To those looking to help #newbieresteemday, here's 2 ways to help today. (completely optional and always appreciated) :)

in newbieresteemday •  7 years ago 

I wanted to send a quick note out about where #newbieresteemday could use help with the "Super Bowl Week - Newbie Edition" event. Communicating without throwing out a massive number of posts is a challenge lol...

Before I tell you, I want to say how much I respect what everyone has done in their own ways to make the #newbieresteemday program successful. I also think it is important to have fun here on steemit and to take care of your own blogs and do your own things. We have had so much awesome outpouring of generosity, that if we get no more assistance, then this whole 3 week initiative was a success. So I want to say to each of you that you should not feel compelled to help any more if you are unable to, or if you have other interests going on right now. I like you all very much and want you to love steemit for sure!

I debated in my mind whether to even send out this message, because I don't want to ask people to do more than they want or can do. I keep getting asked "what can I do" and then I also can sense that many are getting a bit tired. I recognize and respect both states of mind. So I decided to go with the one thing that has served me well, which is the truth. I am telling you where we could use help most right now (in the following 2 ways), but in no way does it mean that the other ways that people are participating are less important. Honestly the resteemers, Minnow Mondays, and just general help given to the newbies "one on one" is far more important than this week of games.

So I wanted to say this to balance the need to communicate against the need to show appreciation and respect. I can't properly explain how proud I am of so many members that I have come to know here, and it is my pleasure to be your teammate.


(logo created by teammate @amariespeaks)

2 Ways You Can Help (if you are able to)

We have guaranteed the newbies with a 45 Reputation Score they get two things if the play in the games that the gamemakers made this week. I'm doing my best to keep up, but honestly I could use some help (especially from those with a bit of voting power).

#1 The first is we promised the newbies a $0.05 total upvote on their entry, and every upvote is cumulative (5 different $0.01 votes adds to that total). I try to top off any that are lower, so each vote that is done makes it easier for me to get to everyone.

I've caught up the first 5 games so if any could help with any games from Game #6 to #14, that would be great. Here is a link the the games from my latest update (Click Here). And thank you in advance. (Hint: I try to start at the bottom of each page and get those "valid" posts done first (remember 45 or lower Rep Score).

#2 We have also guaranteed the first 100 newbies a $0.05 SBD payment at the end of the week. That is a total of 5 SBD's for the whole game (pretty cheap way to get some newbies to learn how to interact). I don't like donations because I feel it is "cheap" to ask for them, and frankly I know most people who are connected to us need their own SBD to either buy SP or upvote services. So I've decided that if you want to help in a different way, then if you upvote this post I can use the SBD earned to be applied to the bonus. Of course, I will take care of the committment no matter what, so don't feel any personal obligation to do so.

Thank you all for everything you have done and continue to do. It is appreciated more than I can explain in words! :)

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I really appreciate your hard work. This post was nice the way you acknowledge the different levels everyone might be on with their efforts. I can’t wait until I’m at a place to be participating in the helping of newbies. Right now I’m still learning the very basics. I did participate in one came but I should do more if it’s not too late.

Hi @cluelessmamad. Come join our Superbowl block party. We still have spots left and need players. You just need to pick two unclaimed spots, that's it. :)

https://steemit.com/contest/@beeyou/free-2018-super-bowl-lii-block-pool-contest-payout-usd1-sbd-plus-50-sbd-earnings

First thank you for the sentiment and I completely understand. We have all been at your level and that's why I try to explain how we each can do different things. In your case, you are a member if you want to be, I am inviting you right now to be a founding member with all of us.

All you need to do is what you can and based on what suits your needs. In the stage you're at, the most help you can be is to learn and share that knowledge with others. You can also play the games and comment to the other players (if you have time)... That helps us to get to know each other and makes us stronger with deeper connections.

And as far as learning the basics, been there and "get it"... feel free to ask me or anyone you run into at #newbieresteemday because we all understand the concept of making each other stronger.

Keep up the hard work on you own and if you accept, welcome my new teammate! :)

Hi again @cluelessmamad. Dave made the warm welcome. I only had time earlier to make a quick hi, and come join our game earlier comment since you made a reference to wanting to join other games.

I didn't want to come off rude since I'm the cheerleader of our group, lol. Well, one of the cheerleaders. We have members on our group that are just starting out. @gracefavour is one of our newest members who is new herself, but she wanted to help others so decided to join our team. It's not the "rep" level or length of being on here that determines a member. It's the willingness to help others, engaging with the team and others, and just wanting to build Steemit into a better community that makes us who we are.

