The Great Experiment is about to begin and the Lab Rats have been selected
The hiring is complete. A week and a day ago I promised to delegate 1000 SP for 1 month to a Redfish or Minnow on the site. The delegation is to grow the selected user's account in exchange for manual curation and positive engagement! The original post is here
Drakos contacted me fairly quickly after I made the announcement offering to match my offer!! @drakos is a witness!
and a really cute avatar...
I was pretty excited to announce we were able to reward 2 users.
(You know that guy who has to show everyone up?)
Suddenly, ^ That guy appeared and @irreverent-dan jumped in on the deal and committed to delegating 1000 sp to 2 users. I've never been happier to be shown up! Thanks very much @drakos and @irreverent-dan
The interest and feedback on the post was amazing and positive! The post ended up with 274 relevant comments and suggestions! It was overwhelming on several levels, and I am sure you can imagine how difficult it was to chose. There were so many worthy, excited people ready to apply for the job!
So... Drum roll...
Here are the four future dolphins:
(yeah, it's crazy a month of delegation isn't going to make anyone a dolphin, but it will not hurt either.)
Congratulations! You all come highly recommended! The delegations will be happening quickly and the next stage of the experiment will begin! These New Hires will take on the job of voting for themselves and others and being helpful and engaging. The last day of the first round is July 21st! At that time I ask these future dolphins to provide feedback via a post or conversation on Discord about their experience!
As a community, I ask that these users be allowed to just go about their business and do what they are already doing! Engaging, helping and growing their account. (If you want to get involved, upvote their posts and help them grow their accounts. Or check out my original post for many more deserving applicants.) It is MY requirement that these LabRats vote on their own content as well. We need active, engaging users WITH Stake Power. So please don't give them a hard time for self upvoting!
It's an experiment, let's see what happens in 30 days! And go...
Is this for real? I feel like I'm going to faint. Hahaha! Oh, thank you!!!
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Yes, drakos will be delegating to you, when he gets online! Congratulations and have an excellent time. Grow that account lady! Just keep being you!
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I will. I will. I will. Thank you, and @drakos and @irreverent-dan. I will put that 1k to good use. Rock!
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Thanks soooo much for choosing @mermaidvampire, @whatsup! And Thanks to @drakos for delegating to her.
She was one of my two picks in my very late, barely under the wire application and I'm so happy.
She'll make you proud doing what she's always done... sharing and inspiring. Now she can also build her account for the future so she can keep on doing what she does best. Bless you!!!
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I think its a dream come true for him.once again congrates
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HUGE Congratzzz, @mermaidvampire!!! I supported you in my own application!!!
I KNOW you'll be doing great things with this delegation and I'm seeing your account growing to 1000 SP of your own soonest from this great new breakthrough.
What you did with mere pennies, you'll now be able to multiply a thousandfold. :)
Sending Huggggzzzz!!!!
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congrats dear and also for the other win. stay blessed
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Congratulations Koi... you truly deserved that delegation!!!
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congrats @mermaidvampire, I truly appreciate how you motivate us, you did a great job. You are truly amazing! Bonne chance!
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Wow, I congratulate you, you really deserve it, you've always been so great, making contests to help others and motivate them. I'll congratulate you, you deserve it :D
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Congratulations @mermaidvampire ! We are confident that this will be put in good use. Thank you @whatsup for this great opportunity given to deserving steemians. And thanks @drakos.
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Good luck to the ones you did pick! To bad it wasn't me :(
But I do think that you did make great choices! Lets see how they did improve their account after 30 days!
Thanks for all he did support my application!
Cheers,
Peter
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It was a terrible choice! And a fabulous choice. I suppose it would be trite to say you would have been my next selection!
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It doesn’t matter! It is good to see that some people still care about the platform!
To be honest I am a little bit glad that I am not selected. While it would have given some extra motivation it also would bring some kind of responsibility and pressure!
At least I stepped out of my comfort zone and did apply for it!
Cheers,
Peter
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Forgot to mention that you may always drop by and hand out an upvote on my posts 😂
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Hope for best luck and to say congrates to achievers.
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You might want to check my blog over the weekend. I’ve got a plan.
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Thanks @preparedwombat for the notice!
I do have you on my feed so I will see it automatically!
Cheers,
Peter
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Great to see U still "feeding the minnows"
COMBAT-WOMBAT!!! ;)
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It's a great initiative @whatsup Please don't forget the debateurs, even though they may be harder to find...They create even more value to a great post! We all can't be fantastic content creators...but that doesn't mean we don'thave anything to say...or to contribute with🙂
Very often a great post is sent out to thousands of followers, but only a small handful of them are actually engaging👍
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Excellent point! You are right. Never know this could start a trend, or carry on to future months.
