The Community Engagement Challenge - Day 10 Diary
31 people still in the running!
They're coming to the winner's circle to be a part of the very first Community Engagement Challenge. Some have practically danced across the line. Some are running with blisters on their feet -- but they are still pushing forward.
It has been an honor to host such an event but I'll wax poetic when we're actually done! You see, we've got until midnight...or thereabouts. As long as I'm still awake and they're showing a pulse, we're going to welcome them.
CONGRATULATIONS
Early bird finishers:
@karenmckersie | @progressivechef | @steempowerpics | @jlufer | @aboutyourbiz | @enazwahsdarb | @jaymorebeet | @lexikon082 | @positivesteem | @sgnsteems
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and zooming past the checkered flag today are
@kylek717 | @dreemit | @arrliinn | @creatr | @kubbyelizabeth | @rawpride | @thesimplelife | @denmarkguy
It's taken a lot of grit and determination to get here. "THE BEAST" has gifted us with your talent and humor and we've had an opportunity to get to know you better as content creators and engaged Steemians. You should be very proud of your achievements!
THE ALMOST THERES!
These 9 challengers have written a minimum of 7 quality posts within the guidelines of this challenge but they need to finish with at least 500 comments to be guaranteed an equal share of the prize pool and their chance of being selected as the keeper of 5,000 SP for one week.
To reach the end, these 4 challengers need to write one more qualifying post and reach minimum comments. I am very inspired by their perseverance. Lesser mortals may have said it was too big a challenge - but not these guys!
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The Daily Diary consists of quality-checked, curated posts which must have at least one cited photo/illustration and 300 words or more. Our participants range from brand new minnows to Steemit veterans.
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9
Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9
Participants' posts in no particular order:
Why Math Is Considered Very Hard by Many?
Alcoholism: Celebrating Three Months Of Sobriety!
Could You Be A Steemit Editor?
My first 2000+ posts! What I have learnt so far!
Destination Unlocked! Welcome to the tiny little country!!!
Ask Me Anything And Drag Me Into Conversation - Steemians I Need Your Quick HELP
Part 3: Underwater Photography: 4 Original Photos from My Underwater Dreams Project NSFW
ColorChallenge - Sunday Purple - Lavender and Bees - Photography
Worth the wait: Kombucha is ready! No SCOBY, no problem!
6-year-old Learns To See A Project Through To The End.
What feeling best describes you?
One of my Posts Made it to "Trending," Wow! And Why That's Pretty Random
Since Life Is Full Of Uncertainties Anyway, Why Do We Fear Uncertainties Instead Of Embracing Them?
Science Fiction Book Review: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Our prize pool is up to 360 SBD!
The prize pool started off at 150 SBD from my own account! With the generous donations we have more than doubled the pot and still taking donations. 100% will be equally distributed among our successful contestants.
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10 SBD donors:
@deanliu | @thecrazygm | @haphazard-hstead | @steempowerpics | @sgnsteems | @creatr | @denmarkguy | @nonameslefttouse | @tonyr
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Curious about our progress?
Click to view the spreadsheet
@cryptologyx recommended that I share who needs an extra boost to get over the finish line. Great idea! So here we are:
| username | # comments needed |
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| @cryptologyx | 162 |
| @dean-mno | 339 |
| @fungusmonk | 104 |
| @greenacrehome | 347 |
| @luzcypher | 33 |
| @kiwideb | 235 |
| @mathworksheets | 224 |
| @pathforger | 51 |
| @steemfluencer | 309 |
| These 4 need ONE post | # of comments needed |
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| @haphazard-hstead | 10 |
| @allfabeta | 179 |
| @ana-maria | 272 |
| @tonyr | 50 |
It's GO time!
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@kylek717 | @dreemit | @arrliinn | @creatr | @kubbyelizabeth | @rawpride | @thesimplelife | @denmarkguy
Big steemit group hug! Congratulations to us, finally waiting behind the line along with
@kylek717 | @dreemit | @arrliinn | @creatr | @kubbyelizabeth | @rawpride | @thesimplelife | @denmarkguy
Everybody else working to the finish line, Steem on!!! You can do it!
