The Curation and Engagement Leagues (Bounty Available!) - Sponsored by @carlgnash and @paulag!

in engagement •  7 years ago  (edited)

Hello all!

Welcome to this weeks Curation and Engagement leagues, kindly sponsored by @carlgnash and @paulag.

Thank you both very much for the extra STEEM boost, which allows me to reward the best curators and engagers of the past 7 days.

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!


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Introduction

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 content and utopian-io approved contributions (prior to the vote by @dtube / @utopian-io ) 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:

  • Spread your vote and write lots of engaging comments!

  • Use your vote on comments to make yourself seen and provoke a reply


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 things, 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 15 day window as mentioned above.

Don't let this put you off entering though - you will be automatically be excluded/appear depending on the criteria above.

League 1 - Curating to maximize returns (Top 100)

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.


This Week's winners!

Congratulations to @pataty69! A consistent performer who seems to be manually curating for profit really well. If you have any tips @pataty69, please share with us!

And well done to @osm0sis (woop!), @steemitri, @gjones15, @r-bot, @newbieresteemday, @greenrun, @lpessin, @malloryblythe, and @markangeltrueman for earning their place in the top 10.

All of the above will be getting some STEEM :)


League 2 - Engagement and Excellence - Write on!



This the newer league which is not based around rewards and relates to engagement.

Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - delegation dealings or not.

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) (new this week)
  • 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 small minus score for this one sorry! (S V)


Firstly, if you are placed in the table above then you are doing great and are among the top 25%!

Congratulations to @glenalbrethsen who tops the league of engagement and excellence again this week! An astonishing level of engagement and a clear League 2 record with the amount of text printed on the Steem Blockchain. Amazing!

Very well done also to @simplymike who has been running some awesome competitions and offering out delegations recently, and @davemccoy 'the rallier' who is back in the top 3 again this week. Sweet!

Excellent engagement levels and top 10 places for @abh12345, @leeart, @lynncoyle1, @gillianpearce, @fullcoverbetting, @bashadow, @mirrors, and @johndoer123 who will all be receiving some STEEM this week.

Do you want to be a part of the leagues? Let me know below!


Prizes sent!

League 1

League 2

Lucky number 25 in League 2

Courtesy of @fullcoverbetting - Well done to @melvadg!

Delegation Prizes

The most consistent performers, and especially those in need of a boost on the way to the holy grail of 500 SP, could also receive a small delegation. This week:

50 SP added (150 SP total) - @leeart
50 SP added (100 SP total) - @mirrors
50 SP - @johndoer123

Well done guys, continue oiling that Blockchain :D


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


As always, thank you very much for your support!

Asher @abh12345


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Congratulations friend! I was sure you'd be back, you're very active and participate all over the network! Keep it up. You're an example to all of us. Good luck.

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GREAT job to see so many newbieresteem authors listed again!! I missed commenting last Sunday for this post- I apologize... but I made it here today.

trying to get as much work done as possible- we have an ice storm here- hard to believe three days ago it was almost 70-degrees here

CONGRATULATIONS to all! Fabulous work and you all have a tremendous dedication to the platform and interaction!

Hello @goldendawne, long time no chat, Hope the weather has improved over there.

Happy to always see you as quality curator under @qurator program and good day my friend.

GREETINGS!!!! Miss our chats!
Yeah... not a good day here at all

So far we have about 1/4-inch of ice, now it's sleeting... Happy Spring! haha
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At least we still have power. But I've heard about a mile from here.... loss of power.

wow, that's too much, people here are dying because of the heat!!! and there it's totally different, that's the beauty of this nature. Hope it improves soon, happy to see you back commenting as well. :)

Where are you @coolguy123?

lol, you already forgot or didn't I tell before?

I am from India and it's summer time in April itself, It will be even more horrible in May and early June.

I don't think I ever knew :) Oh, so it's very hot and humid right now then. Our July and August are brutal here! Better than snow in April though :P

Yeah, I am from India, thanks to some heavy rain for last couple of days, the temperature is a bit less, but it still is hot.

I know, you guys will enjoy your summers than those boring winter and rainy seasons. :)

I'm in S Kansas ,north of me catching hell . hope it doesn't affect crop production throughout the area

My parents are in Southern Ontario (south of Detroit) and the weather is no better there for the farmers either right now. Crazy!

Yea if they can't plant or plant late food prices go up . weather is nuts for this time of year . here all the way up into canada is wheat, grain and corn country .
Corn is in everything food to fuel

No need to apologize Dawne!

You have done so much good for many communities and been at the top of league 2 enough time for an honorary place in the ice storm :D

Thank you!

Happy Sunday to you and @osm0sis! Hope your weather is MUCH nicer!

Thank you! It's rather lovely actually, sorry!image.jpg

oh now look who's bragging!!!

Yes it is beautiful!!!

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This pretty much sums up the weather at our place. Not snow, but cooler than normal and rain, rain, rain. So, we all can't live in a tropical paradise, I guess. Or can we? 🤔

Wow. The comparison between these two photos...

hahaha Asher! Way to rub it in, hey @goldendawne!!? :)

I don't know about everyone else, @abh12345, but I think you just invited the rest of us to come visit. :) How much room to you have?

Actually, reminds me a lot of @lynncoyle1's neck of the woods.

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I have no space at all, unless a lie-low in the pool works!?

I have no idea what a li-lo inbtjr pool is, and Google was rather vague. I'm guessing li-lo is a brand maybe and then those other letters grouped together is a type? Inbt junior? In bt junior? This is kind of like how we teach our children to read—Sound out the words, son. :)

Oops! It was late and a few beers didn't help! ☺️

A inflatable bed in the pool - sleep in the day, cold drinks at night. And Indian food 😁

wow you are graet

We're in the middle of an ice storm too! Last night I thought someone's was throwing rocks at the house, only to find out they were giant pieces of hail. Since, overnight, we've seen just about every variation of precipitation in existence

I think you are so busy with everything @goldendawne that you take on, that there is no need to apologize! I saw your weather pic here; that's nuts, but it seems to be the normal from the mid to east coast! Middle of April too...ugh! Hang in there :)

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Voting on own comment is kind of I dont like because this moves down some good comments too.

I didn't vote on my comment, it's auto ahah

Well i've not seen that account for a while!

lol, the famous bellyrub is back?

ahhh so many jokes I could make here @coolguy123 haha

:) I used bellyrub before and I was satisfied with that because I use to get decent return for my investment with lower bids, but now it's no more. That's why I said that :)

I see :) That's like most bid bots now I think!

haha, indeed! bellyrub is a MB vote seller now

Oh jeez! Thanks for the info!

lol, the famous bellyrub is back?

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Hey @abh12345, thanks for the very useful tips!

I would like to enter the leagues: how much does it cost the Lifetime membership? ;)

A big friendly hug!
@amico

Thank you :)

It's free! Welcome :D

Really? :O

Oh yeah! ;)


Thank you, I appreciate very much!

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Been slowly creeping my way up the ranks... super happy to be 2nd this week, and to be in a tight race with my buddy @steemitri 😊
Thanks @carlgnash, @paulag, and @abh12345 for the opportunity to show off my skills and have bragging rights for the week 😜

Well done!!!! x

Super great job @osm0sis ... I accept my 3rd place, just because it's you ;-)
Congrats to @pataty69 for the 1st place!
Have a great week Steemians!!!

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Cool! 😉

Asher, again what a great job you are doing and it is awesome to start to see the attention this is getting from the "big boys" like @fulltimegeek @beanz @anomadsoul @aggroed through their upvotes... Not to mention the wonderful support you are also getting from @paulag and @carlgnash by directly sponsoring this. I also hope that @krnel read your comment and finds a way to support you too. This concept of focusing on engagers and content curators to build a community is something that you are leading the way on and my hope that it continues to build traction.

On the leagues themselves of course I want to congratulate @glenalbrethsen for a simply amazing job... Glen you are hands down the best when it comes to really getting involved. I love that you always respond thoughtfully. I also see that @simplymike is making her presence felt too... I can only imagine the battles that will be when she gets 100% healthy. ;)

I see many other familiar names and lots of newbies that are making great progress too... Congrats again to @leeart @mirrors @johndoer123 for not only really getting involved, but also for getting more delegation from Asher. You 3 definitely deserve it and I appreciate the fact that you are making an impact already in such a short time! (thanks to you too Asher, this is really cool of you to do)

I also want to say thanks to the ABC's of Curation for the work on @newbieresteemday... Its nice to see you in the top and happy to know all the great work you've done! It should make @coolguy123 @doomsdaychassis @simplymike happy to know that you are in the top 10 again! Very cool and wonderful job :)

Lastly, I want to thank you Asher for the 1.5 Steem prize, this week it will go directly to support the Play 4 a Newbie Challenge. I am happy that your prize will be added to that Prize Pool and I will return next week to playing for @friendsofgondor to support the #stewardsofgondor!

FInally I want to remind everyone that @abh12345 and @paulag are witnesses now... I hope that you all go to show your support by adding @steemcommunity to your witness list!

Cheers Asher and once again, awesome that you are bringing everyone here; and encouraging and motivating them!

Looks like I'm not the only one 'novel' writing this week. :)

I'm not sure how much involved I am. I'm just trying to get out there as far as I can and see what I find to comment and curate on. And in doing so, I came across some good stuff. It's there. It just needs to be dug up.

You, @abh12345, @lynncoyle1, @beeyou, and whoever else there might be at @newbieresteemday, plus everything else anyone else is trying to turn into successful initiatives are the ones doing all the heavy lifting.

Congratulations on your spot this week Dave! Nice surprise attack...no one, including myself, saw it coming haha

:) ... Thanks @farmgirl ... ooops I mean @lynncoyle1 :) ... I try to be sneaky sometimes ;)

Now that you know my tricks, I don't think I can do it again though... You have far too much stamina for me to compete with on a consistent basis! :P

And now who's the sandbagger? You do know what sandbagger is right? :)

wow, those big messages have become very rare from you @davemccoy, so, happy to see this one after a long time.

First of all, yes, looking at the progress of @newbieresteemday makes anyone happy who is supporting it directly or indirectly.

Regarding the witness account @steemcommunity, I think I misunderstood and voted for @abh12345 and @paulag individually instead of voting for @steemcommunity. I will go and do that now. Thanks for the reminder :)

Hope you are doing good Dave, keep inspiring and Have a wonderful week ahead :)

hey @coolguy123... Yes I have been so busy that I have been lacking on the big comments... I actually don't like not having time to make the big comments.. I like having great comments with you (and others like you) where there is real dialogue and meaningful conversation. I have been figuring out how to best help here on steemit and frankly the best way in my opinion is to get "community oriented" witnesses like @steemcommunity to get selected by as many as possible.

