500 Celebrities that Should Join Steemit and Blog (2 of 2)

in #steem • 8 years ago (edited)


At the request of @ned, in his It's Time for a Steem Bounty System! https://steemit.com/bounties/@ned/it-s-time-for-a-steem-bounty-system post, here is a list of ~500 celebrities and influencers (2 of 2) we should encourage to join Steemit.

Please read 500 Celebrities that Should Join Steemit and Blog (1 of 2) https://steemit.com/steem/@mrosenquist/500-celebrities-that-should-join-steemit-and-blog-1-to-2

Looking at our small slice of the world, Steemit could use a few other celebrities and influencers to bring in others, to both create and consume content. The goal in phase 1 is to come up with about 500 names of people who might be interested and would be valuable to the Steemit community. Per @ned’s requirements: Celebrities should be reasonably able to manage a Steem blog; should have significant following on other social media; should appear to be a good cultural fit for Steem.

Criteria

I took into consideration a number of different criteria, including their history in investing and supporting new technology, if they are tech savvy, the number of followers and the amount of content they currently generate on social platforms.

Challenges

This list does not speak to the challenges or perceived impossibility of these people participating. We don’t know if they may be intrigued with the cryptocurrency aspect, see it as a new venue to reach a greater and more diverse audience, if they will value the freedom of what can be posted, or if this is another channel to amplify their reputation and augment other social venues they participate in. On the other hand, they may see it as a distraction, a conflict with established social venues, or too high of an overhead to get established. There are many challenges, but this is a first step. A list of potential additions to bring more visibility and expand our social community.

Relevance

At first pass, I selected individuals who possessed a certain desire to communicate across social media, can contribute to cryptocurrency discussions and influence, or have the desire to maintain large numbers of public followers.

The top areas I looked into were the following:
• Cryptocurrency Influencers
• Entertainers
• Sports Professionals
• Politicians
• Authors & Bloggers
• Social media stars (snapchat, twitter, Instagram, facebook, pinterest, youtube, etc.)

List of Celebrities and Influencers

Here is the first list (1 of 2 ), open to prioritization, as well as additions. I did add some columns with my notes, figuring the community might find it valuable. The notes are not complete.

