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In the wake of the @zeartul @bellyrub fiasco (DO NOT SEND MONEY TO @BELLYRUB!), I'm happy to announce to the entire Steem community that I, along with a number of very ethical and concerned Steemians have come up with one solution right now to help Planet Steem thrive.
This idea emerged organically, from many people all at once and we feel that this solution can be a test pilot, complete with transparent data and analytics to determine its efficacy. @paulag and the entire BI Steemit community is encouraged to evaluate this pilot.
@lexiconical, @beanz, @inquiringtimes, @kubbyelizabeth as well as a number of other solid people have been working quietly behind the scenes to come up with a solution to the vote selling and general scamosphere that has been making a lot of us feel disgusted recently. I am not going to engage in weighing the good bid bot vs. bad bid bot type of discussion, as I personally feel that vote selling of all kinds is misguided.
I believe there is a better way.
We have become aware that the social cultivators, the really talented curators, the highly ethical and empathic people are not being recognized nor rewarded in the current algorithm, and also no one has been able to effectively measure human happiness-generating activities on the blockchain. As we all know, investors move into spaces where human happiness rules. This is a no-brainer. Investors, the decent ones, will immediately leave an atmosphere which is tainted with scams.
Therefore, we have worked hard to create a SP delegation menu of cultivators for the whales and dolphins of Steemit. It is in no way complete, and other foreign language communities are encouraged to make their own lists. Each person on this list has been referred to me by a trusted source. I don’t know them all personally, but my trusted sources do. All of us who are working on these solutions will not be directly compensated, and none of us are on the potential delegates list.
@ned’s latest move to decline the beneficiary profits from his @utopian-io SP delegation further illustrates the need for more ethical whales to step forward and test out this new pilot. We all want the price of Steem to increase and we think this has the best shot at it.
@ned, @fulltimegeek (and others?) and myself have started to search out people who are leaders, cultivators, ethically sound builders and prolific creators.
We have begun delegating our SP freely, as a way to speed up the growth of new communities. All three of us are long-term thinkers. We all know that creating real value takes time, and that we are in the long-term game. This latest fiasco with @zeartul and @bellyrub shows us how vote selling for short-term gains is a flawed direction. A bunch of us in Planet Steem know of a better direction, and we have already started taking it. We welcome anyone to join us.
As of today, I have freely given SP delegations to the following people:
@paulag, @inquiringtimes, @mikepm74, @limabeing, @thekittygirl, @ilovekc, @kubbyelizabeth (am i missing some?). After @fulltimegeek found out I was freely giving SP delegations, he matched my delegations and then added some more of his own.
This list is not complete and it may not be 100% accurate as far as the categories are concerned. However, I know a majority of the people on this list, and I can stand behind them.
HOW THE DELEGATION PILOT WORKS: $5K SP and 3 Months
Pick a few accounts and give them each $5K SP delegation.
- The Business Intelligence community will study how well their $5K delegation was utilized. (Keep in mind, human happiness factors cannot be analyzed using current tools.)
- The delegatees who perform well are given more SP.
- You of course can decide the amount and length of time, but $5K is a suggestion and 3 months seems like a good time period.
I want to stress one thing: honest, ethical social cultivators are greatly needed in Planet Steem.
To have a healthy ecosystem, we need more cultivators who are able to become powered up. This is one of the central flaws of our current algorithm, and something I wish to be able to measure and get community support on in the future.
If you want to know specific things about the people on this menu, you can DM me in Discord. @lexiconical also knows a lot and he was instrumental in putting together the list. He has more detailed info too. @inquiringtimes helped immensely also.
So, whales and dolphins, here’s your menu. What will you order?
(If you think someone belongs on this list, comment below. Don't add yourself though.)
Hey all! I am so stoked that so many of the amazing Steemians who I consider friends are on this list or involved in some way!! You all deserve every accolade, every positive thing! Congratulations!
I'm going to throw my vote in for @spl and @nicnas, as so many others have already done. @SPL (Steem Poker League) was my gateway into Steemit; the first place I found on Steemit where I felt welcome, the first place I made friends and started to understand the concept of a Steemit Community.
You may not be aware, however @spl is funded by the Steemit Community who vote on the blogs content. Payouts are generated by an algorithm called 'Proof of Brain' that encourages people to create and curate quality content... all while interacting and creating relationships - creating community - on Steemit.
@SPL has rather stringent rules on who may or may not play on www.lucksacks.com. Those rules include:
I truly feel like most of the Community in the @SPL love the interaction and the camaraderie we find there. I know that having more funding will help @spl continue to host the free tournaments that are currently available, as well as be able to grow and support the community that surrounds it.
As for @nicnas, he was the first friend I made on Steemit, and it was at the poker table. He is now one of my best friends; my partner and my confidant.
Since @nicnas joined Steemit, he has been involved in countless communities, from his early work with the Minnow Support Project, to the Buddhist Community, from @spl to @buildawhale as Chief Curator and finally as Co Founder of @ccasino, he helps everyone he comes into contact with with an open heart, kindness and humor.
I sincerely hope you will take a good look at my suggestions. I'm available to chat on Discord or on Steemit.chat as @bethalea.
Thank you all for this great idea to help counteract the spammy, vote-selling nonsense that has gotten way out of hand on Steemit. I'm excited for the positive change!
xo,
b.
I agree wholeheartedly with @bethalea! The Steem Poker League is a great community with wonderful people. I've been playing poker my whole life and this community really stands out for it's comradery and dedication to the Steem blockchain.
Poker is a timeless game and one of the biggest with 100 million players worldwide, more people than play golf, billiards and tennis. It is a perfect match with the Steem blockchain and the potential is huge. It adds a lot of value for the Steemit community as well as great potential for attracting vast amounts of people.
Hey @reko! Thanks for the support, as always! You are one of the greatest Steemians I have met to date and I am so glad others recognize your great worth to this community!
And you're so right about poker, it's such a timeless, community based game, it's perfect for Steemit and Steem!
catch you soon, we're chatting if you are around!
xo! b.
I believe @bethalea is a good candidate. She could fit into any of the categories mentioned above and it very selfless. Second the SPL support.
thanks nic. i'll pay you that 100 sbd later ;)
@spl folks have certainly helped me learn how to be a better steemian. @bethalea your awesome also.
Best community possible
aw, thanks @potplucker! I agree about this community... I didn't even know how to be a Steemian before I got here, it was all so confusing and seemed kinda chaotic.
xo!
Supporting @spl is a no brainer! One of the many REAL communities out there. I don't even know where to Start, The only thing I could say that could match my feelings is that @spl is practically A second Home and have given people (including myself) a lot. We have a bunch of good lads and so many good steemians that if you ask me, I'd say they should be all on that list. @bethalea is a pure soul full of love and compassion, @nicnas is a big Enthusiast who never stops helping; They deserve to be there!
