RE: Official Announcement Post for the Transition from TKC to QOTD
This community is a collective "cultivating curiosity and spreading educational awareness to all parts of the world." The coolest part is that everyone is welcome to join in here freely. @khaleelkazi @samiwhyte @xyzposter @danielwong Thank you so much for your hard work and the opportunity to work with such a great team of friends. We all learned a lot in a short period of time. Of course we learned about Steemit and human nature and we found some quality posts. But the greatest lesson I learned is honestly admitting something doesn't work is is the next step to success. If something is broken we need to fix it, throw it away, give it to somebody else or put it on a shelf and look at it later. QOTD is what brought me to this community in the first place. I followed Khaleel in his readings and his approaches to blogging and investing. Now we have the QOTD:
"What do you think would make the QOTD system even better for your fellow Steemians?"
The QOTD is an awesome way to interact with Steemians but I would like to offer a few suggestions.
Comment on the comments. Don't just drop a comment and leave. There are some great comments we find. I encourage each person who visits QOTD to take time to answer the question well but also take one more minute and look at the other comments and comment on the comments. If there is something interesting or a good point or even something you agree with then please let that person know. Those who comment on comments well can also be rewarded for creating dialog.
Finish your comment with a new question. Comments don't have to end with a period. Asking a new question after the comment helps everybody here. It helps the person giving the comment to bring out a reserved question that can be addressed. It helps Khaleel and other bloggers to understand what members of the community are interested it so we can address these issues in upcoming blogs.
Offer a competition or contest associated with the QOTD. In the contest require exact results associated with the QOTD and choose winners based on those results. Some examples are scavenger hunts, bounty prizes, poetry contests, DSound contest. It is best if the research can be done within Steemit itself but can send people on missions to find facts about ICO's or exchange rates at a specific moment or anything instead of just talking B.S. about what we read on the news or Bitcointalk.
Offer a variety of topics. Today the falling crypto market is big but it doesn't mean that's the only thing going on. Sometimes we can ask a controversial question. For example Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday just passed by. He gave his life for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. What can we do today to help his dream be realized? How about interacting in Steemit? Have you ever meet discrimination or felt discriminated using Steemit? Is there anything we can do to reduce discrimination when we interact with users on Steemit?
You are completely right, being a part of the kazi collective has been a great way to explore steemit from a more interactive angle instead of just watching and hoping for the best. It laid a base to start from and gave me as a curator a better view on how steemit works. I am curious to see how the QOTD evolves as I didn't follow @khaleelkazi back then.
you made some good ideas, and hope people will interact in a honest way.
I sometimes feel like there is too much obsession on votes. The constant pressure of being the first one to make a good comment that might grand you likes. It is still better doing it here than on any other social media, but sometimes it gets on my nerves.
Thanks for your support throughout the initiative @xyzposter! I really think QOTD will be a great way to bring more value to more people and also encourage thoughtfulness rather than just being first or "most often".
Wow @mineopoly, you really put thought into this. I really appreciate these ideas and pointers to everyone in the community. I highly recommend that people read through these and follow @mineopoly's tips. These are truly the keys to creating an engaged and valuable community filled curiosity and interesting conversations. I love that you also talked about how we analyzed the situation of TKC and decided that it was time to switch directions and do something to fix the problem by establishing this new initiative. I appreciate all your hard work and I've had a great time working with you! I've learned so much! I look forward to the abundant future that we build together in this community! Thank you. 🥂
@xyzposter. Thanks for your honesty. I can see your point about being first. I could never be the first to comment. My head takes a while to digest things. But I like the challenge. I'm really glad to see that you replied here.