Steemit Celebrities & InfluencersFollowersInvestorTech SavvyProfessionSocial Platform
251Andreas AntonoopoulosyesCryptocurrency Influencer
252Tyler WinklevossyesCryptocurrency Influencer
253Cameron WinklevossyesCryptocurrency Influencer
254Jon MatonisyesCryptocurrency Influencer
255Balaji SrinivasanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
256Brian KellyyesCryptocurrency Influencer
257Chris SweisyesCryptocurrency Influencer
258Jeff GarzikyesCryptocurrency Influencer
259Wences CasaresyesCryptocurrency Influencer
260Barry SilbertyesCryptocurrency Influencer
261Raul NogalesyesCryptocurrency Influencer
262Cathy ReisenwitzyesCryptocurrency Influencer
263Gaven AndresenyesCryptocurrency Influencer
264Tim DraperyesCryptocurrency Influencer
265Michael TerpinyesCryptocurrency Influencer
266bill LeeyesCryptocurrency Influencer
267Juan contrerasyesCryptocurrency Influencer
268Tyler Dylan BrownyesCryptocurrency Influencer
269bryan MicronyesCryptocurrency Influencer
270Jake TitalyesCryptocurrency Influencer
271Marc HochsteinyesCryptocurrency Influencer
272roger VeryesCryptocurrency Influencer
273Paul VignayesCryptocurrency Influencer
274Erik VoorhesyesCryptocurrency Influencer
275Jerry BritoyesCryptocurrency Influencer
276Haroun KolayesCryptocurrency Influencer
277Don TapscottyesCryptocurrency Influencer
278Gilles BabinetyesCryptocurrency Influencer
279Brett KingyesCryptocurrency Influencer
280Michael KitcesyesCryptocurrency Influencer
281Jim MarousyesCryptocurrency Influencer
282Bruce Porter JryesCryptocurrency Influencer
283Alexander TapscottyesCryptocurrency Influencer
284Oliver BussmannyesCryptocurrency Influencer
285Dinis GuardayesCryptocurrency Influencer
286Nigel WalshyesCryptocurrency Influencer
287Chris SkinneryesCryptocurrency Influencer
288David BrearyesCryptocurrency Influencer
289Daniel RobertsyesCryptocurrency Influencer
290Simon CockingyesCryptocurrency Influencer
291Tuur DemeesteryesCryptocurrency Influencer
292Emin Gun SireryesCryptocurrency Influencer
293Colin SydesyesCryptocurrency Influencer
294Safaraz AliyesCryptocurrency Influencer
295Vitalik ButerinyesCryptocurrency Influencer
296Christophe LangloisyesCryptocurrency Influencer
297Simon TayloryesCryptocurrency Influencer
298Tiffany HaydenyesCryptocurrency Influencer
299Brian FordeyesCryptocurrency Influencer
300William SullivanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
301Christine LuyesCryptocurrency Influencer
302Neira JonesyesCryptocurrency Influencer
303Vincent BoucheryesCryptocurrency Influencer
304Sebastien MeunieryesCryptocurrency Influencer
305Barry SilbertyesCryptocurrency Influencer
306Florian graillotyesCryptocurrency Influencer
307Duena BlomstromyesCryptocurrency Influencer
308Eileen BurbidgeyesCryptocurrency Influencer
309Preston ByrneyesCryptocurrency Influencer
310Devie MorhanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
311Brian ArmstrongyesCryptocurrency Influencer
312Nick SzaboyesCryptocurrency Influencer
313Jeff GarzikyesCryptocurrency Influencer
314Ross GerberyesCryptocurrency Influencer
315william MougayaryesCryptocurrency Influencer
316Laura ShinyesCryptocurrency Influencer
317Jose paglieryyesCryptocurrency Influencer
318Takashi MochizukiyesCryptocurrency Influencer
319paul VignayesCryptocurrency Influencer
320Hansjorg LeichsenringyesCryptocurrency Influencer
321Anna IrrerayesCryptocurrency Influencer
322John J GentryyesCryptocurrency Influencer
323Sunny RayyesCryptocurrency Influencer
324Fred EhrsamyesCryptocurrency Influencer
325Linsa GanskyyesCryptocurrency Influencer
326Anthony Di IorioyesCryptocurrency Influencer
327Michael CaseyyesCryptocurrency Influencer
328Scarlett SieberyesCryptocurrency Influencer
329Ben BrabynyesCryptocurrency Influencer
330Haseeb AwanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
331Steve TunstallyesCryptocurrency Influencer
332Nicolas CaryyesCryptocurrency Influencer
333Kristian T. SorensenyesCryptocurrency Influencer
334nasir ZubairiyesCryptocurrency Influencer
335Micha LekawaelyesCryptocurrency Influencer
336Manoj SugathanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
337Daniel EasterbrookyesCryptocurrency Influencer