Thanks @arrlinn! Looking forward to see you after that finish line :)
great @steemfluencer! Steem on! 😉
@steemfluencer - 20 more comments! That's all you need! woohoooo!
@steemfluencer, you there yet?
@steemfluencer made it! YAY! :)
@ana-maria needs a boost and I'm working with @cryptologyx right now.
Is @dean-mno still around?
Thanks @arrliinn, glad to just have squeezed in here!
Notes to self: I have NO idea how to just write a quick one-sentence comment!
@denmarkguy - you could have used a gif for "squeeze in here"
dammit! I can't seem to do one sentence responses either. ;P
Hahahah... that was super hilarious :DDD
Yay! My problem exactly. I'm no one-liner. I love to elaborate. Hehe
Thanks, following you!
Thanks @rawpride! :)
The last needed post is finally out! 😉 Very appropriate to the (my) current situation.
I Finally Got It - I Need Different Approach
YEAH! Well, done @ana-maria :D Big congrats on your huge achievement!
Thank you very much, @steemfluencer! 🙂
The only bad news is that I'm still lacking over 200 comments.
Now maybe 199. 😉
I'm catching up from the very bottom in @merej99's table of partcipants with over 350 comments by last night. Come on, come on girl.
Don't worry, be happy!
I am right behind you...
...with over 270 comments to catch.
That was scary! Hopefully you are at the right time zone to get them finished on time!
Yeah, sure! I'm always on the lucky side!
It's almost midnight in part of the world, so I have a perfect chance to stay awake for next about 6 hours, in other words, all night long, to eventually, very, very eventually accomplish the task.
Simple advice: use a lot of gifs and avoid too deep comments..
You're still ALIVE!
Looks like you, me and @cryptologyx might have a late night. I'll bring the chips and salsa.
LOL - Thank you for chips and salsa, but I think I would need more a barrel of coffee. 😉
OMG, I'm cracking up over here. LOLOL
Or maybe even better Asterix magic drink. 😜
Are you still awake? 67 comments to reach the finish line. If you want, we can count this baby down...
Of course, I would like to count this down but I'm not sure do I still have the time and how much of it already deducted.
That's fantastic !! So excited now to see all the winners Tomorrow , its a real nail biter !! Best of luck to everyone ! I have been commenting so much with many of you , and have gotten to meet some really awesome steemians , its been awesome ! Congrats once again to all that are now finished , way to go!! 🎆🎇🎈👍🎇🎈🎆
Congratulations to you on crossing the line so early on @karenmckersie!! You did a great job of leading by example and could probably have completed the challenge twice in the allotted time! :)
Hope your day is going well my friend!!
And this will be me in few minutes..or hours..
:0 Very funny! I love gifs :)
It's still something new to me, especially on Steemit.
I've always loved adding gifs to responses. It just puts a little extra life into our words ;)
ROFL! You're getting there @steemfluencer! I haven't checked your progress yet but if this is any indication you're gonna be fine :D
Thanks so much for your kind reply , and best of luck crossing that finish line !! 👍👍👍👍
Hahah! It's so amazing to see you as an early bird finisher. I guess I'd be the last one to cross the finish line. Currently getting traction from the end of horizon.
I'm not even going to look at numbers until this evening. I'm just going to focus on responding to you guys. :) This is so exciting! I love tight races. :)
If you really, really love tight races, then I should reveal a tiny 'secret' about me. I'm a huge motor sport fan.
Thanks ! Haha yes for sure , as the end draws near we tend to speed up and try like hell to finish ! 😂😂😂👍👍👍
What's this? Karen! You responded with a GIF! LOL Brava, muchacha!
Haha ! I have actually sent you and responded a few times with gifs ! I figured you missed them or were to busy because I have not heard anything yet ! Hahaha ! 😂😂😂😂 one was a response to batman one ! And there a couple more recent ones !
Sooo many messages LOL It's hard to keep up, especially when I had to do a few errands! oh no!
haha no worries ! Steem on my friend !!👍👍👍😂😂😂
Finally in the finished circle!! Will I be the winner only you know, but boy oh boy was it a blast. I shall wait to give my Commencement speech :)
It was a choice of soap or grease to get you to slide into that winner's circle...could have been a banana peel too. LOL
...But did you die? :D
Well done mate! You did it! Oh... I spend yesterday mostly traveling back to my home.. wrong timing, but it's still not too late.
