The Curation and Engagement Leagues 🏆

roleerob (66) 5 years ago

We've had family visiting @abh12345, so not as active as normal. Still nice to see steady engagement by everyone in the CEL. In spite of the overall market ... Good thing we’re not doing all of this for any sort of a ”mercenary” motivation like uhhh … a profit! 😉

An SBI share has been registered for our ”Hot Pink” winner this week - @abitcoinskeptic. I’ve enjoyed my recent engagement with him. Nice to see him as our first back-to-back winner of “ohhh so close” prize in quite awhile. Congratulations to all of this week’s winners, which is everyone! As well as those who got some prizes … 😉

Thank you for putting this together @abh12345. "Onward and upward" into a new week!

P.S. While it was almost a day late, I swear I composed a message for last week’s contest. 🤔 Not sure how to explain the fact I can’t find it!? 😧 Bizarre … Just to be certain, I did go back for proof that I honored my commitment and got an SBI share registered for @abitcoinskeptic then too:

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abh12345 (76) 5 years ago

Cheers Rob. Yes my engagement has also suffered of late, but I'm glad it's not impacted the overall numbers at all.

It does seem most of the work done of Steem at present isn't for profit - at least not short term gains. Thanks for your support of the leagues, have a fine week!

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago (edited)

Yes, well @abh12345 ...

"Yes my engagement has also suffered of late ..."

... working a full-time job can tend to put a bit of a dent in the time you have available.

I hope that is shaping up (once you get past all the introductory reading ...) nicely for you!

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xplosive (62) 5 years ago

Be honest. We are all doing this (being active on the Steem blockchain) for the money. Just some people are doing it smarter than others. They provide and have real, human comments and support each other with upvotes, while a lot of people are not doing this. A lot of people are focusing only on their own blog posts. And the whole Steem Basic Income program is also about the money. To provide a basic income for Steem users, who have SBI shares.

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago (edited)

Yes @xplosive ...

"Be honest. We are all doing this (being active on the Steem blockchain) for the money."

... I can see my attempt at a little humor didn't "make it across" to you.

Those that know me, over my time "in here," know I am first and foremost an investor. Hasn't worked out very well with STEEM, but fortunately I am not a short-term speculator, so ... We'll see!

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xplosive (62) 5 years ago

Sorry. I usually notice humor, but not this time. I should have noticed it though, seeing that smiley at the end of the sentence. Back to the investing topic, I feel sorry for you. Especially nowadays, seeing that the price of the Steem is around $0.13 USD. I am not an investor, or at least not big, but I can also say that I am not a short-term speculator. I am on the Steem blockchain since 2017.05.17. So, yes. We will see.

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago

Not to worry @xplosive ...

" Sorry. I usually notice humor, but not this time."

... it's fine. One of the challenges "in here," particularly across global language and culture differences, is the possibility of being misunderstood.

As for this ...

"Back to the investing topic, I feel sorry for you. Especially nowadays, seeing that the price of the Steem is around $0.13 USD."

... it's not for the fainthearted, no doubt. In my last monthly update, I decided to post my "bottom line." Not a pretty picture then, let alone now ...

I have found value and am truly fascinated with the experience of engaging with others all over the world. So ... I'm still here! 👍🙂

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leveuf (67) 5 years ago

Here I came, @Roleerob, to meet this League!! :)
Thank you very much for inviting me!
Hope you are enjoying family and beautiful days!
I send hugs from here!!

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amico (66) 5 years ago

Hey, I'm the last one in the EL Table: I deserve it, given my almost total inaction!

One SBI sponsored to @josediccus for his placement in #22 lucky number position.

Cheers!

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josediccus (75) 5 years ago

Wow 22 sweet! Thanks a lot buddy I'm grateful

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amico (66) 5 years ago

My pleasure, mate!
!BEER

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fullcoverbetting (69) 5 years ago

Congrats @slobberchops with the lucky number 25! You have been sponsored an SBI share.

Cheers,
Peter

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slobberchops (74) 5 years ago

Thanks Peter!

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cwow2 (65) 5 years ago

How do one join? :D

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

As always, I would like to thank all members of the League for their engagement and congratulate every Steemian who joins in, because we are all winners when Steemit works.
Of course, my special congratulations also go to the top winners on the list: @tattoodjay, @dswigle, @chireerocks, @wakeupkitty, @brittandjosie and @chekohler, just to name the first few. Your engagement is outstanding.