You're one of the greatest parts of our community, @jonsnow1983, I'm so happy we are such good friends!
xoxo ;)
@SPL is the first community I stumbled upon when I joined Steem, and I can tell you that what @Tuck-Fheman and @bigpchef have done in the last couple of months it is amazing. The amount of work, money and time they invested into this thing is just tremendous. They deserve all the delegations possible.
I agree. @Tuck-Fheman is a beast keeping http://www.lucksacks.com going. I have only scratched the surface of all the other activities he does. I hadn't really got to know @bigpchef or @internetguy (except for kicking my butt on the tables) because they do so much of the work behind the curtain. Just happy to be playing there and look forward to player pool growing and games being attended by +100 players. If/ when those guys read this they will probably think "OMG, we are going to need some staff members".
Agreed. What makes @SPL amazing is not the free money but its community because you can win money from poker like anywhere in the world but to meet such a lovely community, it's harder.
As Tuck's initial idea was, playing poker with friends.
You are so right, @guyfawkes4-20, the work those two have done and continue to do is amazing. It would be great if the League had some delegation to help people like you who show such commitment to the community!
xoxo!
b
Huh, my commitment was lacking lately due to Real Life but I remember the good days when I used to be online for even ten hours straight. Those were good times.
I wish I could stay online for the whole day and chat and play poker with you guys. Goddamn real life.
I second this!
i second your second! ;)
Add another vote for @bethalea and @spl they certainly welcomed me to the community
that's what it's all about though, right @davedickeyyall?? I'm so glad to know you and I would never have had the chance if it weren't for @spl! You're a great part of the community, The Anti-Social Hermit Club!
xo!
b.
The Anti-social Hermit club... I'm not just a member I'm also a client 😁
Call on the @SPL community and we will come out to show the love!!!! $12.27 comment so far!
dude! it's up to 18 bucks now!!
Woot @spl Community!!
My favorite part about Steem is @spl. IMHO, by far the best application of community and the Steem network.
High praise from the dawg! I agree completely though... I am happy to be a part of a few great communities but none have the feel of @spl!!
xo! b
The SPL supports this message. :-)
Approved
such approve, JP
;)
Go to sleep!
Don't tell me what to do!!
Lol xo
Hi @stellabelle. Thanks for this awesome project you and others are working on to develop steemit and the steem blockchain at large. I would love to make a suggestion of @airhawk-project to your team. @airhawk-project is a telegram based community catering to about 1,300 steemians (last count and growing). The admins support this community with leased SP to vote their community members' posts (according to their quality) just to encourage them to get a footing on steemit. The community for example had undrgone a 30k+ SP and currently on a 50k leased SP (thanks to @rageamuffin and @thecryptodrive 's @minnowbooster for the community discount) at no cost to community members. I don't need to say a proof of how these SP is being used can be gotten from the steemd.com profile of the account.
@airhawk-project in contribution to the blockchain also created an escrow service for easy conversion of SBDs/steem to cash just in the bid to have a tangible participation on steemitdotcom (anyone who knows he can easily convert his earnings to cash would easily embrace the platform). This escrow service comes at no cost.
@airhawk-project also has a blog that contributes varying contents, contests and all to the platform, especially working with a system that engages and compensates members of the community who make contents for the blog.
This is not to talk more of the series of education that comes up on the community's telegram group here, their exchange could be assessed here
I think I won't be wrong to humbly call on @ned, @fulltimegeek and yourself to please take a cursory look at this project and what they have done in their almost two months on this platform.
A good day to you @stellabelle. This is indeed a grand initiative, one deserving of great applause. So many minnows are lost and getting scammed because they have been neglected by those in position to help.
This is what @airhawk-project has sought to correct from inception. To give a voice to the voiceless and be the face of over 1,300 steemians. We've gone out severally to aid our ever expanding community of steemians, giving tips and encouraging them to fully explore their potentials. I and many other steemians would be long gone but for @airhawk-project which in itself is a minnow.
You can be rest assured that if @airhawk-project is given this delegation they will put it to judicious use and you will be aiding thousands of red fishes.
kudos once again to you and the team @ned, @fulltimegeek, @lexiconical, @beanz, @inquiringtimes and @kubbyelizabeth.
I remember when I wanted to join steemit, I was a little bit lost, I remember seeing someone who told me he was on steemit, he invited me to the @airhawk-project group chat, there I saw a community that actually helped steemit members directly by helping with advises, lectures and even an escrow service to help team members buy and sell steem and SBD easily, be it in Fiat money or any coin both seller and buyer agree on, this is a very cool initiative and I can say this is really having a positive impact on steemit. I have had countless chats with @dorthmaen one of cool team member, and I can say he's a cool guy, gave me my first advice on what to and how to post on steemit, and that's what the @airhawk-project is all about, cool guys helping other cool guys, my transition here is smooth thanks to them, I am happy to be on steemit through @airhawk-project. Thank you.
Thank you for this post and the list @stellabelle.
Over the past weeks, @airhawk-project has shown to be a prolific writer as well as being ethical and empatic in curation.
She was able to achieve the above feat by
leasing SP from @minnowbooster.
These are the kind of people or accounts that should get some recognition on this platform.
Kindly check her out @stellabelle.
Sincerely, airhawk-project takes care of every detail that helps members have a firm footing on steemit. It is a wonderful community. They get you exposed to quality contents, contests and your steem trading is 100% safe in the community. It is really a place to be.
@stellabelle, a big well done to you
Base on the issue , I would suggest @airhawk-project too. with the help of @airhawk-project , many minnows just like I am are being encouraged and given support to so as to keep our spirits up. Despite the fact that @airhawk-project is also a minnow, yet she's doing great and supporting over 1,300 steemians . @airhawk-project built a community on telegram for Steemit transactions with no charges. Would be glad if you can look into @airhawk-project too.
Airhawk-project has helped me on countless ways i didnt expect
From learning about cryptocurrency
To learning on how to be a better steemian
And getting rewards from contest held by them
Ey @stellabelle. Great to see that there is people actually concerning about the growth of the platform. We are trying our best promoting the spanish language in the Steem. The community is growing. The potential still enormous. I would like to nominate one or several curators which are working with us 24/7 since months discovering gems in the spanish language and helping the tag #spanish stay high in the list: @dresden, @tincho, @nelyp, @wartrapa, @angielb, @anneblueberry, @rafarosado and @handmade.
Thanks for this iniciative! By the way, did you see our presentation at steemfest?
Yours sincerely @pgarcgo and @gargon.
Hey there @stellabelle , A big hello and thank you for this awesome post! I would like to nominate @btcvenom ! He has an amazing project called @paywithsteem where steemians can go and buy anything that you could on Amazon, with STEEM! as a tester for it, I can say it is an amazingly cool and simple process. There are some awesome items as you can imagine! Thank you! STEEM ON!