338David SeamanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
339Nick BilodeauyesCryptocurrency Influencer
340Wences CasaresyesCryptocurrency Influencer
341nathaniel PopperyesCryptocurrency Influencer
342George SammanyesCryptocurrency Influencer
343emily SpavenyesCryptocurrency Influencer
344Patrick M. BryneyesCryptocurrency Influencer
345Perianne BoringyesCryptocurrency Influencer
346Joseph RaczynskiyesCryptocurrency Influencer
347Adam LudwinyesCryptocurrency Influencer
348Victor Pride (boldanddetermined.com)99kbloggerblog
349Robb Wolf (robbwolf.com)92kbloggerblog
350Barrie Davenport (liveboldandbloom.com)91kbloggerblog
351Matt Frazier (nomeatathlete.com)91kbloggerblog
352Chrisguille Beau (chrisguillebeau.com)85kbloggerblog
353Sean Ogle (seanogle.com)80kbloggerblog
354Maria Popova (brainpickings.org)7kbloggerblog
355Stevan Pylarinos (projectlifemaster.com)79kbloggerblog
356Derek Silvers (sivers.org)79kbloggerblog
357Scott Young (scotthyoung.com)78kbloggerblog
358Penelope Trunk (penelopetrunk.com)77kbloggerblog
359Henrik Edberg (positivityblog.com)75kbloggerblog
360Brett McKay (artofmanliness.com)6kbloggerblog
361Dr Wayne Dyer (drwaynedyer.com062kbloggerblog
362Mary Jaksch (writetodone.com)62kbloggerblog
363derek Flanzraich (greatist.com)5kbloggerblog
364Jeremy Dean (spring.org.uk)56kbloggerblog
365Robin Sharma (robinsharma.com)53kbloggerblog
366Steven Aitchison (stevenaitchison.co.uk)52kbloggerblog
367Celestine Chua (personalexcellence.com)52kbloggerblog
368jason wachob (mindbodygreen.com)4kbloggerblog
369Jay White (dumblittleman.com)49kbloggerblog
370Eric Barker (bakedesuyo.com)44kbloggerblog
371Joshua Becker (becomingminimalist.com)40kbloggerblog
372chris lavergne (thoughtcatalog.com)3kbloggerblog
373chelsea Dinsmore (liveyourlegend.com)39kbloggerblog
374Harleena Singh (aha-now.com)39kbloggerblog
375Steve Pavlina (stevepavlina.com)38kbloggerblog
376Dragos Roua (dragosroua.com)375kbloggerblog
377Ludvig Sunstrom (startgainingmomentum.com)352kbloggerblog
378Erin Falconer (pickthebrain.com)34kbloggerblog
379Stephen Guise (deepexistence.com)343kbloggerblog
380Brian Tracy (briantracy.com)32kbloggerblog
381Mary Jaksch (goodzenlife.com)327kbloggerblog
382Jonathan Fields (jonathanfields.com)326kbloggerblog
383Bastiaan & Chantalle (want2discover.com)324kbloggerblog
384Amanda Brooks (runtothefinish.com)318kbloggerblog
385Dan Cassidy (inspiyr.com)312kbloggerblog
386Theo Ellis (justbereal.co.uk)303kbloggerblog
387Leon ho (lifehack.org)2kbloggerblog
388gerard adams (elitedaily.com)2kbloggerblog
389Chris Kresser (chriskresser.com)29kbloggerblog
390Shawn Murphy (switchandshift.com)290kbloggerblog
391Mark Babbitt (switchandshift.com)290kbloggerblog
392James Clear (jamesclear.com)28kbloggerblog
393Lolly Daskal (lollydaskal.com)289kbloggerblog
394marie forleo (marieforleo.com)27kbloggerblog
395Steve Kamb (nerdfitness.com)27kbloggerblog
396Mark Shead (productivity501.com)274kbloggerblog
397michael hyatt (michaelhyatt.com)24kbloggerblog
398Tim Brownson (adaringadventure.com)245kbloggerblog
399Steven Handel (theemotionmachine.com)242kbloggerblog
400Steve Mueller (planetofsuccess.com)242kbloggerblog
401Dave Asprey (bulletproofexec.com)23kbloggerblog
402Joel Brown (addicted2success.com)23kbloggerblog
403Brendon Burchard (brendonburchard.com)232kbloggerblog
404Bryan Hutchinson (positivewriter.com)225kbloggerblog
405Scott Britton (life-longlearner.com)220kbloggerblog
406Henri Junttila (wakeupcloud.com)219kbloggerblog
407Farnoosh Brock (prolificliving.com)217kbloggerblog
408Alden Tan (alden-tan.com)215kbloggerblog
409Tynan (tynan.com)215kbloggerblog
410Jonathan Wells (advancedlifeskills.com)214kbloggerblog
411Deepak Chopra (deepakchopra.com)214kbloggerblog
412darren hardy (danenhardy.success.com)20kbloggerblog
413Lisa Hickey (goodmenproject.com)20kbloggerblog
414Thea Westra (forwardstepsblog.com)206kbloggerblog
415Jennilyn Carson (yogadork.com)201kbloggerblog
416Jonathan Mead (paidtoexist.com)200kbloggerblog
417mark manson (markmanson.net)19kbloggerblog
418Joel Runyon (impossiblehq.com)196kbloggerblog
419Simona Rich (simonarich.com)193kbloggerblog
420John Romaniello (romanfintesssystems.com)192kbloggerblog
421Brendan Baker (startofhappiness.com)192kbloggerblog
