Thankyou for reversing the flag. To respond to your last message:
The sacrifice is my time! A lot of it! If I was not running this contest in good faith I wouldn't be running it at all. There is no monetary gain for me. So what would be the point? If you can afford to give monetary prizes from your own pocket you are obviously better off financially than me.
As for Openmic. It has been running a long time now and each post does earn ALOT more SBD than the prize so yes the contest actually DOES give prizes from the upvotes. Would you accuse @luzcyper of immoral conduct because he actually makes a profit from openmic?
I hope not. Running any contest on Steemit is very time consuming. Running one at zero profit as I do is really just plain stupid unless of course the you love creating the community and watching and listening to the entries as I do.
Thanks for stopping by and making me feel crappy about doing a good thing here on steemit. It's nice to know most people enjoy and appreciate the contest. There will always be the neysayers that always look for the worst in people and in every situation. To those people I wish them the very best in what will likely be a difficult life. Helping others is something I love to do. Namaste 🙏🏻
Woaooo Donnain, what’s going on with those guys?
Your talent contest is greate . I appriciate every week of that contest.
Thanks for spend your time supporting talent contest.
Thankyou for your support @julian.alejandro I feel that these guys would have been happy for me to just give the sponsored steem and keep all the SBD for myself? The problem seems to be me giving my SBD away..... very strange. How exactly does that benefit me? It doesnt. Feel free to tag their comments of unapreciation. I didn't know giving away SBD from my post is a 'conduct' crime 🙄😂
Wao this is incredible, I really do not see the bad in the publication, in the short time I have in steemic I have seen several contests in which the prize is raised in the publication and I think it is rather an act of sacrifice and nobility by part of who directs the contest, I'm really very surprised of this brand. Regarding your contest @donnaincancum I find it excellent is very serious and so far what I have seen is a good job and sacrifice on your part. Go ahead, God knows your heart and intentions, Greetings and Blessings!
Just for the record. Sometimes Open Mic makes a profit from upvotes in excess of the prizes paid out. When the price of SBD was $8 back in December and January for example.
Many times it does not make enough to cover the contest. @pfunk supports it financially and that is a big reason why it is still working.
My 100 SBD weekly contribution that I make personally is most often not covered by the upvotes to the contest. I make enough to cover it by making other posts not related to Open Mic and have sometimes pulled money from my personal saving to make up the difference.