Curation Rewards
In the first two weeks of the @topcomment initiative I've already received a couple of delegations. This makes it possible to give away upvotes to the people that engage with the authors in the comment sections.
Thanks: @shanibeer @wesphilbin @michupa @detectblock
With a total amount of a 100% vote from Topcomment is worth $0.05 (0.16 HIVE) at the moment.
It would be nice to have some more delegators so I can give away more and higher votes. This is why I've introduced curation reward returns. @curamax already asked for it, but It's now realized with the help of @HiveDiscoMod which is run by @yaziris.
The bot automatically distributes 80% of the curation rewards to the delegators every day. The height of the rewards depends on the amount of HP you delegated.
@shanibeer @wesphilbin @michupa @detectblock you will receive your first payment tonight.
So if you also want to support this initiative and get 80% returns, feel free to choose one of the amounts below:
| 10 HP | 25 HP | 50 HP | 100 HP | 250 HP | 500 HP | 1000 HP | 1500 HP | 2000 HP |
How topcomment works
First of all I want to clarify one thing. Some people thought that Topcomment is run by a bot, but it isn't! I'm doing the curation all manually. This should prevents abuse of the rewards.
And than about the process itself: There are two ways that your comment can be upvoted.
Everyone who notices a high quality and engaging comment (more about this later) can mention @topcomment to nominate it for an upvote. Whether it will receive an upvote will depend on if I agree with you.
I've also created a HiveSQL script (with the help of @arcange, @pavelsku and @dlmmqb) where I can filter comments with a certain number of characters (and excluding automated comments). Large comments often indicate that someone has put some effort in his or her comment. Which takes us to the following subject: quality comments.
Which comments can get upvotes and which don't?
Not all nominated comments will receive an upvote from Topcomment.
Although quality this is quite subjective, there are a few characteristics that I'm looking for in a comment. And I also have some other reasons not to upvote a quality comment.
For now I apply the following rules:
1. The 'commenter' must have put some effort in the post
I've received a couple of nominations with for comment with just a couple of words. Although these reactions can be very valuable for the author, they are not eligible for an upvote from Topcomment.
2. The 'commenter' must have read the blog and comment substantively
The comment must contain a reaction to the blog. There must be an engagement with the blog from the author.
3. Post with hatred, racism or conspiracy are not upvoted!
I like to keep it positive, so none of the above subjects will get upvotes.
4. Comments and/or post from people that have Hivewatchers downvotes
I don't want to contribute to scammers or fraudsters. Receiving a downvote from Hivewatchers is a sign for me not to upvote the comment.
5. AI generated comments
This one speaks for itself. These won't receive upvotes.
6. Comment with rewards
If a comment already has quite some rewards I'll skip the upvote. Same goes for a comment that will be receiving rewards from the commentrewarder initiative.
7. Giveaways or contests
Entries for giveaways and contests are excluded for a topcomment upvote.
8. Comments not interacting with the authors blog
Comment that only tell the commenters story and where the commenter is not engaging with the author of the blog won't get upvoted by topcomment.
Following the Trail
If you don't want to delegate you can also choose to following the Topcomment voting trail via Hive.Vote.
This way you do support the project and the commenters, but you'll receive the curation rewards yourself. In Hive.Vote you can configure a percentage for the votes.
https://hive.vote/dash.php?trail=topcomment&i=1
Start using @topcomment
What are you waiting for? Start using this service by mentioning @topcomment in replies to valuable comments.
If you have any comments or questions; feel free to comment on this post.
Reblogging this post is appreciated!
Kind regards,
@friendlymoose
This is a really cool initiative- we need more projects boosting engagement on Hive!
It also makes me happy to see more people talking about @HiveDiscoMod and using it to boost community power! I thought I'd mention here, anyone wanting to boost engagement in their communities can filter comments exactly the way your script does in their community!
