RE: Pause for Reflection: What I Learned from Doing the Steemit Community Engagement Challenge
I'm blown away by what you did: *And right there was large part of why I almost didn't make it to the finish line-- my 523 comments within the 10-day window amounted to 38,300 words, or 73.2 words per comment, on average. * This is amazing @denmarkguy!
As for the challenge itself., I was so pleasantly surprised by that tremendous mutual support we had between each other.
I've gained about 60 new followers. For an ambitious individual like me, the result isn't satisfying enough.. but hey, I have no reason to complain about anything! Period!
What I'm happy to see is the amount of new followers I'm getting even after the end of the challenge and I'm currently barely active due to the fact I'm catching up with family and work obligations. I got about 15-20 follows and all I did is posting few comments in the last 36 hours. A big trace of @steemfluencer has been spread and sprinkled over the whole platform :D and the outcome is obviously new followers.
I was also curious to see what my position in steemwhales as poster is and I found out that I'm in #117. Definitely cool too see I'm a bit behind the top 100. I bet that all participants are in top 200.
Oh..if a new challenge is arriving at October it feels too soon for a pressure like that :D
Thanks!
I remember back in the days of forums and message boards, it was pretty similar for me. I was seldom the most prolific in terms of "number of interactions," but I tended to make up for it in terms of sheer volume of content. Brevity was never my strong suit.
Next go around, I expect there'll be more of a pre-announcement as a result of which it'll likely be a larger group. And given the pretty resounding success of this inaugural event, we'll probably have a larger prize pool (perhaps supplemented with "gifts" from some of the community's whale-sized curators) and some "sponsorship" from the "top" of Steemit. Time will tell.
:) Good predictions. I still couldn't imagine myself crossing the finish line for a 2nd time in a row. At the same time, I'm a guy that likes competing and this time I'll might try my best to finish as the 1st one. What's a bit strange is that these words come out from the mouth of the guy who was among the last to fulfill all the requirements for the first challenge.. :)
We should soon ask Meredith when is she planning to perform the second challenge.
@steemfluencer, she already made vague hints about "a couple of weeks before Halloween" as a possible time slot... but I'm gonna totally leave that one in peace till she's had her break and a chance to just breathe in and breathe out.
Seems, that I've missed that. Thanks! Enjoy the weekend @denmarkguy! I'll have another portion of a rest since I've reached my limits for a second week in a row and I'll have to refresh my head with a new visit of the sea coast.