Welcome to this weeks Engagement and Curation leagues, kindly sponsored by the awesome @curie!
Info and shameless plug:
The weight/score for the column added last week (PS) has been reduced
A 5 STEEM bounty has been added to the post
Details of my witness (shared with @paulag) are at the bottom of this post - thanks!
To enter the leagues drop a comment below (lifetime membership - you will need to ask to be removed)
The league tables are reset each week and so any time is a good time to join!
On your marks, get set, curate!
The Engagement League - Sponsored by @curie
This league is not based around financial rewards and relates to engagement.
Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - including those powering down or dealing in delegations over the past couple of weeks.
I've used some metrics (which is the fancy way of saying that made up some numbers) relating to:
- Posts (P)
- Comments - number of (C)
- Comments - replies to replies - depth > 2 (C R)
- Number of people spoken to (PS)
- Comments - length in characters (C L)
- Witness votes (W) (for those proxying witness votes, your total is always 30)
- Upvotes to others (V)
- Upvotes to different authors (U V)
- Self-votes - a (getting smaller each week) minus score for this one sorry! (S V)
Firstly, if you are placed in the table above then you among the top 25% of the active league entrants!
Congratulations to this weeks Engagement League winner, we have a new name at the top! - @ecoinstant! 🏆
@ecoinstant has been 'threatening' to take the title away from @janton and has put in a storming amount of engagement this week, speaking to 365 different people in the process - well done sir!
@janton is close behind in 2nd and almost made it 9 weeks at the top - I suspect he will be there or thereabouts again next week :)
3rd place goes to the ever-present @glenalbrethsen - sterling work again!
Excellent engagement levels also from @lynncoyle1, @cicisaja, @gillianpearce, @veryspider, @smithlabs, @eveningart, and @bengy who will all be receiving some STEEM this week.
Those without a self-vote (from their main account at least! 😱) and placed in the top ranks will also receive a little STEEM. These people are: @hananali, @melinda010100, @themanwithnoname, @enjar, @macoolette, @simplymike, @bashadow, @denmarkguy, and @mariannewest.
Well done everyone!
The Curation League / Rewards based
Please find the rules in a previous post.
The end column is what I think is a genuine indicator of how well you are financially working the curation game with the tools, including vested Steem Power, that you have at your disposal.
The curating mannequin is back at the top - Well done @steemitri!
🎁 Prizes 🎁
The Engagement League
0 votes to self - Spot Prizes
Lucky number 25 in The Engagement League
A @steembasicincome share, courtesy of @fullcoverbetting, goes to @steevc!
Thanks Peter, and well done Steve! (I think you have placed 25 before?!)
Lucky number 7 in The Engagement League
An upvote share (@upvoteshares), courtesy of @costanza goes to @veryspider!
Thank you for sponsoring the EL @costanza, and congratulations @veryspider!
Finally
If you have spotted any glaring errors in my post, please let me know so I can fix them
If you would like to be added or removed from the master list, give me a shout
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Thank you everyone, have an awesome Sunday!
Asher
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Thank you everybody for your kind regards! A special thanks goes out to users @abh12345 and @janton, but really a very heart felt thanks to all the great users on the Steem blockchain, thank you everyone who interacted with me and had fun with me this week.
I learned a lot this week, and met a lot of really neat people. I have some favorite memories! So, I am not going anywhere, but I will not be shooting for the top spot this week, I will continue to post daily videos and keep you all updated on the fun stuff we are doing.
But I would be remiss if I did not mention to all of you, there is an urgent need and I would like all of you to be aware of it, for only together can we overcome this tragedy! We cannot stand aside and allow suffering like this. I know you will all step up. I can't wait to keep engaging with everybody ;p
And here he is, the new champ! :D
What I'd like to know is if your followers list or weekly earnings grew over the past week - 365 people engaged with should have hopefully nudged both totals up?!
Heading on over to the linked post.
Congratulations!
I got a ton of new followers and a bunch of rewards! It was a very fruitful week indeed.
That's great to hear!
Increased engagement = more followers and rewards - Brill!
Is there a way that we could look into the stats on that? How much votes I got on the 953 comments I left last week? My followers went up by at least 40 I think, and I am still getting responses, votes and follows, though now it is blending into this week!
I think votes were greater than prize support, although skewed heavily , like many things here.
I could but it would take a little time.
You'd need access to the blockchain and some coding experience I'm afraid.
Hey do you pay 10 steem a month for access to arcange's sql database? Or are you querying a node?
Don't let us down, @ecoinstant! Congrats!
howdy sir abh12345! thanks so much again for all your hard work and putting this together and thank you @curie for sponsoring! sir @ecoinstant! you did it my friend congratulations, I couldn't find a finer man to lose to, we had a great time teasing each other and chatting all week and I have learned alot from you this week so in that way I am the winner, great job sir! Congrats to all the top placers and participants as well.
Hey @janton
Congratulations again for being right up there. I did see some of the banter this week between you and @ecoinstant, I think he'll now be taking a long rest to recoup from all this work last week!
Looks like you forgot about me. Wouldn't it be even finer if I would have best you?
😋
What kind of things did you learn?
hahaha! yes sir crypto-econom1st it would have been an even finer and funner surprise because you haven't been climbing up the charts like he has but after talking to ecoinstant all week and finding out how he was doing and how sharp and skilled he was then the surprise wasn't exactly a shock.
Thank you for not holding back! That's a new high for you on number of comments! I had a blast, and I am not going anywhere, but I don't think it is me you have to worry about for next week, we have a whole new crop coming up ;p
Also, I may have done something funny on my latest post. Let's see what you think...
a whole new crop? where are they? bring 'em on! lol. no I'm not going to hit it so hard, I'm about maxed out as far as how many people I can converse with, the only way to increase friends to talk with is to ignore the ones I've worked hard to develop relationships with and I won't do that.
