This is the next contest in the Minnows Accelerator Project's "Six of the Best".
Each of the six authors below gets a share of this post's rewards
And one (or two) of them will win 200 SP delegated for 7 days
Please read this Signup article for how MAP works. If you are a minnow, you can also sign up at that page to see if you will be added to one of the future Six of the Best competitions.
News
The Minnows Accelerator Project will now be run from the new @accelerator account, but will still be managed by @rycharde.
What Do the Content Creators Need to Do Now?
If you are one of Six listed below, then this is your chance to show everybody your best work - and to get votes.
= Firstly, please write a comment with links to some of your best recent articles. I would say perhaps 2-4 articles from the last 2-4 weeks.
= Then, please resteem this post to your followers so that they may come and vote for you.
= You should also announce this on your current posts. This contest will last for 7 days, so you have time to spread the word. I have also found that appropriate comments with a linkback also work very well. Please don't spam Steemit, as that can easily be seen.
= And then, I have created a new Discord chatroom for all the people who make it to Six of the Best. Feel free to come and chat with current and past participants, and promote your blog. Go to M-A-P Discord chatroom now. Note, this is ONLY for participants.
How to Vote for Your Favourite Steemian Author [UPDATED! PLEASE READ]
This part has changed from MAP21 onwards. The Minnows Accelerator Project has grown to some 120+ members and it is time to put their collective experience into helping to select the winner of each MAP Contest. I have stopped using external polling websites so that the whole voting process stays internally within the Steemit community.
= Firstly, make sure you read all the six blogs - you may discover something new and an author you had not noticed before.
= Also, you are free to add comments and interact with each author.
= But most importantly, vote for your favourite author or authors in the comment that they create showcasing their recent articles. You may EITHER upvote their comment OR reply to their comment using the word VOTE"; you may, of course, also make a comment to show support. You may vote for more than one author. Any bot votes will not be counted, and if you use one of the vote-following bots then that participant will be disqualified. [NEW!]
= What will you get? Apart from the warm glow of satisfaction at having helped a fellow Steemian, I shall upvote any interesting comments.
= At the end, the combined votes from comment upvotes plus MAP member votes will decide the winner (or winners, if the scores are tied).
What Are The Prizes?
= The main prize is of 200 SP delegated for 7 days. (This will increase as we get more sponsorship!)
= However, every participant listed below will also receive 10% of the rewards generated for this article. This is possible using the Reward Distribution feature for articles.
= Also, every participant is invited to join a new Discord chatroom dedicated exclusively to MAP members.
= Every MAP Member may also be featured in our "Tales from the MAP Room" magazine.
= [NEW!] Every MAP Member will be able to participate in out new Collaborative Creations Competition - coming in a few days!
The Six of the Best for MAP24
@goodlifebulgaria
@fabio26
@papilloncharity
@zero21mill
@vangelov
@zyphodb
Now it is entirely up to you! Please upvote and resteem this post. But most importantly, cast your upvote in the content creator's comment - please be patient, because of time-zone differences some participants may take a few hours to come online and post their comment.
Also, take this as an opportunity to network with each other; you are free to comment and discuss your experiences as authors and readers.
Let the Accelerator begin!
Sponsorship News
The Minnows Accelerator Project has received its first sponsor! Many thanks to @eturnerx for donating a further 1000 SP to add to the already delegated 1000 SP towards the project. This new donation is earmarked for the new Collaborative Contest that will be starting soon.
Thanks also to existing members of MAP who have expressed an interest in supporting @accelerator by increasing its voting power. Deep thanks to those MAP members who have recently delegated SP to the community: @heart-to-heart. This is especially generous as these are not large whale accounts bur minnows themselves who are helping the whole MAP community grow organically and steadily.
MAP donors: @heart-to-heart - @kerlund74 - @macchiata - @spaingaroo - @inquiringtimes
The plan is to make the winning prize more significant, eventually reaching 200 SP delegated for 4 weeks, rather than the current 1 week. Assuming a peak of one winner per day (remembering that there could be more than one winner per contest) for 4 weeks, plus the 7-day cooling period when delegated SP is returned to the owner but cannot be used, then I am looking at 35 days times 200 SP, giving a total needed of 7,000 SP. We already have 2,220 SP so just under 5,000 SP more to go! To delegate SP to this project, or to donate funds, please leave a comment or come chat to @rycharde on Discord.
Detail from The Shard Transformed by @kerlund74 (MAP Member)
The Minnows Accelerator Project was created and is managed by @rycharde. Please consider voting for me as witness.
