Welcome to this weeks Curation and Engagement leagues, kindly sponsored by @curie!
To enter the leagues drop a comment below (Lifetime membership - unless you ask to be removed)
The leagues (tables) are reset each week and so any time is a good time to join!
On your marks, get set, curate!
Curation tips
My general views on curation rewards (to score highly in League 1) are:
Vote before the big hitters, but not too early!
Voting in the first minute will earn you a curation reward of almost 0.000
Voting between 1 and 29 minutes will earn an increasing % of the curation rewards split - This value peaking at 30 minutes and remaining the same from this point onwards
It is commonly suggested that 15-25 minutes is the best time to vote, especially on known 'power author' posts because they are likely to have more auto-votes coming in at these times - and you want to be ahead of these votes
Voting on good dtube/dlive/sndbox content, and utopian-io approved contributions (prior to the vote by @dtube / @utopian-io, etc) can earn some very good curation rewards
Voting on @ocd posts is likely to gain good curation rewards as founder @acidyo, and @anomadsoul support these posts after giving time for other accounts to vote - you will be in front of a couple of large votes here!
As you can see, a combination of many variables such as Steem Power, voting strength, voting weight, time of vote, and more, all play a part in the amount of rewards received.
My general opinion on maximizing engagement (to score highly in League 2) is to:
Spread your vote and write lots of engaging comments!
Use your vote on the comments of others to make yourself (vote) seen and provoke a reply with a well-written comment
The data for league 1
The raw data has been collected from SteemSQL - @arcange's MS SQL Server copy of the Steem Blockchain.
The formula used for 'quality of financial curation skill' is:
Curation Rewards DIVIDED BY Steem Power MULTIPLIED BY 1000
This will return the amount of Curation rewards gained per 1000 Steem Power held
The rules (which will cause auto-filtering of your account if not met so just enter anyway and see what happens!) to appear in this league:
No programmed voting! Following a trail is OK, using a script to vote for you is not (but well done if you have done that!)
Must have voted at least once on a piece of content in the past 7 days
Must not have leased or delegated Steem Power in the last 14 days
Must not have Started a Power Down (withdrawal of Steem Power) in the last 15 days
The 2nd and 3rd points above are not 'bad' actions, but are required to reduce distortion of the figures.
And, as curation rewards for the past week are actually taken from votes made up to 14 days ago, we need a two week 'window' as mentioned above.
Don't let this put you off entering though - you will be automatically be excluded/appear each week, depending on the criteria above.
League 1 - Curation / Rewards based
The end column is what I think is a genuine indicator of how well you are financially working the curation game with the tools, including vested Steem Power, that you have at your disposal.
League 2 - Engagement - Sponsored by @curie
This the newer league which is not based around financial rewards and relates to engagement.
Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - including those powering down or dealing in delegations this past couple of weeks.
I've used some metrics (which is the fancy way of saying that made up some numbers) relating to:
- Posts (P)
- Comments - number of (C)
- Comments - replies to replies - depth > 2 (C R)
- Comments - length in characters (C L)
- Witness votes (W) (for those proxying witness votes, your total is always 30)
- Upvotes to others (V)
- Upvotes to different authors (U V)
- Self-votes - a (getting smaller each week) minus score for this one sorry! (S V)
Firstly, if you are placed in the table above then you among the top 20% of the league entrants!
Congratulations to this weeks Engagement League winner, @gillianpearce! π
3rd last week, Gillian has upped her comments, comment text, and votes to leapfrog @eaglespirit who takes 2nd prize this week as @glenalbrethsen has graciously opted out of the prizes for the time being.
@janton or 'Jonboy' is a new entry this week and takes the 3rd prize.
Excellent engagement levels also from @mad-runner, @lynncoyle1, @themanwithnoname, @bashadow, @funbobby51, @leeart, and @fullcoverbetting who will all be receiving some STEEM this week.
Those without a self-vote (from their main account at least π±) and placed in the top 30 odd will also receive a little STEEM.
Do you want to be a part of the leagues? Let me know below!
Prizes π
League 2
0 votes to self - Spot Prizes
Lucky number 25 in League 2
A @steembasicincome share, courtesy of @fullcoverbetting goes to @simplymike - Nice !
Finally
If you have spotted any glaring errors in my post, please let me know so I can fix them
If you would like to be added or removed from my personal curation league, let me know
If you have any other comments or suggestions, please enter them into the box below
Thank you everyone, have an awesome Sunday!
Asher @abh12345
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Thank you @abh12345 and @curie :) It was a slower week for me; my brother and family from Texas were here for a visit, so spending time with Brian and my family was way more important...as it should be :)
I'll be back full force this week though!
Congratulations to @gillianpearce, @glenalbrethsen, @eaglespirit, @janton, @mad-runner,@themanwithnoname, @bashadow, @funbobby51, @leeart, and @fullcoverbetting. It's great seeing so many new names in here too!!
thank you for the grats and yay familia!
You did excellent! Congratulations. Sorry I didn't have a chance to chat with you much during the raffle yesterday. Things got hectic there, and in real life. I was trying to balance a lot of things and still pay attention.
You're doing really well recently. You may have been before too, but I didn't know you then. Keep up the good work!
thank you so much! i was hovering below top 10, then i stopped upvoting my posts and thats what did it. ive always engaged from getting on this platform. its how ive met many people and made many friends. it is really the way of steemit. minus the bullys ππ i try to avoid those. no worries during the raffle, honestly i happened to just catch it! :)
Good on you for figuring out what you needed to do and then doing it. I remember at first it was difficult to stop self-voting, even though I would only do it on posts, not any comments. After I joined the league, I didn't want to miss out on any points, so I stopped. I've been happy about the result since then.
Yeah, stay away from those bullies. That's a quick way to get discouraged.
Glad you could catch the raffle. It was a fun time!
well, my first guesses were a dud ... then i tried different things but Thanks for the encouragement! :)
yeah i didn't want to give up self voting, especially after I saw some folks still self upvoting and hitting the top. LOL
i'm not sure how i got here really ... i was just working with one aspect of things and vroom.... anyhoo, i'm not hating it. :)
yeah, the bullies kind of messed up my vibe ... :(
yay raffle, it would be nice for me to win at least one some day. the same people seem to win over and over. i don't get it.
Way more important.
You still managed enough time to sneak into the top 10 though :)
A mixed list of 'old' and new this week, good to see!
Thank you for the compliments, dear @lynncoyle!!
Although it is difficult to repeat the top of this ranking, because I have to start a second job, but I'll try anyway!
"Trying" is all anyone can ask of us :)
Thanks for the shoutout, @lynncoyle1. I thought you were not appearing as much as you normally do. I'm glad you were able to spend time with your family. I hope you were able to recharge a bit with them there to pour out support and love on you.
My brother and his wife are awesome for that! You're a pretty sweet guy to even think of it :)
I know that I start to miss family, especially when I've been away from them for a while. I figured it might be the same for you. I'm glad their presence helped. :)
What?!? Family more important than the leagues?!?
Okay. Yes it is. :)
I'm glad you were able to see them and spend time with them.
I'm not so sure if I want to see full force, though. How about half-full force? Or maybe even three-quarters-full force? See, I don't think any of us have truly witnessed full force. That would be scary. Like hurricane scary. Has there ever been a Hurricane Lynn? Batten down the hatches! Stow the mizzen mast! :)
hahaha @glenalbrethsen, don't worry, the road is paved with good intentions. We'll see how the week transpires π
I do like the sound of Hurricane Lynn, but only if it's a awe-inspiring storm with no bad side effects...not likely right? π
I think you pretty much take the bad with any good when it comes to hurricanes or tornadoes or any other nature related disaster in the making. So maybe Hurricane Lynn isn't quite what we're going for. At any rate, full force Lynn will be a force to be reckoned with. :)
Mmh, missed the part that @lynncoyle1 was going full force. Maybe I have to change my expectations then. Second will be like winning the league :)
The game is on Lynn let it be hard but fair :)
Don't you got some world cup to be watching? That starts this week finally, right? I think you're going to be way too busy glued to a TV screen or however you consume it to be worrying about Lynn or anything else any of us are doing. :)
And it will be okay, too. You can come back to it in a couple of weeks when the world cup is over. :)
I will watch most games of the world cup without a doubt. But believe it or not, while being a guy, I can multi task π
And letβs be honest what is a competition without some friendly banter!
3 weeks before my holiday. Then you all wonβt see me much for 2 weeks π
I guess it's a good idea to go full force while you can then.
Where you going? Can't remember if you've mentioned that before or not.
Well, I readily admit that I can't. I can get some machines do some laundry and dishes while I'm doing what I want to do, but can't hold a baby, wash dishes, talk on the telephone and keep track of what's on tv. So, those who can, more power to them.