You asked me one time "is there anything I can do"... that led to a sensational platform called @newbieresteemday led by @mudcat36. I think now the time is for us to focus on getting people like @abh12345 and @paulag going strong as a witness so that we have a voice, but even more importantly so that we can put a little pressure on the other witnesses too. The community is only as strong as the people that are running it, and without people that care about newbies and minnows, I'm afraid we can't build the community that sustain itself in the long run.

So if you want to help me again, I would be honored to work with you in helping to get others to support these "community-minded" witnesses!

Agree with you @davemccoy, voted for @steemcommunity as a witness.

but even more importantly so that we can put a little pressure on the other witnesses too.

I think that is an important point and just hope that works and yes, many like me have faith in @paulag and @abh12345 that they will continue their helping to minnows and others who are in need as part of @steemcommunity witness.

I would be honored to work with you in helping to get others to support these "community-minded" witnesses

Definitely I will make a not of it and try as much as possible to spread the news and gather more support. May be I can write a blog on this (I guess there might be many already on this, but to make it reachable to my 2000+ followers, I can write one).

I hope you had a nice weekend and some rest as well, good day ahead :)

awesome @coolguy123... I knew you would understand the purpose and want to help out! :) ... I will come up with ideas and run them by you and we can put our heads together and see what we can get done together! Again :)

I am now going to comment on your historical figure post, I saw you did it and want to see who you picked and why!

:) great, thanks for running your ideas through me, I am happy to be collaborate with you in future as well.

Thanks for the comment on my post, I feel it great to have you and others on my blogs :)

I must say @davmccoy has been a superb rock for myself and asher as witnesses and the support is not going unnoticed. he has mentioned our name where every he can, and although I am not replying to them all, I am reading them.

@Coolguy123 wow thank you for your support too. Yes its @steemcommunity for the witness (note to myself make better GIF to show how and WHO to vote for)

That's right, I have seen messages from Dave in other posts as well on this and yes, he is indeed wonderful not just for newbies but for others as well.

Regarding the vote, yes, I will support whatever you and @abh12345 are doing because of your contributions to Steemit blockchain and also it will help all of us in the longer run.

Good day @paulag :)

that's so awesome @coolguy123. I'm rather lucky to have partnered up with asher on this one

Well, both of you have contributed in your own ways, so I am sure the combined followers from yours and Asher's will fasten the progress of this witness candidature I think.

Best wishes :)

Thank you very much for saying that @paulag :) ... I haven't even started yet though :P ... And btw, I am very much looking forward to the GIF... If you can make it in a banner form, I will proudly get it plastered all over the place! :)

Hi Dave

Thanks for the write-up!

I've been really blessed to have the support of some 'big-boys' and girls recently, really fortunate of me and I'm very grateful!

Since the turn of the year, the post has really taken off, and I have you to thank for much of that.

So, Thank you very much! :D

:) ... Happy to spread the word and get some "big-boys' and girls paying attention to you and @paulag (and now @danielsaori too)... We need people making the rules that are interested in being "bothered" to deal with the newbies and minnows... If the current witnesses don't want to focus on building out communities, then I say we need new witnesses.

I don't mean to sound negative, but we have a long way to go before we will have influence - but as long as we are trying to do our best for the place then I think it's worth taking this long journey. Thanks again!

Of course Asher, I agree :) .. That is all we can ever do, try our best and hope for the best.

I have no illusions that it will be easy for you and @paulag to get influence, but I have a hunch you both have more influence than you think. I have watched you carry yourself for many months now, and I like that you are humble (which I admire very much). And while you are on a long journey, I think you have many more people rowing the boat than you know! ;)

Have a wonderful day! Cheers

Congratulations! You made it to the top 3, sneaky you lol! Cheers to @abh12345 @paulag @carlgnash for making this community a healthy interactive platform.

lol... I will take it, but I really didn't think I would make it this week... I guess the contest helped me a bit just dealing with that! :P

Congrats to you too @leeart.. #5 is pretty damn good :D

Congrats on that contest too. Glad one of my nominees persisted :D

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Thank you, as always to abh12345 for compiling the leagues and to @carlgnash and @paulag for the sponsorship.

Congratulations to @glenalbrethsen for maintaining your lead and to @leeart, whom I not surprised to see in the top five, given all the commenting you have done on my posts. 😁 And congrats to @davemccoy for returning to the top three again. It's good to see you there. 😍

Glad to hear you're taking a day off @lynncoyle1 and still maintaining a top ten position whilst looking after Brian. 💙

Well done everyone in the top ten and anyone who is enjoying commenting and playing in the league.

I am absolutely delighted to be seventh and to win one Steem. Thank you for that @abh12345.

I had a much more relaxed and balanced week and topped it off with a weekend in London, including attending the Crypto Currency Show put on by #promosteem. Nothing beats meeting your fellow Steemians in person.

What a blast! 😁

Wishing you all a fun week on Steemit nicely balanced out with the rest of your life! 😍

Always a pleasure, thank you for the write-up!

Also, well done for making the london crypto show yesterday - I heard the Steem/Steemit stand was buzzing and that 'we' really stood out! :D

We certainly did @abh12345. In fact, at the end of show, @stephenkendal was asked if he would ask us to go and sit in on a talk that no-one had turned up to listen to. We became a "Steemian Rent A Crowd". 😂

I hope you got an upvote for that! 😂

I had the same thought @ash12345 but we didn't. 😂 Would have been too difficult to manage as there were so many of us.

I got resteemed and upvoted elsewhere so I'm definitely NOT complaining. Stephen Kendal was very supportive all round. 😁

He's the guy that got me aware of Steem/Steemit via Twitter where I'd been following him for a few years - good man!

That's interesting @abh12345. Is he aware of what you're up these days? 😊

Did you see the video he did with me?

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No i don't think he is, but that's ok 😊 I missed the vid, link me up!

I have been reading lots of posts about the show. Someone even brought bread to the event :D Lots of stalls too related to cryptocurrency.

Congrats to you too and to everyone!

Yes. It was really good fun @leeart. I'm really missing everyone this morning, sitting on my own in front of my computer screen again. 😢

It's still better going outside especially when the weather is great rather than sitting all day in front of the screen. It gets cloudy here before noon and then rain will follow.

That's very true @leeart. I was glad to be out and about today looking for some red images. It's good exercise and feels a little like a treasure hunt. 😁

Good for you! I plan to go out today too and hope to picture things to share.

Thank you @gillianpearce! That is a nice way of looking at it :)

Congratulations to you! And you met some steemians in person!! So cool :) There's a big conference in Las Vegas too this weekend I believe; if I was back home, I might have made the trip. I think there should be one planned for Playa del Carment lol

A conference in Playa el Carmen would be fun @lynncoyle!.

I'm lucky to be able to get to London fairly easily as, at the moment, most stuff in the UK is happening there.

I'm thinking about arranging something in Brighton in May but I've already got a lot on so not sure if I can get around to it yet. I shall see . . .

Wishing you both a peaceful week. 😍

It would be fun, wouldn't it. I'm not sure how much "work" would get done though haha

Your Brighton idea is a good one, but yes, be careful how much you 'bite off'; you're seeming much more relaxed and in stride with your time spent on and offline these days!

Hope you have a wonderful week as well! Thank you for the well wishes...as always, we will take them :)

Yes. It's interesting @lynncoyle1. I definitely have better balance now but that has also given me more space to think.

Being at the Crypto Currency Show in London showed me just how much I like being around people, . . . at times 😂, so i now need to find more balance in that I think.

I spend to much time, on my own, in front of a computer screen.

I found the same thing out last week; our friends from Canada are on holidays here and we went out one night for a few hours with them and I enjoyed myself thoroughly! It's so easy to mole yourself up on your computer and pretend you're being social typing to a bunch of different people haha

Let's see. You made the motion and @gillianpearce seconded, so I think it just needs to go to the rest of us. All in favor:

AYE!

Any opposed? (What, are you crazy?!)

The ayes have it! Motion carries. :) Road trip to Playa del Carmen. Maybe after we all visit @abh12345, since he invited us all over. :)

I'd like to see you work out a road trip to Playa del Carmen for me @glenalbrethsen.

Visiting @abh12345 would be a simpler option but even that would be a bit tricky by road! 😂

Well, 'road' trip doesn't quite work for you, but it does for me! Actually, It's a pretty long road and somewhat fraught with danger, though I do know of someone who has made one from here deep into Mexico. I wouldn't try it, though.

Let's see. For you, I need to know if you'd rather fly or at least make the first part of the leg via cruise ship. There is the matter of the pond needing to be crossed. :)

If you're paying @glenalbrethsen I'll go cruise ship although that will make the journey a very long one. Maybe just book me first class. 😊

Cruise ship it is, then. Tried to look up a first class ticket, but I didn't find one first try, so let's go for the high side (hopefully) and try $12,000 USD. At today's value, that's roughly 4,800 STEEM. So, hopefully I did overestimate the cost, so that I don't have to win the league anymore than 1,598 weeks to get you there. That's less than 31 years. I should still be around. :) Maybe I'll get help from a boost in STEEM prices along the way and I can cut some years off.

OMG That is hilarious @glenalbrethesen. You made me laugh outloud.

I think having to win the league for 1,598 years is a big ask, even for you. I'm not sure I can wait 31 years. In fact, let's be honest, I'm not sure I'm going to want to be traveling that far in 31 years time so we definitely need a plan B.

Waiting for the price of Steem to rise seems a bit passive to me. You might have to try harder! 😂

Actually, I met someone at the weekend who is planning on making $15 million in 7 years so maybe you could think more along those lines.

i know you're very resourceful when you put your mind to it @glenalbrethsen. I have every faith in you.

In fact, maybe we should forget the League and you should get started on finishing your novels. You could have a best seller in a few months.

You still here? Shouldn't you be writing? 😍 😂

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Thank you @steem-bounty. Your reward is very much appreciated although I still haven't worked out exactly how you work yet. 😂

😂

Congrats to the nacho king @glenalbrethsen! Two weeks in a row. Man, I can't keep up with your novel writing. You seem to be up to that challenge of showing us a novel through your comments lol! I wonder what this will call for. Another Mexican?

Finally @johndoer123 congrats! Your contests surely made a huge help in this. It is very engaging and lots of interaction there. Keep it up!

Also, @mhm-philippines is not far behind for being in the top 10. Just a little bit more and you'll get there.

@creyestxsa94 exercise those fingers a little more haha!

I am so glad these guys are doing good. I was right in encouraging you to join this.

Thanks again @abh12345 for the delegation. It's been tough this week for not being able to steem more.

Top 3 cannot be beaten for how much active they have been. Great going everyone!