Yes I second your nomination for @btcvenom and I think I should message @stellabelle and tell her about my interactions with btcvenom and why I think he deserves this and how he would use the delegation for useful things..... Hes a young talented developer who will develop all sorts of new features for @paywithsteem and allow us more economic freedom. With enough money he could buy a payment processor all our own for steem, with enough money he could strike deals with all sorts of stores around the world to just accept steem and he would buy it all back at a set rate incase it goes down later, I mean with the right funds he could do all sorts of amazing upgrades for @paywithsteem
Also he is doing a lot with his new @paywithsteem Discord server https://discord.gg/ux6Dm2G
And We will see a lot more success from him, he's shown dedication to Steem blockchain and yes I agree, i have seen a lot of cool stuff of his over on steemspeak.com run by @fyrstikken and over on that channel he has shown me all sort of cool stuff just today like how he has the Golos and Steem and BTC prices on his Keyboard, and also yes that Amazon wishlist he has setup on pay with steem is great one day we will have a direct button on steemit or our own front end where you can just login with active key and browse Ebay or AMazon catalog and buy whatever you want with your SBD or steem.... it will be a great day....
and with @btcvenom getting this steempower we will see MANY great things happen, see he is a human being that actually takes value and adds more and does a lot of work, i believe he is already a workaholic and stays up for long hours burning midnight oil.... we need more like this....
Great initiative @stellabelle, @lexiconical, @beanz, @inquiringtimes, @kubbyelizabeth! :)
Might I suggest adding a section for individuals promoting the Steem blockchain!
@dan once said that the most important focus in the beginning is to promote the Steem blockchain which still stands true to this day! :)
If you could work on creating a list, then I will create a second menu....this menu was pretty big...yeah, that's the idea, to add more sections.
@stellabelle, love this way of thinking, it aligns perfectly with ours at promo-steem. we had a great chat with the people who have been working on promo steem on how to provide a mechanism that will help us support steemit promoters on the platform using the steemit ecosystem. we will release the video we did tomorrow. i will keep you informed when it comes out incase you are interested. a quick summary of our plan is as follows:
We have exciting developments with promo steem and are pressing forward well with what we have discussed previously with @andrarchy, this will cumulative in a centralized steemit promo / ambassador page where we will feature promoters, run promo competitions, provide examples of how we promo and the story of promo steem. We are also working on a webpage dedicated to steemians who are promoting steem, this will include Steem Ambassador Programme (working on specific privilages for steem ambassadors in the medium term), structured community upvoting guild for promo works, on-bording page, map of the steemit promo world, chat area with public block chain logged promo chats and private chat options, newsletter, promo Applications area, Promo Merch shop / supported use of logo designs, among others. we are planning to get a skeleton site out in the coming weeks and populate with content into early next year. Promo team did a ten minute video last night, plan to release tomorrow / day after following edit. exciting times ahead. any collaboration on this initiative is MUCH appreciated!
hope is that steemit ambassadors will receive delegated steem from the community. this will provide the platform with many more, human, trusted eyes with a proven record on the platform.
last but not least, please see my talk at steemfest which describes how we are using steem in an ethical way, without bots to support these promoters HERE
i saw your talk. it was impressive.
Thank you! I am hoping to contribute to the discussion of ethical use of steem power and supporting initiatives that create added value to the blockchain, be them profit making initiatives that provide a buying pressure to the price of steem or social added value that increase the social value of the blockchain. My way of showing that I practise what I preach at the moment is the work I am invovled with in promo-steem. I have seen with steemit that providing / setting an example can inspire many to duplicate value added behaviors.... so i have high hopes going forwards!!
i have seen the same thing happen when i delegated SP to cultivators freely.
Putting a place marker here so I can pull up your talk in the morning for a good watch. I definitely hope to become a Steem ambassador in the community sooner rather than later. As soon as they can find a cost free method for instant account creation, I hope to have onboarding classes at local universities once a month or so!
It's being worked on already as well as coordinating our efforts so stay tuned! :)
All, we are rolling out a Steemit Ambassador Programme in the very near future. we have been working with a list already, we have approximately 30-40 candidates already with proven records in promoting steem and have started to map them. please see links below. I hope this helps and that we are able to coordinate this effort together.
List of blggers posting to promo steem tag HERE
List of steemit promoters by location: HERE
promotion world map HERE
discussion with @andrarchy about steemit ambassadors programme and way forward with promo steem HERE
Massive shout out to @stephenkendal for putting most of this togther.
i hold promoting steemit dear in my heart. I am of the fact that the more users on steemit, the more value it has. Since we call steemit a home then we should try to bring value to it. I am trying in my own little way. i have been attending series of programmes organised in my country and doing my part on preaching the gospel to non steemians
Hi @starkerz, I have a member on my discord community who wants to organise a steem promo event in the Philippines and I recommended they speak to you. Maybe if you join the discord you can give them some advice on it? https://discord.me/votu
@beanz, thanks very much for the info. no problem to refer to me on steemit.chat. I wont visit discord yet, as things are getting very busy and I wont do a great job at handling additional traffic from discord for now.
Nice to hear from you @starkerz I'm working together with @oscarcc89 who was at Steemfest @osmerj and a group of Steemians behind the scenes and pretty soon you all see the big community project we have in mind. I've read your ideas and I'm pretty sure that together we can change the world!
I smell something rather big coming as well! looking forward to hearing more! regards to @oscarcc89
thank you. A part 2 is going to be necessary, or better yet, perhaps you have already done something like this?
Would love to be considered for the ambassador program, still interested in having you on the interview show @starkerz!
ok! great, can you contact me on steemit chat and propose a time & date?
@starkerz man!!!
Great! Do you need help on this Reko? We might find new promoters along the way.
Yes, congrats @futurethinker, we're heading for next level! ;)
Do you have Dan's quote about promoting Steem? I don't ever remember having seen Dan saying something about this subject but I don't everything Dan as ever said. I'd be interested to see the quote or post if you can remember.
Hey @teamsteem, I haven't seen it myself as I'm quite new here but I'll look into it. Just came up on the @votu podcast yesterday!
Thank you for this answer. :)
Let me inform others that @beanz have been downvoting on my posts for a while. The first one was in which I called minnowbooster operators liars for being liars with evidence.
Wow thank you for including me in the list @stellabelle. I have yet to announce my project to help newcomers to steemit as we are coordinating our project with the promo-steem movement led by @starkerz, @stephenkendal and @anarcotech.
This is their recent talk with @andrarchy
Any delegator who wants to know more about what I am doing please contact me at discord or steemit.chat (@futurethinker ) and I will show our discord group.
I pledge here that I will use any delegation small or big to help Steemians, which in turn will help Steemit grow.
Thank you for bringing the message we need Stella.
I do not doubt that the future of Steemit will be bright!
I'm really looking forward to speaking with you @futurethinker. Your work is inspiring to me. We are all on the same quest I think, to help Steem and Steemit grow!
Me too man! I am waiting for the new video to see what you have discussed!