First, congratulations to the winners! You all did a great job! And secondly thank you Asher for continually being a great community leader. Just want to take a second to encourage you. 👍☺️
Hi John
Thank you very much for the kind words of support, it's very flattering to be considered as a community leader - I just wish I had a stack of Steem Power to dish out to all these engaged people. Cheers!
You do so much dear friend. I know it's easy to always want to be able to do even more. I remember when I was first starting out and could only give out pennies. Now, I'm able to give out more. Eventually, I will be where you are now, still looking up to you thinking,"I'll get to where he's at." We all will continue to grow as long as we stick around. I hope your Sunday was beautiful.
Thanks, @abh12345. I must have done something different, or you changed the metrics, or a combination of both as I placed a bit higher. Thanks for the prize. I'm going to power it right up here.
Congratulations to @ecoinstant on taking the top spot and getting first place. You must have done a lot of engaging over the last week. Good for you!
@janton, congrats on a great run. I'm sure that ECO will be watching their back going into this next week.
@glenalbrethsen, good job in staying up there. You'll get first one of these days! :)
My pleasure - glad to hear the power up happening on the spot.
Yes I reduced the weight on the new metric, by quite a lot actually, and it's bunch the lead commentators up nicely.
I'm still thinking of others, but will let this one bed in first :)
Congratulations on the prize position!
Yes this new spread certainly makes it more exciting!
That is does. You never really know where you're going to end up. I actually thought I'd be a lot lower this week... then saw the post and was happily surprised to see that I had done fairly well. Just keep engaging and see what happens! :)
This really is a fantastic contest, with no further requirements each week other than just doing your social media thing!
Hey, @themanwithnoname.
Thanks for the shoutout here. I'm not sure if first place is attainable any more for me, and I'm okay with that. My main concern was that I was winning previously only because I had the time to put into it. I think I've been proven right. As it is, though, I'm believing that as long as I can improve in some way each week, and actually continue to engage with others in meaningful ways, that I will still be accomplishing something. While I am still just a minnow and the prize money is nice, it's never been why I'm a member of the leagues. I'm a member because I think engagement keeps people interested in the STEEM platform, and the more meaningful it is, the better. I also am a member of the leagues because it keeps me interested personally. And I wouldn't be a member of the leagues, at least not as early as I became one, without you. So, thank you, as always for that.
That's very well said. I'm glad that you're able to see past the money and appreciate that what you're doing is not only helping you, but helping others to stay engaged and more positive about being on the platform. They should pay you more. :D
Hey, man, it's a lot work for three steem a week, or whatever I end up receiving for my efforts. Now, STEEM hits $1,000 USD, I'm changing my tune, but at $0.94 USD, not so much.
Well, I don't know if there's really much choice but to see past the money. Most people who are participating aren't receiving anything, yet they still do it. I'd be pretty hypocritical not to look at the good it's been doing for me and how I feel it's helping the platform and solely concentrate on the rewards.
It's about time Asher...I see you had a little post-saturday-night-beer-nap on the beach today! Way more important than steemit in my books buddy :)
Wow @ecoinstant, congratulations!! ... edging out King @janton (I hate to say that because it'll go straight to his head lol ...janton's that is, not ecoinstant:) And a big pat on the back to @janton, @glenalbrethsen, @cicisaja ... way to sneak up on everyone :), @gillianpearce, @veryspider, @smithlabs, @eveningart, and @bengy.
FYI, that damn self-vote is the result of a curation trail ... I forgot to unfollow after posting :) And I see I made it on the second list too ... I think that's thanks to following @c-squared's curation trail and certainly not from my efforts :)
Thanks Asher for the prize and for hosting this, and for generally being a great egg :) Thanks to @curie too for the support!
Happy Sunday buddy :)
haha :D I was expecting something like this. I have been lazy today, but really needed that sleep on the beach this afternoon. Loved it!
I'm glad to hear following the @c-squared trail has boosted your rewards a little - they are connoisseurs of interesting content :)
Well done on your prize again this week Lynn, thank you!
You know I had to give you a little jab 😎
Thank you!
I needed a jab to wake me up, and was probably snoring like a trooper 😂
hahaha We saw a local the other day, totally passed out at the beach, sweating his you know what off because he was dressed in jeans and a shirt from the previous night we assumed. His hair was plastered with sweat on one side with the sand sticking to it haha Poor guy was gonna feel like shite whenever he did come to!
You weren't that bad right? 😎
haha ewww
No that wasn't me. I was prepped with swimming shorts and my inflatable to lay on - the sand just isn't as comfortable as it was 20 years ago!
Glad to hear it @abh12345! Ewww is right 😅
That was the whole point of my exercise this week Lynn, deflate the head before he floats away and hurts himself or somebody else!
ahahaha! yes, that was a real danger that you graciously prevented!
Do be careful my friend ;p
haha! where do you find these hideous things? lol. hey, if my self esteem is in tatters and my honor is lost then I don't think I'm going to have a big head problem for awhile!
hahaha Job well done then @ecoinstant 😎
Hi there Lynn, I have a question!
What on earth is fast reply and how do I do it?!
Here's a post I wrote about it some time ago. It's only the best thing since sliced bread buddy :) I cut my time in half when it comes to replies here ... there's no wait time whatsoever. The only downside that I've found is that it doesn't allow you to see the complete thread of conversation, but only the last bit. Check it out, let me know what you think :)
Thank you @lynncoyle1, somehow C-square is really helpfull😉 the posts that resteemed usually belongs to a chatty posters too, and your comments already there to start with😊
haha thanks for saving me time then too @cicisaja 😅
Hey, @lynncoyle1.