Congratulations to you @leeart! Nice job again this week, but yes, the nacho king is truly king again :)

Ahaha! I am wondering what food are we going to be celebrating with it. Hopefully it's not something Mexican @glenalbrethsen?

haha I wonder? I guess he's moved on to bigger and better decrees :)

Nope. No food decrees this week. You, me and @lynncoyle1 were the ones I know of who participated (@davemccoy said he might, but I didn't see evidence he followed through), so Mexican food must not be as widely loved as I thought.

So, as I said in my "thank you" comment to Asher, ya'll celebrate, or not, however you want. Food. No food. Whatever. It's your thing. :)

I was not able to follow through on your Mexican food decree... I did very much want to, but other things got in the way :P

Hey, it's all good. Just a little fun thing for people to do if they were inclined. No big deal. Life gets in the way. No problemo. :) This week, do what you want. It's your life. Let it get in the way. Or not. It's okay. No hard feelings. Really. :)

I'm just here sipping my coffee :)

This nacho king thing isn't going to be the nickname that sticks, is it? I don't even really like nachos that much. I mean, it has to have more than chips and cheese. @leeart is the one who ate them, and we all have photographic proof, so if anything, she's the Nacho Queen. :)

Haha! My fault. I'm not going to call you with any other name.

haha @leeart, now that we know @glenalbrethsen isn't a fan of Nacho King, I don't know about you, but I'm finding it difficult to think of any other name but! :)

...sorry Glen, that's the price you pay for being in power ;)

Whatever... :)

You know, there's different ways to interpret "Nacho King." I don't know if this way of speaking still persists, but said fast enough, "Nacho King" could still mean, "Not your king," which actually works for me. :)

hahaha great minds and all that! I was going to say the exact same thing :)

I know you always upvote comments, so go check out @beeyou's latest post "my two cents...". I'll be curious to see what you think.

Okay, just left my two cents under themanwithnonames' comment there. As it is, I'm kind of confused after reading Tim Cliff's post why he's bringing it up when it kind of sounds like it's already a planned part of HF 20. Or at the very least, a change in the dust threshold with an adjust down on rewards payments. If Tim's idea isn't that, then he'd be monkeying around with it on top of that.

Great work again @leeart, thanks for the summary above and mentioning the ones just outside the top 10 😁

Ha! I know the others know what to do :D My referrals, nay steemian friends, needs a little more coaxing. I know they are putting that effort.

Oh? HAHAHAHA!!! :D Perhaps I should.. :D :D And I had 1 self vote? Waaah!! Because everytime I post, it will automatically hit the upvote button :( I would really remove it but maybe i missed to remove one.. But, it's okay.. I'll also be more cautious next time.

Haha! Now that you know what is at stake and who you're competing with, I hope this will fire you up. BUT remember to have fun!

Ohh yeah, of course. HAHA :D I really enjoy interacting with other people in the platform. :) It's really fun! :)

Yes! It takes away the pressure off this contest.

There should be a box to uncheck the 'autovote' but don't worry about 1 or 2 'selfies', cheers!

I was looking for it and I saw it.. I unchecked the box and after a post or two, it'll go back again to auto self vote. :(
I did it again anyways.. Hopefully it works now. :) And if ever it will autovote again, I'll be more cautious. :D

Sounds like a pain in the ass!

If it happens again I would leave the vote there - you don't recoup the Voting Power so might as well take the Steem Power 😁

Really?? :( I didn't know that.. That's bad. :( Or, might as well, I should be more cautious when i make a post and check if the box for the auto upvote was on so I won't be able to post it with an auto self upvote again.. :)

Yeah, bad but true! Good luck!

Thank you so much for those kind words. It seems to me that my three points that I said out with when I started these games are coming to fruition. I have received comments from people saying they have learned things. Also comments about how people are learning and most importantly as you stated people are engaging one another. I also know because of the comments that's a little bit of money I am able to give away his helping. I even had one person tell me that due to my games they want to stick around steemit.😁 I have to thank everybody here in this great community and our creator for all of the great inspiration. I have even been able to attempt to help a couple of people with a few things. Things like that make you feel great. And give you the strength to continue on. I wish everybody here has a great day and that our creator be with you.

Yes, yes! That's what I like about engaging. Aside from learning about others, we get to help them too. That's why it's such a great idea that this contest has come to fruition. Even after we are not in this contest there is the sense of keep doing it because we already know the benefit of it. Same thing with contests. It keeps this platform healthy.

Congratulations friend! I was sure you'd be back, you're very active and participative all over the network! Keep it up. You're an example to all of us. Good luck.

You're so sweet @melvadg! Thank you! I try to be as active as I can. I want to make every delegated power worth it.

fine work

Nacho king?! Hey, you were the one who ate the nachos. I'm actually not so fond of them. Lots more stuff I like in front of them. :)

Well, I can't keep up with the number of your comments (very well done), so does that make us even? It definitely takes a combination of many things to do well in the engagement league, I believe, but CL is very much one of them.

It's kind of funny, though. I actually made a concerted effort to lower the CL this week on my comments, and instead the average CL per comment went up. :) Guess I'd better stop trying to limit myself and see what happens. :)

Oops, sorry, my bad. I got carried away lol!

Maybe so but it's the overall that matters in the end. Just do what you are doing because it does make a good conversation. You give insights that invokes more insight which is great.

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Hey.. this is awesome, @abh12345! Thank you so much for doing this; I really appreciate it!!

To be perfectly frank, I don't think I could even pinpoint one reason why I have accumulated the curation scores I have: but there are a couple of things I could mention.

One, as others have said, is to try and pick posts that I think will do well in the future; i.e., posts that are, as we say, "undiscovered." One good way to do this is to go to the "new" category-tag, and the scroll-down to where the posts are around 15 minutes old; that way, you still have time to read the article and be sure it is of sufficient "quality" before upvoting it--but you are still "in" soon enough to be one of the post's early-voters. Then, depending on the situation, I will move to step 2 (see below).

Secondly: I believe we, as selfish humans, have a tendency to feel that "giving" is somewhat of an irrational act--especially when we feel that we ourselves are "in need--" While in fact, many studies have shown that cooperation tends to yield the greatest mutually beneficial results. In other words, instead of, for example, only re-steeming your own posts, how about re-steeming that really awesome, as-of-yet undiscovered newbie's post you just saw; or, maybe even buy the user a small bid on a bit-bot! gasp

Remember: Your curation rewards depend on you up-voting a post before it gets big; therefore, anything you can do to get a quality post you upvoted more exposure is a good thing!!!

P.s., And because I do feel that curation is such a crucial aspect of what makes Steemit great, you've got my witness vote, abh12345 :)

Congratulations @gjones15!! Nice work for sure ;)

ps/ I haven't forgotten about your post fyi...it's coming!

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uh huh, yeah, suuuure it is, @lynncoyle1 ;))

hahaha oh you're going to eat those words buddy ;)

Chomp, chomp, chomp<<---- Me eating my words ;)

Thank you @gjones15!

Some sound advice in this message, I'm glad you are using this approach and even better, that it is picking up some good rewards for you, cheers!

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Thanks, steem-bounty!!

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Thank you @abh12345 this week I get my goal but is not the end. I continue to support #pt community looking for good content.
next step is get some help to increase my Steem Power.

My pleasure, well done! Any tips to share with us?

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I spend 6 hours daily for read posts

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6 hours a day reading post , that's a lot good for you . spreading a lot of love around good deal

Only one tip read the post before vote and choose the good ones

If the post is worth a vote then It is also worth a comment

Yes is true in the begining for newbies a comment is as more important as a vote

well;
I would say that commenting is more important then posting for a newbie .
sometimes they go overboard just throwing out a post every 2 hrs

If a post is worth my vote I should also make a comment . more so on a newbie post . A vote is nice but the comment is longer lasting , helpful and shows a concern or interest/engagement

my thoughts

I agree, if I may jump in here. A newbie that is commenting and finding some really great posts that support the community view, tis the way I think. Although I am getting a little antsy on getting my blog going, one can get lost here in this Steemit world, so much to see and read!

Jump right in :)
It is easy to get overwhelmed . I don't know how some do it .
The learning curve here is great . but I never been on any social media before.
"support the community" "Quality post" are talking points which have different meanings and no meaning . I never use that language when talking to a newbie . Do the best you can engage and learn, go slow . Get the basics down 1st . You have to crawl before you can walk . everybody want to get out there and run a race. this is a marathon not a race .
get your comments down 1st . Then posts with tags and formatting and all the rest that goes into a post . The rest will come in time

Haha, so true! Doesn't necessarily yield the highest curation rewards, but you're the best example it can work. Congrats!

Thank you @crokkon this is the begining my next step is increase my Steem Power I will try to get some delegations and rent SP

That's the best advice right there @pataty69 :)

ok i share you

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I'm doing a horrible job - only focused on getting posts done and answering my comments. I will do better!

Way off topic - but I tagged you in this post and I hope you can support the idea. Minnows need help to succeed here and I think this is a winner!

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Hey @fitinfun! I love this contest for that reason alone! It's not a bad thing that you've been doing posts and answering your own comments...as you know, I'm a part of @thedarkhorse's contest and think it is a wonderful one! It's just that being a part of this 'contest' makes you realize the importance of moving outside of the little circle we create for ourselves at home :)

True - I've just had my head down lately and need to branch out more!

Sometimes I'm the exact opposite; I'm so busy commenting that I forget about doing a post of my own haha

Have an awesome week! Hopefully our paths will cross along the way ;)

You are doing ok, there is always room for improvement but the guys at the top are pretty hardcore!

lol - I was there once!!!!!

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A bounty of 3.330 SBD has been set on this post by @abh12345! You can read how they work here.

ALL

Help, advice, and support to others will be rewarded most!

Thanks for taking part!

So glad you're using the Bounty here Asher!! I just discovered it through a Curation Contest of @thedarkhorse's last week. It is such a clever concept and will be amazing on your post for sure!!

Thanks Lynn!

I think it's a really cool concept and another way to reward engagement - this post seemed like a good place to test it out!

You're welcome! It worked so well on the contest I was referring to.
This is the message that everyone receives on the actual post...it's great advertising for them, but a huge motivator for those commenting :

[-]steem-bounty (61) · 6 days ago
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ooh nice! Do you know if that it is only your own votes that count towards the bounty, or do the upvotes of others (including self-votes) help distribute the bounty?

It was exciting to see the "Bounty" comments all over the post! But I'm calling @thedarkhorse over here to answer that one for you Asher ;)

There are 2 reward pools. The first is compltely in your control @abh12345 and is for 80% of the total bounty.

The second 20% is based on the votes of the community. This is the one that tends to have a little spam issues, someone comes along makes a bs comment and then last minute upvotes it and gets others to do the same.

I did a review about steem-bounty that gives my thoughts on the program.

As always, thank you for hosting this @abh12345 and congratulations to your placement too! Of course I also love seeing the surprise in my wallet too! And to the sponsors @carlgnash and @paulag, thank you as well!

