The contest is changing so YOU win MORE! Pretty cool right?
Here's the deal- I LOVE YOU ALL and I am melting in my chair trying to choose the winners each week so after I passed on the task to my poppa bear last week, he and I put our heads together to try to figure out a way to keep things fair while rewarding you more for your incredible entries!
My poppa bear was cracking under pressure last week being the guest judge and said to me- "don't stress yourself out so much, it should be fun! Why don't you let them choose who wins so it's more fair?"
Great idea poppa!!!
So, after deliberating, here's what we're going to do from now on:
CHANGES TO WINNING STRUCTURE!
- EVERYTHING WILL REMAIN THE SAME EXCEPT HOW WINNERS ARE CHOSEN!
- TO WIN YOU MUST HAVE THE MOST UPVOTES!
I have seen a lot of contests judged this way and it only makes sense because who am I to judge what post is best? Jeepers, that's a lot of pressure and I really want to make sure everything is fair so, now I ask you to:
STEP 1:
- Comment on MY post YOUR ENTRY
STEP 2:
- Share MY POST with your friends and have them upvote YOUR COMMENT! (Resteem not necessary!)
BONUS:
- If they upvote the post, the payout increases, therefore the prize pool increases as well!
NO UPVOTING YOURSELF!
- Feel free to upvote your friends but please don't upvote your own comment!
WHY, CECE?
Well, partly because I cannot make this decision without giving myself a hernia and I kind of like living without said hernia... and also because last week, my announcement post pulled in $5.10 (not usual but it happened) so, if we share it around more, you will get more reward at the end and we all want that right? At one point our rewards here were REALLY HIGH and I want that to happen again. That way we have more to go around! So, let's get it happening!
In celebration of this, I have decided to throw in some extra SBD and to give all entries this week $1 SBD to support everyone who joined in the fun! 💖
Now that housekeeping has been covered, I wish you GOODLUCK THIS WEEK! LET'S SPREAD VEGAN LOVE ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Back to basics:
It's simple! Everyone can enter! Everyone can have a chance to win! However, you have to play by the rules!
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If you're new here and haven't heard of our #veganwednesday challenge yet well then come on in, we're happy to have you here! There have been a few tweaks along the way so please read the rules when entering (don't worry- it's all easy and fun!)
Creating this contest for me, is a huge piece of my heart. I love food, healing and sharing inspiration and adapting my diet truly changed my life! It's wonderful to have you here, submitting pieces of your heart to me and sharing this with the world! I love it and am so happy I started this and am hoping it only continues to grow <3
My intent is to bring awareness, conversation and relationship over the concept of veganism/plant-based foods... whether or not you are vegan does not matter! You can enter anyway!
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How Winning Works:
I improved my winning system by using @papa-pepper's method of 50% of post payout going to 1st place, and 12.5% to a second place and third place each!
Winners will be decided based on popular vote.
Entries will be commented on the announcement posts and YOU CHOOSE WHO YOU WANT TO WIN BY UPVOTING YOUR FAV'S! :)
PLEASE remember, if you don't put your link on this post, I may not find it! Also, now you need to include it here to have it get voted on to win! So please don't forget this part!
Also, another reminder to please mention this contest in your post... I am wanting other vegans/plant-based/foodies/interested Steemians to be able to find where we have our fun! The word is spreading and we are growing! It makes me so happy to have this community become larger and closer each week!
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Rules of the game:
I am notchyourmotha! I'm not here to tell you what or what not to eat but my contest, my rules so your entry must be vegan/plant-based ie: nothing can come from an animal!
As my loving and open rules state- you, yourself do not need to be vegan to enter this contest but your post does have to be! That means if it's a recipe please be sure to remember that animal products are not vegan! If you need help, feel free to comment and ask me!
What day can I enter?
