RE: The Curation and Engagement Leagues ๐ - STEEM prizes & steem-bounty available! ๐
First, great job on the repeat @janton, that is very cool that you win 2 weeks in a row... It is an awesome achievement! Also its good to see @gillianpearce, @themanwithnoname, @eaglespirit, and the reigning king @glenalbrethsen round out the top 5!
I'm also happy to return to 11th, so if anyone doubts the power of this contest this is it. I hated finishing so low the week before and feeling like I was goofing off in class, so I made a bigger effort and engaged much more! So thanks for that Asher!
Also I know that everyone is a bit dejected by the values of the votes dropping due to the plunge in steem, so I just want to say that 1) its a good thing for those of us that don't have much as we will get more fast now and 2) the value we get from being here is measured far more than what is in our wallets.
I hope everyone has a fantastic week, I plan on it!
ps... I'm happy to be able to donate again to @friendsofgondor with your prize, so thank you for that Asher! (and thanks for picking me up last week when I goofed off) :P
Hey, @davemccoy. Congratulations on finishing in the money in League 2, and No. 3 in League 1. That's a pretty mean feat. Since you're a sharing kind of guy, I'm wondering if you'll be telling us how you did the latter. :)
You pretty much said you would improve your showing over last week, and you did. Well done, sir!
@glenalbrethsen you did quite well yourself (which I was happy to see)... I would be happy to share how I did it if I understood it myself... I think I might've gotten lucky on a few bigger one... that our maybe with the drop in steem my votes actually have some curation value now where they didn't earlier. If I do figure it out, I will let you know... To me we are all on the same team and the goal is to help each other so we can all grow together. ๐
thank you sir @davemccoy, you are a great example for all of us here!
@janton that is a very very nice thing to say! So thank you very much :) And I know how hard it is to stay on top for 2 weeks in a row, so it really is an awesome example you are setting and carrying the mantle of king :)
thank you sir but I know that the king is still Glenalbrethsen and I don't even consider myself to be in the same category but I certainly appreciate the kind words, I've been hearing your name mentioned since I joined here, in a good way! lol.
So I know that you help a lot of people and are a great role model so I feel honored just to be in the top 10. God bless you!
@janton what a wonderful thing to say and I appreciate you saying it! I always try to do my best and its awesome to see that people have given you the impression I do. I just checked out your account to see what phase you are at and I see that you are powering up and growing quite nicely. If you ever have any questions or need anything, please don't hesitate to contact me... I would be happy to help you in any way I can! And God bless you too :)
ps... I am with you on Glen being the all time reigning King, but I love to see some new blood give him a run for his money ;)
howdy again @davemccoy it's so good to hear from you..I am not in any way trying to be patronizing but I've heard over and over again how you were helping people and while I've been wondering if I should keep at this crazy "game", for lack of a better word, hearing that we have great leaders like yourself on this platform has made me lean toward staying for awhile and see what happens!
wow that was a long sentence for a redneck like me! sorry about that, I hope it makes sense. I'm no glen! lol.
Thanks so much for the offer to answer questions that I might have because I've had tons of those, surprised Glen hasn't disappeared on me because I've asked so many.
But then again he does like writing.
thank you sir I'm sure I'll be in touch!
@janton to answer your first question, yes I definitely think you should keep at it... I'm still here, so as long as I am then you can be sure that I think it is worth it. I know sometimes it doesn't seem like you are getting anywhere, but that is not the case. The key here isn't your current earnings or even how many view your posts, it is making friends and connections.
Why friends and connections is important is that is how you will eventually grow. Today you might not have any powerful friends, but now that we connected if I get big, then you will be someone that I remember. And now you can multiply that by many many more. The good thing about @abh12345's league is that it is a handy spot to see who are the "natural engagers/leaders" of the future. These are the people that do it week in and week out, not for the money but because they just like to engage. One other thing to remember is this platform is constantly changing and evolving, so the rules today might change by next year. The key is that we (humans) get to know each other and have fun. Obviously keep balance in your life, but stay in touch too.
I have been called a redneck myself by my northeastern college buddies as my parents were both from the mountains of WV and I grew up in Florida. So I like the term redneck ;) ... As far as asking me questions, ask away... And I also know that @glenalbrethsen doesn't mind answering anything either. I can already tell that you will also be the same one day to others, so welcome to the club ;)
Good to talk to you and definitely stay in touch! And I look forward to growing with you and I hope to continue to see you in the ranks of the engagers in Asher's league! :)
howdy @davemmccoy..a fellow redneck! yes sir if your parents grew up in the mountains of WV then you are definitely a Redneck! and that's great to know.lol. Thank you sir for your kind words and encouragement.
I think I'll try to stay with this platform a little longer.
I do have a question about voting for witnesses because I can't seem to figure out the system. Do we have 30 votes each week and can start over each week? When I go to the witness page to vote, some votes placed takes the number of votes that I have left down, I have a decreasing number of votes left.