I had to take a few days off this week on account of Brian's health, and I take one day off regularly anyway, so man, that sure affected my performance this week! I was ok with 2nd place last week, but I'm sure not happy with 6th...I may need to get a full-time nurse here to help me out here! Just kidding everyone, I would NEVER entrust Brian's care to anyone but me!!

Congratulations @glenalbrethsen (See??!! @maverickinvictus was right! It was novels you were writing!!), @simplymike (your thumbs work awesome!) and @davemccoy (nice surprise finish! You snuck up when no one was looking!) and to @leeart, @gillianpearce, @fullcoverbetting, @bashadow and @mirrors ...nice top 10 finish ;) I think everyone on this list deserves a big internet pat on the back for engaging so much ;) Special shout out to @johndoer123!!

Have an awesome week Asher, and thank you again ;)

Thank you Lynn :)

6th is a grand performance, home life is of upmost importance and with a few wins under your belt and many top 10 finishes, do not worry about chasing the novelists every week!

Well done to you and all :D

Thank you Asher, I really do appreciate that! Every now and again, I can be a little hard on myself, so thank you for putting things into perspective for me :)

I'm going to let the novelist wear himself out and pull a Dave...last minute sneak attack from the rear hahah

Yes I know your sorts a little, I could be one too :)

I really hope everyone see's your message and my reply.

I don't want anyone to burn out so please take a few weeks off from commenting like mad!

Actually, at the end of the month (weekend after next), I think i'll be forced to have a week off and I think it could be a break we all may need.

Sneak attack for the rear in 3 weeks - could be a prime opportunity!

I just noticed that I have 3 self-votes, except I never upvote myself. Just figured out it's because I belong to @helpie and also have them set on curation trail. So it appears that I'm upvoting my posts ugh!

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3 self votes how could you , tut tut tut (w/ disappointed school teacher look ) :)
speaking of curation trail

What does this mean in the rules for League 1 ?

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!)

no programing voting . Is this auto voting ?

I saw that too and was confused because I NEVER upvote myself. I figured out that because I'm a member of @helpie and have them on autovote on a curation trail, and they upvote all of my posts (3), it appears as though I am upvoting my own posts too!! UGH! I was so disappointed to see that!!

3 of my 5 were mistakes from answering comments and just hitting the closest vote button lol
I always kept my selfvote % low this is another reason to get it to zero

I'm amazed how you manage your time. With all the other things going on with you in real life, you still manage to steem. Finishing 6th place is still awesome.

aww thank you @leeart! That's a very nice thing to say:) Truthfully, when Brian isn't well and at home in bed, I open up my laptop and steem away. It is truly a lifesaver because it stops my brain from wandering in all kinds of directions that are not very helpful for me in the long run!

I feel you. It serves in a way a therapy when I steem. When my brother had an accident two weeks ago I steem to take my mind away from it. The good thing with social media is that we can share things and it lightens up the load we carry.

I'm so sorry to hear about your brother! I hope he is ok?

it lightens up the load we carry.

Perfectly said!

He is getting better and still under observation. His eye is slow to recover. Aside from that no apparent other signs and symptoms.

Oh I'm so happy to hear that and hoping for continued recovery for him!!

Okay, this novel thing is starting to become a thing. Not sure who started it, but thanks @maverickinvictus for keeping it going. Now, it's all over the place here.

Just for the record, I've written novels, as you know, and my comments are not novels. Novels are much, much, longer and harder to write. Comments are easy. They just flow and flow and flow and flow, that's all.

I'm not going to try to keep my per comment CL down this week because, believe or not, I failed miserably in my attempt to keep it down last week and completely went the opposite way. I think it may have been my post-sized comment about transparency bot that did me in, but I know there were several larger ones, too.

Anyway. Congratulations on placing, especially after having to miss so much. I definitely noticed it, even if @davemccoy had my head on the swivel. Obviously, it was all misdirection, since he was creeping up behind me. Even so, our one thumb gal extraordinaire @simplymike kept him at bay, so his tactics didn't really work, did they? :)

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Wow, the 2 leading ladies are dropping, it is getting crazy at the top of league 2. I did score a personal best but almost everybody did.
Congrats to @glenalbrethsen! Second week in a row! @simpymike will next week your week!
Thx @abh12345 thx again for a great comptetion!

I compared myself to my last weeks standing, and did do better also, now I need to go on a backward hunt and make myself a comparison table to see how/if I have progressed, and where. Just for the grins, and well maybe a bit of learning where I could do a little bit better.

Just for the record, I've been keeping track of where I'm at with comments and upvotes week to week, and it's definitely helped me, so I'd encourage it. It's good to see the progress you're making throughout the week so you have a decent idea where you'll stand (though it's still going to vary because of what everyone else is doing) by the time the results get published.

And congratulations again for placing Top 10.

Blimey @glenabrethsen. I only just saw this comment. I have absolutely know idea where I am during the week or afterwards or where I was last week. Just the thought of keeping track of that makes my tummy clench! 😂 😂 😂

Well, we don't want that!

I'm just counting up my comments and my votes as I go throughout the day to see where I'm at with them. Upvotes are easier to come by, I find then comments, so those I don't necessarily concern myself with other than curiosity. The comments, though, seem to drive quite a bit of the other categories for climbing the engagement league ladder, so that I'm very much interested in. And since they require reading posts/comments, etc., and then coming up with something meaningful to say, I'm constantly needing more material to get through in a relatively short period of time.

Congratulations for beating yourself this week :) I think it's important to focus on our personal best, regardless of our rankings in total.

My pleasure!

Thanks for coming up with lucky 25, adding a bit extra each week, very cool!

It is my pleasure! This league has giving me so much! So I do consider it an honor to may sponsor it a little bit!

No need to rub it in buddy haha

Actually I took a day off purposefully for a break, but then needed to take another two with Brian's health. In the end, I'm ok with 6th place all things considered :)

Congratulations for your personal best! That's what really counts I think!

It is. It is just like playing golf! So many people involved but you are just playing against the course and yourself!

You're right. In looking at week to week, the scores were higher, and most of the top 10 on down were closer to one another in their scores, too. I think that's what makes it fun.

Thank you for the congratulations. There's more to do, so we'll see what happens at end of this week. :)

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I am happy to see myself in league 1 and league 2 which doesn't happen very often for me, although I am not that active on comments part and has slipped in league 2.

It's a familiar sight as for as league 2 is concerned with last week's winner @glenalbrethsen again the topper along with those people from #newbieresteemday, @davemccoy, @lynncoyle1, @simplymike, @bashadow and others including the owner @abh12345 are putting their effort into commenting part week on week untiringly.

Happy Steeming to all with Steem slightly on rising side and good day friends :)

Thanks for the mention here, @coolguy123. We haven't really ran across each other formally, I don't think, though I know I've seen you around. This will be my fifth week, so I don't everyone who has been a part of the leagues, let alone anyone who's now coming in.

I can't say I've ran across the other coolguy's 1-122, though, which I find oddly strange. Doesn't everyone want to be coolguyxxx? 😎

Things are definitely growing here, and I'm glad to see more and more people get involved. It keeps all of us on our toes, which I think all of us need. Can't get lazy in an engagement league, right? :)

We haven't really ran across each other formally

That's right @glenalbrethsen, although I have been reading your name being in the top for last few weeks, this is our formal introduction post ;). I am a regular member of these curation leagues though I am not that active off late, but still find myself in the table @abh12345 shares and that is some sort of satisfaction to me that I am doing something, but it takes a huge effort to be among you and others in the top 10.

I can't say I've ran across the other coolguy's 1-122

lol, I think you won't find coolguy1-122 as I am not using any of those ID's and haven't see anyone with one of those ID's :). It's just that there is a something behind that user ID usage and I am happy that you noticed the coolness of this ID ;).

Things are definitely growing here, and I'm glad to see more and more people get involved.

That's right, credit goes to Asher for making these posts interesting with updated rules and some part of credit should go to @davemccoy and the team of @newbieresteemday for inspiring the new joinees through the program of #newbieresteemday and result is visible to us as more than half of the members every week will be from @newbieresteemday team.

Congratulations for being in top position for the last 2 weeks and wishing you more energy to you to write even more comments and more strength to the keys of your keyboard to withstand that pressure on those :)

Have a good day and good week ahead @glenalbrethsen :)

I'd say it takes time to be in the Top 10, unless you're @lynncoyle1, then it only takes 'part-time.' :)

It does take effort, but consistently doing something each day is helpful. I know I couldn't do much here if there wasn't some pacing going on. I've yet to eclipse 100 comments in a day (or even come close for that matter). I think 75 was the closest I've been to that (managed that on Saturday).

It's a little easier when the comments line up like they do on Asher's post, so you can reply and such, but that's not really the point, is it? The party's great here, and then you have to get out and look for other posts or comments to comment on. I'm hoping that in so doing, not only does the league grow, but so does the real work of Steemit. I'm hoping the more people interact with others, the more the others will see the importance and the benefits.

I do need to do something about the lousy ergonomics of desk and chair. Don't need to get carpal tunnel in the process. :)

Onward and upward!

Yeah, definitely takes time to be in top 10 as I am not @lynncoyle1 ;).

Well @lynncoyle1 just like you and @davemccoy, is one of the prolific writers and I think her background as a teacher helps her to write freely on topic and unless you enjoy something you don't feel like writing on that, so I am sure she enjoys writing on Steemians comments.

I've yet to eclipse 100 comments in a day

That will surely time consuming activity especially when each of your comments contains 100's of words.

Asher's posts definitely gives us more opportunities to write more comments as most of the people participating are our Steemit friends and there will be enough room for writing more.

I read somewhere you are planning to quit that job of desk and chair to be a full time Steemian, do you? Or may be someone else?

Anyways, nice to know more about you, your interests :)

Don't have any other employment at the moment, so I've been treating Steemit as I've treated other business ventures I've had—putting in as much time as I possibly can into it and see what happens. So far, I don't have a lot to show for it, but I'm hoping to get a few more months crack at it at least.

However, as I said above, I need to do something about the ergonomics of my desk and my chair because I'm not always sitting right and it's not helping my arms and wrists any.

Don't have any other employment at the moment, so I've been treating Steemit as I've treated other business ventures I've had

Ah, I thought you were into some 9 to 5 kind of job, good to know you were into business ventures and Steemit should provide some relaxing moments to you, isn't it?

I work as a freelancer and when I have time, I am definitely on Steemit and off late even I am feeling back pains as I too continuously sit in one place and keep typing something. May be a little exercise and some short breaks will help.

Let's keep writing and keep responding as long as we enjoy these conversations. Good day :)

Thank you @coolguys123 :) I do enjoy writing, so that makes it "easier", but I'm sure not aiming for 100 comments in a day haha

I know @lynncoyle1 it's difficult to write 100 comments, but I feel that it's not impossible for you :).