As requested in the rules, I have hereby posted some links to posts that were created by me on the @papilloncharity page!
https://steemit.com/photography/@papilloncharity/a-very-rare-pink-sun-in-africa
https://steemit.com/photography/@papilloncharity/how-many-times-have-you-given-up
https://steemit.com/charity/@papilloncharity/the-importance-of-the-papilloncharity-computer-skills-training-project-you-can-help
https://steemit.com/photography/@papilloncharity/this-is-the-bird-that-attacked-the-meerkat
We hope that the readers will enjoy them and many other nature and issues about life in general can be found on the page! Thank you! Blessings! Stephen
Of course you have my vote, Steven! Good luck!
A great thank you Lady Melinda! Did you one the posts in my reply on the page without any problems? Blessings to you!
I came here through this post from accelerator. Just copy this link when you ask your friends to vote for you. Map, 21, the one I'm in finishes up today. I've been begging for votes all week. Your turn!
Wow! Lady Melinda, I only saw this now, 22 hours later! I am busy with a new channel #social Investment that was given to @papilloncharity on @steemitbc and its a struggle to get going. Whatever the outcome at MAP, I will rest with it! BTW, I saw there are some guys in the "6 of the best" that I know from tsu and they have100 times more followers than us. So I have little hope for a win! I wanted in so that the #papilloncharity name could be exposed! Thank you so much for your tireless efforts! You are a @papilloncharity champion! Blessings to you!
You have my vote! Much luck to you!!
Thank you dearest! The idea is to get the @papilloncharity name out there! It is always a struggle but I have learnt an interesting fact! Remember that Papillon never entered competitions? Well now we do, as we don't hope to win, but by entering our name can get out! Blessings and thank you again for joining us on bc. So happy to have your sound mind available to help! Blessings Lady Denise!
Always welcome
Voted for you via Discord! @papilloncharity
The photo you took while working on your fence and the silhouetted trees, is stunning.
Good work (I'm John "zero21mill" and I'm sort-of your competition here)
Thank you Sir John! I am really no competition as my chief aim is to get the name of the @papilloncharity out there! Good luck to you and all of the best to you! Thank you for the kind comment and I am sure your own stuff is also excellent! Blessings! Stephen
I don't have time to work the system, hang around, be the first to comment, build a network of previous contestants to upvote my posts, etc, etc...
It would work if there were a panel of judges who actually went and read people's contents and if they scrambled the order of those who entered.
Other-wise it's just politics that has nothing to do with content. It's just upvote-trading. "I'll upvote you if you upvote me." Etc..
you have my vote , good luck !
Thank you Sir Mick! I don't care to win, but rather to get the @papilloncharity name out there! Blessings! Stephen
i know it's not always about winning but about participating.
looks good , voted
Thank you for your kind support my friend! Blessings! Stephen
your welcome Sir Stephen :)
Thank you for including me, it is a real honour.
Here are some of my more recent posts, I hope you enjoy them, and look forward to hearing from you guys :)
https://steemit.com/blog/@goodlifebulgaria/stray-dogs
https://steemit.com/blog/@goodlifebulgaria/fast-forward-part-2
https://steemit.com/travel/@goodlifebulgaria/fast-forward-part-1
https://steemit.com/travel/@goodlifebulgaria/bulgaria-adjusting-to-village-life
An amazing blog! Love the Bulgaria stories :)
Thank you, glad you enjoy them 😊
You should join the Discord MAP community chat, there is extra voting going on there, you can find a link up in the post :)
Good luck, @goodlifebulgaria!
Here ya go... Thanks for the opportunity.
Trapped For Life in a Ponzi Scheme
https://steemit.com/life/@zero21mill/not-all-marketeers-are-liars-and-theieves-ponzi-this
The Most Beautiful Meme In The World
https://steemit.com/meme/@zero21mill/the-most-beautiful-meme-in-the-world
Facts About Farting
https://steemit.com/health/@zero21mill/facts-about-farts-and-why-they-stink
The Secret
https://steemit.com/life/@zero21mill/your-birthright-and-the-secret-to-life
Minnow LOVE
https://steemit.com/welcome/@zero21mill/welcome
I am a whale trapped in the body of a minnow! :)
PEACE!
Good luck @zero21mill!
A great thank you for entering our charity! Please bear in mind that I am a minnow and that I still have a lot to learn on Steemit! The photos on my posts are all my own, taken free-hand and I mostly try to spread nature's true lessons to mankind! I will read the rules again and again, but please bear with me in mistakes! Blessings to you! Stephen
a great thank you for joining me in this initiative
Good luck, Fabio!!!
This would be a big boost for you to get started with, Fabio! Good luck!
thank you very much my dear friend , I did not understand what to do, we would see, a good evening hug, hello: *
I have been in Map 21, which ends today, and if you look back at my recent posts you can see the words I used to ask my friends for votes. Feel free to copy whatever works for you, but remind everyone often to come vote and share the link.
