Steemit: The Curation Leagues - SBD and Delegation Prizes!

abh12345 (76) in steemit • 7 years ago

Hi all!

The Curation Leagues have grown dramatically this past week, thanks mainly to @davemccoy and the #newbieresteemday community. Sincere apologies if you don't see your account in the comment I add to the post, I promise to make sure you are added this week if you comment below.

This week I've restructured the prizes so more people win SBDs, and I will be delegating Steem Power to some of the top performers in 'League 2'!

To enter the leagues until you say otherwise, drop a comment below!

On your marks, get set, curate!

Introduction

My general views on maximizing curation rewards (to score highly in League 1) are:

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
The goal is to get in prior to the big hitters, but not too early!
It is commonly suggested that 20-25 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)
A vote of equal weight and equal Steem Power at 30 minutes will give more reward than a vote at, for example 1 hour - first come first served, but don't arrive to early :)
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

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!

The data for league 1

The raw data has been collected from SteemSQL - @arcange's MS SQL Server copy of the Steem Blockchain.

SteemSQL is now a monthly subscription service and so your support in this post is greatly appreciated!

The key 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:

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 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.

Curating for maximizing returns - League 1

User	C Rewards	Steem Power	Votes Cast	Reward per 1000 SP
miniature-tiger	8.821255	1723.217744	210	5.11906
steemitri	8.362195	2718.483368	407	3.076052
edje	2.835507	957.572339	141	2.961142
williamsyee	0.03798	15.058506	71	2.522139
instructor2121	12.187336	5912.415293	141	2.061313
fiveboringgames	26.895921	13131.12178	282	2.048258
ammonite	1.115447	574.36611	55	1.942049
greenrun	12.805821	6974.177591	230	1.836177
crypto-econom1st	0.025988	14.994461	47	1.733148
cervantes	254.635837	152412.9981	793	1.670696
choogirl	38.820967	25320.5232	1454	1.533182
pataty69	0.207879	148.115236	341	1.403495
connecteconomy	1.798005	1312.478521	161	1.369931
aburmeseabroad	2.237681	1656.863703	102	1.350552
betbuddha	3.352151	2520.882102	159	1.329753
osm0sis	2.161871	1648.236705	177	1.311626
clumsysilverdad	1.455237	1173.664278	220	1.239909
steemtrail	14.453089	11684.35521	142	1.236961
deaconlee	2.124796	1738.595154	294	1.222134
dontstopmenow	6.548316	5622.275671	94	1.164709
dandesign86	2.721499	2369.736087	482	1.14844
xervantes	5.99873	5245.902983	248	1.143508
moneyinfant	0.283848	252.554757	118	1.123908
halcyondaze	0.627668	569.834928	160	1.101491
anomadsoul	280.683522	259050.7256	1533	1.083508
htliao	21.335055	20564.64155	477	1.037463
cryptoctopus	347.159983	340805.2821	391	1.018646
enjar	0.512699	511.445983	286	1.00245
sneakyninja	0.870536	870.062686	109	1.000544
steemitfamilyph	0.787563	789.409614	213	0.997661
teamsteem	411.345678	418352.6118	1622	0.983251
goldendawne	10.089516	10703.14887	444	0.942668
smasssh	5.458006	5845.917219	188	0.933644
doctorcrypto	0.773572	834.18836	143	0.927334
jawad09	0.124935	136.64132	27	0.91433
erikaflynn	0.877544	988.393971	176	0.887849
plushzilla	0.293843	364.387295	209	0.806404
holbein81	12.922222	16429.80907	92	0.786511
beeyou	0.038979	49.975977	139	0.779962
rayne122	0.119929	157.555273	95	0.761189
mammasitta	11.429561	15249.53819	774	0.749502
maintain4real-eu	0.110942	154.717857	167	0.717057
karensuestudios	6.174547	8914.306889	141	0.692656
haphazard-hstead	4.407676	6367.924571	170	0.692168
soyrosa	0.68064	996.565291	171	0.682986
tifaong	0.009995	14.989394	75	0.666793
rok-sivante	61.19515	91921.0336	428	0.665736
cranium	4.674268	7069.495341	561	0.661188
katrina-ariel	0.51671	820.453577	250	0.629786
yura81	0.008995	14.989247	90	0.600076
kismet2018	0.008996	15.0268	107	0.598652
jlordc	0.074959	127.158745	110	0.589492
jorlauski	0.113939	197.334984	76	0.577387
dragonking	0.064964	114.270256	140	0.568515
herbertholmes	0.035978	63.422261	42	0.567271
amariespeaks	0.127928	226.992946	61	0.563576
themobilewriter	0.078956	140.243708	63	0.562993
paulag	0.165909	301.445085	69	0.550379
joe.nobel	0.151919	278.641967	108	0.545212
tumutanzi	8.125006	15248.06141	129	0.532855
lordjames	0.015991	30.091847	105	0.531418
sweetcha	0.012993	24.640043	86	0.527317
majes.tytyty	7.138168	15827.13356	420	0.451008
gniksivart	0.763624	1774.158506	111	0.430415
gracefavour	0.005996	15.03088	59	0.398929
clio	2.217853	5890.405034	96	0.37652
charisma777	0.021986	61.189466	68	0.359306
djmalith	0.107938	306.725124	161	0.351905
retiredinsamar	0.313833	907.372219	152	0.34587
hazelgrace25	0.047974	144.349875	5	0.332348
samal	0.004997	15.075339	64	0.331494
themanwithnoname	0.031981	111.869172	245	0.28588
killerkuasha	0.03498	126.891336	36	0.275665
thinknzombie	2.049793	7621.37913	40	0.268953
funbobby51	0.023989	89.416916	535	0.268278
iamanwaar	0.003998	14.989247	66	0.266698
viridiumgaming	0.003998	15.085387	11	0.265031
christianyocte	0.006996	29.782214	50	0.234897
wincee	0.004997	24.49575	38	0.204015
jaeydallah	0.005998	33.008091	331	0.1817
briancourteau	0.006997	44.633681	60	0.156765
steemibu351	0.011993	77.140381	73	0.155471
introspector	0.006997	48.356331	17	0.144688
memebibiboboo	0.001999	14.98932	49	0.133354
shevans	0.001999	15.049869	137	0.132801
littlejoeward	0.033982	272.835828	51	0.124552
cryptkeeper17	0.002998	25.220364	34	0.118883
nexusvortex777	0.003997	42.957043	24	0.093054
blazing	0.009995	149.358057	858	0.066916
fada.emma	0.001	14.993585	98	0.066668
simon62	0.001	14.997777	67	0.066645
professorbee	0.000999	15.018404	70	0.066537
steemit.lover2	0.002998	47.527974	34	0.063083
rosemarynoble	0.001999	35.049931	252	0.057032
sweetjoy	0.000999	19.627626	81	0.050911
kaysar07	0.002998	75.834551	41	0.03954
fernando26	0.001	29.236142	2	0.034191
darkerhorse	0.001	105.128481	5	0.009508
User	C Rewards	Steem Power	Votes Cast	Reward per 1000 SP