I am seeing you everywhere whether it's @qurator's posts, Asher's posts or any @newbieresteemday posts. So, I know you enjoy writing and I want to be like you :)

This week has been good for me as for as commenting is concerned, I am in touch with @davemccoy and @glenalbrethsen and having some nice comments with both of them.

Keep writing and have a good day :)

Awww that is so nice of you to say! Thank you for putting a smile on my face this evening! I think you are pretty awesome just the way you are ;)

Hope you have a good day as well!

It may be part time Glen, but it feels more like 12 hour shifts; 4 days on, 4 days off :)

Funny enough by the third week of first place, my wrists were aching! Not funny at all actually.

Now please, for the love of all things holy, slow down the novel writing!! Help me out here @maverickinvictus! :) It appears that @coolguy123 has taken on the motto: "can't beat 'em, join 'em"! :)

I don't think I've been writing novels at all. Not today so far, anyway. I think it must be Steemit's formatting. It makes it look like I've been writing more than I have. :)

Well, I guess part-time is how you define it. And I was trying to compliment you if you'd let me. :)

Regardles, 48 hours is less than what I'm doing to try to stay ahead of you, so as I said, you do more with the time you have with your 120wpm than the rest of us can do.

Ok, I will accept your compliment, thank you for that!

Hey @coolguy123

A very familiar looking top 10, but good to see new and old facing lurking around in the comments and in the places.

Thank you, have a lovely day :)

Yeah, although some new names appear in the list.

@lynncoyle1 has pushed me to write some extra comments today and I am sure that will push up my ranking in the coming week, although not enough to be in top 20.

Another fresh day to you :)

Thank you so much for the mention @coolguy123! Good for you to make it on both Leagues; I've never made it on the first one and think it's pretty awesome of you to figure out how to make both :)

Yes, making it into league 1 will be special as it's more of curation and hoping to continue to be in top 15 this week.

Thanks fr all your comments today @lynncoyle1 :)

I keep saying I'm going to work towards league #1 and then I forget about it until Sunday comes around again haha

You are welcome for the comments. I saw your name and realized I'd gone way too long not speaking with you! :)

lol, that's fine, I use to compete like anything when I had that delegated SP as part of #stewardsofgondor, because even with 1% I would have got some curation SP, but now, my 100% just generates 0.06 SP, so I can't vote many posts, but still I try my best to vote as many and try to maintain the VP above 80% for better returns on curation :)

Yes, my problem is that I keep steemworld open all of the time, but forget to look at my VP until it's way too late. Like right now :)

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Congrats @melvadg with the lucky number 25!
@abh12345 I will sponsor 8 more weeks!

way to go for sponsoring again @fullcoverbetting :)

Yes, way to go. You've been making me think about doing something to help out here, too. Not ready to do it yet, but maybe within the next two weeks. Depends on how well I do here this week and next. There's a couple of things I'd like to accomplish first.

So, thanks for helping to inspire others. It's not going unnoticed and it is highly appreciated. :)

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Whoa! Everyone is doing so well!
I realized during the week I was no chance, since I'm spending the majority of my time on my other accounts/projects, but the scores the top 10 are getting are just incredible! That's so exciting, you guys are amazing!

@glenalbrethsen - you are breaking records here!!!! I can't get over how close to 50K you got! You are incredible!

Well done again to @abh12345! You've created something absolutely incredible here... the level of engagement you've encouraged is spectacular... and I know I definitely comment more with this league in mind. Well done! Steem owes you a lot!

Thanks very much for the kind comment! :D

The league 2 stats are pretty amazing, the top 10 need to slow down!

Well, I tried. Like I told you last week, I wasn't sure if I was going to make it this week or next, but I have a little better idea of what it's going to take to reach 50,000 points, so it's just a matter of getting the right combo going.

Breaking a record in CL is cool. Rebreaking records is cooler. :)

Well, I hope you can break away from your other accounts/projects long enough to make a good go at it. I know I wasn't even close to doing anything good when I first started here, and I was sort of feeling sorry for myself to boot. I guess that meant I needed to stop moping and step up my game. Still got more stepping to do, apparently if I want to hit my goal. :)

Haha, don't be too hard on yourself... you're breaking records as it is... I've never seen numbers that high before!

To be honest, my other projects need a lot of building, but I'm really enjoying the process... so although I miss making thoughtful comments and really engaging in my friends here on Steem, I do think my other projects will also add value to the platform in time.

You, on the other hand, are just crushing it. Really excited about next weeks stats!

Just how many projects do you have going and what are they? I mean they sound pretty important to you. If it's top secret or you'd rather not say yet, no worries. I know how that goes. Anything that will add value to STEEM is a worthwhile endeavor, even if you are missing out on the engagement.

I’m getting better at the ‘one-thumb-typing, obviously - lol.
2nd place... the crown is not so far away anymore... (I am getting tendonitis in that right thumb, however - lol)

Congrats to everyone who made it to any of the list!! You guys and gals are making SteemIt a better place.

(And thanks @abh12345 for motivating so many people by putting up that leagues post every week)

Here’s my little happy dance again:

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3 self-votes? I know of one, to get my comment to the top at my own contest... should definitely check on the other two...

I have 3 self-votes too and I never upvote my own stuff, so I looked into it and solved the mystery: I have @helpie on curation trail and I am also a member of @helpie, so whenever they upvote my posts (notice I have 3 of them?), it appears that I upvote myself as well!

I should still look into it, but id I remember correctly, curation trails didn’t count. But I’m not sure.
How did you find the ones you voted for? Just went down the list?
I know one is a comment I made to let people know there was an update to my first tutorial about the hack. I had to make sure it was at the top of the comments section, but I honestly don’t know how I should gobout and find the others... steemreports maybe? gonna give it a try...
@abh12345, do you by any chance know an easy way to detect where those self-votes happened?

I just realized through ginabot that I apparently upvoted each of my three posts. Otherwise, I've never upvoted anything manually, so I assumed that's what it was. I too asked Asher if he knew. There should be a way around it if that's the case, because I really don't want to unfollow @ helpie with the curation trail.

Thanks.
Apparently I missed the option to turn it off in the parley app...
The other 2 were on purpose :0)

Congratulations @simplymike for being second with typing with one thumb!!! Long time, no discussions, happy to be back here. BTW nice photo.

THanks, @coolguy123

Haha! I want to see a video of You doing that happy dance. Exactly like that and get up too haha! Congrats!

Lol, if my back ever heals and I’m not in this agonizing pain anymore, I might do one, and film it, just for you - lol

Haha! Maybe you can start with one finger? :D I can't stop looking at that hyperactive happy dance lol!

Did you hit self-vote with the other thumb? :D

The 'selfies' are a small negative, they don't hurt much at all. And I'm considering getting rid of the minus (for a small number at least).

Well done, and nice dancing! :D

Thanks, Asher

Way to go @simplymike!!! Those stubby little fingers of yours apparently work just fine :)

Lol. I went in a strict diet so they would shrink a little ;0)

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1st time here , big thanks to @abh12345
I see a couple of friends on here big WTG
I didn't think I would make the board . big shoutout to @tarazkp

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Welcome aboard @wolfhart - let's see if you can keep up with the crazy gang next week 😁

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well I am new here
I did make 3 upvotes mistakes then I apologized on the comment for.
taken that into account should at least move from 28 to 19 :)
not that I want to push anyone out but I do have some minnow powers lol
have to at least try and give @lynncoyle1 a run

and again thanks

Welcome! Thanks for joining in. I'm sure you'll make even more friends by being here. I think I started out where you did the first week I came on (starting fifth week now), so it's a good place to be, I'd say. I hope you enjoy the coming weeks and that you feel more and more a part of this endeavor. What we're doing here is sorely needed, and Asher has indeed created a masterwork.

1st let me say congrats on your#1 position . Thank you and I am looking forward to a long future here with many new friends . The stats are an eye opener in how and what one does for engaging here on the platform . Engagement is such an important part of the platform , sharing one's knowledge gained with others making the whole system better for all .

Yes it does, and yes it is an eye opener. I wasn't anywhere close what I needed when I first started, but I only had to up my game five times to get there. No big deal. :)

It is fun and more worthwhile, I do believe, even tough it get tiring at times. There's so much that can and should be done here, but there's only so much time and energy to devote to it all. Personally, I think these leagues are more than sufficient for me, but others need to do more. Go for it and more power to them.

So glad you decided to join the leagues @wolfhart! I bet your name pops up next week somewhere!!

yes I am looking forward to see where it appears on the list next week I see you did very well . A big congrats to you #6 :) WTG

I don't have my glasses on so if you would , could you tell me who is in place #27 . I'd be very interested in that . :)

Thank you so much!

hahaha, just some awewsome guy in 27th place! :)

I knew it ! I heard rumors but nothing could be that AWESOME and true . I better get my glasses on and go see for myself LOL

Wow, this is awesome to see so much talent and so many active people; this is actually my first week of being "in the game" and I'm mildly stunned to see I made it to page 2 of the 2nd League! I mean, I'm just a tiny piece of fluff in this great ocean.

Anyway, congrats to all the leaders, and a shoutout to @simplymike and @davemccoy whose initiatives helped me along quite a bit!

=^..^=

A good early start for sure :)

I think there is more to come from the curating cat, good luck!

You did great, @curatorcat!

Not surprising you're here in your first week, not with curator in your username. :)

I made page two my first week, too (now on my fifth), so 'tiny fluff on the ocean' can do whatever they want in this league, I think. Takes some time getting around (and figuring out how to get there), but we all learn as we go, right? Welcome to the leagues. It's a fun place, and it's a good work we're a part of. :)

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You can tell @lynncoyle1 took a little time off this week...lol.

Congrats to all the winners and glad to see my name staying in the top 20 for the 2nd list.

As always thanks @abh12345 for running this contest!

Yeah. If it weren't because of her husband Brian, I'd probably make fun of @lynncoyle1 for suddenly taking it easy on all of us. Even so, it is a huge testament to what she does here, how much she cares for the people here, and how much she believes in what she does here, in addition to the top priority of taking care of Brian, a new to them puppy, some street dogs, a few neighbor kids (there's probably more).

Congratulations on your placing. You always seem to be up there, which I guess is apropos for your username. Always in the running, and always considered someone to watch out for. :)

Yeah, she barely scraped 100,000?!?!

Thank you for being a part of the leagues :D

That was an off week and she makes most of us look bad...lol

The leagues are a great checkup just to see how I'm doing. No plans to try and top the top dogs at this point as real life doesn't permit me to spend that much time, but love seeing how my natural actions stack up against others.

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I got completely knocked out this week! It has become so intense! I saw Glen's comments all over the place and they were novels masquerading as comments hahah. But they added so much to the discussion and was not long just for the sake of being long. He has become one of my most favorite commentors and know that if I see him comment on something then that post is good because he has good taste.

