Celebrating 500 Follower Milestone by Starting a 5 SBD Contest for New Users!

I have hit 500 followers and gained a reputation of 53 this week! While I never established any goals when I started on #Steemit, I would have not thought that I would achieve these metrics in six months. I started here to learn the perspectives of different content creators in my mission to learning more about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies but have learned so much more. The engagement of the community has been great for me to also realize the opportunity that the ecosystem has a a disruptor to centralized social sites that dominate the internet right now.

Due to this experience so far, I have decided to make #STEEM one of my larger holdings over time. While I continue to invest and commit to posting content, I also want to see how I support the platform going forward. A major challenge is how to keep new users engaged and motivated given the way reward pools currently work. I have personally seen that without purchasing SP, it is tough to get a rewarded despite potentially having great content.

As a preview to the upcoming #minnowuprising initiative, I thought I can start on something to support smaller users. In order to help the community I would like to give 5 SBD to someone in the community that has shown an effort to be consistent by posting and commenting on content. I will be looking at random posts for the next couple of days and providing upvotes to them with opportunities to participate by posting their recent content on the comments below. The content (original post) that gets the most upvotes will win the 5 SBD.

Here are some requirements that should be in place to avoid abuse or to try to be fair:

1. Minimum 2 months on Steemit
2. Less than 100 STEEM POWER (not including delegations)
3. Less than 500 followers
4. Upvotes purchased from bots do not count
5. Must upvote this post
6. Must follow my blog
7. At least 3 users must participate
8. At least 3 upvotes on post submitted
9. If a tie occurs, the reward will be split evenly
10. Deadline for participation (to submit post) will be until June 29th at 6pm EST
11. Known family and friends will not be eligible to win to avoid conflicts of interest
12. If these requirements are not met, I reserve the right to cancel giveaway, extend the time or adjust requirements in a timely manner.

This is the first time I do something like this so bear with me as we proceed. I will determine winner as soon as I can after the payout for this post is processed.

Help me support the future of the platform by sending content creators this way. Also, don’t hesitate to provide some feedback or thoughts of this initiative. Look forward to what we see!

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