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Thanks for replying to this🙂 and even with a positive response...I try to get the debate going very often, replying my opinion...but only a very small portion of the content creators bother to give an answer..
In my opinion, this is one of the most challenging things about being a dedicated Steemian..people post..get their earnings, and don't really give a damn about the reactions..Sadly!
I'm here to debate, support the great content creators, or even contradict or challenge them in their views🙂
There is a lot of us out there, but people tend to overlook us...not realising that we may be adding even more value to their efforts! The debateurs are the REAL curators!!
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@vintherinvest You are SO right..there are so many of us out there, but people only seem to care about themselves...A good reply, that makes people think, is the best curation...but it's so overseen! I really wish there was somewhere I could nominate you for something...if any, you deserve to get rewarded! Keep going, I'm right behind you!
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Thank you..so much🙂 Of course rewards in some way would be nice...but the fact that people, like you, is interacting with my opinion is quite enough for me...This was why I joined Steemit in the first place...had no idea that people were so focused on themselves..making money..that they would forget about the people actually reading their posts...This is what I hate about Steemit, but I'm going to continue..no matter what🙂
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Right on! Engagement makes the content dynamic!
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That is excactly what I mean👍 Read a lot of posts where it doesn't seem like the author knows what he's talking about, other than what he wrote in the post...Is that great content?? I don't think so...Yet they get rewarded big time for their efforts...and they can't even answer simple questions about what they wrote...
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Hmm that would be strange if an author had nothing to say about their post,. My experience is more along the lines of, they post, and zero response to anyones comments or questions after the fact, like nothing. I know people are busy and everyday life takes up time but common.
Might be some good content like this, but certainly not the best..
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Hello @whatsup,
Firstly, HUGE Congratzzzz to all four Winners... @tezmel, @douglasbalmain, @eaglespirit and @mermaidvampire!!! So proud of you all and I wish you the very best as you build your presence here on Steemit.
What I LOVE most about your choices, @whatsup, is that I only know two of them. I have to visit and get to know the others because they're doing good things that I have to now support. Thanks for 'introducing' them.
And Thanks again for this wonderful experiment. As I said in my own very late application, I hope you'll continue this way in to the future and that others will follow your lead.
As a future whale, it's important for you to build up the dolphin population. For me to be able to join you in the whale ranks eventually, I'll start where I'm at and help to build plankton and myself in to the minnow ranks, minnows in to dolphins, then move up from there.
Thanksssss again and Huge Congratzzz for slogging through all the wonderful applications you got to choose NOT three but FOUR future dolphins! Blessss you! xxx
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Ohh, missed this one! Congrats to the future dolphins!! The only person I know is @eaglespirit, way to go girl!! :D
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@mermaidvampire is an amazing woman, quite engaging, her contests on the platform here is so engaging, I don't understand how the delegation will work but I think you've done something amazing with these delegation, I hope these people goes on to be prospective whales and dolphin in future.
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Congratulations to the labrats selected
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Wow that's awesome and amazing wish I was walking around to see this on time keep doing what you know best for the community
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Yeah better luck next time I want to invite you to my show very soon @beautifultalkz
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Great contact me on whatsapp business +2348103420024 let's talk nice meeting you.
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Absolutely I wish to be there congrats to them oh what an amazing opportunity to be uplifted to a higher power
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Winners, your delegations start... now.
Put them to good use.
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Dear @whatsup, @drakos, @irreverent-dan,
Well, if this isn’t one of the best things that has happened to me on Steemit and waking up to this great news! Thank you all for choosing me amongst many, and thank you for the great nomination @underground!
I am thrilled to put my future minnow “nose to the grindstone” and engage With stake power.
This means a lot to me and I will not disappoint.
I’m honored to be a LabRat for a great cause to assist in building this platform and helping others.
Thank you again and Happy Friday!
Yours,
Eagle Spirit
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Huge congratulations @eaglespirit. I'm so happy to see you on this list.
Finally your contribution is being recognised and now you can go out there with all guns blazing. This more than makes up for any previous disappointments.
Sooooooo happy for you! 💜
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@gillianpearce thank you Gill! thank you for stopping by and giving me some congrats and happiness. you are so kind. blessings, eagle
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You are very welcome @eaglespirit. Hope you are having a fun week! 😊
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@gillianpearce week has been okay, a lot of changes. hope you are well too. :)
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So Happy for "The Burdy!"
😎 😍 😘
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@underground yay thank you so much DD!! :)
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I'd vote higher but my Slider is on the fritz...
STILL!
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@underground use Fast Reply or Busy!! i told you about busy smhhhhhh LOL!!!!
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HUGE Congratzzz, @eaglespirit! Soooo proud of you.
