Steemit: The Curation Leagues - 15 STEEM in Prizes!
Hi all!
This weeks' curation league post is again brought to you from the sunny Island of Mauritius!
A minimum of 15 STEEM in prizes are available next week by stating your interest below. You will be entered into both leagues (which are probably best called tables, as they are reset each week!)
On your marks, get set, curate!
Introduction
My general views on maximizing curation rewards are:
Voting in the first minute will earn you a curation reward of almost 0.000
Voting between 1 and 29 minutes will earn an increasing % of the curation rewards split, this value peaking at 30 minutes and remaining the same from this point onwards
The goal is to get in prior to the big hitters, but not too early!
It is commonly suggested that 20-25 minutes is the 'best' time to vote (especially on known 'power author' posts because they are likely to have more auto-votes coming in at these times - and you want to be ahead of these votes)
A vote of equal weight and equal Steem Power at 30 minutes will give more reward than a vote at, for example 1 hour - first come first served, but don't arrive to early :)
Voting on good dtube content and utopian-io approved contributions (prior to the vote by @dtube / @utopian-io )can earn some very good curation rewards
As you can see, a combination of many variables such as Steem Power, voting strength, voting weight, time of vote, (and more) all play a part in the amount of rewards received.
My general opinion on maximizing engagement is:
- Spread your vote and write lots of engaging comments!
The data for league 1
The raw data has been collected from SteemSQL - @arcange's MS SQL Server copy of the Steem Blockchain.
SteemSQL is now a monthly subscription service and so your support in this post is greatly appreciated!
The key formula used for 'quality of financial curation skill' is:
Curation Rewards DIVIDED BY Steem Power MULTIPLIED BY 1000
This will return the amount of Curation rewards gained per 1000 Steem Power held
The rules (which will cause auto-filtering of your account if not met so just enter anyway and see what happens!) to appear in this league:
Must have voted at least once on a piece of content in the past 7 days
Must not have leased or delegated Steem Power in the last 14 days
Must not have Started a Power Down (withdrawal of Steem Power) in the last 15 days
The 2nd and 3rd points above are required to reduce distortion of the figures.
And, as curation rewards for the past week are actually taken from votes made up to 14 days ago, we need a 15 day window as mentioned above.
Don't let this put you off entering though - you will be automatically be excluded/appear depending on the criteria above.
Curating for maximizing returns - League 1
| User | C Rewards | Steem Power | Votes Cast | Reward per 1000 SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| miniature-tiger | 6.640876 | 1681.292836 | 163 | 3.949863 |
| edje | 3.05245 | 948.181712 | 146 | 3.219267 |
| steemitri | 7.684649 | 2684.947612 | 393 | 2.862122 |
| instructor2121 | 14.280455 | 5889.183278 | 131 | 2.424862 |
| curie | 247.119319 | 109538.3795 | 3084 | 2.256007 |
| greenrun | 13.569605 | 6941.11279 | 214 | 1.954961 |
| fiveboringgames | 27.807194 | 14544.88832 | 313 | 1.911819 |
| pataty69 | 0.203963 | 120.081524 | 249 | 1.698538 |
| sco | 1.276792 | 768.474006 | 157 | 1.661465 |
| osm0sis | 2.609623 | 1623.888367 | 217 | 1.607021 |
| choogirl | 39.338268 | 25246.74006 | 1366 | 1.558152 |
| steemtrail | 18.041908 | 11668.59218 | 132 | 1.546194 |
