Legions of humanity arrived a Shinar. These were a people of one voice and one language. They cared for themselves and lived their lives apart from what was once holy to them. They weren't an evil people, but they wanted to live their lives amongst themselves unmolested by the celestials.
The new people of Shinar designed a tower to reach the heavens. They did not do so to occupy the celestial lands. They did it to issue a warning:
Fearful of the accomplishments of the new Shinar people, the god of caelum shattered their minds. The action rendered them incapable of using the language that once made them whole. Their hive-mind fractured, their companions lost, it became an insanity of solitude.
Upon their realization, the once whole people scattered to the winds. They assembled with those of like language and became destined to toil the lands for generations. Humanity was no longer a threat to the fearful deity.
Hive Winners!
| PLACE | AUTHOR | ARTICLE | REWARD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1ST | @melbourneswest | Hive is a gateway drug | 140 POB |
| 2ND | @samsmith1971 | Baxter's flight of fancy: Finding gratitude in self-reflection | 70 POB |
| 3RD | @mineopoly | Can we get rid of Hive? | 50 POB |
| 4TH | @d-pend | Hexagon of fate — (poetry + generative art) | 30 POB |
| 5TH | @abdul-qudus | Story of the little bee 🐝 | 10 POB |
The contest now has better planning and funding. We will maintain the consistency of these rewards for the remainder of the season. The rewards shown does NOT include bonus challenges that may occur.
This was a tough competition to grade. We've also added a new column for evaluation based on engagement. Check it out.
Merit System Results
Grading Criteria
Rankings
Grading
Engagement Statistics
Authors (By Votes)
POB Rewards
| Group | Criteria | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 Authors | How much did the top 10 authors make on article rewards? | 1019 POB |
| All Authors | How many authors participated in the Hive WOTW contest? | 43 |
| All Authors | How much in article rewards did this week's contest generate? | 2242 POB |
| WOTW | Total article revenue generated | 55877 POB |
| Disqualified | How many times did someone get disqualified this week? | 1 |
Author Review
@melbourneswest, @samsmith1971
- melbourneswest and samsmith1971 are frequent participants in the WOTW contest.
- melbourneswest, in particulate has been steadily progressing in the ranks.
Thank you for your participation in the contest!
WOTW Team Appreciation
| Name | Reason | Amount (POB) |
|---|---|---|
| @nonsowrites | Grading Assistance, User Engagement | 100 POB |
| @amr008.pob | Automation Maintenance & Development | 1000 POB (delegation from @calumam) |
Contest Rules
This will get you disqualified
- Plagiarism
- #POB-WOTW tag abuse
- Using next week’s word in this week’s contest.
Helpful Hints
- Include the selected word in your article
- Include the #pob-wotw tag
- Use the proofofbrain.io front-end or proofofbrain.blog.
- This week's contest starts 05/09/21 @ 00:00 UTC
- This week's contest ends 12/09/21 @ 00:00 UTC
A Warning and Caution for New Users
Are you new to Hive? Read these articles to help improve your experiences!
- 3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive
- The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Proof of Brain
- How to post like a pro - Complete guide to Markdown formatting
- CCC/Abuse and Plagiarism
The Hive Ecosystem operates differently than other social media platforms.
- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter all have their own rules.
- Hive also has its own set of rules
- While many of their policies appear similar, there are some that are strikingly different.
If I, or anyone else, comments on your article or introduction post about standards to follow, you really need to pay attention.
- We reach out for the sake of engagement and professionalism.
- There is very little that is more frustrating than making efforts to share this information only to find someone now has a negative reputation because they ignored you.
- If you get DV'd for any reason, please communicate your concern. We cannot improve if we do not communicate respectfully and professionally.
The Word for THIS Week
The word for THIS week is DISCORD (300 POB)
Welcome to the new Season!
- The Word of the Week for this Week is Discord. Discord starts the second round of this season.
- The new season takes place over a six-week period. The first four weeks have their own special word, but the last two weeks represent a bonus challenge round.