Oh, friendly banter is fine. I think part of this is being able to joke around with one another, and it wouldn't be as fun if we didn't, would it. All game and no trash? :)
I havenβt mentioned it so you couldnβt know. But after 3 years in a row going to Mallorca, it will be Kos in Greece this year.
We had 2 options Cyprus or Greece. The guys wanted Cyprus the wifes Kos, so like in every family Kos it is!
Next year it will probbly the States again. The wife wants to go back to Hilton Head Island in North-Carolina.
Fine by me as long as we can get a GMC Yukon as rental!
She wants a road trip from New York to Miami!
Firm but fair has been my motto buddy :) Let's see what the week brings me, but I have to admit, as much as enjoyed my family and more time with Brian, I did not like seeing my name "so far" down the list. Yes, yes I know, it's not far down at all, but you know what I mean haha
I know. I would be a blast for me, standing just behind you in the league! This week I will go full force just like you and from then on we will see.
Curious if I can get into the top 5. Highest ranking at this moment was 6th.
That week I did wrote 334 comment. The highest comments week was around 6 weeks ago with 383 comments. So, I do write enough comments but they are just not long enough! I do want to change this, but I just can't. When you ran out of words, you ran out of words!
Cheers,
Peter
Well I would be honored to have you anywhere near me buddy! And there's a lot of bravado talk on here haha, but in all seriousness, there is nothing worse than a wordy comment that says nothing :)
Cheers!
It is true. I do try to comment only on the posts, which I did read fully and to write a genuine comment. The world cup is just making it easier for me!
OMG! @abh1245 You've done it again. I swear you make these Leagues up so every time I get to the point of considering pulling out of them you do something that makes me want to stay in.
Thank you for the prize and for your all your work and for the massive learning experience the leagues provide. π
These last three days have been a new experience in that I've been away from home, supposedly on a break, AND kept up with the level of commenting I normally do at home. I now feel totally burned out by it.
It was driven by the fact that I have a delegation, and as long as I do I feel the need to make the most of the delegator's generosity, in this case that of @danielsaori.
However, it means I've been up to the early hours every day. First up and last to bed. Not great! In fact, I'm the only one up so far this morning too.
I'm on retreat next week so I'm going to take the week off from The Leagues. Please could you take me out for the week Asher? Ta!
This will be the first time since I joined the Leagues that I've taken a break. When I've been away before, my follower numbers were lower so it was easier to keep up.
So this will be another new experience for me. I'm curious to see what it feels like!
So . . . all you up and comers and regulars too, you'll have one less person to compete with for the top ten positions. Now's your chance so make the most of it! π
And . . .
Congratulations to @eaglespirit for remaining in the top three and to @glenalbrethsen for returning there.
Well done to everyone else in the top ten!
Have a wonder full week. π
ha :)
Self-vote or collect 5 STEEM, decisions, decisions :D
Yes I will remove you for next week, you'll have to remind me to add you back in though!
Well done for regaining top spot, enjoy your rest :)
Thank you Asher.
I won't self-vote yet. Not while I have a delegation.
But later in the week I might have a bit of a dabble. π
But I'm pretty sure that self-voting won't earn me 5 Steem. But then, as we know, I'm prone to get these sorts of calculations wrong.
Hope you're having fun in the sun and thanks again, for your support. π
Why not have a dabble :D
A few people have commented to me outside of the league regarding self-voting. One of these people would have scored a prize much more than their vote had they not done this week.
Sun? That lasted 2 days, we have rain until Friday and I'm hoping by then the Spanish summer will finally have started.
Enjoy your break :)
I did hear that the Spanish summer will move to Greece for the first 2 weeks of July.
Sorry for that!
I've changed my mind @abh12345. Can you leave me in please. π
I'm interested to see what happens if I dabble and try and take a holiday!
What do you reckon. Is that OK?
Unless he changed the rules, you don't have to tell him if you're taking a break. You can just get a really, really low score. He won't get upset. Then when you come back, you'll still be entered and can go about your business of dominating the field. :D
Exactly :)
My main reason for dropping out completely @themanwithnoname was to have a complete break. But so far, that ain't happening! π
I'm off to the retreat soon so we'll see what happens then.
I really need a break so it will be good not to be able to hop and off the computer whenever I have a spare minute.
Have a great week! π
Is this your final answer? :P
Personally I think everyone should stay in, you might fall to 25th and still pick up a prize!
Not really since I thought I deleted the last comment @abh12345 but obviously it didn't delete! π π π
I thought If I dropped out of the League completely it would be easier to log on less but, so far, that's not the case, at least when the computer is in front of me.
Bloody hell this is a difficult thing to stop doing.
Yep. Keep me in then.
I'm off to the retreat in a couple of hours. Let's see what happens then. π
Enjoy your retreat, try not to stress over no connect time, unwind and enjoy, we will see you when you return. After all if the Boss can take a week, you certainly can.
Thanks @bashadow.
Good point regarding the boss taking a week off! π
Congrats Gillian. Well deserved. Thank you for your engagement!
It doesnβt matter why you did, it matters that you did it!
Enjoy your week off! We will be waiting on your return!
Cheers,
Peter
Thank you Peter.
It's good to see you back at the top too.
Well done!
Have a great week. π
You too!
Still aiming on a spot in the top 3. Maybe next week! Will be a lot at home so I can comment via the laptop.
Congratulations to you! Woohoo! I'm glad the win made a difference, especially if you were thinking about opting out. Where would be the fun in that? Anyway, well done. I'm just continually amazed here. The more you take off to do things, the more you go up in rank. It's just the inverse of what happens to me. So, whatever works, keep doing it. :)
Ha, ha, ha. Thanks @glenalbrethsen. I think it was the delegation that really made the difference.
But look at me. I'm waiting for the other people to arrive before our cream tea ehich will open the retreat and I've already sneaked off to answer some comments! π
Well, I suppose people could call that an obsession, or even an addiction. However, I will simply refer to it as getting things done.
All of this engagement, all of the curation, is for a good and meaningful purpose. Enriching our lives, and that of others, through adding value and receiving rewards. Can't consider it a bad thing, even when you're on vacation.
Besides, you off a lot compared to me. :) Just need to toddle off to sleep sooner.
You're right about needing to toddle off to sleep sooner @glenalbrethsen.
And I was only saying to someone today, this Steemit lark is probably the closest I've ever come to an addiction.
I keep seeing photo opportunities everywhere.
And I can't resist saying "thank you" and/or answering questions.
Early days yet though. π
aha! i see what you did ... that qurator contest was ALL a ploy!! hahahaha
Oh that it were so @eaglespirit! What an emotional ride that was. No-one warned me about that when I signed up. π
Hey, well done this last week. You squeaked out a legit win against Glen! That's impressive.
Enjoy your week off and we'll be expecting even more from you the following week. :)
Ha, ha, ha. No pressure then @themanwithnoname but thanks for the vote of confidence! π
Congratulations @gillianpearce, welcome to the top of the hay pile, you're queen of the week. Will we be crowning a king next week, will the ladies be dethroned? How long can glen drive 55? that's all the speed he needed. Last week 15 points this week 55 points, So very very close at the top.
@urbangladiator and @janton have their feet wet now, they have a taste, will they continue to rise to the top like the cream of the crop, will @eaglespirit come soaring back to swoop in to the top next week, will @lynncoyle1 come back from the beach in time to move back up, tune in next week same steem time, same steem channel, for the exciting continuation of Ashers League of Curation.
I was pretty excited this week, had a lot going on, I did a song for the IFC, and then @edprivat made it a real song, then @charisma777 made a video, then @soundlegion had a post for volume five of their Steemit Music CD, I asked and they said yes I could enter I did, and wow, still pretty hyped about that whole process.
And then on top of all that going on, I found @steemmonsters, and well I had to have some cards after spending a lot of time looking at it all.
I am surprised that I still managed to stay in the top ten, not by much, but enough. My votes actually increased over last week, so that is good, means I am back to finding good content that needs votes, and most of the time if I vote I comment, I just need to make a few more moderate length comments, I had a lot of short ones this week, some epic ones, but a lot of short ones, It was all the distractors, that and well the weather has been beautiful in Alaska this week, so have been out on several drives this week, so not online as much, so real surprised I was still up there.
Once again congratulations to everyone, it is so nice to see new names, old names and people still trying to engage the people, and each other.
Thank you @bashadow.
Sounds like you've had a lovely week. Glad to hear you've been making the most of the weather too. That's what it's all about as far as I'm concerned. Enjoying yourself I mean, not making the most of the weather! π
And you're in the top ten. Perfect!