| joe.nobel | 0.386921 | 278.130136 | 79 | 1.391152 |
| dandesign86 | 3.036418 | 2332.306356 | 427 | 1.301895 |
| lordjames | 0.030992 | 24.013708 | 81 | 1.290588 |
| clumsysilverdad | 1.456757 | 1135.885286 | 197 | 1.282486 |
| jlordc | 0.148971 | 116.854137 | 123 | 1.274844 |
| htliao | 22.957181 | 20360.28824 | 375 | 1.127547 |
| xervantes | 5.734059 | 5231.971365 | 236 | 1.095965 |
| connecteconomy | 1.418768 | 1304.479251 | 166 | 1.087612 |
| aburmeseabroad | 1.723656 | 1639.180433 | 94 | 1.051535 |
| halcyondaze | 0.57691 | 555.530977 | 151 | 1.038483 |
| betbuddha | 2.582628 | 2512.253867 | 220 | 1.028012 |
| goldendawne | 10.703333 | 10618.02241 | 451 | 1.008035 |
| sneakyninja | 0.849857 | 856.0295 | 125 | 0.99279 |
| erikaflynn | 0.977821 | 985.776202 | 221 | 0.99193 |
| tumutanzi | 14.430723 | 15206.1182 | 147 | 0.949008 |
| cranium | 6.489995 | 6978.221758 | 670 | 0.930036 |
| teamsteem | 387.520399 | 419595.4549 | 1497 | 0.923557 |
| gniksivart | 1.624722 | 1765.762364 | 134 | 0.920125 |
| cryptoctopus | 311.905313 | 340449.692 | 365 | 0.916157 |
| costanza | 4.553329 | 5147.948029 | 223 | 0.884494 |
| limabeing | 0.911907 | 1039.142841 | 56 | 0.877556 |
| haphazard-hstead | 5.379116 | 6330.387745 | 186 | 0.849729 |
| steemibu351 | 0.031992 | 37.955182 | 84 | 0.842882 |
| beanz | 43.778379 | 52608.65421 | 108 | 0.832152 |
| ammonite | 0.475916 | 572.047185 | 67 | 0.831953 |
| revisesociology | 1.027802 | 1261.126397 | 293 | 0.814988 |
| smasssh | 4.380236 | 5577.360339 | 221 | 0.78536 |
| dontstopmenow | 3.996393 | 5148.914241 | 184 | 0.776162 |
| amariespeaks | 0.172975 | 224.945992 | 66 | 0.768964 |
| soyrosa | 0.593887 | 808.640633 | 127 | 0.734426 |
| yura81 | 0.010998 | 14.99669 | 73 | 0.733331 |
| karensuestudios | 6.274959 | 8752.28723 | 123 | 0.716951 |
| rok-sivante | 62.622912 | 92683.64268 | 466 | 0.675663 |
| bashadow | 0.273954 | 407.306199 | 215 | 0.672599 |
| rosemarynoble | 0.022995 | 35.025273 | 238 | 0.656512 |
| maintain4real-eu | 0.092987 | 149.417349 | 315 | 0.622329 |
| clio | 3.629369 | 5883.668867 | 131 | 0.616855 |
| jaeydallah | 0.018997 | 32.767143 | 309 | 0.579743 |
| dragonking | 0.05599 | 111.238797 | 156 | 0.503334 |
| jawad09 | 0.06499 | 132.909645 | 42 | 0.488977 |
| rayne122 | 0.074987 | 154.760926 | 104 | 0.484532 |
| funbobby51 | 0.031996 | 68.487586 | 655 | 0.467185 |
| kawsar | 0.007999 | 17.203438 | 15 | 0.464964 |
| mammasitta | 7.071765 | 15214.97475 | 432 | 0.46479 |
| paulag | 0.099981 | 240.025792 | 76 | 0.416542 |
| majes.tytyty | 6.524911 | 15807.56679 | 339 | 0.412771 |
| killerkuasha | 0.043994 | 126.728408 | 51 | 0.347151 |
| retiredinsamar | 0.293947 | 904.20981 | 166 | 0.325087 |
| thinknzombie | 1.870658 | 7373.69402 | 46 | 0.253694 |
| djmalith | 0.064987 | 306.3673 | 128 | 0.212121 |
| hazelgrace25 | 0.024997 | 143.974042 | 47 | 0.173624 |
| steemit.lover2 | 0.006998 | 43.009945 | 40 | 0.162718 |
| pariza | 0.004999 | 31.044914 | 44 | 0.161015 |
| littlejoeward | 0.024996 | 288.04787 | 47 | 0.086777 |
| darkerhorse | 0.008999 | 104.552712 | 6 | 0.086069 |
| cemke | 0.012998 | 173.78155 | 171 | 0.074792 |
| sunnyofoz | 0.001 | 14.99569 | 80 | 0.066669 |
| kaysar07 | 0.004 | 72.001989 | 75 | 0.055551 |
| ikrahch | 0.035991 | 879.985394 | 175 | 0.040899 |
| fernando26 | 0.001 | 28.9393 | 15 | 0.034552 |
| User | C Rewards | Steem Power | Votes Cast | Reward per 1000 SP |
The end column is what I think is a genuine indicator of how well you are financially working the curation game with the tools,including vested Steem Power, that you have at your disposal.