Thanks for the shoutout, and congratulations on No. 4 this week. By the number of comments and PS, looks like you were closer to full form than you've been in a while. I didn't see you a whole lot, but I suppose that's because you were engaging with new folks, too. It's amazing how many corners of STEEM there are to explore. :)
You're welcome @glenalbrethsen! It is amazing how many little pockets of people there are here 😅
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Can you add me to the engagement league? That’s what I spend most my time doing on Steemit and think I’d fit perfectly :)
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Welcome snrm, you will find the tracking a fun thing to do, well I find it fun to keep track of. Lot's of good people on the list, and lots of good content to find. Between you and melinda joining, I may be lucky enough to get spot 25 next week, But I would rather move back at least above 15, I will have to wait and see next week.
I’m really excited to see where I fall in all this! As long as I’m not too busy this week lol
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I certainly can, welcome to the leagues @snrm, I'm looking forward to seeing where you place next Sunday :)
Congrats to everyone especially @ecoinstant it is a huge investment of time to be anywhere near the top of that list. Getting the number one spot is an unbelievable amount of dedication. Way to go!
I may need to make more Steeming time in my schedule so I can move back up a few notches.
Thanks for keeping the contest going for us. I look forward to seeing the numbers each week.
Thanks @headchange. The numbers will be here each week, and hopefully the sponsorship too!
Awesome job guys. OMG @cicisaja you made a huge jump. Back to climbing the ladder. It's cool, it give me goals!
Thank you 😊 a bit strange being on top 5 again this week, but at least some strategies really worked for me. Let's make it happens @tryskele😄 women on top 5
Goals are good. I had a goal to make a dtube video around the pool today, and when I looked out it was raining - how rude!
Good luck next time :)
This is a fun contest, and i have really enjoyed it! *Keep up the good work, and keep on Steemin'!
:)Great stuff @smithlabs, a solid performance from yourself - congratulations on making the top 10!
This is stuff I enjoy doing, so it is not a burden. You are doing well with this contest, really stirring things up!
Thanks for good steemit fun!
♡♡♡Congratulations to @ecoinstant.
You achieve a miracle by breaking @janton his winning streak. Although I would love to see if @janton will strike back in the coming weeks.
Together with @glenalbrethsen you guys really achieved miraculous engagement numbers!
For the normal working peeps it ain't doable to even win this engagement league again.
I also have a feeling that the number of participants is still growing? It at least looks like the competition is getting each week.
As of tomorrow I will be on holiday. So I wish you all Goodluck in the coming weeks!
And don't fear that I will be a threat for the first position. 😜😆
I suspect this is the case too - not really sure what I can do about that though!
Enjoy your holidays!
meep
And you enjoy your holidays too :D
meep
You really have the most interesting comments ever.
How long did you think about this awesome line?
he didn't even have to think about it. He's simply borrowing it from the character who says it on the Muppet Show. Beaker. :)
Oh I love the last paragraph so much.
So you will win coming edition?
Or are you also starting your holiday?
Thank you Crypto-Econom1st! God allowed me to miraculously beat Janton by dedicating every spare waking hour to commenting. I was commenting on mobile while in the bathroom, and from a laptop when out on the patio. When I took my grandmother to the library, I connected to wifi and reviewed a contest feed to congratulate new and unique art projects. When others slept, I read the curie comment feed. While other's ate, I....well I did actually eat too.
Cheers!
Yeah I already kind of knew that you had been commenting for about 10+ hours per day. And of course reading before commenting 😀
Did you back then wrote an introduce yourself post?
Yes! The most important part is reading - I think that is how I got so many new followers and upvotes on my comments!
I did do an #introduceyourself post, it wasn't my first post but maybe my 10th before I got around to it.
Hmzz, I might search for it a bit later via Google. Cause in your feed I have to scroll for 2 hours 😩
Wow, yeah, I made a tool for that....I really have to get that thing hosted again....
Hey, @crypto-econom1st.
Funny, I'm not feeling very miraculous this morning, but I do appreciate the sentiment. Both ecoinstant and janton did outstanding amount of work this past week. They definitely deserve the shoutout.
You may already be on your holiday, so have fun, and we'll do what we can to make sure STEEM is here when you get back. :)
It's also in my holiday. I hoped to have a little bit of time and good wifi. But so far I have none of those 2 things 😩
But the holiday is very nice!
This evening my wife asked us (myself and 5 year old boy), are you going to swim for like the 6th time today?
Yes we are.
Why?
Because it's holiday and we love swimming!
wow, we have a new leader! Congrat @ecoinstant! That is truly amazing that you beat @janton who has been the leader for so long! In fact it has been so long since @janton wasn't at the top spot, that I even almost forget who the people were before him... I think it was @glenalbrethsen and @lynncoyle1 but I'm getting old so I might be wrong! :P
Well very good job and happy to see a new leader to push everyone else! And great job to everyone at the top, you all earn my respect for consistency and dedication for sure!
And thank you @abh12345 for doing a wonderful job each week. I know some days its not easy, but you plow through consistently each week with the best place to be on steemit for sure! :D
Hi Dave
Did you see @ecoinstant's post regarding @janton's possible mis-placing this week? Amusing!
It has been tougher this last month or two. The summer has been a distraction for sure, and there's the worry about paying for life via STEEM - that's much harder at present. We shall soldier on though in the hope that brighter days are ahead.
I was wondering if you had plans to gather a bit more STEEM under the dollar? I suspect there are some looking at this price as the beginning of a buying campaign.
I will go check that out for sure! :)
And I know, you are the one guy that I am most worried about making it through this. If it makes you feel any better you have tons of respect and many of the people that like and respect you are growing by the day. It might not be felt yet in votes, but it will at some point. I can see the SP growing via a lot of bottom picking up new steem. I myself have added a lot via steem monsters and have a plan there too to both engage people and help to grow people's accts. I will be rolling that out in the next few weeks, so stay tuned ;)
And regarding your question, yes I just bought some more at $0.97 and $1.07 ... I keep fading it and plan on keeping it up. Maybe one day we will be able to help you, that would make me and others feel pretty damn good! :)
Cheers and keep the head up, the cavalry is kinda small but growing and heading your way! ;)
Hey, @davemccoy.
