The Daily Qurator #52 - Currently Upvoting at $0.07 - $0.50 - Curation Competition winners!
Welcome to the 52nd Edition of the Daily Qurator. Below you will find some awesome members of @qurator that worked hard to post some good quality content for all you awesome Steemians to enjoy!
The @qurator project was created to help give Steemians some extra exposure and awesome upvotes currently worth around $0.07 - $0.50!
Note: some of you have been curated twice since the start of the daily qurator and some have been curated only once. As the daily qurator is gaining fame with every passing day, many new steemians are asking/will ask to join us. So, expect to see posts from new users for now. When the opportunity arises, posts from older users will be curated once again
| @andywong31 | life |
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3 shortcuts you will regret taking in life
A very wise post to start our Daily Qurator with. Written by one of our new friends, @andywong31, using the lessons he learned in his life as examples and then building on them further wisdom.
Here is a question that @andywong31 asked at the end of his post:
"Are you the type of person who's always taking "shortcuts" in your life? If so, can you share what those are?"
Remember to read the post and feel free to answer the question either on @andywong31's page or here. We all would like to hear what you have to share :)
Let's all welcome @andywong31 as a new Qurite member to our @qurator family and thank him for sharing his life wisdom with us :D
| @davedickeyyall | dogs |
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To fix or not to fix..
So, our new friend @davedickeyyall, got a dog pet (Alaska, the gorgeous female dog in the photo) who is already getting harassed by dog guys in the neighborhood.
@davedickeyyall is seeking urgent advice for the future of his mind-peace...
... She's only 6 months old.. Will getting her fixed cure some of her energy? Does it make a difference in a dogs life wether or not they've had puppies?
Anyone has an answer to @davedickeyyall and Alaska?
Let's all welcome our new Qurites @davedickeyyall and Alaska to our @qurator family and hope they will reach a good conclusion :D
| @fyntacie | art |
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Inktober 2017 'Found'
Since we have many talented steemians joining our group, it has been increasingly hard to pass by a piece of beautiful art and leave it alone without sharing it with you all!
That is exactly the case with this Inktober drawing by our new friend @fyntacie, titled "Found". A difficult subject to illustrate but @fyntacie did a great job at it.
Let's all welcome our new Qurite, @fyntacie and thank him for sharing this beautiful drawing with us :D
| @hafiz34 | life |
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Life Lesson: Impossible to satisfy people
Back to learning some more life lessons. This time shared by our new friend @hafiz34 in the form of a nice little story
I quote @hafiz34 words
"The lesser the expectation, the higher the chance of leading a happy life."
Let's all welcome @hafiz34 as a new Qurite member in our @qurator family and thank him for sharing the life lesson with us :D
| @ironshield | gratefulvibes |
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I'm Grateful to God for My Children's Desire to Be With Me (And a New Garbage Disposal)
A perfect post full of love and gratitude to conclude our Daily Qurator with.
Our new friend @ironshield, a loving father, writes about his daily life and expresses his feeling of gratitude for having such amazingly loving children.
Here is a beautiful piece @ironshield quoted from the bible and I quote it from his post
"Everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:7-11
Let's all remember something/someone we are grateful to have today and everyday and say "I am grateful to have you" :D
Let's all welcome @ironshield and his lovely children as new Qurites in our @qurator family and tell him "We are grateful to have you here" :D
For more information on how to join Qurator click HERE
Qurator's Curation Contest Winners!
1st Place goes to: @ecoinstant - 15 SBD and a Tier 5 membership for 30 days!
Entry:
@gardenbsquared - Like many of the rest of us (me, for one) GBS is still finding his center when it comes to blogging; I first caught on that he had incredible 'depth of field' when he posted about creating your own still. Wow what a project.
Now he is starting to show off more of his passion project - The BIRDS! - which is the article that I am recommending today. Heres a pic that I cannot resist -
If you never knew that Suriname was a country, if you have longed for the beauty and mystery of South America, if you happen to like people that go out into interesting and exotic areas and take incredible photos - check out my friend @gardenbsquared!
Oh, and he does Steemit community service with his free gif friday project - he does a ton of work and then gives it away for free - EVERY FRIDAY!