422Lori Deschene (tinybuddha.com)18kbloggerblog
423Louise Hay (louisehay.com)183kbloggerblog
424Jack Cranfield (jackcanfield.com)172kbloggerblog
425SJ Scott (developgoodhabits.com)170kbloggerblog
426Leo Babauta (zenhabits)16kbloggerblog
427Mike Vardy (productivityist.com)165kbloggerblog
428Donald Latumahina (lifeoptimizer.org)163kbloggerblog
429Luminita D. Saviuc (purposefairy.com)161kbloggerblog
430Mark Sisson (marksdailyapple.com)15kbloggerblog
431Peter Clemens (thechangeblog.com)159kbloggerblog
432David Cain (raptitude.com)157kbloggerblog
433Ryan Holiday (ryanholiday.net)152kbloggerblog
434Ramit Sethi (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)14kbloggerblog
435Shaheen Lakhan (brainbloger.com)146kbloggerblog
436Craig jarrow (timemanagementninja.com)145kbloggerblog
437Courtney Carver (bemorewithless.com)140kbloggerblog
438Skip Prichard (skipprichard.com)137kbloggerblog
439Tina Suthinksimplenow.com)136kbloggerblog
440Andrea Vega finerminds.com)131kbloggerblog
441Leo Gura (actualized.org)120kbloggerblog
442Vidya Sury (vidasury.com)119kbloggerblog
443Remez Sasson (successconsciousness.com)114kbloggerblog
444Aaron Lynn (asianefficiency.com)102kbloggerblog
445Thanh Pam (asianefficiency.com)102kbloggerblog
446Gary vaynerchuk (garyvaynerchuk.com)bloggerblog
447Rand Fiskin (seomoz.org)bloggerblog
448pat flynn (smartpassiveincome.com)bloggerblog
449brian clark (copyblogger.com)bloggerblog
450darren rowse (problogger.net)bloggerblog
451Satoshi YamasakiBloggerblog
452Mazaki KeitoBloggerblog
453Zoe margolis (girlwithaonetrackmind)Bloggerblog
454stephanie Klein (Greek tragedy)Bloggerblog
455brett snyder (cranky flier)Bloggerblog
456Jessica morgan (go fug yourself)Bloggerblog
457heather cocks (go fug yourself)Bloggerblog
458hugh macleod (gaping void)Bloggerblog
459catherine sanderson (peteite anglaise)Bloggerblog
460john amato (crooks and liars)Bloggerblog
461Clothilde dusoulier (chocolate and zucchini)Bloggerblog
462Andrew Sullivan (the daily dish)Bloggerblog
463Jess mccabe (the F word)Bloggerblog
464Susie Lau (stylebubble)Bloggerblog
465Sarah Warn (afterellen)Bloggerblog
466tim ferriss (fourhourworkweek.com)9kauthorblog
467j.k. rowlingauthor
468pim techamuanvivitauthorblog
469michelle malkinauthorblog
470timothy sykes (timothysykes.com0authorblog
471christiano ronaldo36 Millionathletetwitter
472lebron james22 MillionathleteTwitter
473serena williamsathlete
474david beckhamathlete
475michael jordanathlete
476floyd maywetherathlete
477kobe bryantathlete
478thiago silvaathleteinstagram
479colin kaepernickathleteinstagram
480russell westbrookathleteinstagram
481usain boltathleteinstagram
482vernon davisathleteinstagram
483ryan shecklerathleteinstagram
484blake griffinathleteinstagram
485tony hawkathleteinstagram
486cesc fabregasathleteinstagram
487gareth baleathleteinstagram
488marcelo vieiraathleteinstagram
489chris paulathleteinstagram
490rob dyrdekathleteinstagram
491carmelo anthonyathleteinstagram
492david luizathleteinstagram
493dani alvesathleteinstagram
494dwyane wadeathleteinstagram
495leo messiathleteinstagram
496gabby douglasathlete
497simone bilesathlete
498amitabh bachchan15 Millionactortwitter
499bradley cooperactor
500brooke shieldsactorinstagram
501xu jingleiactorblog
502tori kellyactorsnapchat
503Agnes monica13 MillionTwitter
504shah rukh khan13 Milliontwitter
505aamir khan13 Milliontwitter
506ivete sangalo13 Milliontwitter
507Mohamad Alarefe12 Million
508Ronaldinho gaucho12 Million
509salman khan12 Milliontwitter
510Claudia Leitte11 MillionTwitter
511Andres Iniesta11 Million
512Marcos Mion10 MillionTwitter
513Luciano Huck10 MillionTwitter
514Gerard Pifque10 MillionTwitter
515paulo coelho10 MillionTwitter
516deepika padukone10 Milliontwitter
517Juanes10 Milliontwitter
518kevin durant10 Milliontwitter
519Ludacris10 Milliontwitter
520Ahmad Mazin Alshugairi10 Milliontwitter
521Paulina Rubio10 Milliontwitter
522Danilo gentili10 Milliontwitter
523raditya dika10 Milliontwitter
524priyanka chopratwitter
525hrithik roshantwitter
526brody jenner
527zach kinginstagram
528cameron dallasinstagram
529adrian greniersnapchat
530christina miliansnapchat
531norman reedussnapchat