How's it going in your corner of the STEEM-verse? Thanks for the shoutout. It does feel like a distant memory, but I do remember coming in first a while back. And Lynn definitely was doing it before that. I've heard rumors that you and No Name did it a few times, too. I would say that if that were your main reason for being here, you would probably do it again yourself, but it's taking quite a bit of energy and time to stay up with janton and whoever else ends up crashing the party, so who knows now. :)
lol... I was just playing... let the youngins feel like us old men are tired and out of shape (in my case its true)... Of course I remember the days of Mexican food decrees by you andwho could forget a Lovely Queen like @lynncoyle1?
And it really is good I think that people are pushing each other... While I know its not for the prize or even for bragging rights, its a challenge nonetheless and shows others the way!
As far as my part of Steemverse, I'm loving the drop here and working on a big plan actually. I will reveal it in roughly 2 weeks and think it has something for everyone. I try to find "win/win" scenarios and I think I have found one. So I look forward to rolling it out soon :)
ps and I will give you a hint... "I love things that are possible" :D
Who could forget the Mexican food decree Dave? haha
I saw your comment to Asher too; that was nice. I too hope he weathers this storm and doesn't have to get a "real" job ever again! Wouldn't it be great if we could help him! I wish I was in a position to do just that :)
@lynncoyle1 maybe one day we will be... let's keep our fingers crossed ;)
Fingers crossed buddy!!! I have faith we will though 😎
FYI, it's so hard not to comment on the newbiegames hashtag contest hahaha I'm doing it here instead!!!😎
Hmmmm. I'm not getting the hint. I'm trying to remember if this is something I've said. At any rate, I look forward to the reveal in roughly two weeks.
@glenalbrethsen no its not something you said... Its probably not the greatest hint either... I will let you know soon though and I hope its fun at least!
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Top 20 once again... it was a fairly good week, apparently. The score is still way too low, though. I guess my ranking has a lot to do with the number of votes I cast... 1351. Compared to others that is a whole lot...
I feel I need to start studying on how to maximize curation rewards. All those months in the leagues, and I haven't made it to the list even once. That number of votes might be an indicator: too many small votes that bring in nothing... I'll need to reconsider my voting habits, I guess...
Congratulations @simplymike .. so proud to be in the same table with you 😄 you're too busy helping the minnows with your votes I guess. Still... thank you for the delegation.. it makes me try harder to be a smart upvoters to gain more SP from curation😊
I just noticed your name there near the top of the list. Way to go! You are doing a great job!
Back on 5th again 😊 the highest that I can reach so far, Thank you.
Hey @simplymike
I replied to your message on discord - I hope the link helps.
The number of votes you cast is likely the reason for not making the top 100. For the sake of half a STEEM each week, I think your approach is very gallant :)
Thanks for getting back to me on Discord. That link will come in handy.
I will need to make up my mind and take some serious decisions concerning my upvotes. If I do, I might finally start earning some curation rewards. :0)
My rewards are pretty duff too considering my SP, but I don't worry about that - giving the out to many is much more rewarding in other ways :)
That's exactly what I replied to someone else a couple of minutes ago: spreading the love and appreciation is worth a lot more than earning curation rewards... Maybe not the smartest move if you want to grow your account, but it feels a lot better :0)
Well put @simplymike and well done. It's actually an interesting time to be on Steemit now. You can see who is more community minded when crypto is plunging. Definitely a lot of love being spread which, hopefully, pays in the long run
It's all gonna change next month, curation wise, so maybe you will get there then. I seem to make it one week, miss it the next week, but vote power is down for everyone so I can't claim that as the reason. But congrats on getting back in the top 20. People like the votes, big or small, people like us like to give votes big or small, and comments big or small. People appreciate the fact that some one saw them.
True. I couldn't have said it better.
And maybe spreading the love around is way more important to me than earning curation rewards :0)
Congratulations @simplymike! I finally made it this week on League #2 and I think it's because I follow @c-squared's curation trail :)
Maybe I should give it a try.
I've been reading about the 1UP curation trails, and although not everything is completely clear to me yet, it looks like a very interesting opportunity...
I've never made it on that list on my own 😅 What's the 1UP curation trail?
I'm not entirely sure I already fully understand the concept - although I've read all @flauwy's articles about it.
Maybe I should go back to a better technical school, so I would get better at understanding how such things work.
Normally, I would try to explain it, but when I think about me explaining something technical to you, lmao... something tells me we would both end up very confused.
So I'm not even going to try.
The trail exists, but @flauwy is expanding it and working on it to make it more profitable for everyond. I can really suggest you head ovdr to his blog and read his posts about it.
I think I get the basic idea, but some time soon I'll have to be bold and ask him if he can lay it out in a one on one conversation, using language (and drawings, don't forget the drawings) like he would be talking to a 6 year old...
Good plan @simplymike; you and I would just talk in circles, and before you know it, our eyes would glaze over and we'd be talking about plants or vodka instead 😎
Lol, you might have a solid point there :0)
And now for something completely different:
I noticed you are at 58 too. Whatever I try, I can't seem to pass that 59 milestone. I'm getting closer, though.
Maybe it is time to start writing posts that are not necessarily aimed at minnows, so I can attract some voters with a higher rep score...
58.914... growing takes soooo much time and patience, lol
haha yes it does @simplymike! I've been at 58.6something for a long time it seems!
I hit 59 only a couple of hours after i wrote that coment, lol. It'll be a long way to 60. I see so many people who started out the same time as me now have a 61 or 62 rep score.
A lot of them have sugardaddies: support from dolphins or orcas, whos votes help you to build that rep faster.
So far, I haven't found such a sugardaddy yet - I don't know what you need to to or be to get one, but apparently I am not desirable enough, lol.