2nd Place goes to: @gregory-f - 10 SBD and a Tier 3 membership for 30 days. Already at T5 you might want to gift your 30 day T3 membershipt someone. Let us know in the comments below. =)
Entry:
If you are a dog lover like me, you will enjoy this post by @tingargiola. She gives some compelling and cute reasons to be a dog companion from her own experience with Mika.
I would share more, but I think you should hear it from her and see all the adorable pictures ( yes, I'm a grown man and I still think her pictures are adorable) she has included. Click the link
https://steemit.com/life/@tingargiola/reasons-why-you-need-a-dog-photos-from-my-own-experience
you will be glad you did!
3rd Place goes to: @barbara-orenya - 5 SBD and a Tier 1 membership for 30 days. (Currently at T1 so will be bumped up to T2 ASAP)
Entry:
I would like to propose @pusteblume post https://steemit.com/wuerzburg/@pusteblume/wuerzburgs-most-attractive-sight-for-visitors-and-residents as a very interesting and detailed journey through Wuerzburg's mainbridge, a very delightful moment of leisure she shares with us, with a lot of photographies that make us feel like we are with all the people on the bridge, drinking a glass of wine and enjoying sweetness of the life ^_^
A lot of work in this undervalued post ;-)
Congratulations to @gardenbsquared for winning the free membership from @qurator! We will contact him shortly after this post to tell him the good news!
NEWS
T0 Upvote Weight decreased by 50%
We think it's only fair that supporters of Qurator get bigger rewards. More details can be found in the latest Tiers update HERE.
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Not getting your sweet Qurator upvotes?
I am sure most of you have noticed Steemit acting up a bit when it comes to performing the way it should. Sometimes it's buttery smooth and other times it's kind of feeling like you are slowly being taunted by it. This will hopefully all be sorted out soon!
We use Steemit nodes for our bot and at times the nodes also go down or give errors. Sadly this is something we cannot control. It also means that sometimes the bot might miss an upvote on posts. If you are missing an upvote, there is a quick fix to make sure you get your daily Qurator love.
When looking at your post, click on Edit and then on Update Post. You do not have to change anything at all. This should send a new signal to our bot and your upvote should go through. We apologize for this and we are currently working on our own Node to make sure we operate as smooth as possible.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. =)
@minnowbooster update!
@minnowbooster is one of our biggest supporters and we will return the favor by keeping our members up to date with news about @minnowbooster.
Looks like they changed their Bot upvote timer that it only upvotes 15 minutes after post creation.
They also changed some of their limits:
5 SBD Per Day
15 SBD Per Week
For the full post and all the details you can check it out HERE.
Want bigger upvotes? Check out Tiers and how to gain access to them
New Tiers Update
Streemian Trail Account is here!
You may have noticed that your upvotes from @qurator packed a little bigger punch! @gingerninja, @scrooger and @ethandsmith are now trailing the @qurator account and will be sending you some extra upvotes from our side as well. It's not much but every upvote counts!
You can also follow the trail and send upvotes to fellow Qurator members when @qurator upvotes them. To set up a Streemian account only takes a few minutes and is a great way to earn some extra curation.
We suggest NOT following the trail at 100% since we do not want to drain too much of your precious voting power. Play around with your percentage and if you see your voting power being drained too much you can simply lower your % in Streemian. If you have a lot of voting power to spare you can consider a larger %.
If you need any help or have questions come visit our #support channel on Discord.
| Members | 259 | +5 |
| Steem Power | 280.620 | |
| Delegated | 24 684 | (+1808) |
| Voting Power | 85% | |
| Upvote Weight T0 | 3% | $0.07 |
| Upvote Weight T1 | 10% | $0.20 |
| Upvote Weight T2 | 14% | $0.28 |
| Upvote Weight T3 | 17% | $0.34 |
| Upvote Weight T4 | 21% | $0.42 |
| Upvote Weight T5 | 25% | $0.50 |
Your Quality Content Curator
Thank you for featuring my post! I'm happy to be here and have become part of the @qurator family! @ironshield
You are most welcome newest Qurite! Please check your wallet as we left you a message there. Seems to have had a little hiccup with the registration. =)
Thank you! Glad to have resolved this before seeing this comment! Best to settle these matters quickly, right? @ironshield
Thank you for featuring my artwork. I appreciate it!
