much in the way of eyeballs actually reading the article unless the article happens to hit the trending pages.
The monetary side of @curie is a fantastic way to support authors however most of these excellent authors likely also want to find new and consistent readers. Curie does very little really to bring new readers to each of its curated articles, it's mostly a financial reward. These authors made the cut because of their quality content, it would seem that the long term benefit most authors would prefer is to get readers.
Do you have any ideas or plans to increase actual readers vs just increase the monetary value via automated upvotes?
Firstly, the value of the payout directly influences where the post appears on the Trending and Hot list. Indeed, the only way for a post to get eyeballs is increasing the payout. So, it's a very direct way to get a lot of new readers.
Secondly, Curie resteems the exceptional posts. That automatically gets it exposure to the 4,000 followers Curie has.
Apart from that, if you have any suggestions, please let Curie know.
Finally, this is a very small project currently and only has a very specific niche it functions in with no intention to grow. The project has been gradually downscaling for the last 6 months.
What a difference a year makes. It's been exciting to see Steemit go from a circle jerk of bots and a couple of dozen authors on whale bots cashing in 99% of the rewards; to a vibrant community of thousands of curators and authors. Long way to go still, of course.
In my opinion, Curie has done what it set out to do, and much, much more. While I'd be happy to see Curie continue till there's a community demand for it, overall, I feel - mission accomplished.
It is also particularly heartening to see many of the most popular authors today on Steemit started with a Curie vote a year or so ago. :)
@liberosist - I'm totally agree with you! Its just the beginning of a new era.
@cryptoqu33n
I am just a month in, and just heard about curie about 10 days ago.
I am hoping to become a curator, but was waiting till I was more experienced.....
Now I see the public recommending option is closed.
So that is sad, but good too. It means that the caliber of curation has been going up. And so I will now need to work harder and harder....
But I WILL join the #curie team! My goal is 3 months or less.
Anyway, good to hear from some that have been here a while. I am excited to see things get better and better!!
Peace!!
What a milestone! Curie thank you for being here. Steemit wouldn't have been the same without you.
I would like to thank the @curie team for inspiring me and helping my progress!
Thanks for the kickstart!
Great work let us see how far this takes us. More curation is needed however I only hope that this doesn't lead to shadow banning just like what YouTube, Facebook, twitter etc.. are implementing
excellent work. Happy birthday! 🎂
funny but maybe on steem only curie reads something actually :D . others are bot upvote and staff you know
Not true..... well, not true for the $5 and less articles. Those are usually read and followed and upvoted by the little guys....and maybe a bit by upvote bots too....
But the community is active and involved.
Peace!!
There are thousands of readers and curators. Obviously most content is overlooked, but that's the case on Reddit or Twitter as well.
Thanks @curie .., i am a beginner in steemit, i hope in this steemit can share the results of writing and creative ideas that i have,.
Thanks for being here.
You've included one of my stories after it was submitted by a person who discovered and liked it.
Since then, I have joined at https://streemian.com/.
However, I'm not exactly sure how these curation programs work.
Are you upvoting worthy posts on my behalf? Are there real people doing the upvoting or bots? If real people, what criteria do they use?
What does moving the scale vote % slider really do?
If I join another two curation programs how does that effect my status on Curie? Will my voting power drain too fast to be useful?
Can I still effectively upvote on my own if I find some worthy posts?
Forgive me if this is not the right place to ask these questions, I'm still new on steemit.
I am alo new and your asked good questions! I am also intersted in the answers. Thank you.
You'll find an answer to all/most of these questions in #curie on Steemit.chat. Look for the FAQ.
great work ..
thnkss for sharing..
upvoted you and following you now..
follow back and upvote :) :)
Thanks for all the hard work @curie - have voted you as a Witness :) Much love, @sweetpea
Hah! You guys are still around. Glad to see, honestly (if you remember history :P). Happy to hear it is more a decentralized system, I think it provides a good balance to a very well intentioned (and yes, needed) system.
Haha, I had to look up your blog. Really interesting piece of history - https://steemit.com/curie/@clevecross/curie-yeah-it-s-me-again
Oh I know. Don't let it color my future. Got all caught up in some weird "whose gonna police the police!" mindframe. I walked away as it was just me being frustrated. Back and hoping to do better :)
@curie - I always appreciate your support to promote quality work. Finding a quality post and promoting it is really something worth praising.