Originally I had meant for this to be a Wednesday only challenge however, I've extended it so that you can enter whatever day you want (much easier for you to enter that way!), but I will release the winners for the week on Wednesdays so the cutoff for the week will be Monday at 12UTC to give me time to go through them all. If you submit after that time, don't worry! I will consider your entry for the following week!
What's love got to do with it?
Please mention this contest in your post! I am trying to get a friendly community together here with similar interests so the more people who can find us, the more we can grow, the more we can learn, the more we can love! If you meet someone vegan-licious or plant-based-tastic, invite them to join in! The more the veggier!
How to participate:
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- Post what vegan means to you! This could be anything from vegan approved recipes (no animal products) to poems, to reviews... basically I am looking for vegan related content at your discretion (must be animal friendly!)
- Tag it within #veganwednesday. If you do not tag it in #veganwednesday, sadly it can't count!
- Mention the contest in your post to promote vegan love across Steemitland!
- Post your entry on each week's update (this post will serve as this week's, so post your submissions here!) Share the post with your friends and have them vote on your comment to win!
- Only positive posts will be considered. This isn't a war for animal rights or a call out to tell people how to live! It's a loving, caring, sharing invitation to get to know each other and support our community!
I will create a post announcing the winner each week along with any deserved mentions as to help foster a strong community bond for those of us who are trying to share our messages, love and inspiration with the world!
I'll throw in some bonuses here and there since I won't be judging myself anymore- you know how to pull at my heartstrings and I'm not telling you not to ;)
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WINNER, WINNER (No Chicken Dinner!)
WEEK 11: EVERYONE'S A WINNER!
As I said earlier, I'm giving everyone a trophy this week because I can't decide! $1 SBD for each entry until we sort things out with our new system next week!
Self Made Vegan Sushi Rolls
@smallstepschange
Traveling Around Mexico as a Plant-Based Diabetic
@plantbasedmiri
Asian Inspired Rice Noodle Stir Fry
@ladybug146
Firing Up The Grill
@plantstoplanks
Vegetable Miso Soup
@flavorriot
Curried Lentils and Wild Rice with Greens
@mininthecity
Caramel Mini Cheesecakes
@vegan.niinja
Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry this week!
This contest is a way to bring the vegan/plant-based community together and show others what is possible through inspiration! You are all filling my heart up every week! Thank you for helping me share this knowledge and inspiration!
If you or anyone you know would like to sponsor a weekly prize, give me a shout over in Discord or Steemit.chat, the vegan community would be mighty grateful to have some more incentive to reward our lovely authors for their time!
I encourage you all to connect with each other if you feel drawn to- let's make this group a loving, supportive, engaging community to call home!
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Week 12 STARTS NOW! Don't forget to post your entries here so we don't miss them!
I hope this challenge inspires you to consider new options in your diets and serves to help us connect to each other! Please engage with me here in the comments, on steemit.chat or in Discord! I am so excited to continue this initiative and can't wait to meet new friends and see your posts!
XO,
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Hey Cece 😀,
So, now I have read your post. Thank you so much for giving away extra SBDs. 👏 It is very generous of you. 👍 👍
I like the new approach and I think it is a nice way to increase the payout. 💲 Though the main aspect of the contest should be fun 😹😹, coming together as a group of likeminded people 👩👦👦 👩👧 👩👧👦 👩👧👧 and promoting plant-based living 🍋 🍌 🍉 🍇, nobody will be angry about higher post payouts. 🤗 😜 haha
One thing that could turn out more difficult with the new system is self-upvotes. ☝️ So I think it is really a good idea that you included "NO UPVOTING YOURSELF", this should also refer to non transparent ways of self-upvotes (e.g. by using minnowbooster). Because it is very easy to manipulate upvotes (just look at the upvotes of this comment as an example 😬😬).
