I'm here since September and I've been following very closely how things work here, especially all this matter regarding the guilds, trails and curie. In my first days here I was just experimenting and trying to understand the platform. Right now I'm focused mainly in the art field, I produce electronic music as well, but that's just a mere hobby.
Since I start posting original art on Steemit, I've been receiving good support from Curie. It was a great incentive to be consistent.
Unfortunately, four days have passed and I've received no support from Curie. One of my works "Tribe" received $6 thanks to @abit, but no Curie. I went to the curie channel and asked to one of its members what could be happening. He said there was nothing wrong, but my posts need to be more "distinguished". It was something that left me thinking because my posts have been following Curie's guidelines and curators always submit my works to them, but now I suppose I'll no longer receive support from Curie because my works are not "distinguished" enough (?)
As I already mentioned, I do art. There's no a "step-by-step" process to be explained or a "cool" story behind my works to be shared. They're just spontaneous, I just grab my mouse and start painting and drawing stuff. If you like what you see, you can whether support me or at least give me a feedback; but if you don't like it, it's just fine. I mean, it's art!
Well, I don't want to add fuel to the fire. I'm getting into deep waters with this comment, but I just wanted the community to know my situation. I believe it can get better over time.
I'll appreciate any advice from you guys. Thank you.
@ats-david Great article.
You have to understand the perspective of our curation. We look at PLENTY of posts everyday. I understand what you think because I also appreciate artists who don't offer any coloured-commentary for the sake of the rawness of their art. I'm an artist too. But please understand we're merely advising on what you can do.
Plus we have no way of knowing authenticity other than work process being expressed / articulated. What will people think if we're always voting on just a simple pic in a post? We wouldn't want to be a guild that blindly gives away votes on something that's thoroughly gameable. Maybe a step-by-step or progression of the art coming into life is a good way to show it.
That's not to accuse you of anything at all, but try to put yourself in our shoes.
And this is just one guild, it's also up to others to do their voting.
I hope this sheds some light into what we do, we're not just lemmings voting on stuff blindly. And notice there's no contract or obligations in any of these at all.