Well you guys, it's been fun. But unfortunately it's time for the Random Challenge of the Day to come to an end.
I enjoyed each and every genuine entry and I thank you all for participating.
Lately there have been some users taking advantage of my generosity and not following the rules. Let me list some examples:
Plagiarism
Challenge entries that do not make sense or do not follow the instructions for the challenge
And after some research today, I'm fairly certain that there are a few players who have made multiple accounts to enter more than once. While I can't prove this directly, I do know how to use a blockchain explorer and put 2 and 2 together. So....
That's that. I don't have time to police the contest and research every new player that comes on board. And I'm for damn sure not voting on accounts that are doing shady shit just because I'm running a contest.
I'm sad it has to be this way. I made a lot of great friends doing this. Rest assured, if you've been participating on the up and up this whole time, I will not forget you. I'll visit your blogs and give you some love from time to time still.
I expect to lose some followers from this, but honestly.. good. If you're just following me because I have an upvote worth more than a buck, remember this, it's also a downvote worth more than a buck. Maybe you don't want to draw attention to yourself from me...
To the rest of you that have put in hours and hours working on these challenges, THANK YOU! I'll still probably post a challenge or a contest from time to time for fun. I just can't keep it going like this. It's not fun when I have to scrutinize almost every entry for people breaking the rules.
As always, love and light to all who read this. (Except the ones who ruined it for everyone, you know who you are.)
I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise, but that's garbage that people would do that. I've got a vote worth $0.04. Lemma at em!
If you decide to continue, I would still play the game for $0.005 upvotes. Not less than that though. I need to get at least $0.009 per hour! ;)
Sometimes I could do the challenge, sometimes I couldn't... but I always looked forward to finding out what they were. Thanks for coming up with such a clever idea to get people engaged. I had a lot of good times playing
Thank you for making Steemit a better place!
Thanks man. I figured it would happen eventually, I just don't have the time to dedicate to it with this level of scamming going on. My kids are getting to the age they need more stimulation than Mickey mouse can provide. I need to step away from the computer more, not increase the time spent. 😂😦
Totally understandable. The kids can use the attention anyways. It helps them know they're loved and important.
That sucks. It almost seems steem is losing its luster. Maybe do your challenges and just choose the best entry? Or just make them even harder? I know alot of them are to hard for me lol
Yeah, it does suck when a few bad apples ruin everyone's fun. Isn't that why we have public shaming? Although, there have been bad apples higher up in Steemit and when they got exposed, no one cared. At least that's what I heard. I wasn't here for it.
Contests in the future will be harder, but it'll be one at time and everyone has a week to complete. I think it's better that way. If I have time one week to do one, great. If not, oohh well. Once Chris leaves for his new job I'll have to take over the grow. I'm not gonna have time to do daily challenges. Especially with all the scammers it's attracted. 😧
im Sure you’ll come up with a plan and also take care of the grow well too lol. I know time to time i loose confidence in steems future but if we all contribute our best it will be fine. But taking a break is probably what the dr ordered so you can come back even stronger 👍
I'm still aiming to post at least once a day, I'll be around. I just want more genuine interactions and the rcotd got overrun with vote chasers. You gotta know when to let go of something. 😩
My daughter Victoria @victorialanz. And I @lanzjoseg, we thank you, for all the opportunities in your challenges that are great, they would go a long way in seeing me as the challenges, especially the last ones. and in others they helped me. until my oldest daughter Victoria asked me for permission to make them. you can not imagine the emotion of her seeing you gave her love as you mention. this and I will follow your blog closely. Count on that .. I hope you're fine. Greetings from Venezuela.
I'm sorry it got ruined. :( Thank you for running it as long as you did!
Awe. I just discovered your interesting, fun challenges. That’s too bad that it has to end. I didn’t even know all that shady shit was possible, but there’s always some dishonest shithead that ruins it for the rest of us.
Well, Thanks. The random challenges were fun while it lasted.
I will continue to follow.
Awww this is a sad news. Why do some people do that :( I really enjoy your concepts/ideas on each challenges you share. Thank you for making the #randomchallenge and I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to think a new concepts on how you will grow in this community. Will always support you!! 💖
I would say I'm at a loss as to why people would stoop so low as to scam a contest, but then the things people do for money...