Looking really forward to this weeks entries! 👌 Thank you for your engagment and your positive energy! 😁
CU, Chris 😊
Waahhhhh what did you do Chris? Did you just hack my new system? -_-
I completely agree with you- my main intent here was to foster a community of like minded people to come together and spread inspiration for a common cause however, people are motivated by reward and so, why not give them whatever we can to get them playing along and interacting together? I see no problem in using SBD to gather everyone together- that's how I met so many of my Steemit buddies and I doubt we would have come together otherwise so I hope this option brings that about! ;)
Hmmm... I'm not techie enough to understand bots so, it's over my head. I think that self upvoting will trigger those bots so by not upvoting their own post it will not be able to happen? :S
You've done messed with my mind ;)
Tell me your secrets!
Hey Cece,
I also see no problem in using SBD to gather together. On the contrary, interaction on Steemit is beneficial for everyone, so why don't interact? 😀
Regarding the upvotes: yes, I am afraid that upvotes on comments can easily be manipulated. And it is all legal, no special technical knowledge required. There are vote-buying services where you can buy votes. One of these services is for example Minnowbooster, but there are also others, such as Smartsteem (with which I have no experience so far).
By using these services, you can buy upvotes from actual users. When buying votes this way, there are no votingbots invovled. From the outside, it is not transparent, so you cannot say if this is a "real" upvote from another user or if the user just bought upvotes from other users.
I just wanted to point this out, since it might be relevant.
CU, Chris
Well... I'm going to have to see how things go this week . I would hope no one in the contest would use the bots but I may have to specify that. I'm certainly not about to start policing the upvotes so I am glad you pointed that out to me, thank you 💖
I think that's very sensible! I hope that in our small community this will not be a big problem. Unfortunately, I won't make it this time.
CU, Chris
I was hoping that but it happened so I changed the rules again ughhh haha thanks for the heads up Chris 💖
Hey Cece, ohh, sh**!
I thought that nobody would do it, since it was quite obvious that we know about the possibility and would be able to detect it...
Anyway, let's focus on the contributions which are soo delicious and have a very high quality! 😀
CU, Chris
This is my entry for the vegan Wednesday contest hosted by
Hello @heart-to-heart! I congratulate you on this contest, I liked it a lot. https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@deisip67/eggplants-for-for-vegan-wednesday
I'm a little later than usual, but I couldn't not participate! ;) https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@plantstoplanks/vegan-wednesday-or-sunday-or-any-day-double-dipping
VEGAN CHICKEN SALAD!!!!!
https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@handofzara/vegan-chicken-salad-entry-for-veganwednesday-heart-to-heart
Thank you so much Sweetie for the BONUS, I really appreciate it.
And of course, I can totally relate to your dilemma. I had the same problem,with FAV contest, but my Dear Friends @dswigle helped me to resolved it. Your solution is great as well, so good luck to everyone 💚🌿💚 https://steemit.com/veganwednesday/@lenasveganliving/quinoa-falafel-for-vegan-wednesday
I really hope this works out in multilayers to get more to give out and to have the entries voted on by everyone else! Let's see how it goes this week- it's too stressful for me to keep trying to figure out how to be fair when I love you all <3
whoa!! thanks for selecting me as one of your winners!! I didn't think I would make it. so many great entries! :)
But you are a WINNER! Back to just my 2 cents.
lol, I'm sure your riches felt good while it lasted, I have a hard time to let my sp recover and i drain it everyday...looks like i'm 2 cents too now!! Your a winner too!! your puppies said so :)
I did drain the sp upvoting like a drunken sailor! It felt good but I am still working off the hangover!
haha, yeah the voting hangover takes a while to recover. The way I see it 2 cents or 3 cents...what is the difference. my vote is nothing more than a morale booster anyway at this point, might as well spread the love around.
I heard you were a winner too @handofzara ;)
For which I thank you!