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.

Chart and Analysis

Amount of SP earned per 1000 Steem Power owned

This weeks' results:

@miniature-tiger takes first spot again this week, well done master curator!
@steemitri in 2nd from 3rd last week, well done the curating mannequin!
@edje takes 3rd - a top 3 finish again this week!
@williamsyee and @instructor2121 benefitting from the new prize structure take 4th and 5th!

Well done to @fiveboringgames, @ammonite, and @greenrun who also performed very well this week.

The average curation reward/Steem Power this week is 0.797 follow a huge increase in entries and removal of trail / bot accounts.

Community Curation Excellence - League 2

This new league 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
Comments (number and amount of text)
Comments outside of your own blogs
Up-votes to others
Up-votes to unique others
Self-votes (a minus score for this one sorry!)
Witness engagement

The top 20

Name	Ashers engagement/excellence rating
@davemccoy	37153.35
@goldendawne	25096.35
@maverickinvictus	23839.3
@enjar	22616.15
@bashadow	22427.7
@cryptkeeper17	22309.75
@moneyinfant	20735.45
@blazing	20674.7
@wwf	18978.95
@beeyou	18673
@mariannewest	18456.25
@coolguy123	17959.6
@lifewithdanny	17866.9
@lynncoyle1	17322
@samiwhyte	16674.35
@naditinkoff	16073.85
@themanwithnoname	15923.05
@themobilewriter	15658.7
@abh12345	15269.6
@katrina-ariel	13390.05

Firstly, if you are placed in this league you are doing great - 1st place or 20th!

Well done to @davemccoy who tops the league of engagement and excellence again this week! Dave is a recent delegate of mine and is really showing how it's done with regards to community engagement here on Steemit, cracking stuff!

Also, an excellent job by @goldendawne (one of the #stewardsofgondor) and @maverickinvictus who have finished 2nd and 3rd this week!