I was kind of blown away in our long conversation before we made the video. I was a little bit in my own head at the time, creating worlds. I can see, hear and feel so many incredible possibilities, and things that can be done.... I see the Steem Blockchain as a major part of the future of recorded history, monetisation and digital asset rights management. More so than perhaps any other. I think the challenge for me is to realise best where I sit in this, and what are the projects that I should focus my attention on...there are so many possibilities, and I need to be very clear about working on the ones which utilise me and my skills the best. You have come to my attention a lot recently, and I really do feel that there is tons of crossover and stuff which we (and I'm talking about me, and also my colleagues in #promo-steem, notably @stephenkendal and @starkerz) can do together. I'll come and find you later for a chat. Thanks for your time dude.
Oh wow I am honered by your kind words. Yes, there is so much possible. As I am working on this project I see what an impact Steemit or blockchain could have on the world. What has amazed me is wealth distribution that it could bring. For some people a few dolars is enough to get them through the day. It amazes me how incredibly easy it is to reach those people with steem, and it just takes a few clicks. Doing promotional work does not only benefit the steem community but it also benefits humanity.
I am looking forward to hear your views on the changes blockchain can bring.
Till then!
Lmao! Excellent menu, would love to see an updated version of this!!
Hopefully when I become a big whale i will be able to choose a delegatee from the ehtical section haha.
:-) as a person in receipt of delegation, I would like to say how important this is and how much impact this has
The BI team and myself will be supporting this initiative fully and we are happy to produce any data required to keep this on track and carry out necessary due diligence.
I have resteemed this post and shared it with communities on discord
Your data analysis is amazing @paulag. Thank you for your efforts so far :D
Well Stella I have to say that being on your list has given me a smile so big I almost bit off my left ear.... almost.
As you might know already (I have reasons to think you do) I pretty much agree %110.23 with everything you have pointed out (yes i know there are decimals, I may have mental issues)
Steem is a place for investors of course, and we don't ever want to make it a place that is hostile to "money" but at the same time, the valuation of Steem comes from its people, from it's Steemians... that's not an outrageous statement to make, and it's awesome a loud voice is saying so.
In any case, i hope your thoughts ninja their way into a good whale's heart and this idea takes off. I would like, if I may, suggest you include @Shadowpubs in your list of Community builders, what she does with her Steemit Ramble group is priceless for us little minnows.
Thank you for setting an example...
@meno
thank you for the shout out @meno .. much appreciated. You'd be welcome to come by the Pimp Your Post Thursday anytime @stellabelle .. we have some great sessions
i fourth that
I 2nd that.
I third that
Well, I'll take the fifth then ;)
It is an honor for me to be on this list and rest assured that I'll put everything I have in order to improve the Steemit Community. You all pretty soon will see What inspiration and good intentions can build! Maybe I'm just a dreamer but "Where there's a will, there's a way" Cheers!
Also I Suggest checking out our friend @reko who is also helping our great cause! Which is making Steemit a better place!
There are enough of us, and as we unite in a more coherent way, we will attract people like us. We understand how to grow communities.
I'll put in a good word for jonsnow and reko.
you could not have picked a better Steemian and friend than @jonsnow1983, @stellabelle. Whenever I ask, he is always willing to help and be ready with a cool head and amazing insight.
Congrats, @jonsnow1983, this is greatly deserved!
xoxooxo
Thank you so much for mentioning me among these other amazing Steemit community leaders and curators! I'm very humbled. Being an active curator on Steemit is something I'm very proud of. I love to feature Steemit community members on my @msp-waves radio show , as well during curation live streams & voice chats on my twitch channel. I'm proud to be a curator for @ocd, @Muxxybot, and @minnowsupport. Any delegations are greatly appreciated, and will help to increase the rewards of the undervalued authors I'm trying to find daily on Steemit. Thank you again @stellabelle, @kubbyelizabeth, and everyone else involved! Your support means a lot!
Go @ma1neevent!
I think ocd as a hole should be mentioned here. Since @acidyo lost a part of his delegation the @ocd account could realy need a delegation.
He failed to mention he's been an avid supporter of #thealliance and valued family member. He would make great use of a delegation.
And an awesome supporter of #steemusa as well as #thealliance (this has already been pointed out)
Great to see you on the list so deserving
YES!!!
THIS IS SO GOOD!
Your dedication to making this place amazeballs and creative thinking ways are an inspiration to The Steemiverse and beyond!
Doing a happy dance over here!
okay... this gets upvoted just for the gif alone. LOVE IT...
And you know... the colors remind me of something.
I may have to steal this!!!
Yassssss
Steal it
Make it yours
Spread the weird wonderful gif around!
I think I might have to do a weekly post on the crazy yet amazing gifs I find on my hunts through the giphy universe!
🔥🔥🔥
Done and Done! You can check out the results here: Mike's utopian gif entry
And you are certainly in the right place for crazy giphy! Stella is the queen!
I need to learn how to make AMAZING gifs.
Wow, glad to be listed in the Ethical and Empathic group. I was blessed last week by a generous 5k delegation from @fulltimegeek, a selfless whale who gave all his SP in delegations without asking anything in return. If that's not exemplary, I don't know what is.
oh cool! I didn't know about that!
That's because he doesn't go around bragging about it. Gotta love that guy.
yeah, that is cool...even though we have very different philosophical beliefs....
yhu dont too. i love yhu bruv
yhu see one thing i believe in life is that if yhu can give freely then yhu will surely receive freely. it is just the way it is. You dont know me in person yet yhu feel i deserved a tip. in that way other people will surely give you tips
I believe in karma too.
yeah. all real
I love this, Stella. Your belief in myself, along with some many wonderful people on this platform, is exactly what we need to keep moving forwards in bringing real personalities, real content, and real success to the platform. I so love the people on this list, and their efforts. Teach the posters, teach the curators, teach the humans. You and your team are doing an excellent job finding those who will keep this ripple spreading outwards. KINDNESS👏 COSTS 👏 NOTHING 👏
It starts in the pond, and travels the entire ocean. <3
Educating, teaching, mentoring is what most new people need and by doing this they will teach others which creates a chain of support.
Indeed with the right people a wave can become a tsunami! If that makes sense :P
@stellabelle, it's initiatives like this that I believe will make a positive long-term difference. So much conversation has happened lately, much of it among people who have so little influence on the platform that all we can do is talk. But I'm in this for the long haul, having glimpsed the possibilities of everything Steemit has to offer, and am thrilled to share my vision with so many people in @thewritersblock and @sft, our manual curation team. I extend to you the warmest welcome to visit our Discord any time. We have big plans to organize a Steemit-centric publishing house that will market to the mainstream, and we'd love to tell you about it. You're known for being very committed to community needs, and this post proves it. It also makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but I digress. . . .LOL
THANK YOU for speaking out about these issues and for presenting such a positive challenge to the community. :-)
I have seen @sft being mentioned sometimes. Do you guys also have international curators? We may can work together.
How can I contact you?
You can contact me on steemit.chat or discord.
