Engagement Contest #1 "Tell me something I don't know"
Have you ever thought it would be cool to get paid just for hanging out with your friends?
Not really doing anything, just chattin' it up with each other, and getting rewarded for it? Well hey!!! We have this AWESOME platform here that can allow us to do exactly that! "How do we do that" you might ask? Engagement! Talking to each other! Comments can be Upvoted just like actual posts here on Steemit!
Everyone wants to earn more rewards here on the platform,
but not all of us are creative enough (myself included) to come up with a valuable post that will actually earn Upvotes everyday. Or we are creative enough, but don't have the time to type up something, style it with markdown, find cool pictures and links, etc. Or we don't have any problem with either of those things, we make an awesome post, but it just doesn't get noticed by any accounts with heavy hitting votes. Getting ones name out and being noticed by people with significant votes can be really difficult, especially for the newer people on the platform. Some of the people here with higher SP numbers to vote with won't even look at posts of other users with a reputation score below (50). I don't really hold that against them. Their stake is theirs to vote with how they choose, and most spammers and plagiarists have a reputation below that level. Staying away from those lower reps is a mechanism used to avoid wasting time on crappy posts. Unfortunately for the rest of us, this makes it even more difficult for good posts by new users to be seen. How can a new user get to a rep above (50) if no one even looks at their post because their rep is lower than that? Seems to be a bit of a conundrum, don't ya think?So what do we do? How do we get our names out there to more people?
How do we get our reputations high enough for those big voters to even take the time to look at our posts? Well, we have to get our reputation up. "But you just said..." I know what I just said. My idea is simple. If the bigger voters that we want to attract to our post won't even look at our posts until we have better rep, then we have to band together as Minnows and help each other get that higher rep. And I want to try to do that in a fun and exciting way! I want to help bring as many Minnows as I can up! Help as many people as possible succeed on this platform. But I can't do it by myself. Like I said, we have to band together and bring each other up.
So here is what I propose. I suggest that we reward each other just for talking to one another.
Providing each other with enjoyable conversation and Upvoting the comments of those who stimulate our minds or entertain us the most by doing so. I'm not talking about Upvoting useless two word comments or spam like "follow me and I'll follow you" or things of that nature. I mean Upvote the comments of people who actually take the time to read a post and make an engaging comment. If you aren't sure what a valuable or engaging comment is, please take a look at THIS POST by @ogochukwu! Pretty simple, right?Now that I have come up with an idea to help support new users, how do I attract people to it and incentivize them to participate? Let's make this a contest!
"But how are we going to support each other if we are competing with each other?" FANTASTIC QUESTION!!! First, there will be multiple prizes for this contest in various categories. Second, some of the winners of this contest are going to be decided by you, the people entering this contest! This is my first attempt at running a contest, so bear with me as I iron out the wrinkles. This contest is about giving to each other more than it is about receiving. (Don't shoot me, it only SOUNDS like a reference to Christmas made before Thanksgiving)Rules for entry and participation.
Upvote this post.
The higher the value of this post, the larger the prize pool is going to be. I plan on using about half of the SBD that this post earns as part of the prizes that will be awarded.Resteem this post.
More people seeing this post means more people can participate. The more people participate, the better the post will do, again increasing the prize pool.Tell me something I dont know!
That is the theme for the contest. My girlfriend was surfing the web last night and came across a random piece of interesting, but probably useless, knowledge. "Koalas have fingerprints very similar to the fingerprints of humans." Respond to this post in the comments with your own random trivia fact! (Site your source, if it is too outlandish of a claim, I may want to see where you got your information from. I want real facts, useless or otherwise, not made up news.)Engage with the other entrants in the contest.
After you have left your own comment, take a few moments to look at the other comments. (If you are one of the first people to leave a comment, you may have to revisit this post to do so.) Reply to and Upvote the comments that are facts you didn't know, or that make you smile, or whatever. Engage each other. If everyone drops an Upvote on the other comments, everyone earns a reward, even if they don't win the contest!Do all of the things listed here.