163 names appeared in the list for League two this week - wow!

Want to be a part of the leagues? Let me know below!

_{Calculations may vary from week to week but always with a goal to find top community engagers.}

Prizes sent!

To mark the huge increase in numbers, I've decided to give away more SBD to more people!

Also as part of the new prize structure, SP delegations based on League 2 performance and current account size (with an aim to boost the smaller accounts).

Curation League 1

Curation League 2

And delegations:

100 SP to @maverickinvictus
100 SP to @enjar
75 SP to @bashadow
75 SP to @moneyinfant
75 SP to @cryptkeeper17

Well done ALL, carry on being awesome!

Finally

A few points:

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

_{I am part of a Steemit Business Intelligence community. We all post under the tag #blockchainbi. If you have analysis you would like to be carried out on Steemit data, please do contact me or any of the #blockchainbi and we will do our best to help you.}

_{I am contactable on many discord channels under the same username.}

_{Data was collected on the 18th February 2018 at 8pm (UTC)}

Thank you for your support, have a great day!

Asher @abh12345

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7 years ago by abh12345 (76)

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davemccoy (63) · 7 years ago

Thank you very much Asher for so many things. First, I very much appreciate the fact that you are giving away sbd as prizes and that is very awesome for you to do!

Second, and more importantly I want to thank you for hosting this game for all of us. It is an excellent way to show people how to get engaged and make great connections! Your "Asher's League of Excellence" is a fun and rewarding game because it teaches us that we "can" do it.

I think it is awesome to see so many people I know from experienced veterans like @goldendawne @coolguy123 @wwf @samiwhyte and of course you, to the ones in the lower ranks (like m)e like @kartrina-ariel, @themanwithnoname, @lynncolyle1, @beeyou, @cryptkeeper17, @bashadow. The compeititon is healthy and I think will eventually help all of us! Plus there are many new names that are just finding out about this contest, so they will want to crack the top 20 too! This is great!!!

And finally I wanted to thank you for giving more delegations to the people you did! I know how important it was to me to get my first ever delegation from you and it was amazing! I'm sure you have made people's day and you are carrying on the spirit of @fulltimegeek and truly making people love the #stewardsofgondor inititative!

Thank you and I'm so happy to be connected to you and to all the great people in this thread! :)

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abh12345 (76) · 7 years ago

What a lovely comment, thank you Dave!

The motivation for me to continue with this post comes from these kind of comments each week and it's now a real pleasure to find so many encouraging comments here.

The entrants range from brand new Steemians to ones that have been here a while, but both the new and old are still learning from the game and from what others are adding to the post in the comments - ace!

The prize fund is rather bumper this week, but I wanted to give some more back due to the interest you have raised over the last week - we had around 40-50 new names added!

The delegations are a product of what @fulltimegeek, @stellabelle, and others (included #stewardsofgondor) have done / are doing for the community. The movement has started, and I'd much rather support community builders and the pay it forward mentality by getting involved in what these pioneers have started. What I wish is for other large accounts to see that this is what will make Steemit great and put their best foot forward, and I think the best way to encourage that is by showing the outcome - A post with 100+ positive comments is solid reference material!

Thank you for your participation, promotion of this blog, and being fully worthy of at least 10 times the delegated SP you currently hold!

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davemccoy (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

That is a wonderful thing you said at the end and I'm honored that you would even think that! Thank you Asher!

As far as your point about getting the larger accounts to notice, I completely agree with you. I realize that there are many people that are competing for their attention, and honestly of course I wish they would look at your efforts. If they have any doubt as to whether or not you are on the right track, they should just look at the responses in both words and actions! It is incredible to witness :)

My thoughts are that we all do our best, with a clear objective and a pure heart. If we keep doing these things then sooner or later people will see that it is in their interest to help nudge us along. Building a community (as you describe it) takes energy and time, but the reward is that the bonds that come with it are deep. I think that all the new people that have shown up in just the last week will be the next generation to help you, @fulltimegeek, @stellabelle, and the #stewardsofgondor to fulfill that mission... My goal in making that connection between your world and mine was to provide the path forward for many of the newer but promising members. It is a great thing for them and also for you all, because we all just became a little more connected! ;)

Thank you again for all your hard work. I know it was a lot of work for you and I'm happy to see you accept the challenge! I know what it feels like to be in your position and you should be feel good that you are able to help so many with your efforts!

Have a great week and hope you get some rest! :)