Fortunately, I do have a nutri-sweet-daddy. I assume I don't even have to explain who it is, lol
That's hilarious @simplymike; nutri-sweet daddy 😅 No need to explain that one! Considering the time you took off for your operationS, I think you're doing awesome!!
Thanks.
I truly enjoy the fact that I seem to have found at least part of my mojo again :0)
Considering the situation you are in, you zare re not doing so bad either, if I may say so ;0D
I was really hoping I had a decent curation score in the bag this week. I think I upvote comments a little too much even more so these days to try get them to be at least 2 cents.
During my first couple of months, I spent most of my VP on upvoting comments. I wanted to thank people for taking the time to reply to my.posts. but after a while I noticed I didn't have any voting power left to upvote the posts I really liked.
So, now I only upvote extraordinary comments.
Lots of people are doing the same, because back in November, you could earn some good money by leaving comments. That has changed a lot.
I have been trying to figure that out all month. Even raised to get above dust, but that reduced the total vote count. I don't know the answer unless its a trail that you have to follow. If you figure it out let me know
congrats on your standing here
I must admit I follow quite a couple of trails with a low VP. The reason I follow them is because I want to support others (for example: I follow(ed) the @newbieresteemday trail, the hiv trail,...)
As a result, you cast a lot of votes that are actually worth nothing. And that is not helping anyone. So I am going to cut back on the curation trails. Maybe follow just one of a person that scores high in the list, and follow that person with 50 to 70%, instead of all the small ones with 5 to 10%.
The thing is I want to keep supporting the little guys...
Guess I still have a lot of experimenting to do :0)
Right now I trail pifc. Thinking about another one. but still confused about the time and on Sept 25th that all changs again with the update.
most of my votes go on comments and I don't think there is any return there, but its important to support the ones who comment and support you. Nothing worse than making a comment and being ignored
So happy to climb up the curation ladder!! :) And that self-vote was an accident! I wanted to upvote a comment that I got but my fingers were faster than my eyes :D Anyway, I'll be more careful in the future. And I also see my name in the second table. Yay!
I think that @janton finally started to catch up with his sleep :D Congratulations @ecoinstant!
Cheers to another successful week of curation!
Ooops!
You could have removed the vote but looking at the score I think you would have just missed out on a 0 self-vote prize.
Thanks for being a part of the leagues!
I'll try to do even better this week :)
Cool. Good luck.
Thank you @aneukpineung78! :)
That's what I like to hear, good luck!
Congratulations @delishtreats😉 hope that you'll have time to engaging with more people this week since you don't have a plan to take more adventures for a while.
Oh Cici, I'm still doing million other things :) But I will definitely try! I enjoy curating a lot!
I've made that mistake before a few weeks back. I unvoted myself so fast that blockchain must have been confused as who would do such a thing!
I will know the trick for the next time then! :D But I hope it won't happen as I'll try to be more careful :)
Last time I so blamed it on steemit lagging. The silly platform casted my vote on the wrong comment!
That's the right attitude :D hahaha
Don't feel like the lone ranger with hitting the wrong vote button. Sometimes I make the comment to myself instead of the reply I got. Now that's bad!
Congrats on your standings and also making both lists
Hahaha, happened to me too. Then I was wondering why I see it in the 'replies' tab, duh?! :D
Thank you! I'm so proud to be in both of them :)
LOL I did the same thing the first time then realized what happened. So now when I do it I know and just shake my head
That's a good thing and need to be proud of it 👍
Congratulations everyone- Stirling work @ecoinstant! I've seen you absolutely everywhere I've been this week so did wonder whether you'd hit that top spot 😁
Awesome as ever @janton!
And yay I'm so chuffed to reach the top 10 for the first time this week. Thank you for my prize!
Thank you so much for this fab opportunity @abh12345 it really supports engagement. Massive respect for all your hard work. E
I'm coming for your number 9 spot this coming week! Watch out behind you!
Eek! I'm sure youll overtake me like a shot 😁
Nice to see another name I recognize get up there that far. Well done!
It's my pleasure 😁
Well done to you for making it into the top 10 @eveningart!
Thank you! X
Congrats! I loved seeing your very nice comments on lots of curie'd posts! You are a wonderful user and I am happy to participate with good people like you :)
Yaaayyy @ecoinstant😃 great job! Congratulations... arrgghhh @janton, you broke the agreement😂😂😂 but still.. congratulations to you too. I'd better not to mention everyone but @macoolette😉 you're awesome😘 you made it to the first table in the third weeks... amazing!
Thank you @abh12345 for the "some steem" that's enough to power up to 70 SP 😊 tomorrow. Glad to see my name in the last table of curation league too
Huufftt.. this is a tough challenge 😆 I knew a name that already a top on leaderboard somewhere else as commenters.. dunno how to catch up for 500 comments a week with 400 people. Let's get together and be allright.. though a bit confused about HF20 still hanging around.
Don't worry about HF20 @cicisaja, If there is anything of note that requires a change of approach I'm sure there will be plenty of posts about it.
Congratulations on your prize and reaching 70 SP :D
Thanks😊 the new policy will change the habit but affected the planktons who joined for "money" and to be a whale. Hope there'll be more easy to understand tips and strategies too. 6 weeks to go.. will see the new best suggestion about curation in your post anyway ☝
Thank you! I was not actually minding this contest at all. I just went on posting and commenting without the thought of accumulating number of characters or those things... I am glad to have made it on the first table this time even without counting my every post. 😊
Thank you for the spot prize @abh12345! I am also glad to make it on the first table even if it comes as a total surprise because I just went on posting and commenting without the worry of counting every character I type.
Congratulations to all winners! 👍🤝👏
Well done @macoolette! Apologies for the late reply, I'm working on today's post now :)
Thank you... I'll cross my fingers for today's posts. 😀
Hey, @abh12345.
Thank you, as always for the Engagement Leagues. Thank you for all you're trying to do for the STEEM Community.
