Hey y'all, Nate here with an update to our plankton support project!

This is an update to our fundition proposal

Part of what we're doing here at Homesteaders Co-op (besides trying to rethink the internet retail economic model) is focusing on new steemians and helping them get established. We put a lot of stock in supporting people in our community because we understand that more active people on the chain makes it stronger, more valuable, more sustainable, and more appealing to other potential users. While we're particularly supporting people in the #homesteading, #permaculture, #sustainability, and related communities, these actions will benefit the entirety of Steem.

Our grassroots efforts here started organically and early in the Co-op's story. At first it was just a simple "hey, how are ya, check out what we're doing" campaign, and has morphed into a more organized community project with more formal welcome comments from our contributors, dedicated discord channels, and movements that are nothing short of community rally cries where we all swarm lovingly to support new folks. It has also meshed into our efforts to make delegations to new folks and to offer access to free and instant steem accounts that we can provide to folks.

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This newsletter is an update and explanation of our mission and progress on that front, as well as a curation of the accounts we're supporting.

Updates:

1. Unleash the auto voter! We've started setting the auto voter on these small accounts. During the previous curation and introduction of this project, we found that earnings on the posts where we first met these new people on the platform were very good. Later post payouts were not. Realizing that financial incentive is part of the steem model, we've decided to give these accounts our consistent financial support. Rates will be adjusted as we grow and experiment with the new system.

2. Setting limits. Seeing how many people are coming to the platform and going inactive shortly after, we've found it unfortunately necessary to set limits. We've decided that after one month of inactivity, we will pull our delegation and auto vote settings. This is in an attempt to give support where it is going to be used.

At the time of this writing, the newbies we delegate to are @nancymoral, @rainbow.snake, @thunderox, @homegrownstables, @ekawaediw, @stanmr, @warfsterveld, @tarahgreen, @sinikka, @circulartimes, @hippygirlco, @lizablove, @bluntcrypto, @winslow-home, @dansgardening, @celestethebest, and our newest additions, @sacredstarfamily, @stevesmithagain, @mtnwomanmedicine, @bothanikha, and @samamorningstar.

Our standard delegation is 30 SP, so there's a total of 630 SP currently delegated from @homesteaderscoop to help new eco-conscious people on steem because our mission focuses on community, not money. We at the Co-op understand that without people, economics doesn't work.

Unfortunately, seven of those users have fallen outside the one month inactivity limit.

That said, here's some posts by people to support. We hope you see value in these new steemians like we do!

@stanmr posted this week about his woes with pests in his indoor garden, and has recommendations for us, should we encounter the same issues.

@hippygirlco posted about canning meat! What a handy shortcut and a cool option. I personally never knew about that possibility, but I'm new to this homestead stuff :)

@lizablove is continuing her Be Your Own Hero series that we visited last week by talking about triggers and how to use them for personal development. I really love that she is embracing share2steem and think I'll be encouraging other plankton to follow her example there. It is a very convenient way to engage on the Steem platform.

@dansgardening, true to his handle, is gardening! He posted about more seeds and sprouts, but I enjoyed his quick post about chickadees, one of my favorite little birds.

@sacredstarfamily, one of our new plankton since the last update, is winning a spot in my heart. Y'all, they made a post about MUSHROOMS! Turkeytails (my favorite) and a couple other large concks I've not heard of before, all harvested in the redwood forest! How beautiful!

@stevesmithagain clues us in on a cheap option as a compost thermometer. How handy! And I must say his is an inspiring concoction of compost. I must know more.

@mtnwomanmedicine gives a recipe for a powerful, natural, healing electrolyte drink, dubbed Nature-aid. That'll come in handy working in the garden on hot days!

@bothanikha tells about calendula as an anti-inflammatory and beauty product in a Natural Medicine post.

@samamorningstar wowed us with her introduceyourself post on Womb-centered healing and it's role and backstory in her life. She seems to be getting encouragingly active on the platform. I'm excited to see how she likes it here :)

The rest of our plankton haven't had any posts recently, so we'll be reaching out to them to see if they're doing okay here.

That's what's going on here on this end. We're always brainstorming and developing this idea and seeing how it grows. Thanks for reading our newbie curation and for helping us in supporting these young steemians! Of course, if you have a suggestion, let us know! If you find folks that you think could benefit from our support, we really want to know!

Be blessed.
Be fruitful.
Stay relevant.

Nate

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@nateonsteemit is a budding permie in North Texas. Family man and welder by trade, his goals inside permaculture are the advancement of Liberty and saving a few bucks. Check his intro to the Co-op here.

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