The prize is a loan of 200 steem power for one week, and having that would really boost what you earn.
Thanks for giving me this opportunity, below I put some photo links created by me, thank you so much and good weekend at all
https://steemit.com/fabio26/@fabio26/night-jasmine
https://steemit.com/fabio26/@fabio26/bridge-old-firenze-fabio26
https://steemit.com/fabio26/@fabio26/step-rolle-valley-alpine-province-of-trento
https://steemit.com/tuesdayorange/@fabio26/tuesdayorange
https://steemit.com/art/@fabio26/the-pontifical-basilica-of-st-anthony-of-padova
https://steemit.com/rose/@fabio26/good-sunday-friends-by-fabio26
https://steemit.com/nature/@fabio26/erica
https://steemit.com/saturday/@fabio26/good-saturday-to-all-friends-fabio26
https://steemit.com/lovefriday/@fabio26/lovefriday
Thanks for giving me the chance to show my work....
Here's some links to some of my recent stuff.
https://steemit.com/travel/@zyphodb/sala-kaew-ku-nong-khai-thailand
https://steemit.com/sunthursday/@zyphodb/my-entry-for-sunthursday
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/our-duck-pond
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/sunset-over-the-rice-paddies-of-home
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/home-sweet-home
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/a-beach-on-koh-chang-thailand
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/fishing-boat-koh-chang-thailand
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/along-the-klong
https://steemit.com/colorchallenge/@zyphodb/colorchallenge-thursday-green
https://steemit.com/photography/@zyphodb/my-daughter-and-her-brother-two-right-little-posers
I hope you enjoy looking through them... Namaste
Congrats @vangelov !
Oh! @rycharde I presume you can use my upvote as a vote for you as a witness Whatever that means! "Upvoted"
Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by rycharde from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews/crimsonclad, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows and creating a social network. Please find us in the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
This post has received a 1.04 % upvote from @drotto thanks to: @banjo.
I don't have time to work the system, hang around, be the first to comment, build a network of previous contestants to upvote my posts, etc, etc...
It would work if there were a panel of judges who actually went and read people's contents and if they scrambled the order of those who entered.
Other-wise it's just politics that has nothing to do with content. It's just upvote-trading. "I'll upvote you if you upvote me." Etc..
I actually read the posts of all contestants, and you got mine. You are kinda cranky, REAL truthers usually are. :)
Thanks for taking the time. Most, almost all, will not. And thanks for the upvote if you really think my content is good and you learned something new that might help you in some way.
It's not sour-grapes. It's basically just a statement to help some noobs understand: - just because they don't win this DOES NOT mean their content is not superb. THAT, I promise, is my concern.
I've been writing about social issues for the US media for almost 30 years. It might sound arrogant but it's not. Frankly, I wish I would've been a pediatrician.
I know my content is good and if you've been a brain surgeon for 30 years... you most likely would know your brain surgery is good.
I am grateful for this contest because it has given birth to a wonderful idea for something brand new to Steem, which has nothing to do with campaigning the platform and learning how to beg whales to like you and throw you some of their crumbs with upvotes, nothing to do with trading upvotes, nothing to do with manipulation or spamming your followers, or playing past contestents who owe you favors. In-fact ---- it has everything to do with "the real, true content of overlooked people who put false-hope on producing quality posts." <=== Those people deserve to be recognized for their unique abilities to change the world (if only).... & not their ability to weasel the politicians of Steem.
All I need is a little more time and you will see.
I just spent 2 days unfollowing people, but I just added you. I got selected for an upcoming MAP, I am hoping to get some recognition but not holding my breath. There are some serious catch-22s. The other thing I sort of like is the originalworks bot, so I post a couple things a day and call the bot, but apparently there are a lot of people who believe you cannot produce more than one quality post a day. I beg to differ, those of us who are natural writers write like others breathe, I am sure you know what I mean. I could put out a great post an hour if I needed to.
Hi @accelerator, I just stopped back to let you know your post was one of my favourite reads and I included it in my Steemit Ramble. You can read what I wrote about your post here.
If you’d like to nominate someone’s post just visit the Steemit Ramble Discord
Hello everyone
The final results for MAP24:
@papilloncharity = 20
@vangelov = 10
@goodlifebulgaria = 8
@fabio26 = 6
@zero21mill = 5
@zyphodb = 3
Congrats and best of wishes,
Linda, moderator of MAP discord group
@rycharde now don't laugh, as I only saw the results now! 22/9/2017 at 4:52pm. @lindahas kindly posted them in the last post on this page! A great thank you to all of you at MAP and also to each kind souls that supported @papilloncharity. Blessings to all! Stephen and Marian Smith of The Papillon Foundation.