And @curie, thank you for all that you're doing to help make these leagues a success. I greatly appreciate your sponsorship.
Congratulations one and all for your accomplishments this week. We have a new winner for the first time in eight weeks. We have new people joining and climbing up the ranks. Well done for all your placements.
Thank you to everyone who engaged with me personally this past week. I am grateful for it.
Onward and upward.
Good day Glen!
Thank you for the kind comments, I'm doing what I can which at present doesn't seem all that much - onward, and hopefully, upward we go.
hahaha wow I think I was in the top 25. Always fun to see what my engagement looks like. haha very cool! Thanks!
You are unlucky not to have got either 25th spot or a few more points to get a spot prize for 0 self-votes.
Cheers!
hahaha no worries! Maybe next time! :)
Next week you only have to engage a little bit more to grab a prize.
Yeah is awesome! I will see what I can do! haha :)
@abh12345, what do I need to do to sign up. I can't compete with most in this exclusive group but it would be great to see my numbers and see what works for me and what doesn't. lol, yes I'm a nerd and crunching numbers and experimenting is what I enjoy doing.
This is all you need to do :) I've added you to the list, you'll need to make your way into the top 100 of either to see some numbers. I think it's very much possible to do so with a few hours a day commenting here. Good luck!
lol, I can probably make the list with as much as I converse with @janton and @ecoistant, but we'll see.
Ita good to have a couple of people like that in your replies feed for sure!
This is an excellent initiative in my humble opinion, that will make me a far better steemian. Congrats for the great work and I'd like to join, if possible! :)
Thank you for the kind words of support for the Leagues, I will add you to the list right away!
And thank you very much for the @steemcommunity witness vote @erikah!
It's always a pleasure to help good causes. This is all I can do now but I'm thinking of doing more in the future :) Looking forward to being a good Steemian :))
Thanks for adding me!
Yay! First week on and I made it!!! Lol
Got a ton of improving to do though. Thx for putting this together @abh12345
Gives us a goal to strive towards.
Welcome to the league @blewitt, it is fun to track. Your numbers are not that bad. I am sure you will climb the ladder.
Thanks a ton! Yeah I like the extra motivation to be involved and engaged. This is fun and I’ve alreasy spoke to several new people that I’ve never had contact with before...including you! Lol
I hope to be able to make some new friends and contacts in this circle here as well just by conversing in the weekly comments sections.
Awww, man! Even in a quiet week you managed to beat me. Well done mate
So beat me this week!!! Do it! If you do I owe ya a share of @steembasicincome!
Make it happen!!!
Nice work first time out!
It's my pleasure @blewitt, thanks for joining in the fun :)
Looking forward to hopefully seeing my numbers improve over the coming weeks. How long have you been doing this for?
I'm sure they will. About a year now, the Engagement league about 9 months 👍🏾
Gotcha! Well thanks for putting it together. I’ll try and wrangle a few friends in as well. The ones that are chatterboxes.
Sounds good to me, the more the merrier!
Working on it! This thing can grow big as hell eventually. Lol. I give you a ton of credit for helming this...
You will have the top people running for their keyboards and typing faster in no time! It is always nic eto have a little challenge to motivate ourselves.
Aww thanks! Yeah that’s kinda the reason I joined. Besides me being introduced into a new circle where I can make new friends, it’s basically something to give me a bit of a swift kick in the ass. I’m fairly competitive so once I get in my groove and figure this place out a bit more...
Lol
Wow, @ecoinstant, you did it! Kicking some comment arse. Congrats!
He certainly has been doing that yes - to reach 365 people is really great - talk about getting your name out there!
Thank you phoenix! It took a lot of effort, but when I set a goal, I make it happen! I also want to finish your goal (Solar Lantern) soon too!
I'm trying to ride that line of "post often enough so I can get upvotes for it" and "don't annoy the crap out of everyone." 😉
Definitely include in the next one more thoughts about this, this is an important point and I'd love to hear about your calculus and observations.
You give me far too much credit, I barely passed trig! 😁
Is that ba-dum-ching? LOL
Congratulation to the top topple man @ecoinstant it is a hard road to travel, following in the footsteps of @janton, you did well. It is nice to see just how many people people talk to, i need to comment to more people. All my numbers were down a little bit, and I was barely able to stay in the top twenty.
I want to welcome @melinda010100 to the league, for those of you who do not know she is the lady who runs all the - - get ready - - are you ready for this - - ,She runs all the SHADOW photo contest. ;-}, and is a very nice lady. She engages with all her photo friends and a lot of others as you can clearly see by her inaugural position.
So if you enjoy clear crisp shadows in your pictures, very fun contest. Fair warning though, it is not an everyone wins photo contest, she looks and choses, or her guest judges look and choose.
Everyone else, absolutely wonderful week of engaging each other and others, (I know it is mostly others). A very heartfelt thank you to @curie for the support of this initiative, and to Asher for running it and bringing us all together.
Thanks so much for the kind words about me and about #shadowphoto @bashadow And thanks for pointing me toward @abh12345 and all these amazing curators! I'm so excited to be placed on the list! Now that I know about this great effort I can try harder! Congrats to @ecoinstant. I'm happy that I was able to chat with you this week and be one of the members on your total tally! What a great group to be included with!😃
I think this contest will be a perfect fit for you Melinda, great to see you here :)
You had an amazing week! Pretty darn impressive!
You scored quite high yourself! The real winner? The Steem community!
For sure! I didn't know about the Engagement League until Saturday when I joined, otherwise I could have put in a bit more effort!
Are you putting in a lot of effort this week?
It looks like @melinda010100 has welcomed herself to the league with a great score in her first week!
Thanks for bringing new members to the Leagues and for the kind words of support - cheers!
People helping people, It all started on @snrm post, looking for good people. I mentioned her, and conversation was held.
I have pioneered some new techniques for talking to new people! I can edit the url to see other peoples feeds.