Hope you have another wonderful week. π
hahaha thank you @bashadow, it's a real soap opera here, isn't it!? :) Congratulations to you as well!
damn, that is some good writing right there ... it brought me a little anxiety ... buahahah
either way .. i will still fly. :)
I don't think you have anything to worry about. You, Lynn, and Gillian, are always going to be in the top few spots, thats when your not all being on vacation or away, or, well whatever gets in the way. In fact I think the three of you should have a get together for a whole week in an IFZ (internet Free Zone), meaning no access not free access. I mean really you ladies need to give us guys a break. ;-}
no worries, i swear i was never hitting for the top anyways. i was truly just trying to figure out the numbers and was amazed when i got #1. :)
oh snapp .. well this is only my 2nd week of being on top so not sure i really count. its been gill, lyn and glen the entire time. do you know how long this list has existed for?
I'm not sure, I joined on 3/25/18, when dave mentioned it. I like to vote and comment so have been using Ashers league as a consistency tracker.
My Peak Performance score was 22424.80 on 4/15/18, and that netted me a tenth place(really eleventh place) finish. But that was a great week for a lot of people. Must have been a lot happening that had the keyboards flying that week.
Lowest performance was this week with a ninth place finish 14018.00 6/10/18, so even though my slowest week, it was a lot of peoples slowest week also, so nice weather ruled for most of the people and trips and visits and what nots that meant less time for everyone on line, or so it seems.
what the cheese, you remember the date and number? hehe
well, i joined a while ago after i finally found out how to do it but i forgot when and i have no idea as i was below 10 for quite awhile because i was self voting. em wow ... i'm impressed with your dates and amounts. wow
I copy the table stuff down and put it in a notepad note. Trying to remember all that in my head would not work for me, so a month ago, and went and back tracked through all of Ashers sunday post until I could scroll back no more, then copied all the info. I may have been around longer, but the 3/25 one was as far back as I could scroll, and I have not tried to use steemd yet to check for sundays before that.
Didn't see where anyone answered your question about when the leagues started, but It's been around since last year. In fact, it might be coming up on a year now. I don't know for sure because my involvement is limited to just the last few months. Obviously, @abh12345 would know. :)
Congratulations for No. 2! This is kind of what we were talking about last week. Your score went up from the week before when you were No. 1, but so did a lot of other peoples' scores.
And while this might be only your second time in the top part of the chart, that doesn't mean you're leaving it anytime soon. You've got the output, and everyone else would have to step up their game, now that you've got all the ingredients working together.
The Engagement league is this year but the initial postb with league one is around 10 months old.
Whoops, okay. So the engagement league has only been around since the beginning of the year? Then, I guess I wasn't missing out that much for that long, then. I thought it all started together.
So, just out of curiosity, what made you decide to start out with the curation leagues, and then add the engagement league after that. My guess is you saw more value in curation, then wondered if maybe engagement might be just a valuable?
When I saw this comment I though, it's a bit early in the day for Glen to be replying :D
Sounds like you've had a busy week both on and off Steemit, but still managed to score a prize. Thanks for taking part!
I like to think I bring out the best in people. :)
Nah, @bashadow is very capable of doing that without any involvement from me. Everyone here is. (Ya'll just need to do it). That's supposed to be an aside, you know, kind of whispered. Between you and me. On the blockchain where anyone can see it. Great. :)
Just made one of those 'aside' comments myself π
Okay, so I guess I've got to scroll through all your comments to find it? Or is it on one of mine somewhere? :) Am I in trouble now. :)
Congratulations to you for your league placement and for your songβthat really sounds like awesome fun!
Of late, I've had this knack for photo finishes. :) What's really funny about this week is that I was looking around for about twenty minutes Saturday night wanting just a couple more comments and ended up shutting it down because I hit a wall. So, my guess is, it wasn't meant to be. :)
It's good to see the new people showing up on the list, and hopefully we can retain all of the rest of us in the process, so we give each other a good run.
It is nice to see so many new people and new names, and how close certain groupings are. I still like having a place to check myself against myself and others, to see if I am falling, or if the trend was just a slow week for everyone. (seemed so this last week).
I think we've had two or three weeks now of slow weeks. That's what it's seemed like to me. I'm sure the lower prices aren't helping, nor the better weather for most of the northern hemisphere. Getting on to Wednesday and it feels like people took off again. :)
It's great, as you say, to be able to see how everyone compares and what you did from week to week. It makes keeping up with all that needs to be done easier. Whether or not keeping up is possible when you get to it is a good question, but at least you know what you need to do. :)
3 weeks ago was a pretty big week, but yes the last two weeks, well start of summer, and nice weather up north here, and the south getting out to enjoy their last few days of nice weather, so it seems a pretty happy group of active people. That's good. Lots of spring garden pics, and fall die off pics, and people having those last/first grasp of nice weather.
thank you so much for the contest and prize @abh12345 it was a big surprise for me because I joined late and can't do much voting because of my plankton status and almost no sp but I'll keep cruising along and maybe someday I can vote like I want. thanks to @headchange who told me about your league and @eaglespirit and @wolfhart who gave me a warm welcome to the group!
Congratulation to you for your showing . It just goes to show you a little effort pays off no matter what level you are at . again nice job
thank you sir @wolfhart you're the best!
youre welcome, looks like you are getting up there!
just starting, I don't think you leaders have much to worry about from me for awhile! lol ya'll are great role models @eaglespirit!
like i said ive only been in the top 3 the last 2 times so ya never know. good luck!
thank you @eaglespirit you're very cool!
thank you kindly sir
yes Ma'am you're welcome.
are you winning the contest this week?
You are welcome!
The scoring appreciates voting, but also takes into account that smaller fish cannot vote 100s of times each week, and that written interaction is more important. Well done!
oh thank you for explaining that @abh12345 that makes me feel more encouraged..ok I'll keep trucking then. God bless you for helping so many... my gosh you're doing great work!
Well, well, well. Look who we have in third place! I guess you never know who's going to show up in the leagues next. :)
Congratulations. Debuting anywhere on the list (Top 20%) is goodβreaching the Top 3 your first time out is exceptional. Well done.
Things tend to change every week, so now that you know what it took to get to No. 3 this time, see what you can do to take it up a notch. If you can't, no problemβthe leagues are here to keep our interest in the main purpose for themβengagement. I'm just trying to say that the numbers change from week to week and what was good for one place one week may not be for the next. Okay. There. I think I said it that time. :)
thank you sir!
so you are saying that I might not even be in the top ten next week right? lol. Just let me know when you get back in and I'll take that week off!
Hey I see that votes for witnesses are on there, I don't even know anyone who is wanting to be one. I nominate you! I don't even know what they do or why people want it!
what's that all about?
There's a chance you could be in the Top 10 with the same numbersβyou could even land in No. 1βand there's also a chance you could end up outside the Top 10. That's where I was going with that. The only thing to do is try to improve on the numbers, but most people don't keep track and are pleasantly surprised when they end up in the prize money. :)
I'll probably need several folks who have the time I do to dedicate to Steemit and thus the leagues before I come back in for the prizes. It's not like I'm trying to take off any time, or not end up number one. It's just been harder and harder for me to find stuff to comment on over the last couple of weeks.
Witnesses are the ones who run the STEEM blockchain on witness servers. The computers have to meet certain specs in order to keep things running smoothly. They're all over the world and don't really get nominated by anyone. They kind of just decide it's something they want to do, announce that they're becoming a witness, and try to rally support so they can move up the ranks. The top 20 witnesses are actually compensated for running their servers (they're called nodes), and so are the rest, just not as much. It depends on how many blocks of the block chain they get assigned (in a random fashion) to verify or authenticate, since every block that is created needs to be signed off on as valid. It's what protects the integrity of the blockchain since there's no one central server or servers running things.
If people are voting for witnesses, it's because they believe they provide some value to the blockchain. It used to be that they only had to keep up with the blocks that they're assigned, but since most of that is automated now, it's a little different than it was. So most in the top 20 are also devs or app developers or marketers or something that they do which they believe brings value. So, if you've used any of the third party apps that connect to STEEM and let you see information about your own account or others, there's probably a witness behind that (a few of them aren't, however).
Which could also mean they're running bid bots (some do that), or involved with other cryptos (like EOS), or doing other things that people might not like or are perfectly fine with. It's not supposed to be political, but it is anyway.
At this point, I'm not interested in being a witness, and I'm not sure what scenario it would take for me to be one. I'm really just trying to use the Steemit site to post, comment and curate.
I believe the witness votes are a part of the engagement league because it's part of the overall awareness of STEEM that we all should have. It's really left up to each one of us to decide if we're going to vote, and then who to vote for. We have 30 we can vote for, and so far, I've managed to get up to 23, I think, and I've already changed some votes, too.
The hard part is finding out who does what and what they stand for. They've all made witness announcements, which you can generally find, but a lot of those are months old and might not even tell you what they think about things that are pretty serious issues now. So, you end up taking in their comments (if they do that) or checking out their posts (if they do that) to see what they have to say about certain subjects.
thank you sir for all the information and education, I sincerely appreciate it and have a much better understanding of the witness definition and purpose. thank you thank you thank you!
did you say that you also work in the real world outside of Steemit?
