How to Join the MAP Community - Minnows Accelerator Project (April 2018)

The Minnows Accelerator Project (MAP) was started back in July 2017.

The project now has two branches: MAP itself and AAKOM. They currently share the same Discord chatroom but, depending on your interests, you can use different tags.

This update is necessary because ChainBB has closed down and we were using our dedicated forum to process signup requests. The instructions below have not changed very much but they obviously no longer require signing into the forum.

Let's go through the process in the simplest way possible! But first...

The benefits of joining MAP

= membership of our private Discord chatroom

= new members shall receive upvotes from our community accounts (currently from @rycharde)

= you may use the #accelerator and #aakom tags for extra visibility to other members

= your articles are eligible to be included in our curated content posts

= your articles are also eligible to be included in our curated resteems posts

= upvotes from our community accounts (@aakom and @accelerator) for articles curated

= you may win delegated SP as curated content posts are voted upon within the chatroom

= advice and updates on other sources of income within the Steem blockchain

= exchanging ideas and interests with fellow members

How to join the MAP community

Firstly, membership is not automatic; it is subject to consensus from within the existing community.

1 = Create a new post requesting to join either MAP or AAKOM.

Please include a short introduction, including why you would like to join MAP, and links to a few recent best posts.

The post title must clearly show that this is a membership request. For example, "Request to join MAP from @mysteemitname".

The post must include the tag #newmapsters. You may, of course, use other tags as well.

2 = Your own followers, and other existing community members, can comment and vote on your new post. If you are accepted, you will receive a message from @accelerator with an invitation code to the Discord chatroom. You will then also be followed by @accelerator and the other benefits, listed above, will swing into action!

3 = That's it!

Please note, this is a new method for members to signup, so may be subject to rule tweaks to speed up the process. Please follow the above steps so that I can see your request post. I will often wait to see if others comment or upvote your post, and I shall also look at your posts and comments history.

MAP posting guidelines

One thing that existing MAP members pride themselves on is the helpfulness and civility of the MAP chatroom. So when looking at prospective new members, I look for good quality posts and some engagement with the wider community through comments. Although there always remains some subjectivity to this, I don't think these are overly high standards.

We have a very broad range of content creators across the arts and sciences. The only topics we do not have are those that tend towards partisanship of some orthodoxy: this obviously includes religion and politics. There are other communities who may welcome such perspectives. Also, you must post in English; bilingual posts or English translations of your original posts are fine.

Rather than reading lengthy guidelines, I think it is just easier to scan through the MAP members feed to gauge the quality expected - it is not primarily about being a professional blogger, just that posts should be engaging and well-written.

I look forward to welcoming new members to the MAP community.

@rycharde

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Please comment, upvote and resteem. Thanks!
All new info to participate will be published by @accelerator
MAP is managed by @rycharde.