He should become a curie curator with his nose for exceptional content.

A couple of new additions there completely destroying me but I am fine because everyone is doing there best not to make this place a bot graveyard.

Another excellent week Asher and you are much appreciated!

Thanks Mav!

Becoming a curie curator isn't a bad suggestion - that should slow him down a bit! 😁

The top 10 have stepped up their game again this week, engagement to the moon!

ahahhaha that was not the intention haha! Since he is already all over the place and he has a nose on very good stuff so it is a good progression for me. Meant to comment that on one of his many comments on mine hahaha

Oh yeah the comment lengths are just keeping higher and I thought @wwf was a beast 2 months ago with 100k characters and now we have novelist like Glenn and Lynn hahahha

😂

Not your intention I know but my post is done so I can stir the pot in the comments 😁

220000 chars is more than some write in a year in comments!

hahaha pot-stir'er or shit disturber some may say :)

Language! Captain America reference. Wouldn't go over that well at all here on Steemit, would it. :)

honestly Lynn, a shit disturber is too close to marmite miner for me :P

ahahaha I've never heard of that one before lol

All you guys and galls crack me up when I read through your comments. You are all so great. And loving people. Thanks so much for what you have done for me. I could tell you that a thousand times and it wouldn't be enough.

I love Sundays just to see the banter that goes on here @johndoer123! And if you keep an eye out, you'll see if carries over to mid-week for a few of us haha

Frankly, @johndoer123, I have no idea who Lynn might be referring to. There's really nothing going on here past the first flurry of comments. We're just too busy commenting, curating and posting to keep commenting here. So, you don't have to worry about checking back here. Nothing to see really. :)

Oh, hey Lynn. This was your comment I was replying to, wasn't it. :) Heh heh.

hahaha Glen, yes it was! :)

And as you can also see, they don't need much encouragement, either. :)

I know you've been here a couple weeks now in the leagues, but welcome, and well done. I think you know what you're doing, from what you did this past week, so one more person I need to watch out for. :)

We're an equal opportunity the-feelings-mutual-pat-on-the-back society, so no, you can't ever say it enough. We need MORE. :)

Well thank you sir. Coming from you that's quite a compliment. You really seem to make your rounds and so I figured that you probably a wealth of information. I've asked a couple other people and not received a response. So I'll pose the question to you. When do you think steemit will not be beta anymore? Have a good day my friend. Sending you all my love until we meet again.

I've been trying to get out farther, but there's definitely more people better at that than me. I have done quite a bit of reading (probably should do more) so I'm knowledgeable enough to be dangerous now, probably.

As to your question about leaving beta, I haven't a clue. It's been a functioning beta now for nearly two years. It may just be a beta forever. :)

What's interesting, though, is that there's never any update regarding that, or anything I've read where they've indicated at what point they might consider it out of beta. Maybe that happened a long time ago and they just didn't bother to change the Steemit logo. :)

Hopefully those other folks you asked will know more and will answer back. In my case with the comments on this post, I didn't get to them until this morning, so sometimes it takes time. With people living in different parts all over the world, answers are kind of like that.

Or even some posts of a few people hahaha! Maybe he'll take the bait hahahaha

Okay, so now I'm not only doing my duty as a 'woke' Steemian, but I'm doing the job of a few others, too?

Hmmm. Maybe I will take that bait. Just how many more people not pulling their full weight can I compensate for this week? 2? 5? Maybe 10? 🤔 What do you say, @abh12345? Is there a way to measure that metric?

And while I'm at it, just how many characters could I fit on the blockchain? :)

It's going to be tricky to calculate in a 'lazy ass' metric for sure :D

You can fit a lot, every 3 seconds - much faster than your keyboard will let you type!

Pot definitely stirred. :)

Not sure why so many people on Steemit are treating a long form blogging platform like it's Twitter, but hey, to each their own.

I'm sorry to say too many people don't even bother to write comments, let alone anything substantive. That's why I like these leagues. It's bringing commenting back.

It's been my goal for half a year now - talking to each other, and presenting an upvote button under what you say - it's not rocket science :D

Well, I know you've been providing the real estate for us to all camp out on. I didn't know you were also responsible for the upvote button being there, too. :)

Maybe it's not rocket science, but it's often the small and simple things that make something greater happen. I think there might be a little too much thinking or overcompensating going on when all there really needs to be is a little push to do what this place was built to do.

People want to put the cart before the horse because the horse isn't moving fast enough. Sorry, but that just gets us all nowhere faster.

Heh 😊

The real estate maybe but this button just appears and is not my doing!

No that cart before horse thing hasn't worked in the past, coaxing the horse, carrots, or being led by a blindfold round in circles - I've seen those methods work though 😊

Actually, if @lynnecoyle1 beefed up her CL, along with @leeart, I'd be left in the dust, novels or not. But anyway. Writing more words does slow down the ability to comment more. So, does reading others loooooooong comments so you can reply. :)

I am pretty happy to get over 200,000 CL this week. I'd like to do it with more comments, though, but I didn't have that great of Wednesday or Friday so, my commenting numbers weren't that much better than the week before. I think I may have a better strategy this week, so we'll see how that goes.

I'm fine with you doing all the CL. :D

It is interesting to read posts and also interactive comments as well to know what others think.

Okay. You've said a couple of times now, so no need to twist my arm anymore. You convinced me. :)

And I'm in full agreement with you regarding the comments and what people think. Way too much gets lost without more information. That usually means more words. So, anyway. We'll see how it goes this week with my CL production. :)

I'm slow already. Don't need to be slower. :) @maverickinvictus is good at suggesting things like that, for me, though, isn't he. Novels. Curie. Hmmmm. :)

Yes he is, and maybe sometimes he's spot on 😊

hahaha you and me both @maverickinvictus!

Novels, novels, novels. Yeah, yeah, whatever. :)

Thanks for hanging in there. I wouldn't feel bad at all where you placed, given the last part of the week you had. Big testament to what you'd been doing all the rest of the week and after.

I appreciate the "good taste" validation. I'm trying. I'd actually not mind being known for finding good content. Sometimes, though, I'm commenting to ask questions so I get more information about a topic since it wasn't there to begin with. In those cases, the quality of the post might be lacking but the potential is there.

Who knows if that helps, but at least it gives me an opportunity to comment since it takes a while to find and read posts that I want/feel I can comment on. That's what takes the most time. Finding stuff to comment on.

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Hyped to see I made the list! Not too bad considering my dog smashed my computer screen and I've been mostly operating off my phone haha. Hopefully I can get more active on here once I can buy a monitor!

Congrats to everyone and thanks for contributing so much awesome content to the platform! And thank you @abh12345 for doing all that you do! Cheers

With that unfortunate sounding incident in mind you did do really well!

Hopefully you can pick up a cheap monitor somewhere soon, cheers!

That's the plan!

I think as @simplymike can attest to, while not ideal, there's still plenty that can be done on a phone here. :) Congratulations on making the list. If this is your first time, even better. You finished ahead of where I did my first week, so the number of people here who can make a good run out of it continues to mount.

I'm still new so I don't know who joined when, so if you've been here a while, I apologize for not knowing how long you may have been in the leagues. Regardless, it's good to see you here. :)

I've been in the leagues for a month or so I think but I've been having trouble finding time for Steemit until recently. My phone is pretty slow and I feel bad staring at something so exclusive around my girlfriend haha!

I hope to get my tech shit in order and become more active here. I'm growing fonder of the platform every day! I've finally gotten to the point where I've "weeded out" some of the poorer follow decisions I made when I first joined and my feeds becoming much more interesting to me, which is fantastic!

Thanks for your comment ! See you in the leagues :)

Well, good luck with all the tech stuff. I found out rather quickly that I needed to do a better job of finding people to follow, and I find myself pruning the list down regularly. It's sad, though, because I followed because I did have an interest in reading what they were writing, but then something changes, or they stop writing or they resteem things that I'm not interested in. Doesn't mean I didn't like what they wrote. It could also be because they never interact either. So, anyway. lots of things to do to try to figure out how to make your way here, right?

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I had a much more active week this than last. 11130 score vs last 5485. Not too bad. Some amazing completion this week!

More than doubled your score. Another doubling lands you into the Top 10 with this week's numbers, you know. :)

I saw a few of your comments out there. People keep calling my comments novels, but yours were pretty in line with that. Your per comment CL proves it's consistent, too. I don't know how the points formula works, but beefier amounts of comments, character length per comment, upvotes, etc., all makes a significant difference, so you're on your way I'd say. :)

I might had one this week that was 900 words. Most time I am happy around 100-250 mark.

I'm going try and avoid self voting my blogs as well this week. Every time I look at the numbers I cant help but wonder what kind of impact 3 self votes had on my overall score. While not much it more than shows.

We will see if I find anything this week that I have a fair amount of passion about to leave some great comments on. Nothing like leaving 10 or 15 comments on a single blog.

Not a fan of upvoting myself, but I'm taking Asher's word that doing so only results in a "small minus." Still, I applaud your desire to see how refraining from it improves your score. Every little bit helps.

As far as comment lengths go, I'm happy with whatever it takes to properly comment. Sometimes that means longer ones. Sometimes it means shorter ones. I guess the trick is, finding posts or comments that warrant longer replies. :)

A nice uplift in your score @enjar, good stuff!

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Thank you for the steem sent. It feels good to get some steem for the second week running. This is awesome.

My pleasure @greenrun, you seem to have found some consistency and a good tactic, nice!

I've cracked the code. Lol.

Congratulations for your top 10 placement in the curation league. From my point of you, that's the hardest league to move up in. I think I've actually been sinking rather than climbing there. At this rate, I won't even be on the list!

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Thank you so much for the awards. Do I need to come in here every time to be apart? I saw it said Lifetime membership. I'm just not sure. In any case I'd like to continue playing. It's so much fun and it comes pretty easy for me.

I'm pretty sure it's ongoing, and every vote and comment you make is active participation. These posts are just the weekly standings

Yes it's ongoing 👍🏾

Well looky there. Just the answer I was looking for. Thank you so much for your help and time. I will continue to do what I do then and hope I can win money to help other people. I hope you have a great day and that our creator walks with you.

I encouraged that you do. You are doing good man. Happy to see lots of interactions in your posts.

My pleasure John, I'm glad you've not had to change your routine too much to place in the top 10 - a good sign indeed!

The membership stands until you say otherwise, cheers!

Then lifetime it is.😁 Thank you so much for all you do. I will keep it up.

Congratulations @johndoer123! Way to get up there in League #2 :)

Thank you so much. Can I ask why or how you singled me out? Then took the time to congradulate me. Did you do that for everyone? I'm not upset at all or anything. I'm just curious. How long have you been on steemit? And great job to you. You did superb! If you get a chance stop by my place and check out my newest games. That are all quick games. Maybe even take a second to answer my post about what you believe in. In any case I hope your day is wonderful. All of my love to you and yours. And may our creator bless yous.