What do you mean wrong timing?
How much time is left in hours @merej99?? I might be able to cross the line in time after all! :)
I'd say you had about 20 hours @tonyr :D
Just updated the sister post to 'The Beast' with my seventh post @merej99!
Getting to work on my remaining comments now! :[)
How fitting my 500th comment/post should be to you Meredith! :[)
Thank you so much for this challenge. It really has been! :)
But I have enjoyed every minute of it and it has been a great help to me. You have done a magnificent job and I hope you get the recognition you deserve my friend!!
CONGRATULATIONS! WOOHOOO!
And you did it with plenty of time to spare! I need to sign off until this thunderstorm passes but I am extremely proud that you accomplished what you set out to do. HUGS. The challenge was never about me, love. It is a grand experiment to make Steemit a better place :)
I think it has had the desired effect! :) I ahd a great time and I know everyone else did too. The challenge also helped me out a lot with the presentation of my posts so I was always going to be a winner. :)
I can't wait to see what you come up with next! After a well deserved rest, of course! :[)
We are all set to finish almost in the same time. Huge applause for your dear fellow!
woohoo! Brilliant Meredith. I am working on my final post now and will make sure I get my remaining comments before the time is up. :[)
I want one of those badges!!! :{)
Good luck @tonyr! Go get it! :D
Thank you for the support @arrliin. I have completed my seb=ven posts now and should just about manage to scrape past the post with my comments by the time the challenge ends! :)
Phew!! :{)
Hope you are having a great day my friend!
I guess you are almost ready by this time! :)
I have about twenty more comments in order to reach my goal @steemfluencer and you are very kind to help me do so! :)
I should also thank you for participating in the #conversation :)
Great!! I am finally able to just cruise by the day. Thanks. 😉
It's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded. Batter's at 3 balls and 2 strikes. What's it gonna be pitcher?
We don't do baseball where I'm from merej. Here we play FOOTBALL and no one can stand in my way now!! :)
So, Meredith, are you a baseball fan?
Only during the World Series. LOL
I like hockey and American football.
You got this buddy!
Thanks mate. Just put up my seventh post and have about 30 or so comments to make before the end of the challenge so I am expecting to cross the line at some point in the next few hours. :{)
I wasn't sure I would make it but I was determined to get that badge! :{)
Hope your day is going well!!
Excellent! I will get a conversation going on your post to help knock a few off your list :-)
That would be very helpful. :) Did you happen to see the post I put out about 20 mins ago? Some proposals for taking the contest forward. I'd love to know what you think!
Yep, I left a comment over there too :-)
@steempowerpics - congrats for finishing on time as well!
Thank you @steemfluencer, did you get to your goals today?
No buddy, I'm currently Steeming On with 207 comments left. Started from 370 or something like that last night.
I am pretty sure I made it past the finish line. This was a real challenge! For me, 7 posts in 10 days is a lot. If you have any suggestions for being able to post more, I am open to suggestions!
I was tracking you this morning! You're good!
I can't even tell you how many times I hit the refresh button because last night you only had like 10 comments to do. I was like COME ON!!! GIT 'ER DONE! lol
All my posts for this challenge, except this last one, really got a lot of comments. I've been so busy answering comments on my posts that I've missed seeing other people's posts! I feel like I've been in isolation! I'm looking forward to getting out in my Steemit neighborhood, now that the pressure of posting is over.
But I would like to keep posting regularly. I've got to figure out something! But I do like what I created over your 10-day challenge period!
I know this feeling of isolation! LOL I can't wait to break out and see what I've been missing on my feed. It may have to wait a day as I've been meaning to carve out time to read @dreemit's books. I can do this now without worrying about a speadsheet! :)
It's kind of an eye-opening experience once you taste the world of writing daily. Perseverance. Dedication. Death grip on the muse... lol
Wow... that felt like a pretty close call, but I guess I had a little room to spare. Congrats to everyone else who's made it across the finish line!
@karenmckersie, totally in awe of your posting prowess... I've considered myself a "pretty active" Steemian, but I feel like a snail next to you... wow!