Next Steps

If we can agree to a decent list of 500, the Dev's will publish assigned bounties (perhaps we should call them rewards) for those who can get the celebrities to join and participate. At first glance it may feel impossibly lofty. But if might not be as far fetched as it appears. If you subscribe to the 6 degrees of separation theories, chances are the current Steemit community is connected to most in some way, therefore we may have influence.

500 Celebrities that Should Join Steemit and Blog (1 of 2) https://steemit.com/steem/@mrosenquist/500-celebrities-that-should-join-steemit-and-blog-1-to-2
Please put contribute your thoughts (note, I had to split this into 2 posts as I was getting a table error).

#steemit #bounties #steemian #bounty
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     8 years ago 

    I've been thinking about something similar ... contact known authors directly, they will actually make money and they bring their own following

    as in ... I wouldn't mind setting it up ...

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     8 years ago 

    I think that is what @dan has in mind. Leveraging the Steemit community and giving them proper incentives. Hope we hear back from @dan soon. Get this ball rolling.

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       8 years ago 

      Do you have Loic LeMeur in the list ?

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       8 years ago 

      No, I do not. Should he be on it? (can you give me some data for me to add to the list?)

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         8 years ago (edited)

        Organizer of LeWeb and founder of many startups.
        He now works on something called leade.rs that could echo well with Steemit.

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           8 years ago 

          Okay. I have added him to my list, #532 (not prioritized)

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             8 years ago (edited)

            Good.
            Imho, I think you should expand the list to other types of people than:
            • Cryptocurrency Influencers
            • Entertainers
            • Sports Professionals
            • Politicians
            • Authors & Bloggers
            • Social media stars (snapchat, twitter, Instagram, facebook, pinterest, youtube, etc.)

            I think that you should leave room in your 500list to **Musicians, Artists (makers), entrepreneurs. ** (Apparently you already are at 500+ , there is no more room already !?)

            Because, besides the sports pros, the list aforementioned does not really differ from what we already see in steemit.

            Imho, Steemit is great to promote NEW people, new artists, new musicians, new writers.

            If we bring here the already known people "en masse" we will just be one more social media in the ocean, rewarding the already successful.

            The promess of steemit as a new space, open to all will be flawed.

            Just my 50cents.

