Announcement

Some big changes are coming to the Deadpost Initiative. We have launched #steemitzombies, which is a similar initiative that aims to find readers and payouts for undervalued content, but instead through reposting the material. We are working out ways to merge the two initiatives as I think this weekly contest has been a great way to increase the engagement on undervalued posts and I'd like to keep it going in some shape or form.

We have three choices about how to move forward:

1 Keep the deadpost as is and run it parallel to #steemitzombies
2 Change the rules to encourage re-posting of old material which may increase the chances of decent payout. The only problem is how to preserve the engagement in the comments section (where it is easily seen by all in one place).
3 Another option is changing The Deadpost Initiative into a curation project for #steemitzombies

Please join us at The Steemit Zombies and Deadpost Initiative discord channel and help us grow this initiative into one that can does what it has been doing even better!

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What is the Deadpost Intitiative?

The Deadpost Initiative is an attempt to give love to some posts that were overlooked during their short 7 day life span, a chance to bring your old posts back to life and maybe make some friends in the process. The goal is not only to share some love with SBD but also by engagement to generate discussion.

Last week

The payout on our Deadpost was quite small but @amariespeaks swooped in to save the day and donated $8 SBD to the cause! She's an awesome steemian who I would recommend following even without this kind of awesome behavior! Check her out!

A nice variety of posts, some art, some social issues, and some stories.

Last Week's Winner

@pathforger - $ 2 Steem prize

@pathforger, one of our most popular deadpost contributors has done it again. This time he invites us to reexamine how we think about the human body. When asked if I feel the body is something shameful or sinful, my initial response was "No of course not" and then I realized....why is nakedness so awkward? It seems there is a bit of shame in there, and if not, it's often something entirely sexualized when the body itself is a thing of beauty. Awesome post as usual from this guy!

[Reintroducing the Human Body

](https://steemit.com/humanity/@pathforger/reintroducing-the-human-body)
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@artgirl - $ 2 Steem prize

@artgirl has some awesome artwork! Here she shares a mural she did for an alcohol brand. It's an awesome style and I like how she shared the whole process from even before it's conception.

That Kraken Wall Art

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@twirble - $ 2 Steem prize

@twirble also shares some amazing artwork, 3 paintings, one completed and the other two still in production. I really love this style.

The Mangled Door

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@armadilloman - $ 2 Steem prize

Sigmund was a champion of a cat! This is @armadilloman's ode to Sigmund. I love animals with so much personality like Sigmund. Thanks for this post.

Once In A LIfe Time Cat

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@brightstar - $ 2 Steem prize

@brightstar offers some of her awesome insight into "inflammed personalities", compassion and becoming the best version of yourself. I always love her work, I am sure you will too!

How I Went From Being a Judgmental Mofo to Compassionate

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Week 23

Share your best Deadpost in the comments!

The best posts will be rewarded with the fluid payout from this post (split between winners) and will be featured in a future post.

Rules

•Please only submit 1 post.
•Posts must have a payout of less than $5.
•Posts must be at least one month old.
•I recommend you don't enter the same post twice in the same month if you didn't win the first time.
•Vote for 1-3 post by others. Please share WHY you liked their posts. If you don't vote for someone else's post by commenting you will not be eligible to win.
•Winners will be chosen based on how original, creative, informative and well written their posts are, as well as how well received they are in the comments. I will use the quality of comments as the main factor in judging who wins.
•There will be a slight bias towards smaller accounts but large accounts are welcome to join and compete or join just for fun and to share their old work.
•There may also be prizes for stellar comments and engagement.
•There will be 2 or more winners depending on how big the payout for this post is and depending on how many quality posts are entered into the contest.

Please upvote generously on your favorite post in the comments below, we'd like to generate a sense much support as possible for all participants and the prize pool is still growing.

Upvote and resteem to help us raise our reward pool! And remember to comment and upvote on comments in this post please to show support for deadposts! :-)
The prize pool will be the fluid rewards from the post plus any donation to the initiative.
I'm still looking for SP delegation to offer larger upvotes on all submissions. If you can help, please let me know :-)

This is not merely a contest, this is an opportunity to have your material read and an opportunity for us to really discuss each other's posts.

The Steemit Zombies and Deadpost Initiative discord channel