- I decided to add a special bonus round at the end of each season. It allows for higher rewards and gives people more time to submit their articles for the contest.
Do you like contests?
If you love contests, you've come to the right place! The table below presents a few authors, along with examples of their contests. Dates may vary when each new contest occurs, so be sure to follow along to get the most recent updates!
Did you miss the current contest? No problem! Just stay in tune with these authors and more. There will be more contests that follow!
In Closing
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Thanks to the community for supporting our fellow authors. I look forward to providing more in the future. Thank you for reading and following on throughout my Hive journey.
If you like this article, please consider upvoting and following @scholaris!
I'm going to enter this challenge there are 3 days left right?
Nope. Contest ends Sunday at midnight UTC hours.
So far is like a few hours away right ?
This week's contest has ended. Prepare yourself...for the new word.
xD i already thinked of an idea actually :D if is the word that was said on this week post as next week one xD
LOL that is a innovative way to see it.. so you've already guessed what is coming next @jesustiano
Basically i created an idea, morped it so it can be easily adaptable to wharever word they give, as long as is something "common" of course it could go batshit crazy and say a word like: coroner. And the whole idea would be shelved xD
Congratulations to the winners of this week, I mostly salute @samsmith1971 for killing it back to back. You’re really good at this…
It’s good to see that I improved this time, I hope I do better this week.
Thank you my friend! I thought your entry was notable too. Well done on your ranking. I have a sneaky feeling you are going to crack it next week. Can't wait to see what you write next! 😍
Thanks 😊😊😊
Thanks @scholaris for being just a really incredible person to take this on in Cal's absence. I think we all really do appreciate the prize payouts that you hand out each week to all the winners and the upvotes that you give to our submissions. Looks like you are cracking 2 WOTW out together in one post here lol. I do love the way you write! Congrats to all the winners and especially to @melbourneswest who absolutely knocked it out the park for me this week! The general calibre of writing is improving week on week from what I can see, across the board, so I think everyone writing regularly and putting the effort deserves a huge pat on the back. It was also great to see levels of engagement picking up from the week before. People were generous with their meaningful interactions and I felt really proud and humbled to be associated with such a lovely bunch of creative folk who really do care about each other's creative progression too. If I haven't upvoted your post yet folks, it's because I haven't got to it yet! there were sooo many entries this week which was awesome. Need to spread out my reading to ensure my vote means something - even though it's not very big at the moment anyway ;-) Been loving the ones I've read so far. Another late night beckons lol.
Congrats to all the winners of HIVE! Let's move on to DISCORD! 😄
Well done, @scholaris and the team behind this contest! 👍
thanks so much for the shout out for that contest :)
Oh, that was easy. @wesphilbin has been sending me your posts. I feel it's a positive force on the platform.
That means a lot to me! All of us at DreemPort really want to build something very special that connects people IN hive and ACROSS the blogiverse hehehe
hopefully, a little at a time - we will do that.
And certainly - you're helping by spreading the word :)
yay! @dreemsteem , the @dreemport universe is expanding and gaining traction 😍
yeah!!!!!!!! did you see that!!!!
that's so cool, right @samsmith1971 ??? :)
absolutely! Ready to hit the @dreemport curation drive again tomorrow. Fresh as a daisy after a lovely weekend 😀
LOVE IT!!!!!!!
I had a really good week also - and an even better weekend
I'm so itching to get into this week and hope that the challenge on tuesday is AWESOME! :)
WOOOOOOOOOOOT!
Hey hey! Awesome work everyone and thank you, that's really exciting! Lots of great entries were had.
Keep up the great work!
It was awesome watching then change in your articles. Congratulations.
Wow 🤩! I am so happy to read this sir
And a big congratulations to all winner and to everyone that participated. We are all winners.
Can’t wait to see more entries about discord. It getting more fun filled as we season progresses.
Thanks so much sir. I would always continue to put in my best.
Interesting, they live in shinar with one love among themselves with understanding and knowledge sharing their common goals among each other's and that is my advice for everyone.
Wooow😊 Congrats to the POB-WOTW Hive winners.