You can also get a variety of other stats through HDM. To do this, type /community in discord, and you will get this window:
I've taken these caps from the server we use for Thoughtful Daily Post, a community by @wesphilbin that I curate for cough here and there...
If you select comments, it will take you to this window:
From there the customization options are vast!
OR select stats, and from there you can filter by top unique comments (all time or within 7 days), which looks like this:
And that's not all HDM does... just type / to it, and you will see all sorts of options. Adding users to lists, checking vp, voting directly from the bot so you don't have to change accounts... even /discussion, which is invaluable if you are a sleuth!
Okay, enough fangirling 😂
Thanks! It's good that I found out about HiveDisoMod.
Your initiative is one of the indicators of the maturity of this community. However, since you’ve included rewards in the delegation program, the indicator might be slightly skewed by financial incentives. Even so, it will still remain a significant marker. I enjoy the fact that I’ve been following this project since the very beginning of the initiative. For me, it’s something like an observational study with the opportunity to participate.
If such initiatives grow from 1-5-10 to hundreds (I’m speaking generally about grassroots curation), and greed doesn’t end up prevailing over account owners (which could become an obstacle), you won’t even notice how everything transforms for the better. The changes will be colossal—comparable to shifting from barter to paper money or from manual fieldwork to mechanized farming. It’s a different level of awareness, a different level of society.
At the same time, resources will be distributed more evenly. I would love to see this project go viral and the idea become a shared vision, but perhaps it’s not quite the right time yet. :)
It's just me for now. I don't need to be the single owner or even the owner myself. But As you say I think it can be a real improvement for Hive when it can grow naturally. I wouldn't like it to go viral since it would take me too much time 😀
Let it grow slowly and I can find some extra hands when needed.
That’s the essence of it. If this becomes viral, your increased time investment will start being rewarded financially in a deserving way. It’s a cycle of giving and receiving—it always works like that and no other way. To achieve balance, there needs to be many such initiatives, similar in principle but with differences. You encourage comments, someone else focuses on posts, another on Snaps, and so on. The goal isn’t to create another almighty curator but to have hundreds of curators with significant, but not overwhelming, voting power.
This way, the final value would be shaped not by 5 votes out of 100, but by 95 votes out of 200.
When I mentioned greed, I wasn’t referring to you personally but to the curator as an institution.😁
I didn't take it personally ;)
Thanks for your support!
@curamax which leasing services you are using? Dlease is not dead yet?
Haven't seen u on discord. What's your discord id? @curamax 🤔
Hi @dlmmqb I'm using Hive-Engine (usually my lease gets filled in 1-3 days).
https://hive-engine.com/lease
Some of the delegations are direct to other users and are paid for via Recurrent Transfer.
I hope this info helps.
@curamax
Thanks alot. I was thinking it's really easy to make more than 10% a year in most delegate to earn projects. It would be really easy to get Delegations and send them hive.......
I hope it helps. I haven't used leases but I am trying to use now. If possible can u dm me on discord?
@yaziris ;)
Awesome! I'll help to promote it as well.
Thanks!
Good work! 😁
Nice to see that you're pulling in more delegators.
Let's hope so!
I don't have a lot to delegate, but I love the initiative and the fact that you are doing the voting manually. Here's hoping it will encourage more genuine interactions!
If enough Hivers delegate a small amount it eventually becomes a lot. Every bit helps...
Yep, very true.
@topcomment, @friendlymoose...
!LUV
I know, but others do and the more help, the more I can give away again.
Merry Christmas @wesphilbin !
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I’m expecting my delegation to be returned in two days, and I’ll be able to delegate a bit more to your initiative. I was planning to do this anyway, regardless of the rewards, but I think with these changes, the project will progress much better and faster. People will show more interest, and efficiency will improve. By the way, Merry Christmas!😀
Thanks! Merry Christmas for you too!
I really like all this development happening around rewarding users who comment/interact with posts.
Thats nice.