Chart and Analysis
Amount of SP earned per 1000 Steem Power owned
This weeks' results:
( @zapncrap 17.92, @curx 14.61, @qsounds 5.96 , @biophil 5.07, and @credo 4.57 removed for bots/trails sorry! )
@miniature-tiger takes first spot this week, well done master curator!
@edje takes 2nd, the sound of music is in the air!
@steemitri in 3rd, well done the curating mannequin!
Well done to @instructor2121 and @greenrun who also performed very well this week.
- The average curation reward/Steem Power this week is 1.49, up from 1.36 last week.
Community Curation Excellence - League 2
This new league is not based around rewards and relates to engagement.
Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - delegation dealings or not.
I've used some metrics (which is the fancy way of saying that made up some numbers) relating to:
- Comments (number and amount of text)
- Comments outside of your own blogs
- Up-votes to others
- Up-votes to unique others
- Self-votes (a minus score for this one sorry!)
- Witness engagement
The top 20
| Name | Ashers engagement/excellence rating |
|---|---|
| @davemccoy | 2524532.6 |
| @goldendawne | 2458442.8 |
| @blazing | 2017041.4 |
| @yura81 | 2014358.6 |
| @coolguy123 | 1807987.2 |
| @carlgnash | 1739254.2 |
| @lpessin | 1708636.6 |
| @teamsteem | 1597475.4 |
| @cheneats | 1570010.8 |
| @biophil | 1522852.8 |
| @pataty69 | 1463256 |
| @choogirl | 1350129.4 |
| @gniksivart | 1216860 |
| @beeyou | 1154585.6 |
| @bashadow | 1147541.4 |
| @maverickinvictus | 1108576 |
| @limabeing | 1074829.8 |
| @swelker101 | 1006115 |
| @wwf | 969383.6 |
| @josephsavage | 962224.4 |
Firstly, if you are placed in this league you are doing great - 1st place or 20th!
Well done to @davemccoy who tops the league of engagement and excellence this week! Dave is a recent delegate of mine and has started his Steemit career excellently!
Also, very well done to @goldendawne (one of the #stewardsofgondor) and @blazing (huge commentator!) who have finished 2nd and 3rd - well done both!
Want to be a part of the league next week? Let me know below!
Calculations may vary from week to week but still with a goal to find top community engagers.
Prizes sent!
Finally
A few points:
If you have spotted any glaring errors in my post, please let me know so I can fix them
If you would like to be added or removed from my personal curation league, let me know
If you have any other comments or suggestions, please enter them into the box below
I am part of a Steemit Business Intelligence community. We all post under the tag #blockchainbi. If you have analysis you would like to be carried out on Steemit data, please do contact me or any of the #blockchainbi and we will do our best to help you.
I am contactable on many discord channels under the same username.
Data was collected on the 11th February 2018 at 6pm (UTC)
Thank you for your support, have a great day!
Asher @abh12345
It’s so difficult to understand . But I feel like the authors benefit most from “bots” when votes are made within first 30 Min than after . I have tested the theory as well. Not just bots just others as well
Using bots in the first 30 minutes will give you more of the rewards of your post, but i don't think this reward will have a big say in the leagues. Cheers!
We are all in great company on these curation leagues! SO wonderful to see so many new names; and some of my favorite steemians on the lists too!
I appreciate @abh12345's continued post with these stats- keeps me on my toes. LOVE having this is as my Sunday morning must read post!
AND a huge congratulations to @davemccoy for notching out the top spot! WELL DONE!
@coolguy123
@wwf
@maverickinvictus
@cheneats
MY GUYS!!! Great JOB!