Off to read and cheer on everyone who has the finish line in sight.
@denmarkguy! Let me join the club in few hours. Happy to see you grinding again :)
I wasn't worried at all!
Congratulations on completing the challenge @denmarkguy! It was certainly a tough one that Meredith set for us! :)
I feel like I'm writing a tough homework and the reward is graduating my college..
I know this feeling! Exhilarating...and then you want to throw up...or drink excessively. :P
140 comments to go with 13 hrs left...less a couple hours for the lawyer today and likely another couple hours bashing against this bandwidth wall.
If what I just read is correct and I don't doubt our teacher/coach that means I have approximately 7 hrs to cross the finish line. 20 comments an hour...piece of marble cake!
Blisters?
EDIT: ~smiles fer miles~
You are a bit ahead of me.. by about 30-40 comments.
k...not slowing down for you...catch up while I'm sitting in the lawyer's office, we can throw each other over the finish line...I will NOT be doing this on my stupid smart phone. ;)
You really need to read this. LOL Because...you know... I have no concept of time Just sayin'
hahaha @merej99 I did have have a chance to read this while my lawyer was commiserating with his colleagues. for 10 minutes and I was left in the office twiddling my thumbs and the thought came to me.
I found the whole thing fascinating really. He sounds like a great partner...a tolerant one. I take it you live in farm country as well. So I had a question come to mind while reading. You said you're quite capable of recognizing time restraints as far as prearranged appointments and such. What about birthdays, anniversary's, holidays and such. Perhaps holidays is not a good example here because you have the buzz feed from interacting on the computer.
What I'm curious about is whether you honestly lose time to your focus or you just really don't give time much thought other than how you choose to use it. I mean I can get the idea that you don't like alarms...unless it suits your needs in a particular situation. Don't you? :-0
So if I'm right so far, your life as you live it requires no sense of time. You neither value it or disavow it. It's just a construct you have little use for. I mean you are aware of it in the sense you inherently understand that if you want to go to Paris , for example, that a plane will get you there much quicker than a cruise ship. I can't really see you accepting a ocean voyage as a reasonable mode of transportation. Therefor you value your time intrinsically. An when you go to the airport, you would have done so allowing for all the pre-arrangements before hand. It may be your husband or someone else who arranges these things, but that's not because you cannot, rather than it's because you choose not to if you don't have to. Again valuing your time. I don't think your the kind of person who would purposely set out to waste another's time...but you could become so engrossed in something right in front of you that you might miss something that you had earlier deemed important to you.
Am I making any sense here...or am I just wasting your time with a bunch of silly questions? Because you already clearly stated your position with time...or at least how you like to pass it...which would be your way if you had your druthers.
Anyway...fascinating as I said. Reply at your leisure dear...or not at all...as I certainly have no lien on your time. On another note...this was number 111 on the countdown chart.
~smiles~
Hey there! I'm actually more time conscientious than that post would suggest but you hit the nail on the head. I don't live by a clock or an alarm but I am very respectful of other people's time because I know how precious it is.
My days are filled with doing the things I love and the bonus is I get paid for it. How sweet is that? You've gotten a taste of my organization and planning so when something must be done, it will get done. And thanks to my experience of going the wrong way at least a block before I figure out it's the wrong way (I kind of miss stomping around NYC and could never figure out how the natives could tell east from west after they left the subway) I always schedule "get lost time" especially if I'm traveling to a new location for an appointment.
I think it's a law to arrive 10-15 minutes early. Or maybe that was Dad's law?
So, for now, I'm practically an empty-nester. My schedule is my own and that of my dog's bladder (break time). Time, for some is the clock or a box on the calendar. I respect those parameters. I don't have to live by them. ;)
As for birthdays and holidays... I've rejected the commercialism of those things for at least a decade. My kids want for nothing and appreciate a gift "out of the blue" instead of a sense of entitlement because it was the day they were born. Thanksgiving is my only exception. A day with family and food? I'll kill a budget for that feast.
~smiles~ a vagabond is just someone with no sense of direction and a love of discovery. One of the things I used to say I'd like to do is go to NYC with nothing but a bus ticket and the clothes on my back. Some have said that town would eat me alive...even at this age I beg to differ.