I have already sent 2 SBI to the lucky number 12 @alokkumar121 - congratulations, my friend :)

A well deserved !BEER and a !tip as a thank you for all of your efforts, @abh12345 😊

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chekohler (70) 5 years ago

Lol nice to see my name up there with fellow legends in engagement! I’m wondering how long his will last before someone you get comes along and kicks us off our perch

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

Many of the names on top of the list are the same since I joined a few weeks ago, but every week you can read new names, and they are climbing up the ladder to us. Soon we will be further down the list and Steemit life will be easier ;)
!BEER

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beerlover (62) 5 years ago

^{View or trade BEER at steem-engine.}

Hey @chekohler, here is a bit BEER for you. Enjoy it!

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alokkumar121 (76) 5 years ago

Glad to see my name in the list and thank you so much @johannpiber for SBI shares. Appreciate your support.

@abh12345 this is fantastic program and thanks for making me part of it sending weekly rewards.

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

You are much welcome @alokkumar121 🙂

Yeah, your name is on the list not far from the top, @alokkumar121. Your next goal will be the Top 10 and then we all want to see new names on the very top places. I won't change my engagement if I am somewhere further down on the list.
I wish you a great week and happy commenting 🙂
!BEER

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beerlover (62) 5 years ago

^{View or trade BEER at steem-engine.}

Hey @alokkumar121, here is a bit BEER for you. Enjoy it!

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abh12345 (76) 5 years ago

Cheers @johannpiber, well done for finishing 2nd yet again and thank you for newly sponsoring number 12 :)

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

My pleasure @abh12345 - it makes fun and I think, the engagement of the league helps Steemit at lot.
!BEER

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tattoodjay (73) 5 years ago

Congrats on the number 2 Spot :) I see you sliding into number one this week :)

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

Thank you JJ, I have already told you what I think about that - I prefer to have a !BEER 😉

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tattoodjay (73) 5 years ago

I know but how active you are I do believe it is inevitable

!BEER

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

In a few days we will know :)
!BEER

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tattoodjay (73) 5 years ago

Thats we will !BEER

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

!BEER 🙂

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beerlover (62) 5 years ago

^{View or trade BEER at steem-engine.}

Hey @tattoodjay, here is a bit BEER for you. Enjoy it!

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chireerocks (72) 5 years ago

@johannpiber, Thank you so much for your kind mention and stay blessed.

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

You're much welcome @chireerocks 🙂
!BEER

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chireerocks (72) 5 years ago

Thank you for your kind gesture. Have wonderful time ahead.

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johannpiber (72) 5 years ago

I wish you a great time too, @chireerocks 🙂
!BEER

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chireerocks (72) 5 years ago

Thank you so much and stay blessed.

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beerlover (62) 5 years ago

^{View or trade BEER at steem-engine.}

Hey @chireerocks, here is a bit BEER for you. Enjoy it!

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spiritualmax (64) 5 years ago

Even if I win nothing, shouldn't I be able to see myself here?

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abh12345 (76) 5 years ago

Got to make the top 100, there are more than 500 accounts registered!

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chekohler (70) 5 years ago

@kharma.scribbles another week goes by and you’ve yet to kick me off the top spots! Seems like it was all empty threats 😋😋😋

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abh12345 (76) 5 years ago

:D Nothing like a bit of banter to get the engagement levels up

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leveuf (67) 5 years ago

Hello, @abh12345!! I met this Curation and Engagement Leagues thanks to @Roleerob! I think is a really great initiative and I'd like to participate!! Most of all to see and learn!!
My best wishes for life and projects, @abh12345!! :)

roleerob (66) 5 years ago

Up (here) 🌄 before the roosters @leveuf and great to "see" you here! Glad to know you have chosen to follow through and join in the weekly contest. It is all "friendly competition" and in good fun. And, depending on how the stats (his proprietary formula, based on his weekly extraction of SteemSQL data from our blockchain ...) of @abh12345 turn out, you might even win some prizes! 😊

I trust you will enjoy it! 👍

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leveuf (67) 5 years ago

Hello @Roleerob!! I´m happy to be here and looking forward to meet more people and of course having fun. There are many interesting conversations in the comments every week that are worth to look at and take note, discussions on the many areas of expression on this blockchain which bring the chance to learn or are good advises and practices "in here". I'm also glad to see you to continue our little chat. :)
I've been thinking to ask you if you know the work of the @Contestbot, is a project (I think is runned by @reggaemuffin, who also ran the glorious and now inactive @originalworks bot). They are constantly creating writing contests about many blockchain and tech projects that sponsor these contests to get promotion in Steem. Maybe you find something interesting for both of your investments and write ups.
I send big hugs for you @Roleerob, may the Light and Love are on your side in everyday!! Only the Best!!