I'm sorry it had to end this way... It was the source of one of my first big earnings ever on steemit. I remember feeling sad whenever i couldnt figure out a challenge, or if it required items beyond my reach. All in all, i think i only got to participate in about five or six....
Wonderful thing you've done though, awesome effort bringing it this far. Good luck with future contest plans. I fear though, that Scammers sadly, may have come to stay on steemit, unless some drastic "i dunno what kinda effort" can be taken.
Everything comes to an end, thanks a lot for the challenges they were very entertaining, sometimes it came from work just to see what new insanity we had to do now, I will miss the challenges but I will continue visiting your wall just to see what is new, I could not participate in the last few challenges, because I come back tired of work, I still have fun with medibang thx for that :D and of course it is comprehensible that you have your priorities.
Sorry that it came down to this Sis :'( Good for you to set a boundary!
Aww 😔😭 will surely miss your contest. But still, will follow you and your family's journey through your blog/post. Thank you @khackett 😊😊
This is sad.
I looked forward to your challenges and though I didn't enter for many, it was fun seeing what you came up with.
I am a firm believer of the fact that people will be rewarded for their actions. Call it karma, nemesis, cause and effect, or God, but there's a reward for every action and inaction.
Thank you for contributing to the steemit community.
What? ends? Oh no! every time I open the steemit, the first thing I look for is you @khackett to follow the challenge that I can
I was really enjoying you random challenges. So sad about your deciding to not continue. Yet I totally understand. I will check in on your post from time to time. Love to you dear sweetheart.
Love
This is a sad news. Joining your contest was really fun. and i have learn a lot from you. Like you know the fun apps and software for arts. But i understand your point. We also have a life outside steemit and cant always check all the spammy's . Will still look forward on your blogs/arts. Thank you. <3
That's a real pity, as I had only just found your posts recently... I really enjoyed entering the flatlay contest, and you gave me a really generous upvote for my entry... Thanks a mil for that, it's a pity you have to stop doing them, but I can completely understand why you have stopped... There are always the few who will spoil things for everyone unfortunately..
Always some cock smoker somewhere gotta ruin it for everyone.. don't worry tho.. you know you still got my support
I know what it feels like, and what you have been doing is very useful.
there are some people who do not care and are not responsible with what they do. there are too many spam accounts. almost in all comments and posts ..
even they are also plagiarists and confess that it is their creation.
, hopefully someday there will be a settlement about this case from steemit ..
and thank you for creating a contest every day.
hopefully you get a beautiful day
It's so sad that it happens like this, that it has to end this way :( I'll miss your challenges, and watching other contestant entries, but I specially thank you Kelli because with them I made friends and learned a looott of things, about the MarkDown to make my post looking good and always something new about apps or something related to the challenge.
I know that you gonna take care of the grow great and my best wishes for you! I'll still be following you and visiting your wall to see what news you have :) 💓
It's sad to read this friend. but surely it is the best decision. My best wishes for you. It was very fun while hard. spend good weeks looking for ideas and remembering old ideas that I thought could not be good. thanks for everything @khackett that you're fine. I will continue doing my art, I hope you like it. regards!
This stinks. I have pushed myself to make an entry whenever I can because they are fun.and honestly, these challenges have made my reputation to where it is now. I look forward to challenges everyday but now it's gone. I'll miss it for sure.
Here let me put in a febreeze snake on a challenge about playdoh. Like really, come on. Or vote me vote me vote me....your 100%upvote would help me better do in English is bad, like my shit....mmmmm. english language is 3rd in my head it is mmmmmm
oh noooooooo
I greatly appreciate your effort to make the daily challenges as fun and interesting as possible. We understand you're reason for not continuing the challenges anymore. Thanks again that I stumbled across your blog and I look forward to the future!
Sad :(
But thank you as well for your fun contests. I really enjoyed joining to your daily contest. And I also enjoyed reading your blogs :)
Awww. I just read this now. So sad indeed. Maybe you'll bring it back one of these days. 😊
Had fun joining some of them.