We are kind of riding the wave of community support trying a few little trial accounts. @hitmeasap, @simplymike and I have pledged 3 Steem each per WEEK to get a user over the hump. This week we have submitted 3 users to the community and a select wonderful group has stepped up and we have three new minnows.
This is in the trial and error stages; we are looking for community engagement in selecting new users to push ahead as well as pointing out wonderful users who are remarkably close as well as active within the community.
I don't think any of us involved want this to feel like a burden to anyone involved. That said help where you can, don't put yourself out, if you can't support every user submitted that is understandable. Our goal is 1 new minnow weekly but we will test community limits when we find users as close to 500 as @insideoutlet and @phoenixwren were, as it allows even the smallest accounts to throw in 0.10 Steem towards a community goal of a new minnow.
This is supposed to be a fun and exciting hunt for new minnows to make, as well as an easy way for any and all accounts to be involved in the process of making minnows. We are hammering out some requirements of how to select accounts and looking a little more at history and some other things.
I want to end this saying that this is one of the better projects I was lucky enough to find and be a part of. Everyone involved should be fucking ecstatic that we made three minnows in three days as a community, a real true selfless community without any form of return expected. This is how a real community works, selfless giving for the health of the whole group.
I can honestly say, I am proud of each and every one of you and the amazing things we have pulled together to do so quickly. Let's keep hunting and force feeding these minnows.