But then sometimes when I vote, that number increases so apparently we can only vote for the same people a set number of times correct?
and if so, what is that number?
Thank you for all your help and all you do, you are in BOTH of Asher's leagues! I don't even know what the curation league is and by now I should know but I'm not precisely sure what curation even means! lol.
thank you sir!
Hey @janton, good to see you again and great job again in Asher's league... Very impressive to be at the top for the 3rd week in a row, awesome!
To answer your question on the witnesses, it is a perpetual vote. In other words once you vote for someone, your vote stays with them unless you cancel. So you get 30 total votes at any one time. Once you have voted fo the 30th guy, then in order to add a new person you will have to take away someone else.
Think of these guys are your leaders. You get 30 of them and you keep them unless you no longer want them at the helm.
Does that make sense?
And thanks for the compliment about both leagues, but honestly I think that has to do more with the price of steem coming down than anything I am doing.. I have never really worried about curation because I think the key here in the long run is to make friends and build networks of people. That is only done through engagement. And ps... you are doing a great job of that right now for sure :)
Thank you @davemccoy. I was particularly impressed to see you so high in League 1, although I forgot to mention it and congratulate in my acceptance speech. ๐
I have no idea how anyone can score highly in both leagues but you've obviously got the knack. It always looked a bit like one or the other to me. ๐
lol... I just wrote a reply but I don't know where it went... It was so fast it disappeared :P
I am glad that I did that well, but I am confident that was an aberration.. Its not something I really focus on so i might've just got lucky on a few :) ...
Well we will see next week then won't we @davemccoy? May your aberrations continue. ๐
@gillianpearce haha... yes we will see... I hope that the aberration sticks that would be cool for sure (accidental success is great) lol
congrats Dave, how do you do it?? :)
an amazing man !! happy sunday and steemit is lucky to have you. see you in discord ...
@eaglespirit thank you and I believe you "did it" far better than me... So I should be asking you how you do it... In fact, considering the awesome job you are doing leading the white team and all the work that entails, you should get a 5x multiplier attached to everything you do. I will put in a word to Asher and see if you can make a special adjustment for your special project and you never know, you could be way way on top!
@davemccoy whaa? no wayyzzz hehe no one can do it betta than Dave!! that just made me want Wendy's okay i have a sick sense of humor. :)
wow that is so nice even with you just saying that! that really made my day and you are so very kind. much love to you dave, eagle spirit
@eaglespirit hahaha... I like Wendys and now you have made me want it too! ๐ I'm glad I made your day, because your day is always needed to be made! :D
You are doing great @eaglespirit! Love watching you work ๐
@davemccoy awww you are too kind, okay now i really have to go get a burger. hehe
i am so thankful to have you around and giving us encouragement. we need it! i will be
getting into gear tomorrow and sunday. i just got a new job and moved this week. tough one. eeekkkk
BIG hugs to you!! xx
@eaglespirit wow... that is awesome that you got a new job! And while I hate moving, I am hoping that your move was for a positive reason! I am even more impressed now that you have taken on the challenge and done it so well, omgosh I can barely do one thing at a time much less a dozen like you are doing ๐ญ
@davemccoy thank you so much! I haven't been on it like i should. eeekkk and i saw you are holding a newbie contest too. you have a lot going on and wow!
it was a bit too much i have to admit. thank you for becoming my "friend", you are a joy and i now see why so many ppl love you. it's a blessing knowing you. hugs.
Congratulations Dave! I know it bothered you to drop down in the leagues....I know it because I feel the exact same way!! There is "power" in this contest, isn't there?!!
Nice job in the curation department too. You've managed to figure out something I'd say :)
@lynncoyle1 you are right on that one Lynn... And its also what pulled me on "fast reply" tonight to get caught up with my replies :P ... I don't ever want to fall that low again, so I will try to keep my numbers much higher and keep chit chatting with cool peeps like you :)
Its actually much more fun anyways than doing boring old posts! ;)
I hope you're doing well and thanks for the congrats on curation (even though I think it was a one week aberration)
hahaha @davemccoy, I'm right there with you!! :)
Really?? Your spot in League#1 wasn't purposeful?! Have a look at all the comments to you...I think we were all expecting the magic potion lol
@lynncoyle1 lol... no it wasn't... I saw the comments but honestly I was as surprised as everyone else! I wish I had that potion, believe me I would share it with my cool peeps like the Queen of Gondor ;)
Still grateful for your early inspiration and encouragement @davemccoy! And I think it's amazing that you're keeping it near the top in BOTH leagues! You do an amazing amount of work for the active part of this community-- thanks for that!
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@curatorcat awww thank you for the nice words... You and your human are pretty cool too! It is always nice to hear from someone who said I helped them when they were early on... That makes the effort worth it :D And thank you for sticking around too, I have a feeling we are going to have a marvelous 2nd half (just a hunch) ;)