@lynncoyle1 was the queen for a long time before the nacho king took the crown :D sorry for butting in :D

😁You're fine on my end.,😁

Feel free to jump in anytime @leeart! That's one of the great things about commenting and getting to know people...we can start to speak on other's behalf :)

If I haven't interacted with you guys and got to know you a little better, I wouldn't have the slightest notion to jump in. However, I know it would be fine with you guys that's why I did lol!

And that's a sign that we're all doing our jobs perfectly :)

That makes perfect sense :D

Okay, so it's definitely coming down to novels and Nacho King this week. Thank you and @maverickinvictus for that. Not that @lynncoyle1 hasn't been doing a good job of keeping it going, along with @abh12345. Now you've got to tell @johndoer123 all about it.

Sigh. It's a good thing I don't consider myself the Engagement King. No respect. Simply no respect. :) Last time I try to suggest anything fun.

I joined steemit in mid-December and have been a part of @abh12345's Curation Leagues here for a couple months now (I think ;). I actually placed first 3 weeks in a row and 2nd last week, but due to some personal commitments, I wasn't on steemit as much this week. So...I simply notice when I see a new name in the top 10 and wanted to congratulate you on that accomplishment!

I understand now. I didn't realize that you had been involved for so long. But I think that's awesome that you notice the new people and then go as far as to congratulate them. Of course seeing where you're at on the list and hearing how you been in the past I'm not surprised that you would. Awesome people do awesome things. Plus, when someone's a talker, they're a talker.😁
Oh, and thank you so much for following me. I do appreciate that so much. You're following me actually reminded me of something. I need to go through the people I follow, there are some that are inactive that need to go. But also more importantly there are eight or ten people that I need to follow. I've just had a hard time keeping up. Life is so busy. And truthfully I've become so engrossed in Steemit I have a hard time not steeming. Most of that is self-induced because of the contests. I truly didn't expect for it to keep me as busy as it does. I love it, but just them alone keep me so busy.Speaking of which, I'm going to go so I can try to get to all of my comments. Then hopefully take care of my followers situation. And I just remembered... Tomorrow's contest. 😁

Thank you for your kind comments! I am aware of people in my real life, and just as aware on steemit :) It really does use up a lot of time though, you're right! I was as surprised when I realized hours and hours passing by, but in a good way. I've had to purposefully close the laptop some days and get outside or else I might easily turn into a mole of sorts hahah

I'm so glad that you are enjoying it too, and yes, the contests are a great way to do that, and to meet a lot of new people...growing your community. The followers list does need some cleaning up every once in a while; that is on my to-do list as well...the never-ending to-do list!

Instead of a honey do list, we have a steemit do list. 😁

That is the truth right there!!

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I love Sunday mornings, I get to wake up and have some nice news to read while sipping on my first cup of coffee. Way to go @simplymike, you are burning those keys up, congratulations to...well...to everyone, and I do mean everyone on the list, just being on the list shows that you care and want to see where you are at and how well you are doing in being connected to your fellow steemians. We all want to stay engaged, and the comments show just that.

Thank you to everyone for the happy Sunday Morning Coffee.

I feel the same way; it's my go-to post on Sunday morning :)

I wish I could stay up a little bit later some early sunday mornings, but most of the time I just conk out. All I had to do was stay awake for just another 30 minutes, then I could have been one of the first to vote. But sleep does help the thinking, and the bonus is there is a lot to read.

aww 30 and you'd be #1 :) Next week, start drinking some coffee!

I need to drink less coffee, but at least I have a ton of comments to read, and I wouldn't know how to be the first on to comment, especially knowing how many comments are going to follow.

That's funny, because one time I was the first to comment and it took me forever to figure out what to write haha

Hi @bashadow

Thanks for the positive write-up, I'm glad the Leagues post goes down well with your morning coffee :D

I'm in total agreement with what you've said. All of this does show that people do care, and while we can all improve with our comments and our outreach, it's good to recognize the positive influence we already have going.

I'm new to the leagues, but I know you've been around a while and working up the board, (for all I know, you may working your way back up the board), but I haven't had much interaction with you yet, though I have seen you commenting in places I've ended up.

So, hey, how's it going? Glad to meet you, and we'll just keep keeping on, right?

I think one time I got to number 5, and I am going to go hunting them all up, just to see if I am maintaining my consistency, or not. In the early going most of my comments were 50%+ canned response for newbieresteemday, and greetersguild and IFC, but those days ended 3 weeks ago I think, So I have either 3 or 4 weeks I can use as a consistency measure.

Mixed results for me this week. Improved my engagement standings, but alas fell out of the top 100 for curation. I did better when I was totally clueless as to how it works instead only partially clueless.

Haha 😁

Well League 2 is the more important one to me. L 1 has been reduced as it was getting too long.

Good luck for next time 😁

And after checking I was 113th in League 1 last week, so I don't have to feel bad now

All is not lost. My account is only 30 odd days old so I'm on a steep learning curve. The more I read on posts like this, the more I'm feeling like I'm learning. There is a LOT of advice from some very helpful individuals here.

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There is a lot to take in at first for sure, but lots of helpful sorts here. Today I learned about @remind.bot 1 day

If I've done it correctly I should get a message tomorrow 😁

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@remind.bot 1 day
you could get a flag as spam with this

I got an update on Gina from remindbot
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That bot looks very useful. I could see it coming in handy if you are running contest posts and the like

Useful if it works, I seem to have messed up somewhere! 😁

Well it seemed to work for a 5 minute interval at least

nice :D

I'll try it here....

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I am off the bottom of the league at last yippeee lol.

Hooray!! Good for you @deliberator :)

Thank you kind lady.

You are most welcome buddy :)

Nice, time to start the rise to glory! :D

Ah now I need to do a reply to my reply lol, see I am getting the hang of this now. :-)

I'm always looking out for someone to reply to my reply of a reply to my reply, so you're welcome to practice with me if you like. :)

Congratulations for moving on up. Woohoo!

Thanks my friend, let's get this chain on lol.

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Excellent Asher! By the way mate, we've just launch our community project today and we aim to bring Filipino athletes, esports enthusiasts, musicians & artists in steemit community. You might want to check out our intro post here. Would appreciate if you can help us :)

Congratulations! Your submission earned you 0.053 SBD from this bounty. You have received 0.053 SBD from the creator of the bounty and 0.000 SBD from the community!

Thanks to @abh12345 and congratulations to @pataty69 ...Great result!!

Thank you very much, a fine score from @pataty69 :D

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As always, congratulations asher friend for this great league, I see more and more participation and even more difficult to stay in the final picture, this week there was a mistake and without wanting to give many auto-votes I knew that would take me to the bottom of the list, however I got a mention that I do not understand, you can explain??

My pleasure, and yes the league is getting tougher every week!

You finished a very respectable 25th, and this is the lucky league number that @fullcoverbetting has picked - he will issue a price to you later today 😬💰

Ohh, this is so good! thank you very much @fullcoverbetting it is very kind of you to give this kind of reward! today i am very happy, for the first time ginabot woke me up with a message that said: @abh12345 i named melvadg in a post... i think i felt a mini lol heart attack

Congratulations @melvadg! You got a nice message from @abh12345 and you won a prize from @fullcoverbetting :) A good day!!

if it was great! I'm very happy to be participating, and I'm learning a lot and I receive special prizes! how nice your message friend @ your always so kind to all of us, happy night to you (good in my country is night @;))

It's my pleasure, I'm happy to see you so happy! Have a good night :)

The SBI share has been sponsored. When it is registered by Steembasicincome, you will get a wallet message from them!
Congrats with the luck 25!

Thank you both very much, you are excellent league mates, happy week to you both.@lynncoyle1 @fullcoverbetting

Yes, congratulations for your No. 25 placement. @fullcoverbetting is definitely cool for even thinking about such an idea, let alone having it implemented.

Now, all you've got to do is double your overall point total and you're pretty near the Top 10, right?

I am working to achieve it, while enjoying what I do, thank you :)

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This is indeed great information, Mrs. @paulag can analyze the data so far .. salute me.

Salute! and added!

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Hey Asher! Thank-you for adding me to the ranks here. 😊

My pleasure Jill!

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Congratulations @abh12345!
Your post was mentioned in the Steemit Hit Parade in the following category:

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Woop!

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Register me as well :)

Done! See you next week :D

:)

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Again I flew past all the tables. You need to do something with this. Good luck to you and Love.

Опять я пролетел мимо всех таблиц. Нужно что-то с этим обязательно делать. Удачи Вам и Любви.

Bigger wings required for this week @cranium? 😁

No, I just had to send my wife away somewhere :) Now everything will be fine.

Нет, просто нужно было отправить жену куда-то:) Теперь все будет хорошо.

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Thanks

@abh12345, can you please update me with the stats of @xomegax and @seenitallfilms?


261 :/


212

I’ve checked their profiles, and either of them hasn’t Been very active during this last week. Going to send them a message on Duscord - maybe they have something going on that is more important than SteemIt - you never know.
Fortunately @mirrors and @crypto-econom1st are more than living up to the expectations ;0)

Do you delegate to all of them @simplymike? Because yes, @mirrors and @crypto-economi1st are doing great! @mirrors has been moved to @asapers "inner-circle" and is doing great work over there fyi :)

I know. I saw a message by @hitmeasap earlier in which he stated that. I wish I could be involved more myself, but there are only 24 hours in a day - lol. I suited my mind by bringing you guys up to 500sp ;0)

@mittors is the best. I don’t know why I initially had to urge to bring her in - let’s say it was good judgement ;0)
And @crypto-econom1st had been curation king for a couple of weeks in a row.
It’s not a big delegation: only 50 sp to get them out of the bandwidth error zone.
I know @xomegax has been busy in @ifc. I just have to figure out how busy exactly.... as for @seenitallfilms... I still need to try and contact her...

I need to start saying no to new things; I'm feeling pretty thinly spread most days :)

If you need to find out about xomegax in ifc, just check with @apolymask or @charisma777. They'll know for sure ;) Hope it's good news. Two out of four...not so bad. I guess you just take it back if it's not being used well because I'm sure there are so many who would love to be on the receiving end of it!

I talked to @xomegax. He’s devoting all his time to @ifc. Can’t say he’s not engaging... not for that pay - lol
I told him to ask for a raise :0)

haha the game does seem to do that! A raise is right ;)

Noooooooo... Go ahead and say yes to more things. I'm pretty sure you can handle more. I mean, what's a little sleep lost for someone with insomnia? Sleep is way overrated and so is free time.