As far as different languages, no. So far we only curate posts written in English. We've discussed options, but it would be very difficult for us to gauge the eligibility of posts written in languages our editors can't read. I'll contact you on Discord. :-)
This is a refreshing answer to the bellyrub debacle - but I would have expected nothing else from you @stellabelle. I doubt you would remember it but you pretty much changed the entire way I look at Steem when I ran into you in a comment thread one day within the first week or two I was on platform - you gave a big upvote to a comment I made and we exchanged a few comments, culminating in you laying the "steemit is a gift economy" idea on me, which really resonated. I have taken that to heart and it really transformed my entire experience here. So, thank you! I hope some whales bite, I know most of the good folks on that list and couldn't pick a nit with a single one of them. Really wonderful initiative. Cheers - Carl "Totally Not A Bot" Gnash :)
@carlgnash from the @humanbot Human Certified Original Works Initiative has manually determined this post to be the original and truly creative work of the post author.
Learn more:
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Thanks for being an original and creative content creator! You rock!
To maximally
annoyinform, I am tagging each and everyone one of thesevictimsdistinguished selections.@futurethinker @empath @drakos @meno @clayboyn @anarcho-andrei @poeticsnake @r0nd0n @scipio @discordiant @swelker101 @isaria @arbitrarykitten @krazykrista @wandrnrose7 @uniwhisp @choogirl @tinypaleokitchen @sunravelme @limabeing @thekittygirl @geke @rhondak @rycharde @zoethehedgehog @gmuxx @juliakponsford @maryfavour @ma1neevent @yusaymon @jonsnow1983 @daudimitch @buggedout @valued-customer @disarrangedjane @globocop @skyleap @imp.unity @otemzi @greenrun @ewuoso
Phew, what a...
mouthfulhandful.i was hoping you would do this....and i think i didn't include everyone....there can be a part 2.....this was a long enough list...
Can I have a place in that list ? I tried to get delegation bcuz I am trying to give undervalued posts few reward for their hard work . How can I personally contact you @stellabelle ...
I think you misspelled my name. ;)
You stinker, you made me read it twice.
You are actually on the followup list...hence my confusion.
I am beyond honored that I was on this list of people. I would be humbled to be a recipient, but ultimately, I hope that the people delegating SP can get a good return on their delegation and reach as many users as they can. As someone mentioned in earlier comments, this won't replace voting bots, but I think it can have a seriously positive impact.
THANKS
Heh there is no day that lexiconical isn't spamming me :D
lol thanks Lex
I sincerely hope @themarkymark is on whatever next list you create, @lexiconical! I have never known anyone more earnest, helpful and intelligent as this man, and everything he does is for the betterment of our Steemit Community.
:raises hand to vote for @themarkymark now and always:
xo!
b.
Well, that's what I get for failing to track mentions =p
I really had no idea you were talking about this on the PAL discord.
Oh hey, thanks for the poke. I wasn't paying attention here and didn't even know I was mentioned until I got a heads up on Discord.
Wow, such an honor to be included in this list alongside many other worthy curators I know! I think this is a step in the right direction, supporting human curators who go out of their way to help push worthy content along.
I have always been uneasy about vote buying, and the latest fiasco with bellyrub has done nothing to change my mind.
Communities of curators helping other members out by upvoting and resteeming their work is the way to go.
Im not surprised to see you on the list Muxxy... ;)
I have actually interacted with most of the people on that list I agree entirely with the assessment of the "type" of individuals they are. It's pretty humbling to be listed among people that I hold in such high esteem as well. Thanks for including me and so many amazing people that want to see this platform succeed.
Aggreeed
go @clayboyn
Clay bro... i tried to give you some claytrees love but its not working :claytrees:
can you fix it?
@clayboyn Yes!
Absolutely honored to be on this list. Seriously, it means a great deal.
Edit: I am available for questions on various Discord servers, but we do have to share a server.
@discordiant#0495Good initiative. I haven't delegated to anyone in particular yet but I've delegated to a couple projects, utopian, spaminator, and openmic (vote following) and I'm looking to possibly delegate more in the future.
Awesome that you are looking around to do this @teamsteem! And Projects are a good place to delegate to, Though they may be a bit more limited in the scope of how the vote is spread around due to their particular niche, helping projects get exposure can never be a bad thing.
I'm by no means telling you how to use your SP, but since both Utopian and Spaminator have large delegations from other whales, perhaps consider removing those delegations to free up the SP for smaller projects who haven't gotten to that level yet? I think the appreciation you will see will outweigh the sense of loss from the accounts that lose the delegations.
Thanks again for considering taking part! As someone who is currently enjoying the benefit of a Stella Delegation, I can tell you it means a ton!
Thank you Mike! I'm considering delegating to other projects too. I can still delegate to this other project. I don't delegate that much to them. I just need more time in a day.
Yes! More time in the day is probably the one thing I would love more of! There just isn't enough to do everything I want to do!
Thank you for vote following openmic and supporting musicians! <3
Very humbling to see my name appear on one of your lists. Whoever nominated me: Thank you very, very much.
While I love the idea, it doesn't seem like it fills the same niche as vote-sellers. As someone who utilized vote-sellers and even @bellyrub, I used them to give my posts initial exposure in hopes of reaching a wider audience on steemit.
I highly doubt any of the individuals on that menu have ever even thought about reading a post of mine, and I would be surprised if any of them have even seen a post of mine pop up on their feed or in a tag they frequent. I think this further silo's the individuals that post in tags and about topics that these folks don't frequent.
I don't mean any disrespect as I do love the idea, I just don't think it's fair to say that this can replace vote-selling in any meaningful capacity. I would love to be proved wrong though.
Here you go @brandonp! :)
Essential Discord Channels for the Steem blockchain!
it sounds like you are in need of perhaps getting to know people in discord channels? Part of the issue is that people on steemit operate in silos, isolated. As you get to know people organically, it changes your experience.
What might be useful here is a good list of Discord channels that would help exposure for people who are willing to put the time into those channels in terms of socialising and networking.
I'm not good at it, but maybe I need to get more involved in Discord myself. Half the problem is not knowing where to go.
https://steemit.com/newsteem/@torico/torico-s-magickal-list-of-steemit-discord-servers-v-2
An updated list will be available in the next few weeks :)
Just wanted to say Kudos for the nomination, you deserve it!
Always helpful and always giving great ideas.
I learned a lot in the PAL net one, for Minnows. That's where a ton of people are.
whats the invite link for this one?
well, what are your interests?
I have very varied interests :) Primarily photography and videography, but i'm into crypto and i'm also developing a new Steem frontend in my spare time so software development too.
@markangeltrueman ... @sircork recently did a post on 20 communities he's part of on discord.. that might give you a starting spot
Thank you. It's a recent post on my blog, should be easy to locate @markangeltrueman
I started here, and got all the rest of my invites through networking from PAL:
http://minnowsupportproject.org/discord/
Cheers. I'll spend a bit of time discord-surfing :)
Please correct me if I'm wrong (seriously please do), but what your suggesting is to contact the folks on the menu through their discord channels (a whole other thing I need to figure out apparently) and hope they like my stuff enough to upvote?