I know there were which is why I changed the winning rules, it took me forever to try to come up with something where I wasn't going crazy trying to choose :P Congrats my friend! Thanks for branching out of your regular to join us :)
This is my entry, I hope you like
I resteem your post https://steemit.com/life/@andrea97/history-teaches-us-veganwednesday-contest
Great! Thank you so much for entering this week :) I don't think you have ever entered before- it's lovely to meet you :)
That is so sweet! Thank you! ♥♥♥
You are too sweet to give us all a little treat this week! I don't blame you for not wanting to pick! It's a tough job for sure. Should be fun to see how the new system works out! I've seen a few other contests like that, so it's definitely a great way to try to get people engaged! 🤗
I'm so hoping it works out well! I want you all to be fairly judged and since I am so close with some of you, I always feel guilty if I don't pick you and more guilty if I do haha so let's give this a try and hopefully it'll be better <3
Oh yes, I think it will be great! I'm glad you can keep spreading the love without any guilt over having to judge!!
That's a very good idea, my Dear! I'M glad you could figure it all out, I totally agree with the new system :) And thank you so much for the 1 SBD, you are so generous!
Here is my entry for this week: https://steemit.com/food/@plantbasedmiri/super-healthy-vegan-tacos-filled-with-lots-of-nutrients-a5e720bd2721e
Oh you are more than welcome @plantbasedmiri, thank you for bringing up such lovely memories! I am kind of craving a trip to Mexico now though ;) I completely blame you! Hopefully the new system works out- I am crossing my fingers <3 Thanks for the new submission!
Wins who receives most upvote here in the comments or in the post?
Comment your post this post and then have people vote on your comment so I can tell who has the most votes :)
Hey Cece,
I really like your decision to include all the entries as winners!! It is incredibly hard to choose one of the entries as a winner, because it also means that all the others won't win.
So, everybody can be happy!
Will read the new contest rules.
CU, Chris
Looked at the entries. Wow, they all are really mind-blowing!! Very high quality of content! Totally get it that you cannot do this alone any more. haha 🤗
Hahaha right? I just sit here reading for hours and hours and get my little sheet of paper, look at them like 8 times each and can't do it. I always end up sending them around to other people to help me and try my best not to do it when hungry though you guys always make me starving no matter how much I eat before with your delicious entries :)
haha, when I read it, I can see it like a little movie in my head. haha
The picture make me laught. Hahhahaha
https://steemit.com/aceh/@zainalabi/kamu-termasuk-yang-mana-cda73f0c014a9
Upvoted and resteemed to get the get the word out about the challenge (and to remind myself to enter!)
Here is my entry -- "Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Cauliflower"
Quick question @heart-to-heart Did you end up giving each of the entrants from last week $1 SBD?
Hi @ninahaskin, I gave $1SBD to all the entrants for the week before this one! :) My brother judged this week <3
Great strategy Heart! I know myself how hard it is choosing winners but at least I never had to do it every week! This is a wonderful contest and I'm glad it's still going, and you're finding ways to make it beautiful for all :-)
Thanks so much @woman-onthe-wing, we're working out the kinks to the judging system! You're right it's hard and does take a lot of work! I'm happy to do it to promote healthy food around here though 💖 Hope you are doing well! 💖
I am very well, thanks for asking! I was away last week, a much needed break (though nice to be back in Ireland and I remember now why I left England...) I don't know if you saw the first issue of my make It Healthy Magazine the week before last, but I'm intending on doing all kinds of things with it, including interviews, and wonder if you'd be up for an interview yourself sometime? You have ever so much expertise to offer, it would be so helpful for the community to read about!
I did not see that! I'm disappointed! You know you have my full support in that and I am still very much excited/willing/wanting to collaborate however you see possible :) Definitely count me in on an interview, I would love to help spread the word of healthy foods- that's the name of my game you know <3 Give me a shout on steemit chat whenever and we can get something going!
Excellent! Thanks very much, I will be in touch in due course :-) You're a good friend!
I'll be around whenever you get a minute where you're not so busy! I don't know how you do it all! <3
Great idea! I will submit my post for next week ;)
I just saw your entry, thanks for getting involved, I'm super happy to have you this week :)