Not right now I don't. My last gainful employment was owning and publishing two small weekly newspapers. They went out of business due to a change in state law on how to process bankruptciesβwe published the sale notices.
Since then I had a janitorial job for a little over a year, but that was it, as I've been trying to get some other form of business up, be it on Social Media, my books, some other creations or now here on Steemit. So far Steemit's the best thing I've done by far, but not anywhere near something to live off of.
So, my wife is still working and we've been able to pay down debt and things prior to her working that has pretty much kept us ahead of the collectors while I'm trying to do something else. Not sure how much longer that will last, though, so my time here could be curtailed at some point.
oh my, there's alot to comment on here. First of all it would be a huge loss for you to have to leave, I mean I doubt if there is anyone on the entire platform who contributes as much material as you do, it's stunning.
as far as income here, isn't just a matter of time to grow big enough?
Regarding the newspapers, you aren't saying that the bankruptcy notices is what kept you in business are you?
and one more thing that I forgot to ask from your previous post: you said that you can't find things to comment on lately? why is that I mean what kind of topics are you looking for that aren't here anymore?
Steem Prizes giveaways is amazing and entertaining activity you started @abh12345 for "The Curation and Engagement Leagues." I am thankful to you for giving guide line for these reward and manage such a helpful activity.
Thanks for the appreciation @rabeel :)
always welcome Asher.
Can you do me a favour and please let me know, either way...thanks
this is hilarious (i'm really laughing), you all bring happiness to the start of my week! i think @gillianpearce distracted me by DMng me all week regarding her qurator contest, meanwhile aiming for first place hehe ... thank you kind sir @glenalbrethsen for opting out of the contest winning and allowing me the 2nd place spot. thank you all including @abh12345 for having this awesome engagement every single week and @curie for sponsoring this beautiful initiative for the weeks you have allocated.
congrats to all the top 5 and anyone who made this list, according to everyone on this list it is apparently not an easy thing to do, so pat yourself on the back.
its been a fun couple of weeks! blessings to all and have a wonderful week everybody.
Haha π
Anything to top the table!
It sounds like this week will be quieter for Gillian and so with Glen still opting out, the door is wide open again.
Thank for your kind words, let's see what this week brings!
who's toppin' the table? you gettin up there and dancin again?? woo hoo
can you take some photos please ... considering this is all online and you know in this comment thing ... :)
Same to you @eaglespirit and thank you for your moral support last week. What a bloody roller coaster ride that was. I was so glad when it was over.
I wasn't aiming for first place but . . . I was wanting to make the most out of the delegation I'd won so was upvoting like mad. And where I upvote I comment. that, I think, is what probably made the difference. π
Now the delegation has gone again I won't feel I need to work so hard at spreading my vote and, I'm off on retreat in a couple of hours. I will have enforced leave from hopping onto the computer at every spare moment but I've packed plenty of chocolate to compensate. π
Have a fab week. I'm looking forward to looking up the League to you next weekend!
And, thanks again, for your support last week. π π π π
I appreciate the kind words as always, @eaglespirit, but you earned your place, and you did it with the time you have, so congratulations to you.
I would say it's not the easiest of things to do, but it can become easier the more you do it and the more you see what it takes, right?
I agree that the leagues are awesome and they do bring a lot of fun and satisfaction to me and everyone else who is trying to do something here.
Yay. I made the table for the first time. I had to step it up to get there so who knows how much time the league leaders are dedicating to steemit. Congratulations and much respect to them and well done to @gillianpearce . That is a huge achievement and commitment.
Thanks for your hard work to produce this @abh12345
Gaz
Thank you @cheese4ead. Congratulations on making it onto the table.
Keep going. It can take a while to find your rhythm.
Have a great week! π
Thanks @gillianpearce
I will keep working hard and see where it takes me.
Your stats for the week are pretty amazing. You must have been continuously typing!!
Enjoy your break.
Gaz
Thanks very much Gaz. I will. π
Thanks very much Gaz. I will. π
Thank you @cheese4ead. Congratulations on making it onto the table.
Keep going. It can take a while to find your rhythm.
Have a great week! π
Congratulations for making the Top 20%!
You're experience making the list and mine are pretty similar. I found out the first week that what I was doing wasn't nearly enough to get to the top.
I have no idea how much anyone else is spending each week. Most are spending less than me, though, because of a whole host of reasonsβwork and family responsibilities being chief among them. My guess would be the majority of those in the Top 25 are at it between 3-6 hours a day. In my case, I'm on probably 12-14 hours a day, six days a week, because I have the time right now to dedicate that much.
Hey @glenalbrethsen
12 to 14! Wow, that's impressive. I use my PC and my phone so I'm always checking in but I'm not on that long on a consistent basis. 8 to 10 for me but work fluctuates, so sometimes less.
I also find that I get in to a grove with checking out others work and making comments and then not spending so much time creating my own stuff, or vise versa. It would be good to figure out a balance.
The top 20 still feels a world away but just getting on the table in the first place is a start.
I'm sure our efforts will be worth it.
Gaz
I'd say that's true. I've already seen an uptick in activity on my own posts and this is like week No. 12 for me? Something like that.
It's hard. I'm still working on the balance. In fact, I've got two posts I was planning to put out today, but might only get to one. That's kind of the way it goes. The good thing is, there's generally lulls where you can find time to fit some of your own work in.
Well, I would say with the time you have, you should be able to get up higher. No pressure, right, but time spent each day is one big factor and then what's being done during that time.
I thought I was doing as much as I could before I started the leagues, then saw what everyone else was doing and realized that I needed to do more. So, I worked on that. I'm taking breaks, eating, running errands and so on throughout the day, but otherwise, there's a lot of running down other people's stuff to read and potentially upvote or comment on. And a lot of that doesn't show up in the numbers because I either don't upvote or I don't comment for one reason or another. I try to keep those instances down to a minimum, but it's not always easy to. :)
That's the thing I'm an English second language tutor and a football coach and most of my work is late afternoon, early evening. I do have the time to commit to it and I'm willing to increase that if need be.
Trawling through posts can get a bit laborious. There is a lot of content that doesn't interest me. I'm also aware of giving new stuff a chance as well though.
How many times do you vote per day? I'm sticking with 10 at the moment so they recharge but I'm not using the slider yet. This feels limiting because I only comment on posts I upvote. So when my voting power goes that's my new comments done for the day. How can I get around this?
It varies from day to day. I'm probably where I should stop voting now, but will probably try to continue. :) Like today I'm around 60 upvotes, but tomorrow, it will probably be more like 40, depending on what there is to read. I have the same problem. Not a lot interests me. :)
With the price of STEEM lower, it's tough, because that decreases what you might have otherwise to try and spread around. And at the lower SP, there's only so much you can do.
You could use busy.org if you wanted to. It does have a slider available from the very beginning. I used it for a period of time until I got the Steemit slider. The problem, though, is there's only so many ways to split the vote and then you're out.
It looks like, though, based on your SP that you could probably leave $0.01 at 30-50% voting power if you used the busy slider and then be able to upvote 2-3 times more.
Otherwise, the only way I know to make votes last longer is have higher SP, and the only way to get it quickly that I know of, is through an investment, which most people can't do.
I'm tempted to add more Steem so that I have more options. I've noticed that my vote has slipped under the .02 threshold so if I upvote comments individually it gets wasted which is really frustrating. I'm getting so many one cent votes coming my way which are useless unless I vote them too, which I try to avoid. Do you know what the cut off is for the threshold? I've read somewhere it is .022 or something. I guess adding a little bit more Steem will at least give me some voting power on comments.
Are you recovering daily from those votes? 40 -60 is a lot but I guess you're using the slider. I have just noticed that Steem is at $1.87 on Bittrex. It might be time for me to get the wallet out!! π
Thanks again for this amazing league @abh12345. Week after week!
Just sneaked in into the prizes! Very happy with that!
Second time that a participant ended for a second time on the lucky number 25! @crypto-econom1st did it back to back, now @simplemike scored her second SBI share! Whom of the 2 of you can score the hat trick?
@glenalbrethsen again a very decent performance. And this after stepping away from his prize. A real gentlemen he is!
To bad I did have to use a self vote on a comment π I knew the consequences but it had to be done!
@gillianpierce my prophecy came true. Congrats and well done!
It is strange to see that @lynncoyle1 outside the top 3!
@janton what an entry you made. Just amazing!
Let me warn you all, wonβt be going out a lot this week. So next week will be mine or ... not!
Cheers,
Peter
Yep, just enough to take a prize :D
I forgot Mike finished 25th previously - interesting that we have 2 now who've landed the prize twice.
Sometimes a self-voted comment is important for the state of someones blog. I used to do it on introduction posts to get myself above all the spam.
World cup starts this week, will engagement fall across the globe? :) Cheers!
