Pay It Forward Week 23
Curie Appreciation Week
As many of you know I often choose my features from a different community each time.
I have also been very active in engagement. I was very surprised a while back when a couple extra Steem appeared in my wallet. Upon investigation I discovered I had won a prize from @curie. I wasn't even aware there was a contest going at the time.
In case you are wondering @curie rewards the commenters on all of their curated posts on a weekly basis.
Check it out here
Several of the curated bloggers have expressed how encouraged and inspired they have been to receive the comments.
This week I wanted to pull my features from those top commenters. This is my little show of appreciation to @curie. Also a bit of exposure to those who have high engagement levels over there, but could use a boost on their own blogs.
The Features
First up is @drawmeaship giving us easy to follow step by step instructions for a pumpkin soup. I have already decided to give this one a try for some family gatherings this fall.
Next is @marblely who placed well in the @curie engagement challenge this week. She also is participating in thank you economy by @coinsandchains
This gratitude post is a bonus round offered by @freedomshift for his #ccc project, which is bringing daily votes to original content.
Those are my two entries for week 23 Pay It Forward curation challenge
A @thedarkhorse project. Also founder of @minnowbuilder. Minnow builder is set to launch soon with the intent to offer extra opportunity for growth on the platform. More details can be found in the latest update post
The @minnowbuilder
#ccc for Guaranteed Daily Income
And the
Minnow Maker Project by @hitmeasap
All offer great promise for aiding in the growth of the community as a whole. Each in their own way are attempting to grow more minnow and offer help and support to individual accounts.
Much gratitude to our sponsors. The support is greatly appreciated, especially as it carries over to those we feature. Thank you so much for that. I also love the Steem Monster Cards :)
@ecoinstant 1 SBI Share (need to verify)
@thehoneys 1 SBI Share
@bengy 1 SBI Share
@andrewharland 4 SBI Shares
@el-nailul 1 SBI Share (need to verify)
@thedarkhorse 2 SBI Shares for Random Winner
@stever82 2 SBI Shares (need to verify)
@erodedthoughts 1 Steem Monster Card Per Entry!
Our judges are unbelievable in the amount of time and sp they put into this project. Many of the on a continuous basis.
I try to visit my share of the entries and know from experience it is no easy task.
Special thanks to @abh12345 for being guest judge this week.
Also@viking-ventures for filling in
@tryskele and @lynncoyle1 are just tireless
Looking forward to having @wolfhart feeling better and back with us.
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If you would like one with your own text just shoot me a message or comment.
hey there! i am interested to join in this..
That is great! Here is a link with instructions.
https://steemit.com/payitforward/@pifc/week-23-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-00ae308b0ed5best
You just find 2 people to feature and make a post about them. Then put the link over in the contest post.So they can find it.
Let me know when you publish it I will be right over to check it out.
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Hello thank you so much for mentioning me in your post i just read the challenge post this is such a great idea of contest i will try to join in as well:)
Great! I hope you do it is a great community and we have a lot of fun with it. I will definitely visit your features if you do. Thanks for letting me know.
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Thanks for the visits.
Thanks for your entry. Both bloggers have been upvoted.
Thank you. I always hate to miss a pay it forward week. Glad I caught this one.
I have already supported @marblely's article through the #ccc before your article so it's cool. Double purpose. 😊
I have also supported the other featured author.
That often happens to me. Always great to get in a two for one.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I will come to find your entry later today.
You're welcome. Thanks too for your support.
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Great job @headchange 😃 commented on both of your features. Once my VP is back up, Ill come back around and upvote you guys.
Thanks I am having to go a lot slower on my votes as well. I am going to try to hit more features tomorrow
I have read through and supported your selections @headchange. Nice choices. I really enjoyed reading them!
And now, after all this work, I'm hungry, but can't get to the soup on my monitor ... 😊
Thank you! I always love doing the pay it forward curation posts.
There really is no shortage of great posts to feature, and new people to meet each week.
I am glad you are finding value in the project.
How is the Minnowbooster thing working out? I got brave and gave them a try today. It was easier than I expected and I am happy with the results.
Good to "see" you again @headchange!
In my Labor Day reply to @thedarkhorse, I said this:
I financially backed @pifc right away. We'll see how I do with adding time to it. No long-term promises, but I'm working on it! 👍
All I have had time for so far, is read about delegating to them, which I have done. So, not sure to what "gave them a try" is referring. As your time allows, I'd welcome more info on what your experience has been. Maybe (likely) I am missing something.
The time factor is always an issue. I try to visit as many of the features as possible. It takes a bit of time and my steem power runs low. The sp is growing but the time will always be an issue.
As far as minnow booster. I used their paid vote for the first time this week. Just a small amount to test it out.
I paid 1 steem and received a 1.32 vote. It also was a great boost to rep score. I am sure I will use their service in future to help grow my own Steem power. It is also one of the few paid service that is not frowned upon by the community.
Here is the link I used
https://www.minnowbooster.net/
But you can do it in their Discord I think.
Thanks for the prompt follow-up @headchange!
OK, good to know! So, is this where you would go into your wallet, transfer some STEEM to them and post the URL in the Memo field? If so, also good to know it's not frowned on, since my impression has been that's a "No! No! Bad dog! Get down!!" move ... 😉
Yes you seem to have it right. Except they prefer sbd but that was my fault I had forgotten that part.
It does seem that minnow booster is widely excepted.
It also seems like a lot of people just start up secondary accounts to use the voters in private.
People watching is a hobby, and my best teacher.
Very good.
Yep, never boring. Spent years traveling in my "old life" and still remember all the interactions with the "strange and wonderful" types of people with whom you'd "cross paths" ...
Thank you @headchange!
No problem it took me forever to figure out that people were using "booster" methods. And then to work through even how that plays out in practice.
This site really should come with a big fat user manual.