I hope you decide to learn more about us. We want everyone to explore their interests on here, so no worries if you have others interests to pursue. Best to you. :)

@davemccoy. There is a very special newby named @hickorystack who is currently dealing with homelessness, single Parenthood and raising 3 kids. Is there anything we can do to maybe help?

hey luanne did you type that wrong? I went to check out his name and it came up as a bad link... As far as us helping, I don't see why we can't try... So see if you can find a link to him and we can put our heads together and come up with a plan!

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Ops!! It's @hickorymack. I resteemed her story too

I got it... I replied to your reply over there. I do think we can try to help her, I agree that it is a situation that we might be able to help with. I have reached out to her and if she is agreeable then you and her and me can come up with a plan!

And I accidentally upvoted my own comment dangit!! Did not mean too

its ok... no worries ;)

Awesome! I know she only has internet when she's able to stop by her library so it may be a bit

its not a problem.. did you notice the size of her post? That has a lot to do with you. You brought it to my attention and that started a whole chain reaction. The post was $0.32 when I went to look at it.

So good job, that is a major thing you did already!

And yes, I am happy to find ways that we can help. And if you are up for it, I say lets do the best we can!

I'm totally up for it! I walk that fine line of keeping from being homeless but right now I have a safe situation. I just absolutely hate that she and her girls are going thru this! Especially the whole situation with the motor home and someone reporting them to dcf services. That motorhome was spotless, they had heat and food. There was absolutely no reason for threatening to take the kids. I have a cousin in Minnesota who's a minister, an amazing one -not all judgy like some can be, and I'm going to reach out to her and see if she's close to the Duluth area and/or knows someone who can help.

awesome... that would be great... I think we should also introduce her to the community if she wants to meet us too... I think a lot of people will try to help her to get back on her feet too. very good job of letting me know and let me know when you hear back from her and what the plans are!

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thank you @youngeric... that is nice to say and i appreciate it!

great work. upvoted.

Thank you very much @steaknsteem... (love your username btw)... Its always nice to have a veteran come help us out... That is very cool... btw, if you ever want to join us, you are automatically pre-approved! ;)

Hi! I just posted my introduce myself post but I panicked and forgot which tags to use haha, can I go back in and edit it or does that affect the post?

yes you can update anything in your post for the first 7 days. Then it becomes permanent record forever. So edit you post, no problem at all @kilbride... And happy to see you here! I'm glad we connected!

I will go check out your page in a few minutes too :)

Also, when our newbie vote is worth less than .01 does it even help the poster/commenter when we upvote or do we wait until it refills to 100% ?

you should wait until it gets close to 100%... I usually keep mine in the mid 80s to 100... And then depending on things like how long I plan to sleep or if I am going to be doing other things, it will depend on how low you let it go... if you haven't seen this meter yet, go check it out (it also has a time til it is 100% recharged to the on the right hand side of the page) ... Let me know if you need to know how to use it (lots of good stuff in there)

https://steemworld.org/@kilbride

Glad you stopped by and stay in touch!

I'll go through the list with my 1 cent. :) Will try to get us more help.

cool you are always awesome :) ... just watch your voting meter and don't go below 75, it will make it too hard to climb back above it. ... https://steemworld.org/@beeyou ... Have an awesome day!

ugh, already at 44%. :(

I helped a few, but my voting power is worthless now.

btw, you mentioned more members to be put on the list? I want to disburse the payout from my announcement, but will need to add those members if they are not on the list in my report.

I will send out an post around 9pm est asking for people to tell @beeyou if they are a member... then once we have a basic list, then i can try to find people that we may be missing... I think it is well over 100, but that's just my guess (I haven't written anything down)... lol

and fyi, I spoke with @coolguy123 ... convo went well... you are too cool @beeyou :)

and if since you notice these things and write about them in the "weekly buzz) ;) ... @qurator has been following some of our stuff right now. I joined their program myself, but I think they are looking for good content to help the community. If you check them out and like them, I will personally buy you a membership (its cheap, but I want your permission because I know you are sensitive to people helping you lol)

I tried getting in. They rejected me! Lol. Maybe I didn't meet their "account must be more than 2 weeks old" or "10 posts" membership requirement at the time I sent in the membership fee.

I can try again later, but I think I have to wait 2 weeks. Will follow them too so I can learn more about them. That's great they are interested in our community.