Getting connected to people is how you make friends. Having friends means you help eachother. Helping each other in Steem, means upvoting each other based on real authentic social bonds.
its has simple has that. if one does a job and he deserves 1$ a friend can decide to give him 1.5$ instead because they are friends. never underestimate the power of friendship
Wise words my friend and in line with the espirit of the more you give the more you receive
Very true, I hope we will see more communities in which steemian can find their place to make such precious bonds.
This! This this this!!
Make connections, realize there are people on the other end of the Ethernet wire, figure out how you connect and become a part of each other's communities! That's how this works for the long term.
I'm stealing this quote and making it into a whole post tomorrow Stella! This needs to be expounded upon!
no. This is a list of people that the whales can delegate $5K of Steem Power to. This menu is for whales and dolpins who have extra SP lying around.
Ah ok. I misunderstood the basic premise of the list. That makes a ton more sense! Thank you for the help. I will look into the PAL net discord channel.
Better yet, create your own community. You are rep 61. Start reaching out to minnows and interact with them, support them and the in turn support you. Fans font come from posting good content in a corner. ;) im not into sports but if u want i can ask around. Im sure there are sports fans in msp too!!
Here's a link:
http://minnowsupportproject.org/discord/
It may be the single best place to start networking on the platform, which is probably what Stella means when she means "get to know people." The more people know you and like you, the more they will be willing to support you in a world of fundamentally limited resources.
Check out our radio shows in particular, they are great live community builders:
http://mspwaves.com/home/listen/
If you have not joined PALnet discord, i think that would be a good place to start.
i started on PALnet. a lot of amazing people. help me through setting up my accounts to receive votes then. wow i can never forget my first gift on steemit. it came from @clayboyn in that channel. I also tryb my best to reach out to people and assist in any possible way because i believe the world will be a better place if we all are cheerful givers
I remember your first days there months ago. You've come a long way @ewuoso
i remember very well. U guys were wonderful. yhun helped my journey become a success. thanks
"I don't mean any disrespect as I do love the idea, I just don't think it's fair to say that this can replace vote-selling in any meaningful capacity. I would love to be proved wrong though."
I agree with you that this initiative is not a viable substitute for the function of vote-bots, which currently should be probably served by /Promoted.
The idea here is to provide other opportunities for large holders of SP, such as Freedom, that we hope will lead to valuable increases in the price/demand for Steem. This means far more than the curation rewards or daily payments from lessees would to such large account holders.
The best we can do is attempt to lead by example and hope others are willing to think a little more long-term and a little less about short-term gain.
I cannot more strongly agree regarding the promotion feature. This is exactly what I think should be done.
Actually, I recommend @bitopia for this initiative. He has very good ideas, and develops them well.
Thank you very much for the shout- out! I am definitely looking towards aiding the issue through innovating solutions!
Yes I misunderstood the basic premise of the menu. I thought @stellabelle was saying that these would be folks to solicit for votes (which in and of itself sounds contrary to much of what she stands for. part of why I was confused). I understand that these are for folks to give SP to.
Vote selling works because people are isolated.
Vote selling works because people are disconnected and don't really understand the importance of reputation. I would guess that many don't know how to build authentic bonds either. Vote selling is a short-sighted quick fix to the imbalance of power, but actually, all you're doing is making the imbalance worse.
A valid point you made @brandonp , like you siad they didn't check your post cos maybe you are never in their Discord channels and trust me when they get the DSP they vote only on posts of users from their channels alone- Another problem created i think!
I vote on every real comment on my posts as well as comments of the posts I visit. Most real posts in the tags I frequent get voted on, and yes, people I keep in touch with on discord get some votes too...
I also use some of the SP to flag spam and help clean up tags if it gets crazy where I can't find real content, and people aren't responsive to communication.
Thank you, and thank @stellabelle & company!
then make your own discord channel and start your own group.
No need for that, Steemit is a Group already!
We are only human, we can not be everywhere at once.
"when they get the DSP they vote only on posts of users from their channels alone"
With the exception of our curators, who are specifically looking to support new and unknown creators, this is just the normal nature of human interactions. Of course community leaders and builders will be best suited to applying their voting power in the communities they already know.
This is why we have carefully vetted both the communities, and the community members, and we have also tried to include a wide range of users and communities in the initiative. We are happy to take suggestions for additions if you have any.
Yes you are very right, we are but Humans.
I have been in so many channels where you try to communicate and you get ignored maybe they think all users in a channel are newbies.
I have been on particular channel where my salutations was ignored for days non stop and i had to eat a humble pie and left. To me such channels are many and i find them irritating, my only suggestion is to clamour on user interactions more often if networking is really the key...Like @stellabelle adviced to start a group, but why start a group where people don't interact but only want more upvotes?
So i'll rather stick with PAL and some others where even the whales acknowledges my interactions than start a new one.
actually @oluwoleoaide .. you are not correct on that assumption. I have channels setup for people to nominate other posts in the Steemit Ramble and in turn I do review the nominator's posts.
I also spend hours combing through RSS feeds from Steemit to find other posts for the Ramble from people who may or may not be on Discord. Posts are not easy to find on Steemit and the more visible you make yourself by participation in places like the discord servers, the more likely you'll get noticed.
There are people who attend the Pimp Your Post Thursday who do an excellent job of finding people new to Steemit who are showing potential.
There are a lot of good people looking for quality content on Steemit not so much for the curation rewards but to do actual curation by finding the quality work.
I think you are suggesting a problem that doesn't exist and not giving credit to a lot of good people who work to make the platform a place to call home for many more.
I just got to know about your Ramble channel so i don't think you got that right to tell me am suggesting a problem not existing i joined immediately i saw that comment last night and i haven't navigated it that well, i commented based on my experience i think i have the right to share my own experience.
I don't know if you are a curator or a Discord Channel owner so what i said shouldn't bother you that much.
And i give credit to people who do a lot of good work, you haven't seen my blog or any of my post so don't jump to conclusions.
I'm both a curator and a discord owner. The curation led to the discord to expand the curation effort and give exposure to more people for their posts.
While you are suggesting what should or shouldn't bother me, you may want to consider that you are jumping to your own conclusions about what I may or may not draw conclusions on.
Your original post suggested that once people get into discord they only vote/curate people on discord and my response was that is not true. It's not only not true for me, it is not true for many other curators.
I do have every right to respond to your statement about your belief a problem exists and disagree with that assumption. I also provided cause why it was incorrect.
If no one provides a rebuttal to your belief there is a problem because you feel they don't have a right to do so, does that not just create a false belief on your part?