Big Kudos to @scholaris for a job well done and to all the supporters and promoters of this contest.
To all my fellow other contestants thank you for i had an interesting reads throughout the contest.
Discord here we comes ✍
Congratulations to the winners, it will always be an encouragement to us the aspiring winners.
I enjoyed participating in this weeks contest!
Here is my entry post:
https://www.proofofbrain.io/undefined/@moon-city/discord-landia-beginner-s-survival-guide
Hi there @Scholaris, this is my post https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@jesustiano/the-presence-of-eris-apple But i dint manage to post it on proofofbrain.io i dont really know why, but it was imposible for me to open at the moment i made the post, i usually do my post on ecency and "push save" draft as a kind of control+g xD of the post.
But anyways, i know this might disqualify me, a rule is a rule. But still, tried my best to do a good post with the idea i had on mind, call for unity and community :).
I’ll allow it. You’re good to go. Consider using proofofbrain.blog next time if you can.
I just edited the post on proof of brain.io finally, like 2 hours triying to use it it was a problem with the keychain permitions, but now is fixed and i was able to do the editing, Duck xD
Why say duck, to not day a bad word, anyways, how do proofofbrain.blog works? it looks strickingly similar to ecency, i just open it for firts time.
Im workign on it <3 time to drop some discord among us :P (Not really, because guess what, im gonna mix up the last week with this one)
Hive is the future, its only a matter of time
I can see more and more people are adding in the contest making the competition healthier and the contest more successful.
Some people like @samsmith1971 , @mineopoly @d-pend and @melbourneswest do not seem to leave their place on top 5. More power to you people.
@scholaris sir, I have a question about grading system. I have got -1 on plagiarism. How far I remember there was no plagiarism except that I added a quote of Einestine mentioning its reference and source. Does it lie in the category of plagiarism? If it is so, I will avoid doing it the next time.
Let me check and I’ll get back to you.
Yes please, sir. I am waiting
@scholaris
Ask me a question please.
I got -1 in category O, would that be plagiarism? But from what?
It was all copyright...
Ah, ok. Have you seen the public merit system? I believe column O is what @amberkashif is also concerned about. It represents engagement. It's a new grading criterion we're testing out. It applies to all articles entered into the contest during the contest window.
If you check out the merit system and check the top of each column, you'll see a note appear that lists each criterion.
There was no suspicion of plagiarism at any time.
@amberkashif
yes, but it's the same table I'm referring to hahaha column O is with the name of the plagiarism for the notes.
I think it's just the name or the note in the wrong place As for the engagement, I already understand and totally agree
Oh my god that's old. Apologies. I'll correct that...no, definitely no plagiarism.
Exactly @scholaris sir, it is the column O I am concerned about. Mmmm. -1 for giving engagement to two contestants. So for commenting on 4 will bring zero ????
So, in terms of engagement, it applies only to when the contest is open. If you have engagement, but:
about this criterion we will have a question to be thought about. For example, in my case I can't always answer them all on the same day. I just answered everyone of my posts from the last 3/4 days just today. And that made me think of the following. the person who makes the post on the day the participation ends, in the last hours, how to know if he will have comments and mainly re-respond? all this because of the time it takes...
Very good points. I’ll remove the column for this week. Instead, I’ll look at cross commenting on other peoples posts, but I won’t make it an official count. I’ll present the data next week.
Maybe, you could test something as people would have 3 or 4 days to post. The other days to close the 7th of the week would be to evaluate these criteria
Ok. Now I got it. Thanks for the explanation but I could post at the eleventh hour and didn't get time to respond instantly. I responded them today
I’ll revise the rules. I think I can set up some automation that will let me see cross posting of comments. That way, if you participate in commenting on other posts during the week, you can get credit for it.
It will change the contest and skew the normal grading. Can you see it and how it will affect the contest? It will bring change alright, but baby steps for now.
Hmmm. That seems to increase engagement overall. It will make the contest more productive. Thanks for consideration, sir.