Upvote and Resteem this post. Drop a comment with your own piece of trivia. Reply to and Upvote some of the comments from other users. If you don't do all of the things outlined here, you will not be considered a valid entry. Entries will be accepted until this post pays out.
Awards and Prizes!
"This sounds good and all, but what do we get out of it?"
Various prizes are going to be given for participation in this contest.
- 1 SBD or 10% of the SBD earned by this post (whichever is greater) will be awarded to the user who posts the most interesting trivia fact. This prize will be selected by me, using my own judgement of what is interesting. (I may award more than one user in this category, depending on participation and how big the prize pool ends up being, and if I have a difficult time selecting just one entry)
- 2 SBD or 20% of the SBD earned by this post (whichever is greater) will be awarded to the user who interacts with the most other entrants. That means replying to the comments left by other people on this post. VALUABLE COMMENTS, not just "nice entry". (Again, if you don't know what a valuable comment is, check the post I linked above) This prize will be determined by you, the person reading this post right now. The more people you reply to on this post, the better your chance of earning this prize. I suggest checking back on this post on the fifth or sixth day before payout and see where you stand.
- 2 SBD or 20% of the SBD earned by this post (whichever is greater) will be awarded to the user who Upvotes the most entries. This prize will also be determined by you, the person reading. Don't be stingy with your votes. Upvoting the other valid entries to this contest could earn you an awesome prize!
- 2.5 SBD or 25% of the SBD earned by this post (whichever is greater) will be awarded to the user who receives the most upvotes on his or her entry. This prize will be determined by ALL of the participants. I will be looking for the total number of Upvotes received, not the dollar value of those votes. Whoever wins this prize will also receive a delegation of 50 Steem Power for four weeks, allowing that user to earn a little more for curating during that time. (This delegation prize will only be available to accounts with less than 100 of their own SP. If an entry from an account with more than that amount gets the most votes, the delegation prize will be awarded to the entrant with the next highest amount of votes whose account has less than 100 SP. The SBD prize still goes to whoever has the most Upvotes, regardless of how much Steem they have.)
There you have it. The first official @gogogadgetupvote contest!
Just another idea I had for supporting and rewarding new people joining the platform. Tell me what you think about it. I am open to suggestions on how to improve my contests in the future!I just bought a 2200 SP delegation from MinnowBooster for 4 weeks, bringing my total SP up to about 4600. I will be Upvoting all of the valid entries in this contest. This contest is focused on helping newbies get a hand up, but everyone is welcome to participate. Especially any of you whales out there who may stumble upon my humble contest. You don't have to participate, but your Upvote on any of the entries could really make someones whole day!
If you would like to earn more Upvotes from me, check out my New User Support Project post LOCATED IN THIS LINK, and go try to claim the bounty I talk about in that post.
Thanks for taking the time to read and participate in my contest!
I am looking forward to hearing all of your feedback and reading your entries! Remember, the more people who participate, the better the prizes are going to be! If you are in any groups on discord or anywhere else, tell your buddies to come check out my contest, too. Spread the word to as many people as you can.I'm @gogogadgetupvote and I'm always on duty!
So two fun facts:
I freaking loved Inspector Gadget (and still do) - please keep it up with all the cartoons.
Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was wrestling champion of his county in Illinois. He fought in nearly 300 matches and lost only one.
Lincoln also created the Secret Service on the day he died.
Talk about bad timing.
Lucky someone else knew about it! It might not have got much traction if they didn't!
Created, obviously hadn't been put in place yet. Definitely bad timing, lol.
Lol. Okay that is just pretty damn funny
Who would have thought that abraham lincoln was a wrestler, hehe one of a kind digged up history.
Right, so great!
That is an interesting fact. Now is that a true story, or is it like the whole "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" bit? Got a source for that one?
And I loved the cartoon as well. Not so much the movies, even though I have been a fan of Matthew Broderick since the first time I saw "Farris Bueller". I have actually only seen the first movie, kinda refused to watch the second one after the tragedy of the first one.