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago

Nice to hear from you @leveuf! No, I am not familiar with either (active and inactive) of these bots. Unfortunately, for the time being, I don't have enough time to check into much of what is currently happening on our Steem blockchain.

Once I get some higher priority items "checked off" out in my real life, then we'll see. I certainly appreciate you bringing them to my attention! 😊 👍

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leveuf (67) 5 years ago (edited)

For now I recommend to you to just follow the @Contestbot, it only inform you via transaction when a new writing contest is active. Later you will have time to check it with more detail.
A long time ago @Originalworks used to work as an original content checker, making the plagiarism revision by itself when you called it by the command !originalworks. The bot then upvoted your post and leave you a comment of the original content validation. Just for the nostalgia, their posts were something like this:

The @OriginalWorks bot has determined this post by @leveuf to be original material and upvoted it!

To call @OriginalWorks, simply reply to any post with @originalworks or !originalworks in your message!

Now this project is working only with the contests!
When you visit them maybe you'll find something interesting to participate!! :)

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago (edited)

Nicely done @leveuf! Giving thought to how your original message might be enhanced, for the benefit of whoever may come across this exchange in the future. 😊

As mentioned, while I am not familiar with this service, your commendation of it is notable, as I value your opinion. Beyond that, I wonder how many similarly creative and original features someone was inspired enough to both conceive of and then work hard to "bring to life" we have on our Steem blockchain. How do we find them? And what do they subsequently need to succeed?

I've seen and experienced many things in a long life @leveuf and, while invested in this new technology for over two years, I yet remain skeptical of some of the utopian claims for its future. Specifically, that it will somehow "magically" become transformational ... There is just a hard reality about what it takes to succeed in life that too many (from my perspective) try to escape. Leading to inevitable failure ...

Old statistics, which I have long since forgotten where they came from, nonetheless have always stayed with me. Statistics about the success rate, in spite of a lot of hard work, of new business start-ups in the "real world" - 90% of them fail in their 1st year, and, of those that survive, 90% of them fail within their 1st five years. That leaves us with a 1% chance of success.

The two primary reasons for failure? 1) Inadequate financing to get their owners through the inevitably difficult start-up phase, and 2) Inadequate / insufficient sales & marketing effort to make their "value proposition" widely enough known to attract the needed numbers of customers ...

So ... After ~ 3 years of life, in its own "life cycle," where are we on our Steem blockchain? 🤔 😉

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leveuf (67) 5 years ago

I think the widely spread idea of "come and post and you'll earn money" was a bad publicity in the long term. I've seem many comments about creating a philosophy since the beginning to somehow protect the Steem token by staking it. While it was a strike of fortune for many early users it become a burden for the steem economy itself. Another factor and you know more of that is the relation that all the alt-coins have to bitcoin and the overall crypto market itself.

I believe the human factor in this platform that can't be easily expressed by numbers is the value that makes Steem resist until now all the storms over these two years of declining in the price. There are many good feelings in a lot of people "in here" that will maybe make this boat sail for a very long time. As you, I think in the long term and keep calm continuing also with diverse projects for growing in life. Giving Steem only enjoyable and quality time!! I'm looking forward to see those five years of the platform and the state of the Steem!! It could be good times!! :)

And speaking of projects I find another impulse to authors by this new @original.content initiative. I think they are related also with OCD. It's worth to check and see how they work!!

Hope the best for you in this great journey @Roleerob, for a better future for everyone!! :)

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roleerob (66) 5 years ago

We are agreed then @leveuf that, perhaps, "all is not well" in "Utopia," but ...

"Giving Steem only enjoyable and quality time!! I'm looking forward to see those five years of the platform and the state of the Steem!! It could be good times!! :)"

... right there with you that keeping all in a proper perspective, we can still enjoy some definite benefits. And, in time, maybe ... We'll enjoy a profit (as I wake up to a further declining overall "crypto" market ...) on top of these benefits! 😉

All the best to you, my friend, for a better tomorrow! 👍 😊

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