Or just increase? I will have enough posts to comment on. At least that where I am hoping on! Activity will be a lot less due to price of Steem falling!
Indeed curious to see who will make the hat trick first.
Do you have a record how many weeks I did sponsor it already?
Lost the count!
This is the 8th week.
Probably. A good chance to keep at it and get noticed :)
We will do our utmost best.
Registration for the world cup contest has been closed so I do have a lot of spare time at hands π
It feels strange to be out of it, but I decided to spend more time with Brian and I had family visit from out of town this week, so real life prevailed :)
Real life should always come first! And for sure in your life. Still amazed how positive you can be! Deep respect for this!
awww thank you @fullcoverbetting! I appreciate it :)
Well, I've intended to be a the top of the list the last two weeks after stepping away, but it's just not been happening. Haven't been doing anything differently. It seems like there's just not been as much to comment on lately, and people haven't been replying to my comments as much. Not the leaguers, though. The rest of Steemit that was engaging to a degree. Maybe it's just us, the newbies who are still figuring it out, and the bots. :)
I am sure that the current value of Steem has something to do with it. We do see it each time, than when the value drops the activity drops. O boy, what are those people thinking? they couldn't be more wrong.
They do only look at the value of their content in USD, which is so wrong! Okay the upvotes have less value, but it is also cheaper to power up! So, if we look at steem it makes no difference! When the votes have more value the price of steem is also higher, so they do think that they earn more, but if they do power up, it is just the same!
Really short sighted.
Also for newcomers, golden opportunities arise! Lets activity makes it easier to stand out of the crowd and be noticed!
I am going full throttle this week, or at least I will try! Already have a head start compared to the other weeks. But yeah you are correct it is much harder to find content to comment on!
But I will try.
Keep it going @glenalbrethsen (woow, typing your name out of my head correctly) it is worth it!
Cheers,
Peter
I think you're right in that we should keep going when prices are lower just like we should when prices are higher. The problem is, when people aren't doing that, too, there's fewer posts to curate and also fewer people to see your stuff. So, if the curators would hang around, or at least set up autovote, that would be better than disappearing all together, if they don't feel like they can spend the time posting, too.
Oh, well. We can tell people what they should be doing until we're blue in the face, I guess. Doesn't mean they're going to do it, or have time to do it, so I guess we make do with whoever there is and move on. :)
We can show how it could be done, but they will have to draw their conclusions. In the mean time we can keep this conversation going on forever because it is still better than reading the posts in trending :)
Already asked @abh12345 if he could dig up, how much percentage of the comments are written as a comment on these posts. For sure for the character length we could be surprised!
I am going to guess that the percentage of these comments on this page is going to vary greatly from person to person (no big observation there), but in my case, I'd be surprised if it's any more than 10-15% of the total, which is pretty significant, but meaning the other 85-90% is coming from other posts, which I think is pretty good. There's a bunch of engagers here, so it's only natural we're going to do that. :)
Yee-haw!! Tripled my score and back into the top 25 again. :0)
Perfect timing, I was in need of some good news.
Thanks, @fullcoverbetting for your 25th place prize. Second time I win it :0)
@abh12345: I did self-vote on my last post, but my self-vote score is 0....
Well done @simplymike, good to see you back near the top.
I've just re-ran the query for you and it's showing as 1 selfie; never mind, lets leave it as a welcome back present :)
Thanks for the present, Asher ;0)
Glad to have you back @simplymike and even more happier to see that you took the prize!
Cheers,
Peter
Thanks, Peter.
Itβs good to see you are still doing this.
And it was fun to see I landed on the exact spot :0)
Well done!
Curious who will make the hattrick. You or crypto-econom1st?
It looks to become a battle between Belgium and the Netherlands
Make it a hard but fair battle!
Your balance is below $0.25. This is your first notification that your account is running low and should be replenished.
Nice job @simplymike! I love the new happy dance too :
Lol. I searched for the old one, but couldnβt find it anymore.
By the look of it one should start thinking I feel 50 years younger...
Hahaha, I wish... ;0)
haha yes, but I bet it's been a long haul!!
Uh, are you sure you should be up and dancing around like that?
I don't have to be your conscience, do I? Nah, that probably wouldn't be a good idea. I scare myself sometimes. :)
Congratulations on the Lucky 25 prize. That's cool that you managed it for the second time and that you're score is going back up. I saw you pumping out more stuff last week, which is why I wondered if you were on the laptop. Keep going, and keep recuperating. :)
First week for me in this so happy to see that i am somewhere on both the lists. But it also shows that a lot more hard work is needed. Thanks @abh12345!
A good start for your first week! Remember the lists are the top 20/25% so placing on both is really good :)
thanks a lot! hope to improve!
If you are on the list you are doing great!
Keep on going!
thanks! hope i can improve!
Back on the list and still in the Top 30 from my count. Always more to do to keep in the Top 20%, let alone get up into the prize money among the Top 10. You can see what they're all doing though, along with everyone else, so if there's a way to increase what you do with the time that you have, go for it. If not, you're still engaging way more than the vast majority of everyone else who is regularly on Steemit. That, in my book, is a good thing.
Thanks for the tip @glebalbrethsen! Yeah, happy to be on the list for sure, specially since it was my first and i was kind of shooting in the dark. But yeah, good to be an active member here and benefit from these interactions. I will def look into what youve suggested. I will try and improve but topping the charts seems aspirational given time constraints.
Thanks again!
Well topping the charts, while great for the prizes, isn't the sole purpose for being here. Getting to know people who are trying to engage and curate too, is one, and getting out there and engaging and curating the posts of others who aren't a part of the leagues is another. The more that can be done, the more it's beneficial. Time constraints are what they are. You do want what is needful now for the present and you do what you can on Steemit for the future. The idea is consistency, whatever that means to you, and continually striving to do something.
I think you've got the idea already.
Agree completely with that. I was doing that anyway, but when i heard about the league, there was an incentive to do more given it became an enjoyable competition with prize money. this is like enjoying good fast food, collecting points and then also "winning" a free samdwich at the end of it. Not exactly the same but i hope you get the idea.
Agree here as well. I think curation of good content is important and also sharing what i learn through these interactions with others. I recently was able to share some ideas with someone who joined last week and another person who joined a month ago and doing that was very fruitful.
Your analogy about fast food totally makes sense. It is virtually the same thing. You enjoy the food you get (engaging, curating), the fast food place gives you some points for buying their food (the Top 20% table), and then every ten purchases (The Top 10), you get a free sandwich! Woohoo!
Now, if we could only get free fast food for engagement, too. Because all the talk of food is making me hungry. :)
Exactly what i meant.
Dont know about you, but i am almost approaching dinner time. And after a decent walk back home, i am now going to prepare myself some nice food!
There may be a dapp soon, that lets you curate nice recipes and instead of sp and sbd, delivers fast food for finishing in top 10 of a league. :)
Thanks @abh12345. I'm glad I joined. It's awesome to see things broken down so you can get idea of what you need to work on.
Way to go @tryskele!!
Now you have the hang of it, it is time to climb the ranks!
Cheers,
Peter
Thanks :)
A small prize on your first week, good start :D
It's something. A lot better than nothing for sure.
I have to agree with you. It's great to see these numbers lined out each week. It's helped open my eyes to what I needed to do. I only wish I would have come across the leagues sooner, and then jumped on them when @themanwithnoname mentioned them. They've been a tremendous help to my production and my morale. We just need to get more people involved.
Congratulations on the spot prize win. 1 STEEM might not be worth much right now, but who knows. We're all hoping for a higher STEEM price, and if it finally takes off, $20 USD would be a decent prize amount if STEEM got to that price, right? :)
You joined shortly thereafter. I don't think you need to worry about the week (maybe two) that you missed. You're here now and that's what counts. You've been one of the most consistent and successful people in the league, so you're doing the right stuff.
And you're right that Steem could be worth a heck of a lot more some day. Those small prizes add up and can become something huge. :)
Yeah. I think we would do well to think that way. Right now, it's tough, seeing things sit at $1.73. But since they've been way lower than that for longer than they've ever been above that, it's perspective for all of us newtimers. I should have bought in back when the prices were low and then started doing something after the last hard fork. That would have been the perfect combination, I think. At $0.50 STEEM, with what I have invested, I'd be a triple Orca! There's only so much kicking myself I can do, and then it just becomes redundant.
Yeah, don't kick yourself, man. There's no way you could have known and there's no way you can go back. I need to practice what I preach, but hopefully the encouragement gives you some freedom or permission to move on. Again, I know that's tough to do.
There are so many things in life that we can look at and say, "Man, I wish I had done that differently." But if we could do that, we might change things that led us to where we are. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to change it. There are lots of things that I would prefer be "better" than what they are right now for me, but I also am thankful for the blessings I have, like my wife. I wouldn't want to give her up in exchange for a few other things that wouldn't really make me happy.