Source: http://nwhof.org/stillwater/resources-library/history/wrestling-in-the-usa/
This reminds me of another fun fact: Edwin Hubble, the guy who discovered galaxies. Did you know that he gave up a promising boxing career to become a scientist? He made others see the stars in more ways than one!
Hahaha, I like what you did there Simon. I like it a lot.
I would have liked to get drunk with Lincoln.
That would’ve been awesome.
For the 1st fact i give the character of detective conan to you
Hurray - I love it this....and I get to pop the cherry!
Bones heal best at 37hz and Cats purr at 37hz!
Moral is - borrow your friends kitty if you break your bone:))
Huh. Not sure I understand the correlation between the two. Can you elaborate?
Also, the rules state that you have to Resteem the post to be a valid entry, so that more people can see the contest and enter!
Science shows us that everything has a vibrational signature. a rock vibrates more slowly than water, which vibrates more slowly than a star birthing. Resonance and entrainment (how two pendulums will sync up) are the why behind this what. the purr of a cat amplifies the natural frequency of osteoblasts (the cells that generate bone) hence the kitty purring is better than taking Calcium:))
@harnonicliving Congratulations you hit 50rep!
thanks - its more exciting than hitting 50yrs!!:)
What's wrong with 50 years old? It's the alternative to hitting 50 years old that isn't exciting, buddy.
true true:))
Now I get it. Awesome. That is definitely something that I didn't know. Thanks!
What fantastic knowledge! Super healing bones with cat powers!
Its simple upvote, resteem, and comment then if you have the capacity talk more on koalas having the same fongerprint as humans...so simple
One of the bazillion reasons I am Team Cat! Purrrrrrrrr
LOLZ.
@harnonicliving
You are close to 50
Keep communicating around
Nice :-) I wonder what Herbie's snore can heal :-P
Herbie, being my dog who is snoring very loud right now :-P
That's really cool! I've read that a cat's purr can reduce blood pressure significantly. Our little furry friends are enhancing our lives more than we realize!
Agreed. My doggie has saved my life :-)
Cats are excellent for the prevention of heart disease and dogs simply don't have the effectiveness of cats in that area. Yea, that's a fact.
Yes , the comparision is so nice with the cat and bone to get friend
So, will petting my kitty give me stronger bones, or does it only help if I’m already hurt? I do know a good cat is in time with you when you’re sad or ill:)
Where do you turn to whenever you want to do a research?
99.9% place that comes to mind is GOOGLE, so about the koalas thing having the same fingerprint as humans, i looked it up on google guess what i found.
Humans, along with our closest relatives chimps and gorillas, are pretty much the only animals that have fingerprints. The only other is the koala, an adorable marsupial that is separated from us by 70 million years worth of evolution.
Since we share these distinctive marks with our primate cousins, it's quite likely that fingerprints first evolved with our common ancestor several million years ago. But that isn't the case with koalas, who are alone among all marsupials in having these prints.
And it's not just that our fingerprints are roughly similar to koalas - they really are identical. A trained expert would have trouble telling human and koala fingerprints apart, even using a microscope. You can see a comparison of koala and human fingerprints on the left. While the two look quite similar in the larger view, it's under the even higher resolution of an electron microscope that they really look pretty much indistinguishable.
So why have we undergone precisely the same evolutionary path as koalas? Indeed, why do we have fingerprints at all, considering so few other animals have them? The first question might help answer the second, as both our hominid ancestors and koalas may have evolved fingerprints because they climb trees in the same way. Researchers from the University of Adelaide explained:
"Koalas feed by climbing vertically onto the smaller branches of eucalyptus trees, reaching out, grasping handfuls of leaves and bringing them to the mouth. Therefore the origin of dermatoglyphes [fingerprints] is best explained as the biomechanical adaptation to grasping, which produces multidirectional mechanical influences on the skin. These forces must be precisely felt for fine control of movement and static pressures and hence require orderly organization of the skin surface."
As always, I think the real takeaway from all this is quite straightforward: the next time fingerprints are found at a crime scene, investigators need to consider the possibility of super-intelligent koalas. And if they don't find any fingerprints at all? That just means the koalas are even smarter than we thought.
Via LiveScience. