Milk Challenge: Day 3 - Interesting Things To Do On Steem Today...
Once again it is great to see so many people participating in the Milk Challenge. The Milk Challenge was born in frustration looking at trending a few days ago and seeing almost nothing but Burn posts and SBD Potato Posts. Plus a few witnesses pitching their ideas.
The trending page was looking pretty unattractive.
The last couple of days it's looked a bit better, thanks to some curation groups.
In anycase, User-Engagement and Activity is a good thing in my opinion and I would rather see efforts that help with distribution and user retention through having fun and encouraging people to be active instead of bitching about what every one does.
I INVITE YOU TO MILK.
I think the idea that end-users should sit and write complicated posts every day really hurts with user retention. On the other hand casual posts do not have to be all over trending to create engagement and activity. Frankly Trending has historically been pretty terrible and I don't expect that to change, but I still think we can encourage activity.
So to participate in the challenge make one post a day and comment on 10. A few people are doing modified versions of this around their own schedules which is fine!
Use the tag #milkandtaters or #milkandtators
Make it fun, make it casual and don't expect to trend.
If you like engagement, give it.
1 post and 10 comments a day!
So to the fun things on Steem, I love the "How Steem Impacted My Life Posts", there is usually one on trending and they have all been great. That is being managed by @theycallmedan
Also a lot of fun are some of the #2020Vision posts. Check out the tag.
As always you can post from a number of front-ends, or play Splinterlands!
Get out there and create some activity and have some fun... Add the other projects you are enjoying in the comments.
Also we are starting to see a little more price action when the market is moving... Let's not hit the bull market stagnant and depressing, get out there and create some fun and engagement.
Fun ? Iam having a blast ;)
Glad to hear it!
I love this idea, Milk challenge.
Sometimes is cool to have easy posts to digest instead of complicated debates. ;)
Agree, I don't read a lot of long form posts, most people really aren't good enough writers to pull it off.
I find most of the really long posts are just wind bags that have a hard time getting to the point. :)
Hey! I represent that remark!
I try to engage with at least 5 steemians every day who I haven’t engaged with in at least a month, including new steemians. Then naturally I check some friends and favorites which usually rounds out to ten!
I guess I am also participating though I haven’t made a post about it
It would be nice if we could make an option to voluntarily deny trending page for stuff like potato and other things we think don’t belong there. Not everyone will use it but we can encourage some of the more spammy looking posts that are done by people who get along with the community. Maybe a 5% reduction in spam that way
Well I have mixed feeling about hiding what is real. If most of the votes go to burning, I feel like it is dishonest to hide it.
I mean the poster can opt to keep it off trending. I don’t know who runs the potato but if they have the platforms growth in mind I don’t think they will mind
!giphy preach
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!giphy cow+barn
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I hadn't thought about the cow. milk, bull connection. Funny how word associations can be there and yet not thought about.
You can write a post about it now!!! :)
Or calves.
Excellent! You, along with @thekittygirl, @shadowspub, and others are one of the mammas of initiatives! #newsteem #milkchallenge not to mention the infamous #drama coin!
If your reading this response to one of the Queens of STEEM, listen to her advice! She will never steer you wrong (at least not intentionally)!
Providing another outstanding positive initiative @whatsup! Thank you!
!giphy go girl
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I am really gonna get this bot figured out one of these days!
Since you are trying to put some fun it the steem .... have you thought about something like steemian of the year award :) We can have more categories nominations, voting etc .... should be fun and people will enjoy some recognition from the community :)
milking it.
Yep
love this concept @whatsup ... will be giving it a shoutout when I write up my next Prompt A Day newsletter in the next day or so.
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Great stuff! Sorry about no PYPT curation post this past week. Mind preoccupied with the Redfish Contest. Just wish I had more entries. Here it is hump day and plenty of support from the overall STEEM community, but very few entries! May have to do like @theycallmedan and extend the deadline for another week.
!giphy hump+day
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Exactly what I was going for! Yeah!
I'd suggest everyone comes to @sportstalksocial and posts a sporting milk post or enters a competition. I will be there as @leedsunited handing out tokens like confetti :-)
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Is there enough room in your milking barn?
!giphy milk+barn
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