@blazing CONGRATULATIONS on number 3!!! Fab-fanta-bulous!!
This is what I like to hear! Stay on your toes :D
Many Stewards are high up the list of around 130 accounts entered, brilliant!
Thank you @goldendawne.
Yes, @davemccoy has proved that comments wins hearts and some Steem as well ;). Congratulations once again Dave.
And the other SOG's are not far behind in the competition.
Happy to be among your favorite Steemians :) Thanks again and Have a good Sunday.
Thank you @coolguy123... I'm happy to mentioned in any list with you :)
Thank you so much for the mention Engagement goddess. I am so happy to be seeing my name and being in the top 20 is such an awesome achievement!
It has become a favorite of mine too reading Ash post on this and seeing how much engagement folks are doing.
It is truly inspiring to see how the votes, curation and engagement are spread.
Thank you Dawne! And I agree about the awesome company here, I'm so honored just to be anywhere near you! I love your point about keeping you on your toes, I think these types of programs are perfect for explaining in a fun way just how important communication is on this platform!
Thank you for the tag and recognition! You realize that your work creates work for others! lol All good. Nice problems to have! hahaha
SOG are rock'n it! Thanks @abh12345! Great work yourself.
Thank you @abh12345 as always being there with these reports.
To start with, a BIG congratulation to @davemccoy, who, undoubtedly a quality comment poster has topped curation league 2.
And there is a congratulation message to @goldendawne week on week as for as I remember from the first week and she is in top 3 this week as well at number 2 and she has made it a habit to top these lists no matter who comes in and who goes out.
Congratulations to @blazing for finishing in top 3 of curation league 2.
Congratulations to the toppers of league 1.
I myself is happy to improve my position from 9th to a healthy 5th this week. Ofcourse, I am not figured at all in league 1 because of incoming and outgoing delegations for last 3 or 4 weeks.
Good to see the number count as for as participating members is getting increased and @abh12345, you deserve a good applause for this and pulling out numbers week on week.
It's also an opportunity to all, no matter whether an experienced person and a newbie on Steemit, gives a chance to compete with everyone who are part of these leagues.
Looking forward to working with even more effort this week and hopefully with a better finish in next week's report :)
@coolguy123 again thank you... And you and @goldendawne just gave me another idea to get more people to get ranked so that we all have a little more competition ;) (and of course spread the word about how important communication is!)...
I want to make sure that it is ok to invite everyone, but if so I will offer a "Newbie Nickel" to any newbie that asks @abh12345 to join his league in this post. Is it ok to invite anyone?
Great!
Yes invite everyone, the more the merrier for sure 😁
A busy day today so apologies for the short reply.
Well done!
Thank you @coolguy123 for your support and interest regarding the curation leagues!
This is a key point, and one perhaps I should expand on in the post text next time. We are gaining members each week though which is great.
Thank you!
My support like all the other members will always be there, because it's benefiting all of us @abh12345.
Yeah, the opportunity to all irrespective of the reputation, number of followers, will give confidence to even a guy who is on day one on Steemit.
Happy to be part of your reports anytime. Thanks as always and wishes for the new week ahead.
Great, thank you very much!
Thank you so much Asher, this was quite a surprise! :) I'm not sure of how you do the calculations, but if talking a lot to others is the key, then I'm glad I have a big mouth... lol ;)
Seriously though, anytime I can be anywhere close to @goldendawne then I know I must be doing something right! I will get more people to learn about this competition and hopefully get more people to understand how important communication can be!
A great job Dave!
I must admin to having a sneak at the numbers a few days before the final count and It was looking good!
The comments during our first interaction were enough to see we had a good Steemian in the ranks, and you've lived up to my expectations for sure.
Great job, thanks for being here!
Thank you Asher! Its a very good think to get a compliment from you. I value your opinion and I'm happy that I am living up to your expectations! Lets keep it going!
And thank you on the great job, and for you being here too! I like teammates like you!!!
Hey Asher!!! I learned a lot from your "curation league"... and I did some research too ;-)
So last week, I decided to apply some of the lessons learned ;-)
... have to be honest... I used the "utopian-strategy".