I know you will increase your presence and be even more of a Blessing to other Steemians and Steemit as you make good use of this wonderful delegation gift. Best of luck and have fun. xxx
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@angelacs hey thanks soo very much! you are very kind. :)
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Congratulations @eaglespirit!!!
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@lynncoyle1 thanks lynn!
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This is such a great experiment, and a generous offer from all parties. So glad to see that you chose @eaglespirit! Please sign me up for the next one. ;)
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Thanks for sharing! A link to your post was included in the Steem.center wiki article about Dolphin. Thanks and good luck again!
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I know @eaglespirit & @mermaidvampire. you could not have picked two more deserving people. :D
what a great, great thing you are doing!!!
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THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!! :-D
<3 Snooks
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HA! :-) great minds....and all that :D
<3
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;-)
You are, but what am I???
😉 😊 😋
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Cool. @eaglespirit was the Steemian who I “adopted” as part of @taskmaster4450’s 1KSP initiative. She has since passed 1,000 SP on her way to dolphinhood.
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You did a Great Job with her!
Hey Wombat, did U see where I tagged you for the Dolphin Council?
LMK if you are interested, and I tagged Task as well.
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👍
4 FINE Recipients, I just wish I had been able to add to the prizes like the other folks did :D @whatsup, I could tell you were a QUALITY Steemian from the word GO in our "Whale Discord" ;) U ROCK!
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I will pay people to lease me Steem Power. FYI
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Congrats to the four future dolphins! Go and engage hehe :) And I find it very refreshing that requirement of self-voting. I am very curious how that will work out.. Good luck with the experiment, but I'm convinced that this will give an extra boost to work even harder engaging with people... Have a great weekend!
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Congratulations to everyone especially @eaglespirit.
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Yay!! I wanna do it!! Lol. Next time. Getting my lawn chair for the next line!!
Joy
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Like camping out in line for the new iPhoneZ??? lol
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Right. Lol.
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wow very late for me, I could have done so much with that sp *. *, personally I think one of the best ways to encourage good content is through the use of paid curation services, this would also increase the flow of sbd and give the new creators of excellent content a guarantee of not being without a reward that excites, creating a source of work for more than one, profits for both the curator and for the curing, if one day you can support a project like this just let me know, I would show you all my idea, expectations and reasons =)
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My goal is actually to just develop some more users with enough stake to give a decent vote! Content will take care of it's self. I realize it is an unpopular view.
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but it is your point of view so it is respected, thank you for your time friend, for some reason your honest words seemed attractive to me xD if you had spoken in another way maybe i would have criticized a bit that point of view or explained why it is better to have multiple users growing etc, but finally thank you for answer =)
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Congratulations to you all
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Congrats to the participants selected 🎉 and to @whatsup, the additional delegators, and to the whole community! Everyone wins with great projects/experiments like these 💪🏆
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Thank for you and most welcome to@sir what's up..
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She's a Lady :P
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You are really so great post@whatsup sir.
Thank for sharing this fun and steem ...
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ummm, it's @whatsup M'am
😎
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Congratulations to each of you @tezmel , @douglasbalmain, @eaglespirit, @mermaidvampire I am looking forward to seeing how well each of you do and am happy you will grow into dolphins!
Thank You to @whatsup and @drakos and @irreverent-dan for doing this for us all!
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Congratulations to all the winners! Sure wish I would have been among you, but I will catch up to you in no time!
Until then, I hope this will help you get a solid boost in the right direction over the next few days, make it count!
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Congratulations to the winners and thank you again @whatsup for doing this. I'll be curious to see the results! This must have been a terribly difficult decision for you !!
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Thanks for this Initiative. Sounds like a Great thing and Congrats to these Steemains :) And when I get back from Vacation I plan on Following these 4 folks.
Cheers,
Robert
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congratulations to the future dolphins!!!! This is a great initiative.
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Wow. congrats to future dolphins
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Congratulations to all the winners and i hope and wish that these one month of delegations can bring effectivity to you to some extent.
@whatsup i want to appreciate you for initiation of this contest to showcase your support so that it can help the platform to grow. So keep up the great and kind work.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂
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Every little action matters while they sure are lucky to get selected ;)
Guys have fun for a month ;)
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Awesome, I hope one day I have enough SP to do something like this.
Congrats to the winners !
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Wow! Its amazing! How lucky they are! Congrats to mam @mermaidvampire! Im proud of you! And you are that idolized here in steemit! Keep it up!You deserve it! God bless you!
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What a cool idea! I do hope that it works for all of those involved.
1000 SP is an insane amount, and I think maybe life changing for people here on the platform.
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@mermaidvampire congratulations maam!! :-) :-)
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congrats @mermaidvampire ! You deserve it keep up the good work
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Wow @tezmel, congratulations! 😃
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cute ;)
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