Hats off to the whole @curie team for the efforts.
Good afternoon, I really think the work done and the incentive that is generated in the new members really is excellent, keep going.
Buenas tardes, realmente me parece excelente la labor realizada y el incentivo que se genera en los nuevos miembros, sigan adelante.
Adelante amigo! Adelante!!
Great post, thanks for sharing!
Congratulations on your achievements, continue to support the community always :D @curie
I hope they curate Minimalist Photography too.
Happy one year anniversary! Ty for all the hard work and time put into this! :)
I'm still trying to figure out everything here on steemit, but I AM having fun! :) This is great.
Hey guys! Pay attention to me! You supported me several times! Where have you gone? I conduct a daily blog with active chat. Only original content. If I were a curator, I would definitely start promoting such a project! I need your support. 🤗😚😙😗😘
Happy #steemiversary and thanks for sharing! Some updated info and a link to your post were included in the Steem.center wiki page about Curie. Thanks and good luck again!
That's really cool the initiative you've taken. The requirements for suggesting a new curator seems intense, because finding reliable people isn't add easy as it sounds. Good luck :)
Yay for Curie! Such a great program to find quality authors. It showcases the type of work that is valuable within SteemIt. Thanks to all of those involved in Curie.
Então são vocês @dudutalois e @maxjoy que estão votando em meus posts? Por que não disseram cara? :D
Great post @curie , Extremely informative!
Follow me plz
I haven't got a post curated by @curie before but I no longer qualify now. You guys have done a great job for such a long time and thanks for supporting Malaysians as well.
Good info
Your post was be a motivation for me to be a good writer on Steemit. I am a new comer here and I'd like to kearn much more through your post. Thanks a lot sharing with us this useful one.
Warmest regard from Aceh, Indoneesia.
Happy anniversary @curie! What you do here is incredibly encouraging and thoughtful. Thank you :D
keep the good work
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Here is my tip to support project curie, thank you for changing people's lives
wow, ur great
I like this. You are considering these very useful posts above steemit. I look forward to receiving many of your posts. Thank you for sharing! good luck and happy in life! 🤗 😨
Hi friend, I need your help to help some people who are suffering from flood problems in my locality. So please come to my post, and do what ever you want to do. Please friend for the sack of humanity do me the favour so that I can help them. You are so sweet and nice people who's help may bring smiles to the unfortunate faces so please do something, as our community are so powerful, that is why I keep the request in front of you friends. Please do help me. Happy steeming friends.
Congratulations guys, you made an amazing work, all the @curie team is bringing the real spirit of the community. Keep this up and wish you the best, I will totally vote for you as a witness.
What a year and fantastic achievements! This is the first time I heard about this project and it sound like an awesome idea and project. I will follow it further with interest and also thank this team for doing this massive work.
I'm sure it's helping a lot of quality content to be discovered that might not would have a chance to be seen on it's own. Which is good both for authors but also for the readers, it's really great to read good content articles, thanks a lot @curie.
Wow... Gigantuan task but you and your team seem to have things well in hand - Bravo to taking it on and achieving milestones, step by step... What else can I say, but "Steem on!" 💪
All the best too to Malaysian curators: @bitrocker2020 and @awesomianist!! Malaysia Boleh!!! 😊
Really nice efforts to support newbies like me and help to grow the steemit family in the right direction. Please upvote me.
Here is my introduction post . Have a look on it.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@raist/namaste-from-india-the-beautiful-city-chandigarh
great post.. upvoted and followed
Have a look into my blog, you may like any of my posts :-) keep voting @piyushkansal
THE BEST PROJECT EVER BY @curie
Thank you so much for helping us!
I'm trying to see if it is possible to produce a proper documentary series via steemit. I greatly appreciate your support.
I believe Steemit could be a real alternative to linear television and I hope we can make it happen.
Thank you and good luck for all the great things coming up!
xx
Elena
1 year already! Time flies. I remember when curie was born and I started to see posts about it. It amazed how many positive vibes started to flow around this project!
A few times my posts were picked up as well and I was happy and still very thankful for that.
I hope this project will go on for many years to come!
Congrats on the one year!
Good post
Congratulations on one year! :D
Thank you so much for the support and many other artists I have met here.
Bigger payouts have really helped me by letting me spend more time on my posts and art in general!