Enjoy the sun and say "Hi" to Sylvia ;-)
Big hug
Steemitri The Mannequin
I'm very glad to here that @steemitri!
Yes @utopian-io is a great method due to the delayed large vote! Also check out @sndbox and @dtube :)
Thank you!
amazing job @abh12345 and congrats to @davemccoy for taking the post spot! It feels so good to see quite a few names I know on the top 20! You all are inspiring us to be the best curators we can! Thank you :)
A great job by @davemccoy, he was streets clear on the length of his comments this week which was enough to hold off the chasing pack.
Thank you for your lovely comment!
You're welcome - it's well deserved !
lol... what is "street's clear"? I'm glad I was "streets clear", but I want to make sure I know what it means ;)
And is it a good idea to invite newbies to join your league or would it cause you too much work?
Please invite all :)
'Streets ahead' might have been more appropriate! Miles clear, way ahead, kicked ass!
Oh my @abh12345. What did you get yourself into by giving Dave the go ahead to invite all?! Lol, you are going to have a lot more members!!
Thank you @amariespeaks... I agree about Asher inspiring us all! :)
I took 4th place and was close to victory. I want to be a part of the league
You are registered, well done on 4th this week!
You are doing a great job @abh12345
This is a means of checking one activities on steemit community and to know weather someone is really active in reaching out to other steemians. I would love to be part of this.
I really learnt from your view on curation reward. Am guided.
Thanks
Thank you @funkylove, I have entered you for next week!
I'm beginning to enjoy getting tagged on your posts as it is confirmation on how well I'm doing. You're posts are providing motivation and reminders. Bravo. I'm enjoying this very much. Thank you for doing this!
It's my pleasure @wwf!
I try not to tag in posts without reason, I hope everyone is ok with this post using @'s
Thank you for your encouragement and support!
It is all good my friend. Otherwise, it would be challenging to keep track of everything that is going on with the SOG. As it stands, it is getting busier and busier! That is good news. So no worries. Keep up the great work! I enjoy these reports as it helps me stay focused and work towards continual self improvement. You rock!
That's great to hear, and many say the same so I shall continue. Thank you!
Can I join at the curation leagues? @abh12345,... I saw it at @davemccoy post and brought me here, and it is my pleasure to be part of the curation leagues even my bf always shows, glad to be part of it.
A round of applause to @davemccoy @goldendawne and the rest of the winners. Well deserve guys. Hoping that I can be qualified on this one.
ps... bandwidth is my bf😉
You are awesome as always @sweetcha!!! And if you keep telling everyone about your bf, I'm going to have a hard time keeping it secret from your husband :)...
Ok I will give you your 6 cent Newbie Nickel... and if you resteem let me know and I will get you on my page too!!! Good job and this is one you will really like (you can make lots of comments and use that fun personality) ;)
oh I forgot it is our secrets? lol, thank you dave glad that you given me that Newbie Nickel, of course surely I do as part of....
I know you do that's why I reminded my favorite girl ;) ... I gave you an extra one too just because you proudly display that banner :D
You're awesome @sweetcha
oh don't say's again and again that I'm your favorite, my bf is a jelous one and if he knew it, I finish hahaha, proud to be part of your journey and for #newbieresteemday long life to success.😉
ohhh your bf bandwidth doesn't scare me, its your husband I'd be worried about... So I will be quieter and make sure he doesn't know you're my favorite!!!
Glad you entered here... That means more people are going to get to know the famous @sweetcha and her amazingly fun personality :)
Hi! Thanks for your support, @growingpower just upvoted your comment ;) Hope you have a great day
lol no worries he didn't know it, I'll throw his phone hahaha... my bf is really stalking at you, he pop up if he knows that I'm your fav...and didn't allowed me to use steemit for many hours lol...I hate him tenderly, Happy Valentines Dave ❤😊
hahaha... that is funny very funny... I have never heard "hate him tenderly" before :D ... You're great @sweetcha and I wish you a very very Happy Valentine's Day too!
Of course you can, welcome! :)
Thank you @abh12345 much appreciated your welcome, more power so that you made steemit a great place for all steemians.😊