Wasn't expecting myself to be in the list this time as I was traveling this Thursday and could not really steemit as much i would do otherwise, Still to my surprise I lost only 2 points this week, Glad am still in top 20 and will give my best to be in top 10 again next week :) Thank you for the rewards and all the effort behind this. Good day everyone
Wait a minute, how did @janton not top it? like what happened here? this is really shocking, this @ecoinstant could be a real big player because defeating @janton was not an easy task
An excellent job considering you didn't have all the time you wanted here - congratulations on making the prize list!
Thank you so much for the inspiration and appreciation, means a lot :) thank you @abh12345
Lets go higher next week
I could be! And @janton did not go down easy, he ranked more comments than ever this week, and a higher character count than I have ever seen out of him.
@janton is a tough guy to beat here, You certainly did very well and most of the People who follow this competition would never think of @janton being anything less than number 1 slot but it's a good sign. Am glad for you too :)
He is the fiercest of competitors, and makes it fun to participate with him! I think I wrote more comments to @janton than any other user!
I don't think that is the case, he made more comments according to the list I guess, but you communicated with more people than he did
Yes right, but what I mean is, the user I commented with the most was the very same @janton!
That's the case with most of the steemians, #janton is everywhere, got back from a trip nd festival, apologies for replying late
Wow... that's amazing! I almost fell out of my seat when I saw a name other than @janton's in the top slot! Congratulations @ecoinstant... I wonder if realize the sheer scope of your accomplishment — well done!
Congratulations to everyone else who "placed," as well! And thanks Asher for the "no self-vote" bonus... I think that makes five or six weeks in a row; much gratitude!
Yes I was surprised also, even though I'd heard he was going to give it a big shot this week (and I think only this week!)
Well done on picking up this honorable prize for the last month or so :)
It took all my effort. I did do a few other things, but not many. The great part of this league is the prize pool is pretty deep, and we get decent rotation every week. Plus more people trying makes the whole platform better!
Wait....what???? Someone beat @janton??? Congratulations @ecoinstant
I guess Arnold Schwarzenegger was right in Predator when he said "if it bleeds, we can kill it" - OK maybe that's a bit extreme, but at least it's been proven that @janton is human and can be defeated!!!
haha, yes it's true, and hopefully no-one was bleeding. Perhaps a few sore fingers though :)
He can be defeated! It takes all week though...
Probably don't tell him you are trying either, like I did.
I think I'd need to take annual leave from work and send the wife and child away on holiday for the week if I was to have any chance.
Well, the tippy top spots are indeed competitive, but I know that some prize support is possible if you analyze all the variables! Its not just raw comment numbers; Good luck!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! Congrats to @ecoinstant!! I think you got less sleep than me this week!! <3 I might be a bit biased about him taking 1st place but it's my right as his Mom LOLL!
@janton you amaze me each week how much you engage with people and everyone on this list that is here each week!!
Great contest @abh12345!! someday when I have breathing room I hope to make it farther up the ladder. Until then Congrats to everyone that made the list and are in the top 25%
thank you Ma'am, it was an honor.
Hi @snook
I had the pleasure of tuning into you both last week and knew from this that @ecoinstant was planing a big week here. And he did it, apparently through lack of sleep?!
Your name will always be on the list, so if you do get some breathing room sometime in the future, be sure to check in. Thanks, and well done to the son!
Thank you for being biased in my favor ;p
The great part about this is that its weekly and there is no additional work to be in or out! <3
Congratulations @abh12345!
Your post was mentioned in the Steemit Hit Parade in the following category:
3 will do nicely. Thanks @arcange!
I am surprised I made it on ~bottomish of the list. Thanks Asher. I didn't wake up to the list yesterday, but caught it today. :)
I'm glad you didn't wait up, I was rather slow to the punch this week!
I'm glad you didn't
Wait up, I was rather slow
To the punch this week!
- abh12345
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
Sunshine, naps on beaches, rafting out in the ocean; all legitimate excuses so no ding points from me!
Thank you so much, Asher, for doing this league and of course, for the prize. Without your efforts - there wouldn't be a curie prize :)
It is my pleasure, thank you!
This post was shared in the Curation Collective Discord community for curators, and upvoted and resteemed by the @c-squared community account after manual review.
Thank you friends at @c-squared!
Hi @abh12345 ... please add me to the list. Would love to join! Thank you! Hope this is the right place to write this ...
Yes it certainly is, apologies for the slow response but you are now on the list for the post tomorrow. Welcome!
Thank you @abh12345 ! Happy to be a part of the list!
Woohoo Steemit Community ❤ it's great to hangout here on Saturday night! Shine friends & keep having fun! Special thank-you to Asher for taking time away from your pink/ blue floaties to putting this together for us ❤❤❤
haha :D
Well it's been tough to get away from the floaties to catch up here, but I finally made it. Thank you!
Haha! No doubt the struggle is real! You made it into to 70's rep! Looks real good on you!! Have a beautiful day 🌳🌄😊
Thank you @abh12345 and @curie. I've already powered up of course! 😁
Congratulations everyone who's featured here. Keep on keeping on and have a fun week!
Glad to hear it Gill, I hope you have had a good week - it's Saturday already!!
It's been a bit of a blah week online but looking good elsewhere in life @abh12345.
The weekend started with gusto last night! Whoop. Whoop!
Hope you have a fun weekend too. 😍
Whoow, I guess not many who would have seen this coming! @janton not first in the list and not beaten by @glenalbrethsen but by @ecoinstant. A new name for me!
The sponsorship of an SBI share has been paid. Due to a holiday in a camping with restricted internet access I took some time to arrange it. But it has been done!
Enjoy @steevc
We have now 3 people running for the hattrick. That's @crypto-econom1st, @steevc and according to me @simplymike!
Curious who can make it!
Thanks again @abh12345 to organize this great contest!
Cheers,
Peter
What a poor show on reply times here, sorry Peter!