Wow, that's a lot of rambling. Maybe some of it helps. If not, feel free to ignore and carry on with your day. :D
Oh, I'm good. I don't spend that much time dwelling on it. Just when it kind of comes up in conversation. I appreciate the words, though. No way I could do anything about it now, as you say. :)
And yes, there's all kinds of things that could be better, and it's also true that there could be all kinds of things that are worse. I don't know how it happens, but I always seem to end up in the middle of that assessment, which is probably best, because if I was finally at a point where nothing could be better, that would mean everything from that point on would either stay as it is, or get worse. If it couldn't get any worse, then I guess I'd have nowhere to go but up, but it would be much worse in the moment and a much steeper climb to get out of.
I'm glad you're not too hung up on it. Those things can drive you mad if you let them. I know people who let regrets and disappointments run their lives and it's challenging to be around them.
Deep thoughts, man. Yeah, it's normally somewhere in the middle and that's ok. It keeps us thankful for what we have while leaving room to hope for something more.
This is very cool, thank you, I feel like I am famous now!
haha, great! Well done on your placing in the league @funbobby51 :D
You are famous, @funbobby51! You're in the Top 10 of all engagement league participants, which at least puts you in the Top 10% of all engagers on Steemit. Probably higher, and more like 1%. I'll leave Asher to the numbers. :)
Congratulations. Onward and upward.
Think I was focusing a little to much on discord this week. Congratulations to the winners! One of these times i'm going get back up there.
With your numbers, you will. I've heard quite a bit happens on Discord, and if it's leading to networking that leads to greater rewards, I can see the draw. If it's taking time away from the engagement, which also leads to greater rewards, then I'm not sure what to say. I tend to use Discord for GINAbot and that's about it. I've been told I need to get on Discord if I want to get anywhere. Well, that might be true, but I'm happy where I'm at for the time being spending as much of my time on Steemit as possible.
At any rate, all we can do is work on what we know we can do and let the chips fall, as they say. :)
It is true quite a lot of networking happens off the blockchain. Finding the right community that your content fits in well with can also take a while. Iβve been on steemit for almost a year now most of my time Iβve avoided discord. It can start to consume time like crazy some people will end up not posting for weeks because they get to busy in them.
I prefer to go with the less is more. There only a couple of discords Iβm even active in. Even fewer where I feel Iβm a contributing member enough to share my blogs with. There quite a few leeches out there that just join every discord and spam around there blog. Those kind of spammers tend to spend more time and sharing there work than the effort they put into it.
Another trick to discord and cough Iβll give you a run for your money one day. Long list of people who share a similar interest! The last time I was top in engagement was because I went down a member list one of they had and tried to engage with every single member of that community. Most did not even reply back as I knew a few of them where just there to βshareβ there link and not be involved.
If you can find a great quite place with not to many people they can be great. Even more so if they are team players and donβt want be just a take kind of person. Those places also tend to get filled up over time with other kinds of people. Iβve seen people flat out lie just to get into the more excludes discords. Those people never last long and those discords are also places you donβt want anger the people running them.
The more people tell me about their experiences on discord or steem.chat, the less I'm interested in either. So many downsides compared to the potential upside. Oh, well. I'm not going to try to discourage anyone from doing what they think they should do, though. Especially when i might break down and try something. I do have five different communities I've accepted invitations to, in addition to GINAbot, but I'm rarely there, and half of them are new, like curie, the curation squared community and the oracle-d group. So, anyway, it's not like I've not at least opened the channel. I just don't go there very often.
A mild case of the double-edged Discord sword this week? :)
Just a tad bit even more so when I could have left them a steemit comment but I opted to have conversion in a discord channel. I think people sometimes vanish off to discord for weeks at a time.
Indeed. I did warn about it last month, but then have probably added 10 more servers since! :D
I'm guilty of letting that get out of hand myself. I added 3 or so gaming related ones in past month. I just wanted to find a decent place newer people posting to gaming tag could join and have a community if it ever came up in conversion. Ah gamers talking about games what could go wrong!
Thank you so very much!! Every steem and SBD helps to spread more joy around :) I am going to do an SBI drawing on Tuesday and am going to add one more winner now :)
Thank you!!!
My pleasure @mariaannewest, it sounds like you are putting your prize to use generously, well done and thank you for taking part :)
Congratulations on the spot prize. I'm guessing you've been pretty busy the last week with all you've got going, but there you are in the Top 30 still.
By the way, I did manage to finish the positivity challenge, finally. It only took three weeks. :)
Good for you!!!! Well done! Are you doing the dragosours - not sure how to spell his name - challenge again? I didn't even try :) Partly because I did all of them and only caught his vote once - and that not at full power.
If an incentive is tangled in front of my nose, I like to get rewarded. If I am doing a challenge for the heck of it - that is a different story for me. Oh well. such is life.
Well, thank you. I liked how things turned out, but I am glad to think about some other kinds of posts now. Unfortunately, I have someone else trying to pull me into another challenge. I don't think I'm going to do it, though. :)
I actually did okay with dragosroua's challenge last month, but he stopped upvoting and resteeming as much around the third week (never said anything about it and it was his prerogative). This time around, I've only entered once, and it was more of an exercise at creative writing which I don't think he saw. I may do it again.
I'm not a life hacks kind of guy. I'm sure there are things I do that maybe others could benefit from but for me they're just common sense. Plus there will be things I do that don't benefit anyone. We kind of have to figure things out on our own.
I look at challenges from the standpoint of whether I like the subject matter or notβis it something I'm interested in and is it something I can doβand then I look at the potential exposure that might bring. In reality, a lot just don't have any of that for me. I guess I'm not their demographic, but that happens to me a lot. I'm picky! Or something.
@tryskele You did great on the placing . π
The list seems to just keep getting bigger and bigger . I see so many people I know on it and some new names . The engagement league helps people out in so many ways .
Congratulation to the top 10 andall the 20% . What an achievement
Yes a great start for @tryskele, could be one to watch for the coming weeks :)
Thanks for your support @wolfhart.
@abh12345 I just might have to add @tryskele to my hero list . π
I see where @lynncoyle made both lists in great position . Now that's an achievement π
I hate to spread rumorsπ but I hear the rules committeee might penalizee her by taking away here WW bracelets . π± I don't know just saying
There does seem to be quite a few new names this week. It's getting harder and harder to keep track of everyone. :)
We are leading the way here on Steemit when it comes to a lot of things, but engagement and curation in particular, so you're absolutely right. It is a great achievement for everyone.
Which includes you. Week in, week out, you're up there. So you're with the rest of the Top 25, leading the way.
@glenalbrethsen it has always been about two things for me . Learning the platform and assisting others . everything else is secondary . (Except for the people I meet who are always and can never be ranked in a priority) . In the League I can do both with measured results . I get such a thrill when I meet someone and a couple weeks later they are in the top 10 . Sounds weird but I like it when good people get ahead and I get to see it .
I have always been involved with something that was always bigger ,way bigger than me , That's what the League is . A movement coming to forwishen and to be a small part of it π
I have always said after hearing it thousands of times in the mid 70's ,
Don't follow me because I might not lead
Don't walk in front of me I might not follow
walk beside me and walk this journey together
it's good to be involved with things larger than oneself. There's purpose there, as well as a true sense of one's place in it. You're never too small and never too big when you're in such a cause. You are important, but not so much that you can't be replaced, but never too small that you can't be missed. And we generally all get much more out of such endeavors than we can ever put into them.
I like the sentiment of the saying. There are times when there's a need to step up and lead, but there are way more times where after a need or direction has been identified, you just go with others and take care of the need, or go in that direction. :)
Congrats @gillianpearce! Even though you did not win in the other you still won here. Cheers!
Congrats to @janton also. First time and third place!
Cheers to everyone! Good job for making this platform an engaging one.
Thanks asher and @curie for this wonderful league!
Thanks Lee
Another week in the top 10 for you, nice work :D
Thanks @leeart.
Good to see you in the top ten again. Keep on moving up! π
It is really fortunate that I made it. Work keeps getting in the way lol! so there is less time to steem.
Do you have a regular job @leeart? That makes your efforts even more impressive.
I'm fortunate in that I work from home so I can hop on and off the computer eveeytime I have a spare moment and those moments mount up.
Have a great week. Here's hoping Steemit gets in the way of work this week! π
I work online as well but it is one of those times when work has to be done first haha! I cannot make posts but that's okay because I can still visit and make comments here and there :D
thank you @leeart yes I joined a day late and I can't do much
voting because I'm a plankton with almost no sp so it was a
surprise!
Keep doing what you're doing and you the SP will follow :D
howdy @leeart and thank you for the encouragement. I'm a patient person, for a Westerner, but gathering sp seems to be a very slow, painful process!
thank you sir! where are you located?