So putting aside the philosophy of it all. I saw you joined the Steemit Ramble last and did welcome you. I'll be posting about the next Pimp Your Post Thursday .. it takes place at 11am and then again at 7:30pm EST on Thursday. Hope to see you there.
Well @brandonp while she's not on the list, here's a suggestion. Instead of waiting to pop up in someone's feed, why don't you come onto @shadowspub's Steemit Ramble discord on Thursday and join one of the two sessions of Pimp Your Post Thursday.
There you can get to know some other Steemians and present your post for others to have a look at and hopefully support. You'll find an invite on her blog.
I had no idea these type of things existed.
they have it on whaleshares discord channel too. You even get a chance to win whaleshares just for participating. yhu can contact @akrid.
Hey @brandonp if you want to join our group feel free contact me on steemit.chat or discord. We need early adopters of Steemit like you!
@bitopia has a great idea for the promotions feature that can dramatically improve the bot situation, I believe.
Check it out here.
Thank you so much for including me. I'm humbled.
Wow I need to read this with completely calm :)
Well deserved you are there, Wield your power wisely.
I reread calmly, turn out you are on a suggested menu, best of luck being ordered/granted😄
@bleedpoet Ohh my I did not see my name until now,
Thank you friend and thanks to @stellabelle :)
One of the few I recognized right away. 👍🏽
No doubt one of the most beloved community creators who made the list.
What didja think I was bugging you about over Discord? =)
Yes :) everything fits now, I answered you without thinking it was so important: I thought it was a normal chat hehehe I'm extremely grateful with all the incredible utopia that you guys are forming with their ideas and words here. every time I analyze more, you guys are part of the visionaries of the world.
I am thoroughly honoured to be included on this list! I was very surprised when you invited me to the art curation Project the other day and even more surprised when I was contacted by Lex on discord. I think this is a fantastic step in the right direction and I'm excited to see what kind of impact this will have on the community ❤️
Thank yhu for yhur services. love yhu
Aww thanks ewuoso, right back at ya❤️
hahahaha. cool
Julia, you are a perfect choice for this list!
Thanks Isaria, as are you :)
I just made that post payout go from 7 to 8!!! You may be literally changing my life here! I feel determined to share the wealth and i will also avoid food and overly sentimental things ( but maybe not twisted deep poetry lolz) i am wondering about self voting and voting for each other since thekittygirl and i are on a team together. It would help us to get the @teamgirlpowa page going as well so we can start inspiring those amazing gender studies articles i keep talking about. 😜✌🏻🌟 But if anyone thinks its unethical we will refrain from upvoting each other or ourselves. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻Again. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
go ahead and vote for yourself. Your SP is very small, so you need to build it up.
<3
Pretty pleased to see that 6 out of the 7 people you picked grew up or have been highly active in PALnet. Feels like we're helping to foster some pretty awesome Steemians. Nice idea Stella. I hope they bite.
Now you see the (nepotism) inherent in the system!
(j/k, just lotta good people at PAL)
@aggroed that is exactly the problem! How can it be that 6 out of 7 people are highly active in PAL? Isn't this pretty much biased?
Scrolling through the comments I realised that everybody knew each other - probably because they are all active in PAL. Doesn't mean that they're not good, but there lies the problem ...
Not everyone has the time or desire to be part of a community inside of a community.
Steemit is already a community and I personally don't want to spend my time interacting with other people in discord chats (PAL, VOTU etc.) just to be noticed. The worst thing in my opinion about these groups is that 90% of what is happening in there is smallstalk. Something very unproductive - in my opinion. (I don't like smalltalk in general - outside of steem - time waster)
Yes, it is a personal preference, but there are a lot of people like me right now on steemit and this number will grow even higher, the more mainstream steem becomes.
hundo vote and resteem
Also, a special thanks to some of our early recipients of delegations via this project:
@crimsonclad
@paulag
@inquiringtimes
@kubbyelizabeth
@mikepm74
@reko
and especially...
@beanz who is working on this stuff on her own time, all the time.
The only reason the above users are not already on the menu is that they've been lucky enough to already get a delegation (minus possibly @beanz !)
you're the best, you goof. I love that you're right in this.
Thanks lex, I'm good with what I have from @smooth for now. I would just like to see more valuable curators get something similar to what I have if not better.
Well deserved! This is such a wonderful initiative. Thanks for helping to make Steemit a better place Lex!
I am a beneficiary of @fulltimegeek's generosity and faith in me. I am committed to steemit and am here for the long haul. I do not think good bots, bad bots whatever should be used here. I think people should get where they are going on their own merits and not have to buy their votes.
I want to see more engagement here on the platform. We have a lot that post nice post or good job and the ever present follow me, I follow you. I want to see folks who want to engage and make steemit a better place by adding value to their posts.
To that end I am on a hunt through new posts to find people who are like minded, which s committed to bringing value to steem in the form of good content and active engagement. I came up with a few today.
I am forever grateful to my son for pointing me in the direction of Steemit. There are lot of quality people here and have so much to offer. I am still learning. And hopefully I can pass on some of what I am learning to other newbies. We all have to start somewhere.
Yes engagement is what we really need. Join our community if you want to bring this change!
Contact me on discord or steemit.chat if you are interested!
:)
I am interested but my Internet connection right now is pitiful. It is not fast enough to hardly get my posts out...
I wish to speak to you about your kind offer. What's the link for discord?
What is your discord name?
cecicastor
IMHO, that is why this is a social media platform, and I couldn't more strongly support your position (except I already drained my VP too much =p).
Thanks!
If it is good people you are looking for that leave comments, and engage the other commenters and Authors, I think @kiwideb would be a good choice. I think she is a whale or almost a whale, so she might be one to ask or bring into your fold. I have seen a ton of comments from her on post that I visit, (mostly the fiction writers), but also on some other post. I don't follow her, it just seems that I see her comments on a lot of places and post I visit, so she is certainly an active commenter/poster. I don't know which spot on your menu she would fall, but if you had a "REAL PERSON" menu spot she could certainly fall there.
Great to see the likes of @stellabelle, @beanz, @inquiringtimes, @kubbyelizabeth, @ned, @fulltimegeek, and many more continuing their great work in our amazing community!
The concept sounds like a step in the right direction. Delegation would definitely help work around some of these issues.
are a few good humans that might be useful in this pilot. They are pretty much always checking out other peoples content & also putting out some great stuff themselves.
hope this helps ;)
You bugger😂 I already nominated you to be on the list😄 Great minds and us too😝
haha, I know... after I finished suggesting you and @artwatch, I was reading the comments and saw that...
The two of you cover a lot of ground on steemit. I think the delegation would be well spent on you guys.
I am supremely honored to be entrusted as part of the beta test of this project! I cannot say thank you enough to Stella and Geek for their generosity. Stella is someone I hope to continue to engage with and build with for a long time to come. I've had no direct interactions with Full-time geek, but I hope to have the opportunity to say thank you to him in person at the next Steemfest or something!