The engagement applies to your own article entry. We don't have the people to check for cross-commenting.
Wow. The entry was actually a tough one and my brain couldn't think of anything so I just had to rest because I had a lot on my mind already. Congratulations to those amazing authors who are so creative and came up with something. I can see my @kemmyb was almost there. I know she'll do it next time. Nice work.
Haha, thanks dearie! What's that song by Brandy? Almost doesn't count 😄
I look forward to your entry for this week's pob word. I know you will come up with an interesting piece!
Did you get dreemport's latest comment on your last post? Let me know your thoughts on it. 😊
This is epic, Quality and creative story.
Thanks for the information on the winners.
@scholaris could you help me with this?
I wrote a post for the last pob-wotw, of course as usual at the last minute. Hehe
I don't see my post mentioned anywhere here.
Did I miss that deadline.. I don't think so.
Is there any other reason it was left out?
No wonder I didn't see your post for this week as well.
Life is pretty busy for me this week. I wasn't able to write an article in time. I'm a little sad about that fact. It's half-way written and I couldn't finish it.
You're article came out after the deadline, unfortunately. Give me a heads-up next time and of course I'll make an exception.
Aww no worries. Thanks a ton for responding. I understand how life can get too busy, lol it's been the same here for me. Have a great weekend.
I hope you have a great weekend too. Remember, just tag me on it. I'll get it in.
Thanks a ton, I will.
My entry for the contest.
https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@iyimoga/pob-wotw-drum-of-discord
Well when you challenge deity to war you should be ready for the reply.
In this case, deity knows that the strength of humanity is their unity, so he put discord between.
We need to measure our strength before calling for war. 😃
Meanwhile, @scholaris I have put in an entry for this week. Hope it has been seen?
I have you article. You're good to go.
You wrote a clever but haunting story for today's "WOTW" @scholaris. The Hive shall not stay down for long. Those 70 will after wandering in the desert for a long time will become a great nation.
The story continued on my next article, but life got in the way and I wasn't able to publish it. I hope to be able to publish it next week.
!LUV
I just realized that I misunderstood the word for this week. I thought the given word discord was associated with the app but instead it is for the actual definition of the word discord which is disagreement
My entry was specifically catered towards the actual app discord 😅. I still enjoyed participating though. I am wondering if there is a possibility to get participants to place links of their entries in the comment section of this post so it will be easier for all of them to engage with each other's post? I found it a bit hard to scroll through and find all contestants who participated in this contest using the POB front end.
I look forward to participating in next week's contest and get the word right this time 😅
Discord is the WOTW. It's the word, not necessarily the definition. The app is certainly a representation of that definition so articles submitted to that degree are allowed. I anticipated the entries so I didn't challenge them when they came about. However, if you explored the definition and its implications, that certainly would work to your favor.
Thank you so much for clarifying everything for me! Really appreciate it
Congratulations to the winners, Mind blowing entries. 😊👍.
@abdul-qudus welcome to the POB community, congratulations on your win, quite surprising and rocking entry, you joined this month only, that's what I call killing in the beginning, lol. 😊
@mineopoly bring some beers friend, chilling at #3 😁🙏
Thanks so much @vikbuddy sir. I really appreciate.
I was only trying my best and I hope with the support from you guys I would continue to do better.
Thanks so much once again
Keep it up. See you again this week 😊👍. !PIZZA
@abdul-qudus! I sent you a slice of $PIZZA on behalf of @vikbuddy.
Did you know you can spend $PIZZA on games in the $Pizza Store? (6/10)
Thank you. I would manage the pizza 🍕 well
Thanks 😊 I appreciate
Interesting!
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STOPCheck out the last post from @hivebuzz:
Sorry, I think I am late again @scholaris.
Its absolutely fine if my post can't be considered for the challenge but since I wrote it I am sticking it in here. No pressure at all.
https://www.proofofbrain.blog/hive-150329/@sofs-su/the-cacophony-of-discord
I’ll include it. No worries
Thanks a ton, I'll ensure that I will get my post in early next week.. no more late submissions from me.