I feel you lol! Better join those contests wherein you can earn lots of SPs :D
I am from the rainy mountainous parts of the Philippines :D
oh another Filipino!
I have interacted with @deveerei and @jassennessaj from your country and what
I like about Steemit is that apparently it can be a life-changer because of the poverty
and economy there.
I'm fascinated with the Philippines because who ever heard of a nation composed of
thousands of islands?? that sounds crazy to me. how do you get around, does everyone
have boats?
anyway yeah you have that restaurant called the Blaqk Street Bistro that I saw on your blog,
very interesting. I didn't know you had mountains there, so it isn't as hot up there?
thanks so much @leeart!
I don't know about the life-changing part because I have not seen it yet haha! I think it was around the time when steem and sbd value spiked so high that a lot of life has been changed more. I was not around during that time though.
I am more fascinated that more and more people are becoming fascinated with this fascinating country of ours lol! We get around by teleporting haha!
Kidding aside, yes, you get to some of the islands by boat or plane. It is not possible to build bridges to connect them. Lots of mountain ranges here but my place belongs to the ranges with the second highest peak in our country.
Maybe one day you can come and visit our beautiful white sand beaches and scale our mountains :)
Congratulations, @leeart for the Top 10 finish, even with the job causing problems with your time on Steemit! How dare it! Tell it to knock it off, get it's priorities straight!
Just kidding. What we do outside of Steemit is very important, and yet, you're still in the Top 10, so even that brings the numbers down, you're still accomplishing a lot. :)
Lol! I tried but it always finds its way to me. I guess it loves me that much haha!
I will have a better chance to fully digest this better later, but on a cursory glance 2 things stood out.
Firstly my attempt to change one of my witness votes had only half worked (took the old one off but adding @steemcommunity didn't stick - corrected).
Secondly @johndoer123 must have had a huge week offline to have slipped down the rankings.
Congratulations as always to all the worthy winners, and those that didn't win, keep that engagement up. It's what keeps people like me coming back.
This week was my sister's wedding, so not a whole lot of time on steemit. I also have a whole lot of other things going on in my life right now that are dragging me away from here. But hopefully I will be back in full force before too long.
Congratulations to your sister, I wish them many happy decades together.
I hope the other stuff isn't too stressful and that you're looking after yourself and your beautiful family.
It's good to see you around, @johndoer123. Family should come first, but a whole week for a wedding?! Okay, probably wasn't that long. I barely made it through mine, though. Never have figured out what the fuss is all about. :)
I hope the other things dragging you away get resolved. I know they're painful and really shouldn't be an issue, but what can I say? It is what it is.
Yeah, the wedding wasn't a whole week. π However, I currently have three jobs and I'm doing College. Put all that on top of the kids, and it doesn't make for much time. But, eventually to spend more time here like I used to. I wish I could spend all my days here, however life is not being that accommodating.
Three jobs, college and kids? Stop it!
Seriously, I read that and I'm tired. I just need to go lie down. :)
Well, we do what we got to do, right? And none of us operate in a vacuum. There's always someone else around with something to say about how we spend our time.
As far as I can tell, this isn't meant to be a full-time job. Not at these prices, so it's primarily financial planning for the future at this point, and we do what we can do when we can do it. Plain and simple. :)
@abh12345, Please add me to the curation contest. Thank you!
Hi @holger80, I've seen your name on many good curation opportunities and i'm interested to see how you fare - welcome!
Amazing @abh12345 and all i can say now is I WANT IN. Please get me in πππ
haha, OK, you are in!
Amazing curation @abh12345
Please I want in
Great, welcome!
I read about the curation and engagement league before. Would really like to be a part of this and see where I stand amongst the fellow steemians.
Ok great, i've added you in :)
Thanks man! Really hoping to get into the top 20%. I think it is a pretty decent way of getting a little visibility on the platform for minnows like me. Not to mention that it would probably be an added incentive to improve my content creation here on Steemit.
Great results for the italian curation group...e andiamo!!! πβ
Big Asher...the BEST!!
The Italians are doing really well, cheers!
Congratulations to all the winners, now I'm up for the challenge.... Lol
Let's see what you can do next week :)
I'm fully prepared than ever before.
Yay, I'm constantly marching upwards in league 2.
Ty by the way.
Glad to hear! Thanks for reporting your forward (upward!?) progress and for your support of the Leagues :)
Great results!
You made my day! I am slowly improving!
Well done everyone and thank you again for the opportunity, it is always challeging! I am not surprised to see once again @mad-runner in a very good position in the engagement league, I know he's doing his best every day. Congrats!
That's good to hear, thanks for taking part @nawamy :)
I was curious where I would end up the first week.. I did not know of this league before lol... But i'm in the top 20% yay !
A great start! Thanks for being a part of the Leagues :)
Awesome sauce Asher!
Just snuck into league two by a whisker again... this seems to be getting more competitive every week, even though Steemit (overall) seems to have slowed down a bit. Or maybe that's just my imagination....
Congrats to @gillianpearce! Didn't actually think anyone would actually be able to bump the ever prolific Glen off the top of the pile. Well done!
=^..^=
Thank you @curatorcat and congratulations on sneaking into League 2. Onwards and upwards! π
Thanks cat :)
Yes I think Steemit has slowed down, but not so much here!
Thank you again, Asher! I admit I went on a massive engagement spree on Friday just to make sure I would make it to the charts this week.
I'll probably be kicking myself out of the running next week through some self-upvoting. I hesitated to make the decision to do it (since it bugs me so much when whales use almost all of their SP just for self-upvoting purposes), but I want to try to grow my account a bit with this delegation while I can. I'll just have to do my best to engage even more this week to try to get into the top 10. :)
heh :)
Hey if the self-votes (without going nulclear) are worth more than what you can get in prizes here, it makes total sense.
Well done!
It won't be unless I self-upvote comments, which I really don't want to do (unless I have something that I absolutely need to shout from the rooftops for all to hear in a massive thread with like a billion comments). But it will be if I can make it to the top of the engagement leagues otherwise. :)
haha yeah, I rarely do but even when I think I do i'm put of knowing it will be 300 scrolls down. I suggest just replying to the top thread, making your apologies for being a red fish, and then killing it with an awesome reply. Might work, but don't blame me if not :)
Thank you for the prize, @abh12345! I'm glad to be sticking in the top 10 and getting that prize steem. Powered it up and pushing along. This league continues to motivate me. Sometimes life gets in the way, but even if I'm not placing in the top 10, I'm still inspired to live a more community-oriented lifestyle on Steemit. Thanks for continuing to do this. :)
Hey! Congratulations on the Top 10 placing, man. Power up and push along is what we do, right?
I'm kind of tired of life getting in the way for not only me (which it does), but for everyone else. I mean, if you guys are gone doing other needful things, who's talking to me? Bots? Maybe I should start embracing them.
Nah. I guess I'll just keep talking to the humans. When you're around. Sigh. :)
Thanks! I was happy to get a 1.5 Steem prize this week. I powered it up along with some other Steem that I had waiting. I don't know why I kept it aside, but I thought I might need it for something. I decided I didn't and was going to rush for that slider. I think I should get it around 492 SP. I thought it was 487, but based on my calculations, it will be a little longer.
I know what you mean about it being dead in here sometimes. I think that's just how it goes sometimes. Although I'm glad that people are out experiencing the big, wide world. That's important too.
Don't talk to the bots. They're just annoying. There's one called "haikubot" that's annoying me right now. Fortunately, it's one of those kinds of bots that will make lots of people mad, so it will probably get flagged to nothing before too long.
Looks like the vests per SP is around 2,032, so yeah, you should be hitting right about 492. It was more like 487, 489, but obviously it moves around, for reasons I have yet to grasp.
This past week was better than the week before. I'm sure people are out doing there thing. And I really need to figure out where to go once I'm done with replies and my feed. Last month's challenge by dragos was great for that. This month, not as much.
Ah, haikubot. So far, haven't ran across it. Some people don't like the magic 8 ball, which I kind of think is fun, but to each their own.
That's what my math was getting too. Thanks for double-checking it. I expected as much from you. I imagine it moves around because of the interest that's paid on vested Steem. Since your vests increase, so too the need for more SP to reach that level of vest would be needed.
I haven't really gotten into this month's challenge. Maybe it was because I got out of the habit, or maybe because I'm determined to get into Steemsilvergold, so I'm posting about metals. Either way, I haven't been over in his challenge as much.
Magic 8 ball probably wouldn't be as annoying. I've seen it, never experienced it. Haikubot just repeats your comment in a different pattern. It also sasses you if you tell it to stop, which most bots stop when they're told to.
So, we have bid bots, info bots and now sass bots? Great.
If you're used to using the busy slider, the Steemit slider is going to be pretty basic. It won't give you anything other than the percentage of the vote you're giving, compared to the busy slider, which tells you what that translates to in terms of reward pool value. So, if you've never used a slider before, it's cool. If you have, though, it's kind of a let down.
