Curation Digest Issue #5: Part II

In-depth analysis? Check. Humans caring? Check. Highlighting awesome Steemian authors? Check.

It might seem simple but this is @buildawhale's mission.

Courtesy of OG Tech Shaman @nicnas

Mission to make sure every Steemian is given the value they are promised.

Mission to highlight under-appreciated authors who haven gotten the eyeballs or recognition they deserve.

Mission to inspire real, positive change.

As a result, Curation Digest is now in two parts providing the highlighted authors with round-the-clock exposure. don't you think they deserve this? Especially after all the time, effort, and sacrifice they put into creating their content.

Let's dive on in, @buildawhale style.

The first @buildawhale piece of highlighted content nominated by Steemit's community curators is @dreamingirwin's absolutely incredible post on love titled: "The Excellence of Love."

This post reads as if it had been written by the Apostle of love himself. If every single one on this earth would love only a little more, there would certainly be less evil.

You can almost explain everything, but love is more difficult. This post gives a very good insights into the topic of love, life, and God.

The way @dreamingirwin breaks down such an abstract concept of love into 13 segments masterfully all with inspiration from the Corinthians 13. The way you cite specific verse and then explain them for us all to understand is such a skill. it is so hard to get people to understand abstract concepts without being turned away.

We believe that this way of teaching and inspiring is the way to go in regards to Scripture-based learning here on Steemit.

Not overloading or persuading, just inspiring and educating.

That is huge because so many who preach these topics turn off their potential audiences before they have the chance to digest the information. You sir did an excellent job and we can't wait to see what your future content will look like. God Bless.

Check out this comprehensive look on love here: https://steemit.com/love/@dreamingirwin/dctchallenge-entry-the-excellence-of-love

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The second highlighted piece of epic content in this issue of Curation Digest is @danyelk comprehensive crypto post titled: "Your Daily Crypto News on Steemit August 17, 2017."

The way you flow with this incredible vast depth of crypto-related knowledge is freakin legendary. It is so hard to get the audience to stay engaged all the way through a post, albeit a comprehensive post like yours.

And you nailed it!

It was so easy to read the information, digest it, and store it for later use. The way you format the post with amazing images, headers, and obviously efficient and effective words is a rarity. Most do one of those things, if not more wrong.

@danyeld in our eyes you are the go to person on Steemit for your daily crypto digest of relative information. Thank you so much for saving us time and energy by conveniently bringing us all this epic info in one place: "Your Daily Crypto News."

Thanks again for all you do.

Want to get smarter with crypto go here: https://steemit.com/news/@danyelk/your-daily-crypto-news-on-steemit-august-17-2017

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https://steemit.com/gaming/@retro-room/must-try-hidden-gems-board-game-top-shop-playstation-1

Written by @retro-room and curated by @bethalea

This is indeed a gem of a post, my friend!

I checked out your blog a bit and see that you do this kind of post often, so perhaps my kudos aren’t surprising.. however I really enjoyed reading this and would love to play this game, haha!

Visually, this post is nicely broken up with vivid graphics and paragraphs that are perfectly placed. Your text is clear, concise, articulate and interesting.

I love playing games and you explained this one in a very easy to understand way. Good work all around, thank you for sharing!

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https://steemit.com/traveling/@shakazula/hiking-in-the-alps-mount-ojstrica-2350m-7700ft

Written by @shakazula and curated by @bethalea

In the words of my friend and yours, @chiefmappster, ‘OOOOO WEEEEEE’, my friend! This is a stunningly beautiful example of a photographic essay. I’m not sure if that’s what you intended, however you tell a great story with these gorgeous pictures.

I was first intrigued because I plan on hiking some Alps myself some day and was really interested in seeing what your hike was like.

And then you were telling me a story about your hike and I was enchanted.

I appreciate how you made sure to have your audience notice what you were taking a picture of here:

It’s a pretty picture all by itself but making sure I knew to notice how the vegetation had changed due to your climbing in altitude is exactly what I loved. You’re engaging your audience perfectly.

And then the anticipation I felt along with you as your destination got closer and closer… man. I can’t wait to go! Next time, I want a picture of the beer you had afterwards, too, because I want to do THAT hike and I want to have THAT beer at the end, ya dig?!? ;)

Thank you for taking me on this journey with you, I look forward to seeing more from you!

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https://steemit.com/colorchallenge/@hethur240/color-challenge-green-thursday-leaf-hopper

Written by @hethur240 and curated by @bethalea

I love the photography color challenges, I really do.

However, so very many of them are of flowers… don’t get me wrong, I love flowers. And so many of these flower pictures are positively STUNNING.

It is very nice to see something different, like this piece.

That’s the cutest, tiniest little green buggie I have ever seen! And it’s dead, so that’s a bonus, haha!

I love the clarity of this shot, how you can see the intricacies of this bug, down to the fibers that make up the paper underneath her! Amazing that you took this with your phone!

And the second shot where you have your pen in the picture for scale was brilliant. Thank you for sharing your art with us!

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This concludes part two of Issue 5 of Curation Digest. For Part I of Issue 5 go here: https://steemit.com/buildawhale/@buildawhale/curation-digest-issue-5-part-i

We hope this comprehensive, critical feedback provides value to the authors nominated and the Steemit community. You never know where inspiration might come from.

Don't forget when you see an epic piece of content created in the Steemit community, just send 0.10-0.50 SBD to @buildawhale with the epic content's URL in the memo and badda bing badda boom nomination time :)

As it has been for thousands of years:

"Teamwork makes the dream work."

Thank you as always for your time, support, and attention. It puts the biggest smile on our faces :)

Namaste

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