Btw, stop by and say hi to my other teammate, Andy when you have a chance. He just made a post on Zelda, and I want him to get to know some of us. :)

cool... and are you going to let me pay for the membership? (and remember that if you say no then I might stop giving you good ideas)

and I will stop by Andy's post... and if you can tell Mello to get me tonight or over the weekend I can help him get you some more followers

Ok, yes to membership. You don't have to twist my arm. :) Thank you!

They may still not accept us though. We don't post very often. Will see if you can win them over with your charms, hehe.

I'll tell Mello. There're just too much to learn on here. It's hard to take the time to learn individually. Perhaps we can finally conquer Steemit as a whole since my teammates are now onboard full steam!

yes its good to have some help... that's why I wanted to work with mello, i know you have your hands full snooping through my posts ... lol

and I'm pretty sure they will accept you, and it is my pleasure to pay for that for you! :)

Just let me know what they said again about your account so I can ask them.

Generic rejection. I didn't have time to go on Discord to ask. I guess it was because I didn't meet both the "2 weeks" on steemit and the "10 posts" minimum requirement. :T

We regret to inform you that @qurator could not approve your request to join. For further details, please contact @scrooger / @brumest on Discord/Steemit.chat. Kind Regards, Q https://discord.gg/pJtWp57

how many posts do you have? because you have met the 2 weeks i'm pretty sure... and I spoke with them brumest and he told me to submit it.. but I've haven't totaled your posts (have you done 10?)

Check your wallet to help with prize fund, it was just sitting thee anyways.

wow.. you are fantastic @bashadow! Thank you for that!!!

I was just talking with @mudcat36 about you and said I think you were on a vacation because I haven't seen you around for a few days... then you show up and do this! Awesome, truly great!

I know you've been away for a couple of days, but if you want to see the results of these games check out the comment sections... It is amazing to see the intereactions and the amount of people playing. I particularly like to see the number of comments and views... some are far greater than I could've expected.

Anyways, welcome back my friend... and thanks again :)

ps... if you get a chance make sure you tell @beeyou to put you on her list of active members!

She has me on the list, and I went and tried to boost several of the comments to $0.050. A couple need a little bit more, but they will get there I am sure. Oh I have been around helping in the background, and playing/helping @apolymask in and on his contest. And actually keeping busy. Going out on photo hunting drives with the wife for contest content in photo's for her, (and me on occasion). Also still trying to get to that elusive 480SP, but since the SBD to steem is off kilter, I actually ended up with a little bit sitting there and saw you could use some contest prize help.

ohhh its a big help so thank you... Glad to hear you are helping @apolymask, I read your posts on that and I like what is going on there. All those you did on the upvotes is also a great help.. not only for the upvote, but also the time it saves me trying to get to them all..

You're awesome and hope you and your wife get some great shots!

tip simple

Hi Dave:) I sent you something from @tipuvote ...someone brought it to my attention the other day. You can 'tip' a post when your vote doesn't amount to very much..like mine right now haha Let me know if it works! Cheers!

Have I told you lately how amazing you are ??!! :)

hahaha... you can tell me that any time you want :)

And yes it did, thank you so much Lynn! That is sweet! I appreciate it and hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Do you watch the superbowl? If so, which team are you and company rooting for?

New England fans here; Brian and I are actually huge Seahawks fans but Dean is a New England freak, so we're with him on this one. Boy, what you do for your friends!! :)

What about you?

I'm rooting for NE too... mainly because I have never been an eagles fan.. I grew up rooting for the Redskins and the Eagles were our enemies. I think brady is awesome!

As far as my friends, I don't have any locally. I have very very many all over the country (and quite a few in other countries too). But I moved to where I am and bought a house to make sure to spend the last few years doing things with my Dad when he got sick. And now that my Mom is alone, then I try to do stuff with her to keep her engaged with life like going to a movie or out to eat a couple of times a week. She has her own friends, but sometimes its good to go see her on times like this where she misses my dad.

I know it sound crazy that I don't have any local friends, but honestly I have so many others outside of the area that I speak with that I don't really have the time to get out there and meet new ones. I feel guilty that I don't keep up with the ones I do have lol...

Sorry to write such a long response, but you asked for it hahaha!

and I hope you all have a terrific time today!

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Thank you for this initiative @davemccoy. This is really going to make the newbies more confident and express their views through blogs. A financial assistance however small will lift the spirit of new joiners.

Hopefully we will complete the setup of curation trail today and that should be an additional boost to these initiatives.

Let's get it done today and start the curation of good posts from today itself.

Thanks @coolguy123... I agree 100%

And I messed you on discord, I think we are ready to go!