You are most welcome! =) Glad to have you on our team!
Wow! thanks for including my post in daily Qurator updates. This is more than expectation. Thanks guys.
You are most welcome! We like to take care of our new members and show them support where we can. =)
Congrats to all and thank you for your efforts. It's a great initiative.🐓
Thank you so much! Your words motivate us to work even harder to support more and more quality content creators. =)
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STOPI really like minnowbooster i have leased sp from them.. it does make a big difference in my curation rewards..
Congrats to all the winners!!!
Much love guys
They really are a great service and have made projects like these a reality!
Thanks for the awesome support! =)
You're welcome
Thank you so much for selecting me for second place in the Qurator's Curation Contest and for the excellent suggestion that I re-gift my Tier 3 prize. I would like to send the prize to @brimax, who's posts I have enjoyed here on Steemit for quite some time now.
Your wish is our command! =P
We will update him with your Prize give away! =)
Congratulations and thanks for always supporting us!
Congratulations to all the winners!
And a big thank you, just because, to @qurator for being a positive "boost" for minnows on steemit!
Appreciate your kind words! We really love supporting the users who really try and push out good content. All our Qurites work hard and need to be rewarded for their efforts!
Thank you @qurator. It's a real honour to win the free membership. And a big thanks to @ecoinstant for recommending me. Thank you friend.
You are most welcome @gardenbsquared! Great work @ecoinstant for finding such a great member! =)
Thank you very much @qurator, that is so cool !I'm happy for @pusteblume post also ! ^_^
I have a question though : I applied for tier 2 by upvoting all days, how does it come that you still consider me as tier 1 and upgraded me at 2...? Or maybe there is something I didn't understand right ?
Congrats on your Prize @barbara-orenya!
You chose some great Steemians!
Quickly checked and you were 1 vote shy of reaching T2 this week. Maybe next week you will reach if you upvote all the Daily Qurator posts. We count the upvotes on the Daily Qurator posts once a week on Sunday. To avoid mishaps like this you could consider setting up a Steemvoter account to handle the upvoting for you. =)
When you reach T2 next week we can bump you up to T3 with your current prize in play.
There is something I don't understand then, I signed for tier 2 11 days ago by sending 2 sbd, and the same day I have set up a 100 % upvote with Steemvoter in your favor, which means I have upvoted your posts since at least 10 days.... :-(
so now I don't understand why I didn't reach the tier, and if I can not trust steemvoter to have upvote each day your post, well, I don't know what I can do....feeling a bit sad that things doesn't work whereas I have all settled to follow the rules... :-(
This is nothing against you...I just have to tell it like it is, you know...
We can understand the frustration here. Most of the Steemit services run from certain nodes. Sometimes these nodes fail or are down for a few seconds/minutes. We saw you vote was missing on day 45 of the Daily Qurator. Steemvoter is a great service but it too sometimes miss and upvote.
We will look into making it a better service but for now those are our rules. I guess checking in once a week (on a Sunday) and making sure Steemvoter did not miss any posts will be easiest and best way to stay up to date with tiers.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, we will look into it more and see if we can make it more streemlined.
Thanks for your answer and for taking care @qurator and @scrooger ,
In fact I checked everyday that steemvoter was ok by checking the logs daily and everything seemed ok, I supposed I missed something, but this is not so very important, I'm happy to support anyway, and yes, I will probably consider leasing to the project instead...I just need to have a quite moment to look at that and understand it all ;-)
Indeed what makes me feel good is to receive answers and comprehension ^_^
Steemit services can be quite annoying sometimes and hard to fully rely on them. You could consider leasing to the project and then you never have to worry about Steemvoter missing an upvote. Could also bump you up to T5 =)
Thanks for your answer @scrooger ^_^ As I reply to qurator, I'm glad to meet some understanding of the situation ;-)
what do you mean ?
Glad to help out. We want all members to be happy with the service. We aim to please and support.
By delegating and upvoting you can stay at T5 indefinitely. So for example if you delegate 400 and have your steemvote active. Even if you miss one day via steemvoter you will still be at T5 the whole time