Hello Friends,

If you read my post yesterday about Open-source projects, then you will have a fair idea to enable you understand this new blog post. Incase you missed it, here it is:

WHAT EXACTLY IS OPEN-SOURCE? GITHUB? UTOPIAN?

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In summary, Utopian.io rewards people for contributing to Open-Source projects! If you are a website/software designer, you will benefit immensely. Even if you are not, you will still benefit just by using your awesome insights.

Let's give you a head-start.... 1...2...3...GO!

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HOW TO START USING UTOPIAN.IO

1. Visit their website at https://utopian.io

• Here's what it looks like
  
• They are built on the steem blockchain just like steemit/busy.org
• So your posts on their websites also showup on Steemit/busy.org

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2. Signup/Login

• Here's the button
  
• Once you are already registered on Steemit/Busy.org, you don't have any problem because its still the same account
• You use steemconnect to complete login with your active key
  ++ For those that don't know the meaning of active key, find it here in blog>>wallet>>permissions>>show active key>>copy
  

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3. CHOOSE AN OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO

There are many open-source projects to contribute to. Here's a list of a few you might be interested in:

• Exchange Company- Bitshares
• Social Media/Blog- Steemit, Busy.org, Zappl etc
• Browser- Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome
• Audio/Video Player- VLC player
• Mobile OS- Android
• University- Open Source University etcz

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4. LEAVE A Meaningful Contribution

• It may be under one of the following categories:
  
  

• To Access it, GO HERE: Contribution>>SUggestion/Project/Bug-Hunting/Translation etcz>>Accept the Terms & Rules>>Enter the Editing Window
  See Image below!
  

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5. AT The Editing Window Take The Following Precautions

+Enter Post Title
+Enter Open-Source Project you want to contribute to eg Wordpress/Busy.org
+Enter Your Post

• Take your time to produce something of quality that will produce value to the open-source project
• Illustrations, pictures, Gifs, videos, graphs are always welcome

+Enter The Appropriate Tags (4 tags only)

• #utopian-io should be your first tag
• You may also consider using #untalented-utopian supported by @surpassinggoogle and @steemgigs
• And any other 2 relevant tags

• Enter Appropriate Names For The GitHub Project You Are Contributing to.

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6. Your posts will be approved (24-48hrs) with a message like this.

• When your post is approved by a moderator, you will soon get an upvote from Utopian-io

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7. Reasons Why Your Post May Not Be Approved By Utopian.io

• Plagiarism
• Content Already Exists
• Poor quality
• Lack of illustrations
• Your Post is too short. Minimum =500 words
• You used the wrong tags
• Poor linking to the Github project involved

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PEOPLE THAT HAVE BENEFITTED ON UTOPIAN.io

• Note the amounts they earned. It varies with your subject matter and quality of your works
  

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MY OWN CONTRIBUTION

All images were sourced from Utopian.io website

VOTE FOR UTOPIAN AS WITNESS HERE

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Thank you for reading! Hope this article was super-helpful!

If you still have any questions, feel free to ask me on the comment section. I'm available.

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Cheers!

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Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

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