Yes...time is our own to do as we please. If we please to put obligations on that time...so be it...we can also choose to turn around and stop putting obligations on it.
Why I stopped making promises decades ago...so easy to make and so hard to keep sometimes. Like the dude said...I don't have time for all that shit.
I'm really surprised I'm still so giving of my time here. That's a testament to the quality of characters here...not just content....and holidays mean nothing to me either. Not even thanksgiving...a turkey or ham is fine...no fuss required...just an extra decent meal...but why not that every month...or every week?
K...been honing my short game...yer throwing me off here teach...haven't seen the wall since the first one after coming back from the lawyers...I think it's gonna find me on this one. I'm just posting from the parent page and not from the full page...as long as I have stuff in my feed.
If not I'll go back to the 20 questions page and find that song...hahaha...maybe even add a line...now lemme see 65 more to go...how much time now coach?
here comes da wall!
Already started...it sounds pretty promising!
replies do I really need this distraction right now? I have less than an hour to get dressed and drive through downtown to be on time for my appointment...I'll catch this later...am a curio sorta cat } ;-)>
Hope all went well at the lawyers...you know, because they're so much fun.
Actually no...usually they're not...but this time I'm happy to have them. My first time ever bein' a letigious bastard.
What is the issue with the bandwidth thing?? That has held me up a little bit today as well! :(
It's up to the witnesses to increase the bandwidth to keep up with the volume. It's not YOUR equipment. It's on Steemit's end. We've had a lot of growth to the site recently.
I finally reached those limits today. Took me about 30 mins to be able to post again.
a well-earned Steemit break seems to have been forced upon you. Do not panic!
ask the teach tony...I would normally love to help out but I really gotta fly... ^/^
Who's that 'teach tony'. Enjoy your flight!
He calls me 'the teach'. I don't know why. LOL
because yer a natural born killer...and yer teach'n me how to kill it too ;p
and I don't call her "the teach" ...just teach...teacher...coach...dear
and a whole lotta other things on the other side of my keyboard!
and to just clarify for a moment...I recall tony was searching for info on this bandwidth issue,
you haven't run up agin it yourself @steemfluencer?
the issue is I just came back to the computer after being away for three and a half hours and went to post that comment to @merej99 and immediately go slammed and had to wait a half hour to post it.
68 to go and I started a drinking song somewhere in this damned post...
lol...what you do'n inside the belly of that beast? Editing for posterity? ;p
Hey hey, we're the monkeys! We're just hangin' around....
*and you've only got 27 more comments!
hey teach...got hit by the biggest bw wall yet...over an hour locked out...how much time left?
Until I go to bed ;)
And you're only like 25 comments back.
actually if 1216 is my target then it's 15 more to go...drink c...no chew some coffee grinds
12 more! COME ON! mamabear needs a beer!
four now...go ahead...and sure I'll have one two...we can chillax now ~smiles~
You start without me. I'm waiting on a couple more people to see if they still have a pulse :) Hey... great job I'm really glad to be connected because not too many people with this kind of grit. I appreciate that. HUGS.
I want to start by congratulating the creator of the challenge, my dear friend @ meritj99 for this great idea, then I want to congratulate those who came first, second, last and those who did not come, for having had the courage to take on a work commitment, As he said @ merej99 at the beginning, this was not a competition between those who participated, it was a competition between oneself and the important thing is to have surpassed itself.
I want to thank everyone for having supported this challenge.
I wish you all a lot of success in what you are developing on the platform. I am at your disposal for what you need.
@jlufer - this is a dream coming true for me. I really wanted to help people become better bloggers and find their tribe on Steemit. We do that by getting a lot of technical things done first - formatting our posts, being aware of the "first impression" for each post (title, picture and first 20 words), and then turn our eyes to building a relationship with our readers and finding other people. It's been a great honor to watch everyone in this race to improve upon themselves. Thank you for taking part in this experiment. <3
here here...still gonna do the hundred...time outs or no...she's a champ and only coaches the best...because they become their best under her guidance...notice I did say leader
I'm pround and honored! Thanks for hosting, thanks everyone for competing and making this so much fun!
Oh, there are a couple people who're probably cussing my name now but I personally had a blast torturing you all. LOL