Thank you once again for adding this additional prize to the EL, much appreciated!
Better late than never!
Always great to support your engagement league!
Awesome initiative @abh12345. Can i please join??
@chekohler you should check this out.
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Thank you very much!
Yes you certainly can - added ready for the post tomorrow.
Thank you sir!! I eagerly await!! Yay!
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Hi Asher, @abh12345 I would like to join the Engagement League, if you’ll let me. I hope @janton will vouch for me. Engagement!
Everyone is welcome @torrey.blog, I have added you to the list. Good luck, @janton's new chair could mean records are smashed tomorrow!
Thank you @abh12345, I may be disqualified this week, since I had some automated votes set up. I've just cleared out those and switched to curie curation trail. No worries! Cheers to record smashing, you can do it @janton!
As long as you are not auto replying (with code or a copy/paste message) anything else is fine. Good luck!
Interesting stats. Get me in please 😄
Welcome @quochuy, you are now on the list, ready for the post which will be released on Sunday :D
thanks mate
still wayyy down the bottom. I give up...lol
It's certainly not easy to reach the top 20. As least you are in the top 100 - there are 300+ behind you!
@empress-eremmy, never give up! Keep on steemin'.
Thank you @abh12345 for bringing us the Curation and Engagement Leagues! Checking this post on Sunday evenings is one of the high points of my Steemit week.
Super big congratulations to @ecoinstant for finishing in the top spot this week, edging out the seemingly invincible @janton! And all the best to the other members of the "elite" who seem to get into the top 25 week after week! It's great to see this level of engagement continue, even while Steemit seems "slow" because of the falling Steem value. I feel sure those of us who keep working away at it will get "the last laugh" when Steem suddenly shoots back up, a few weeks/months from now.
Have an amazing week, everyone!
=^..^=
Positive stuff! It's happened before and I see no reason why it wont happen again. BTC may need to go lower first though and that looks likely to drag the rest of the market down too. It's a great opportunity buy I think, but I would do this in batches.
Cheers!
Well done everyone! And especially @ecoinstant. But did someone tie @janton's hands? Give him a tranquilizer one night? I seem stuck in the same place but at least - hopefully - not dropping out.
Did you see @ecoinstant's post regarding @janton's chair - No wonder he couldn't retain the title! :D
No!?? Going to peep now! Some of the chirps have been priceless, but missed that one
Placing 25 is an art, I guess. 😀 Hiding your name is another art, which seems to be the thing I have master.
Congrats all.
Hi @glenalbrethsen. The legend. The unbeaten. The champ. *salute
Hey, @aneukpineung78. That's quite the shoutout. I appreciate it, but I'm hardly legendary or unbeaten here anymore. A lot has changed in the last few months. I'm glad to see more people entering the league though with time to dedicate to it and STEEM. Hopefully, more and more people will see the leagues and want to join because of them.
I'm glad to see you out and about again. It's been a while. Hopefully whatever took you to the hospital is over and you can continue on with life.
haha :D
Maybe you can unveil yourself next time!?
Dont tell me that it was an order.
😐
It's not an order at all, just a little encouragement :D
hahaha @aneukpineung; nice job playing hide and seek this week :)
I was just starting. 😀 Don't join me on this sacred game.
And, congrats.
haha @aneukpineung78, it's all yours 😎
Thanks!
Pardon me, but I've been curious, is there a lynncoyle2?
lol @aneukpineung78; there can only be one lynncoyle 😎
It’s been a couple of week since I’ve been back up there. I was starting to fade deeper and deeper each week. So glad I went all out on a few posts.
Glad to see some change a the top. It is rather nice seeing so many now clumped more closely to each other. Looking forward to seeing who tops it next week. Looks like a friendly fight might brew.
Great stuff - happy to see you back up there @enjar :)
I suspect @ecoinstant went all out this past week and will be taking a well deserved rest this time!
It is nice to compare my results with others on the curation charts, so I can track my weekly progress. It also makes me happy knowing that manual curation is effective, competitively speaking. Usually, I just save excellent posts to upvote full power as soon as my Voting Power gets closer to 100%. Maybe there is an app to help me punch in my upvotes at this exact moment on pre-preselected posts, so my VP is still maximizing my upvotes while I sleep.
I wonder what other successful curators are doing the same, or vastly differently.
Perhaps this can help you: https://steemauto.com/
I think my auto vote list is up to 89 people now, and my VP never reaches 100%. I vote manually too whenever I see something I like, and like to give a little to my commentators. Cheers ;)
I never used steemauto because I didn't want to dilly out votes for any post authors pump out. Is it easy to configure to control more advanced features, like setting a post to receive a delayed upvote under conditional parameters?
I don't actually use steemauto, but the site looks like it's had a revamp and this could be possible.
I'm not sure about it being suitable for your needs though. What parameters would you like?
Content = Interesting? :D
All I really need a simple queue to drop post links into. Ideally, it would use my upvote on the next post in the queue as soon as my VP is recharged to a level I specify, with a voting amount I specify. Maybe this is already a thing you can do, I am not sure.
I canceled it after I voted for myself. Well then, is it no good? I listed the name in the table above.
I'm not sure what you mean sorry? You didn't have any self-votes, but the score is not quite high enough for a prize - a good effort though!
I see. I understand. Thank you for teaching me.
Congrats to all, great to see consistent engagement! Could I be added?
Thanks so much!
You are already on the master list :D
139th this week, just a bit more to reach the top 100.
Thanks so much! Yes, just a bit ;)
Man I have been falling through the ranks for the last couple of weeks. I am going to up my game and I'll be aiming for the top spot for the next week.
Good luck :D A top 20 position is a reasonable target - the top 3 have likely put 60+ hours in this past week!
Targeting the same. I would take the weekend off to compensate for my work :-)
I should be easy to pass up next week. I'll be off playing way to many video games!
Now that is one way to help me 😊