I think your time this month would be better spent writing about the metals. I don't know that taking on this month's writing challenge is going to be all that fruitful, anyway. From what I can tell, there's been a significant drop off of participants, too, so we're not the only ones. :)
Sass bots! Ha ha.
I haven't used the Busy slider since I get a delegation that had pushed me over 500SP. I normally use Steemit as it's more compact than Busy. It's easier for me to navigate using Steemit. I do like the Busy slider though. it's nice to know what size vote you're giving out before you give it.
It's difficult to sustain something like that for a long period of time. That's probably why most of the "challenges" are only for 7 days. I actually enjoy posting about metals whereas the other topics were just prompts to get me writing.
Whew.. Your table always amazed me @abh12345 βΊοΈ, huft.. I must learn to be patience not to self vote mistakenly.
Congratulations to all the winners, I can't believe that I made it in the first table π, now I know how to address my enthusiastic fingers. I changed my habit since I joined this league, congrats @tryskele, @angelro @bashadow @lynncoyle1 @davemccoy, happy to see your name again π€
Add me in for this week too, please. I am about to start my social life because I can find my name in the table easily π.
Accidental self-votes do happen occasionally :)
And registration is permanent - you'll need to ask to be removed. Thanks!
Oohh OK, sorry about that π, thank you
@abh12345 I would like to get added to the list. I think it will help track my progress.
Sure, added!
Greetings, abh12345, from not-so-sunny Western Oregon this fine Monday morning/afternoon. I think I'm nine hours behind you, so my day is barely started where yours is on the downhill.
Looks like there's quite a few newer names hitting the Top 40, along with some more familiar ones.
I've had this general sense of a slowdown the last few weeks. Have you felt it? I can't be the only one. I don't know if it's summer, lower STEEM prices, EOS launching, day-to-day living, other factors, or any combination thereof. I just feel like there's not as much going on, and all of our numbers are reflecting it.
I just know my hours aren't changing. But it's been harder to find posts that I feel I should upvote and comment on, and then there hasn't been as many people replying. In all seriousness, I think it's the Top 20% of leaguers who seem to be carrying the bulk of the load.
That might not be much of a revelation or an observation as it is a reconfirmation that what you've created, and what @carlgnash, @paulag, and now @curieβplus othersβhave helped to sustain, is what's keeping the STEEM ecosystem going for us humans.
So, as always, thank you for the leagues. Thank you for giving us all more of a reason for being here than just our own needs/wants. Thank you for trying to make Steemit/STEEM live up to its original calling and steer it/them towards the potential we all feel it/they have.
Arghh, 6 days late with a reply here - shameful!
I've read similar from others in the past couple of weeks and think we are at a low point (summer / price) right now.
I strongly advise plodding on though, and may be bringing out my first 'buy STEEM' post of 2018 soon!
Thanks for all your work this year Glen, a real star performance :)
I look forward to such a post. I've been having issues getting Coinbase to cooperate with what I want to use. It's no longer accepting credit cards and orders using a bank account take five business days to fill, so I'm kind of in a quandary here. Otherwise, I would have bought some more STEEM within the last couple of days.
Okay, so star performance makes me think of kindergarten or elementary school where you could get stars for right answers. I appreciate the sentiment, though. I'm trying to do what I can, which I think is all any of us can or should do, so a lot of what I do manage to create is because I have the time to do it. I don't think I would be able to be as prolific as I might seem now with less time.
I also like to write. That helps. :)
I just need to magic so fiat from somewhere I'm in good to go.
The price look to be consolidating. It's early to wade in but the time could be approaching.
Bummer with the 5 day deal, that is a bit excessive. 5 stars would be better βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ π
You think there's more room for the price to lower, or was that before this most recent drop below $1.40. I'm behind and catching up, so I'm not sure if the price point is "wade in" time or if you're thinking it still has more to go. I know you're not a professional, but I am interested in what people think about all of this.
I may have found a workaround. I'll know more later. It might mean opening another account. It's already a bunch of hoops just to get from dollars to STEEM, but now there's an extra layer to get from dollars to any kind of crypto because they don't take credit cards.
I would Coinbase Litecoin to an exchange, sell to BTC, and buy steem. Blocktrades cuts a few exchange steps out, but won't be cheaper.
I'd be surprised if STEEM goes lower than a dollar, but wouldn't wade in til then or likely at any point. Holding STEEM power gets you noticed and gives better curation rewards, this is my logic behind not worrying too much about landing the lows.
Congratulations @abh12345!
Your post was mentioned in the Steemit Hit Parade in the following category:
Asher, I haven't forgotten to come by and thank you for the gift and another great game! I had my brother in town and was thrown a bit off of my routine, but now he is gone so I can properly comment!
As always, great game and even though I slipped, it is great to see some of the new people get a chance to shine. I still love what you are doing here and so happy to see how many people also stay around. One of the worst things to me is when people leave, and I think in some way your competition is like "glue" to the engagers!
I have also donated in your name my 0 upvote prize to @friendsofgondor just in case you thought I forgot ;) (and yes I know I can keep it :P )
I expect a top 8 finish today then :P
Hey Dave, you know that's your prize money to keep right? :D
@abh12345 I was a true slacker this week... not even close to a top 8, sadly I went the other way! The good thing though is I have plenty of catching up to do and that should improve my numbers this week ;) ...
And lol... the funny thing is that I feel worse for not making the donation this week in your name ;)
Don't worry, this was I think my lowest placing too. It's probably about time I donated isn't it π
@abh12345 I saw you donated... thank you very much :) ... And ps you donate every day by your delegation ;)
A pleasure :)
@abh12345 I have been meaning to ask you, did you and Paula ever do your project you were telling me about? If so, I didn't see it and I'm still curious... So as long as it isn't a state secret, let me know if the project is still on track ;)
I'm interested in trying my hand with the engagement league. But do I have to turn off my steemauto votes? I followed a link in from @enjar.
Just hit him up again on a newer post if he does not get back to you. He gets a lot of comments :)
Glad to see you are going join.
Oh! good Idea. I'll tell him the time traveling cat told me to be persistent ;-)
Not missed an entrant yet though :D
Great! Sorry for the slow reply - your are added in time for today's post - welcome!
Hello @abh12345! Is it possible to enter the leagues?
Certainly, added!
Thank you!
Thanks @abh12345 for the opportunity. I want to join the league.
Hi @amelin, I will add you to the list - welcome!
Thank you.
Hi, @abh12345
Is there any requirement needed for this steem prizes giveaway.
As iam a beginner on steemit and it is very new to me , i am confused what steps should i choose to grow my steemit journey . I will be very much thamkful to you ,if you can help me with your valuable support which i badly need. Plz do visit my steemit account and shower your love so that my journey could get a kick start( Humble Request) Thanxβ¨
By:@phenomenal1
Hi there
I will add you to the list, welcome to Steemit :)
Hey @abh12345 ,Thanx for your reply , i am very happy that there is someone to listen me.
Once again, i request you to give your valuable support as it will help me to grow my steemit carrer . I will be very much thankful to you. please shower your love by giving your precious support to me .Thanx β¨
By:@phenomenal1
I would like to be added to your league, my Steem journey just began and I am in need of some feedback! Your post regarding curaion is quite helpful already and it seems your league is really motivating people, good job!
Hi @bamboozled, welcome to Steemit and the Engagement League - I've added you to the list :)
Thank you!
Hello abh12345! I am fascinated by your project, what should I do to participate?
That's all you need to do, welcome! :D
@abh12345 - Please add me to your curation league! Thanks!
Sure thing, welcome!
Hey Asher...Can you please remove me from your leagues? Than you kindly.
Yes I can. Let me know if/when you wish to return :)
First of all, let me start with thanking you again for putting the curating rules on paper. In the end (and I have been steeming about 9 months now already) this piece still remains a bit of a mystery for me, but getting better in understading it by the day.
Second: I would like to apply2 if possible which I dont know if it is even possible for sure, because I delegate, AND I follow a trail, AND I selfvote on my own posts. Does this make me bad person? Im not sure, you can decide haha. I am a good commentor though, trying my best to put myself in the spotlight everywhere in a meaningful way :)
There is much to learn and I think it's a continual process.
A bad person, of course not - everyone has their way to Steemit :) I'll add you to the list and lets see what happens next week, good luck!
I am curious about my rating, please sign me up.
Certainly, added!
I'm in...thanks to @janton.
Nice, you are added to the list! :)
Thanks!
dear @abh12345 - Please add me to your curation league! Thanks!
Sure, added!
thank you.
Lets join! seems fun!
Great, welcome!
Hi @abh12345 : I would like to join this league too, it is interesting and will help me to know more people and read good posts on Steemit, I suppose.
Please, add me in your list, Thank you in advance.
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