I could probably make an epic response here about all the good curating I hope to do with my loaned SP, but I spent too much time reading all the wonderful comments, and should have been asleep two hours ago, so I'll just give me pitch and go.
As a potential add to the list of HQ Curators, I would highly recommend @carlgnash. Carl is a highly valued member of the Curie team, as well as the creator of Humanbot, and cocreator of R-bot, both of whom endeavor to curate content verifying originality and promoting solid posting habbits.
Finally, @stellabelle, thank you for all that you do for this community. There are people who are the linchpin, holding everything together. I believe you are one such person. This community is better off for having you in it. And anyone looking to delegate larger chunks (say in the 100ks) and see it well utilized, Stella could find good uses for it!
Thank you Stella!!
I second the recommendation for @carlgnash
This is an awesome initiative and an actual constructive use of SP. Definitely more in line with the concept of a gift economy and the value of Steemit being related to its humanitarian potential. There's a lot of great mentions on your list. Every time I see something disappointing transpire in the Steem community I am heartened by the quick and optimistic response of the collective to moving forward and improving things. Thanks for playing your part @stellabelle, @fulltimegeek, @ned and others!!
Wow @stellabelle. Thank you so much for including me in this list, and thank you to whoever mentioned me for consideration! I think this is a really great idea and I'm curious to see how it will all play out! It definitely feels like a crossroads time for steemit, and I really hope to be a positive contributor to the community and the platform going forward!
Someone I did not see listed, but who I would recommend for his heart and passion for implementing positive change is @sircork!
Well deserved Uni! <3
Thanks @isaria Ditto!!
Congrats on making the list. You do a lot that goes unnoticed here. It should be noticed more. And it should be your merit that causes that. You deserve it.
Thanks, Cork. :)
Totes welcome :)
I like your graphics and I see alot of good ppl in those lists that not only do I like, I trust. Cool initiative, I'm glad some ppl are helping make steemit a better place and trying to add real value for everyone's benefit. I just did a post on @zeartul and his shady behavior, I'd be tickled pink if you checked it out 😎 I may catch my first flag but whatever, i been doing pretty good for all my shitposting lol Cheers
Your shitposts are funnier than most.
yeah, maybe work up a list of people who are sarcastic and hilarious...
Thanks but I'm not asking for anything. I just want to be friends 👫
WOW! This sounds like such an amazing initiative, @stellabelle! I'm friends with several of the people you listed above through my involvement in the @MinnowSupport Project, so I am so happy to see that they have been selected as the initial wave to test drive this awesome idea. I know that they will utilize the delegated SP well, because even without much SP they are already doing amazing curation and really trying to help the community grow in a positive manner.
I hope to one day live up to the examples that they set. I started out curating a lot when I first came to Steemit but for whatever reason I started slacking on it and now I don't curate much anymore. But seeing this post, and seeing so many of the people I call my friends on Steemit/Discord being placed in the spotlight for their great efforts to build up the community, inspires me to get back on that curation train and start looking for and uplifting great posts on here as well.
Great my friend :)
Steem on!
Dear potential givers,
These are community members that give more than they receive. These members are highly appreciated by those they work alongside them, but often time run thankless for the work they do.
Maybe, you don't know them. Maybe you don't know or haven't seen their contributions to the platform.
You may be asking yourself, are they really curating, are they really connecting with members, are they real?
People to vouch for them is not a short list, but what is important to you? Why should you delegate? Well, check out our steemit blog, check out our wallets, our vote count, our delegations to and from, our witness votes, check and check. Just remember the only action that counts is the one taken. The one observed does nothing, changes nothing, creates nothing. GIve them a shot and see what happens. What's the worst, we could be right? You could be wrong?
Thank you Kubby for all your hard work, your selflessness, and your generosity. <3
Thank you so much too. Proud to work alongside you.
Hear! Hear!
lol, you are hilarious! Love your support. :)
how do we make it so cool to do what fulltimegeek is doing? It does feel amazing to give. It takes a huge weight off one's mind.
It starts by leading by example, which you have done. It helps to reach out to friends and challenge/encourage them to do the same. It helps to call them out like you did here. There is only so much you can do. Give it time.
Gotta agree with you Kubby. Good deeds around here rarely get noticed, but you've provided the clues people need to find them pretty well here.
I think this is a great initiative to add more to the Steemit community along with helping it get back on track with this big zeratul mes.
I am hoping this can help a lot in Steemit's continual growth!
@airhawk-project cummunity good, giving delegates to @airhawk-project is the right thing either.
@airhawk-project always upvote me every day, @airhawk-project is the best.....
@stellabelle I wanted to get your attention to an initiative a few of us have put together and would love to get your feed back. Here is the post to it. Essentially, helping vet/screen our witnesses and get more people involved in the voting of correct witnesses. After this incident with BellyRub it would help if we knew our witnesses better and even understood things better. Thanks!
#RESPECT ♥ @stellabelle you told us about this post but i didn't expect that i relly didn't expect it at all :) finally i can feel human presence in the #steemosphere thank you for what you are doing for all the #steemians
Thank you for this Stellabelle! Always looking for wonderful people to follow and word of mouth goes a long way here on steemit. It really sucks to hear what happened with bellyrub such a shame but one of the downfalls of not having a regulated system I guess?
no I think this list is meaningists.. there are mentions that er right but also there are mentions that absolutely make no sense at all.. like being a social builder all of a sudden while a week or 2 ago there was a ''first time ever radio appearance'' yeah right
The initiative I like. The lists are somewhat arbitrary. Also interesting is the fact that at least one of the core members of the initiative bought with a lot of SBD votes from various of the vote bots not so long ago (weeks instead of months ago), right at the last minute of closing of a bid window. I don't call out names here. I know this because I was testing with these vote services to check how they work, and saw this user buying the votes over and over again...probably with a bot, timing was too perfect and it was constant, many of the bid windows. Anyway, I like the initiative, I think the lists are done too quickly and many Steemians are simply left out of the list.
EDIT: I correct, on this users last post of 5 days ago buildawhale vote was bought by this core team member against vote selling. And at the same time, this user has a pretty high rep.
Thank you @stellabelle, I am honored to be on your list!
I’ve been doing what I can to promote and reward quality content for some time now.
For the last 3 months, @swelker101 and I have been hosting The Steemit Creative Show where we promote and curate creative posts from the Steemit Community.
I’m very excited that in this past week we have finally launched the Minnow Support Community Curation initiative!
As a Community Curation leader, along with @juliakponsford, I created the curation plan, put the curation team together, and manage the overall weekly curation.
I’ve also just launched MSP-Music to help curate musicians along with promoting them via the Steemit Musicians show every week on MSP-waves.
Along with @kubbyelizabeth, I also help with Minnow University which was created by @swelker101.
Our goal is to create successful Steemit users that produce high quality content, which will ultimately help with overall user retention.
Thank you for taking the time to create this list and for helping to make Steemit a better experience for everyone!
Great job @isaria!