If more people want you to help them, I think you should. The more the better. :)

You should put your money where your mouth is haha In fact, I'm going to volunteer you for everything I come across this week lol

I know. I saw a message by @hitmeasap earlier in which he stated that. I wish I could be involved more myself, but there are only 24 hours in a day - lol. I suited my mind by bringing you guys up to 500sp ;0)

@mirrors is the best. I don’t know why I initially had to urge to bring her in - let’s say it was good judgement ;0)
And @crypto-econom1st had been curation king for a couple of weeks in a row.
It’s not a big delegation: only 50 sp to get them out of the bandwidth error zone.
I know @xomegax has been busy in @ifc. I just have to figure out how busy exactly.... as for @seenitallfilms... I still need to try and contact her...

And what's this? Double-dipping to win the crown from Glen? hahaha

I know, I know...it's the thumbs :)

Double dipping? We are talking double-dipped ice cream, right? Some chocolate, maybe some almonds. Why don't we just go for full blown rocky road.

Steemit's been really buggy while I've been commenting here. I ended up with one posting twice myself, so I actually deleted it. Getting a little tired of the upvote button whirling nonstop or just stopping all together.

At least the post button gives me an error before it times out.

Wait. Am I the only one this happening to? I see what's going on. :)

WOOPs ! i did it again. It’s the f**ing wifi connection. First it says ‘not posted’, then there is a double post. Grmph >:0/

hahaha I went to send Brian 2.5 sbd and the same thing happened...He suddenly said to me, "oh thanks, you sent me 5 in two separate transactions" :)

Sorry reality has hit me hard this month and I will not be on Steem like I usually am

@seenitallfilms, glad to hear from you.
I’m the first to acknowledge that life can get in the way.
Reality is way more important than SteemIt, so I hope you can find the strength to bounce back.
Don’t worry about SteemIt...
Wishing you all the best!

Congratulations! Your submission earned you 0.021 SBD from this bounty. You have received 0.018 SBD from the creator of the bounty and 0.004 SBD from the community!

Mate, thank you for the information. I was searching for curation rewards from a lot of time.

nice :D I had added you to the list!

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Poeh, I really thought I commented a lot last week. But it seems to be impossible for me to get into the top 10 of the 2nd league.

Can't wait to get back into the first league. I think I would have won it again last week.

Does everyone need to do everything manual to make it into one of these leagues?

Btw the number of comments really goes insane. It probably takes you a full day to post this and go through all comments?

I see that you finally are getting a bit rewarded for all your good work with organizing one of the best weekly contests!

Thank you :D

Yes it takes a lot of time to check things that look suspicious out!

Perhaps that is an item where I can help you a bit. Then you just send me a list with four example 2-3 items or Steemonians that look suspicious. And then I investigate it. Only thing is that the outcome of my investigation might follow in the beginning of the week. By then you already posted and rewarded the winners.

Hey @abh12345, I'd love to join the league. Have come across your work thanks to @alberenza and @carlgnash! I'm looking forward to reading up on the project!

Great! you have been added :D

@abh12345 Great initiative, you may add me to the league.

Thank you, you have been added :)

Wow, @glenalbrethsen! You're taking things to another level! Good job. Excited to have you back as king. I took a week off, but I still scored 5k. Not too bad. Ha ha.

Lots of names that have been consistently at the top. Good job, all. And welcome to @mirrors, and @johndoer123 for making the top 10! Looks like I've got some heavy competition if I'm looking to get back up top. :D

As I've said in prior replies, I'm glad you're back and thanks for the kind words.

I'm hoping to get to 50,000 points one of these weeks. I'd like to see what it takes to do that. Obviously, more than what I've been able to do so far, but I'm closer to it this last week than ever so who knows. Maybe this week.

Main thing is, by being a part of this league I'm getting beyond what my small circle was, which is good for me and the platform, and I'm having a pretty good time doing it, which is also good for me (and hopefully the platform). My attention has turned outwards, where it really should be, with what others are posting and commenting and how I can help to add value there.

So, we'll see. Trying to do as much as I can while I can. After that, I will probably have to scale back or change the nature of things. :)

Hey, I got such a warm welcome back, it wasn't hard to get back in the swing of things. :)

50,000?! That's madness! Heh. I think you should go for it. That would be quite the achievement. No one outside of the contest would know what it means, but still, there's glory to be attained.

It's important to grow the circle and find more people with whom you can interact. Otherwise, it can get a bit monotonous. There are many people with many ideas on many different topics. It's fun to learn about new things.

Do what you can while you can. If you need to take a break, then so be it. For now though, I'm happy to see you flying high.

I'd like to participate in the leagues. Thanks!

Sweet, you are in! :D

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I'd like to join. Can you please count me in, Asher?

Yes I can, welcome!

Thank you so much, si Asher for including me. I really want to learn about my engagements on here. :-)

Ohh good for you to getting yourself in! Make sure to comment a lot with good length and relevance to the post.

But then you always comment in mine so I know you would do well.

OMG! You saw me here. Hahaha! Thank you for the advice. I will do my best to give more and lengthy comments.

Of course this is the league of Engagement and awesomeness!

I always see everyone here haha

I never doubted your engagement and awesomeness because you are always like that. Hahaha

Well this is the secret to my awesomeness!

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@abh12345 great way to make people know how the curation work...I reallyy like the calulation calculation.. definatelly love to be on the list someday...the tip regarding @ocd post is quite handy...now on, I am gonna keep an eye on it......

Thank you :)

I will add you to the list now, nothing to lose! :D

Indeed. @abh12345 👍...its all about playing in the playground 😉
I just started a contest on achieving 1000 follower hopefully my participation has started..👍

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This is definitely a fantastic initiative! I'm putting more efforts now after realizing so many things! In time, I'll be able to join!

No need to wait, you can join right away and I've added you in :)

Ohhh, so cool! Thank you for this!

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Sounds like a great project for the community. Please include me in your calculations.

Thank you :) My pleasure to add you to the lists, thanks for your interest!

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I would like to participate but I just delegated Steem Power away yesterday and the rules say I can't if I delegated in the last 14 days. If that changes please let me know.

League 1 will be out for a week or 2 but league 2 is good to go - I've added you in, good luck! :D

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A great initiative indeed..! 👍

Good to see u r spreading ur helping hands to the community..! I personally got a great support from OCD, from @acidyo to be specific..! They r helping the community by supporting quality contents..!!

Many thanks to u, @abh12345 for running this weekly leagues.! 👏

U r helping the community to grow..! And best wishes for the winners..!

Stay blessed..!

~ Tennis Girl 🎾🎾

Thanks tennis girl!

Would you like to join the club?

i will be glad to join..!
But not sure if i can maintain a top position there...!! so many great steemians out there...! 🙌

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What is this ? The "W" column in the stats

Witness votes (W) (for those proxying witness votes, your total is always 30)

These are the witness votes, up to 30, that you can cast.

The witnesses manage the servers that mine the blocks, one is created every 3 seconds and records all the Blockchain transactions.

If you follow the link at the foot of the blog, you can find out more there and read about our witness.

Thanks for seeking more knowledge on the witnesses 👍🏾🥇

so I never voted for a witness , I was under the impression that I did . I guess it didn't take have to work on that !
thanks I would have never known

Plugging my post on witnesses if you need some material haha.

It is already past rewards.

thank you for the opportunity to respond so that I can increase my word count,vote and replies :) I just might take a look at your post :)

Ahahaha I see what you did there :P but then a lot of people are very competitive in League 2 hahha.

what , no no, It would have been rude, I tell you rude of me not to respond to your comment :)

I meant to say thank you to you @abh12345 for a job well done! I see I have all 30 witnesses voted for :)

Hey @wolfhart, if you are interested, you can also give your proxy to someone you trust to vote for your 30 witnesses; I've got abh12345 doing mine because I fully trust his judgement and knowledge of all those running as witnesses here. Just an fyi :)

might have to do that if I can't get it to work this time thanks

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Thanks for sharing this informative post

waw This is cool
i will also like to enter the league so what is the process

Thanks a lot sharing this current information.I appreciate this post.

Thx for another informative post. Easy to read.
Please continue up with creating interesting content - it may be hard at the beginning to build reach and solid followers base.
Steemits needs solid content builders so just dont ever give up! :)

Already followed and upvoted :) Cheers,

Wow wow wow...amazing, nice post nice work keep it up

Well, I'm glad my eyes aren't floating in a sea of statistics. ;)

Actually, these stats are pretty damn amazing. What a fascinating look into the sausage-making process of how the platform actually creates value for those individuals elevating quality content. This is helpful for conceptualizing how I want to improve my engagement here. Thanks brotha!

My pleasure, if read slowly, I hope the post makes sense! Would you like to be added to the list?

Ah sure, toss my name onto the list. Perhaps I'm just lame, but the extent of my curation has been focused more on following around my own interests (regardless of time or mass appeal) and upvoting things that catch my fancy (or supporting people I think are offering up genuine or unique stuff). Or, maybe what I'm doing is what steemit is meant to be all about. Hmmm, either way, yeah sure, toss me on the stack :0

OK added, let's see what happens! :)

Thanks for sharing ,this is inspiring too.Greatworks for all and interactions will be noticed soon !! Congrats to all included in the list ..great job

Would you like to join in? :)

ahmmm what will happen then if I am active today and then busy the next day? this league is so amazing

No problem, just keep going :D

ok please count me in...😊

ok, you have been added :)

thank you so much....goodluck to me😅

Oh, now I get it! Thanks for the such an awesome league! Steem on!

Awesome work done by everyone congratulations to all

Thanks for sharing this post i appreciate your duration....

Hi. Nice to post. I like steemit bitcoin news about the same thing to do with the kids are in the world. Thanks for so much

This looks like spam.

Let's see if I can help ya'll out with this.

Ah, yes. I believe this to be a text book case of "wordus confusisisus." It's when the words typed aren't the words the typist really wants.

I'll try to interpret for you.

"Yo, Asher. Great Steemit initiative, man. The leagues are the da bomb! I mean, it's off the hook up in here. Better than all that sorry Bitcoin news, that's for sure. Holla back if you feel me, yo. All the cool kids are rocking it with their comments and curating from all over the world. Way to be. You da man, and I do mean da man."

I could be off on a word or two, but I think that's pretty much the gist of it. :)

HAHA :D

Hodl back if you feel me, that was the only part I though was debatable - otherwise, bang on!

Oh, yeah. Hodl back instead of holla back. Forgot where I was for a moment. :)

That's only if you can understand it Ash :)

I'm classing it as spam as i cant understand it, and seemingly we are all in the same boat!

appears to be the consensus except for Glen of course, who seems to understand gibberish ;)

One learns to be conversant in many forms of speech and vocalization. I stand ready to interpret any 'gibberish' that you may have need of. Except for barking. I don't do barking. :)

Amazing on this spam not making any sense at all. I have seen some spam that took keywords or made it generic but this one makes you scratch your head.

Left of the field! :D