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             8 years ago 

            @sebastien I like your recommendation to broaden the list.

            I have an 'entertainers' category which encludes musicians, actors, models, etc. It was just a general description of anyone who performs to the public and can cover a wide range of people.

            The list is over 500, but I don't think it should be limited. If we have others we think are of value, let's get them on the list to the Dev's.

            One of the benefits of bringing in a well established social personality is that they bring lots of followers. This will expose them to many content creators of Steemit. Secondly, these personalities already are adept at keeping a community updated with new content. This is also important to Steemit. Adding these are by no means the comprehensive list of people which will make steemit better. The cobbler from a village in Italy is welcome and would add value here. This is just a start, to boost the number of contributors and consumers, necessary to hit the tipping point for social-media survival. -my 2 cents worth anyways.

            Feel free to post other names with details, on who you think should be approached in the short term, for the rapid growth of Steemit.

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             8 years ago (edited)

            Answer to the post below:
            Great. I will think about names.
            I agree onthe fact that the site needs well established names. For the hype and promotion and to reach a network effect.
            Btw, I am based in Sunnyvale. Happy to discuss around a coffee on day. Lmk.

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               8 years ago 

              Great work!
              Bounty coming up

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               8 years ago 

              Thank you sir! Looking forward to your scrubbed list with bounties on them. I think you have a few Steemians interested in influencing people on the list, to consider joining our little community.

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                 8 years ago (edited)

                Okay, let's try a bidding system?

                Everyone can bid how much Steem or SBD they want for recruiting a user. Lowest bids get the opportunity. We lock down the spreadsheet after one week and then run the contest for a month, Steemians try to get those users to the platform. There can be a maximum of 25 or 50 targets per player.

                I'd be happy to give you a 300 SBD bounty for verifying uniqueness of all users who apply to participate.

                Thoughts?

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                   8 years ago 

                  @ned you are always surprising me with your out-of-the-box thinking. Bidding for Bounties!!!
                  (I am so going to steal that idea for a work paper I am writing on the software security bug-bounty evolution)

                  So, let me get this right. We want the Steemit community to proactively bid on Celebrities they think they can get to join? We lock in the bids after a period of time (cyclical) and let the top bidder have a chance. After time is up, it opens again for another to bid and try.

                  I like the idea but have some concerns:

                  1. Normally bidding activities go upwards. But in this case it would go to the lowest bidder? Not sure if it will have the same enthusiasm
                  2. Quality, it would be easy for anyone to just bid one SD lower, even if they don't have a chance to actually get the Celeb to join
                  3. Verification. How do we verify if the Celeb joined because of that person, versus another or just by chance? This combines with #2. A smart bidder would just outbid the top 30 in hopes one of them joins for some other reason. Do we have a referral system which can attest to who brought someone in?
                  4. Administration. The bidding, which must be fair, might take some infrastructure to pull off. (I am not a software infrastructure kind of guy, so we would need to get someone tech savvy to make that happen). It would take continual management as well, as timers will cycle out and the process must begin again.

                  Given the complexities above, it may be simpler if you just bucket the 500 into groups for rewards.

                  • Tier 1: Top 50 'most wanted' $XXXX SD
                  • Tier 2: Next 100 'elites' $XXX SD
                  • Tier 3: Last 350 'celebs' $XX SD

                  For any given month, if you or the other Dev's want to specify a 'bonus' for a particular celeb(s), then that can add to the overall freshness and marketing, while giving you the flexibility to direct the community to preferred potential contributors.

                  We then make a requirement for the Celeb to mention the Steemit user who brought them into the community by name in their introduceyourself post (in addition to the normal user verification steps). We then publish updates each week for the bounties, giving recognition/fame to the members who expanded our community.

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                     8 years ago 

                    Excellent work !
                    If you want to contact one of these, include your name into the file
                    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1umUc4kjXykhcKHYaRGJrmzHeUgaSQRqhhi4RuJkrTAE/edit#gid=0

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                       8 years ago 

                      proofreading: wences casares is listed twice

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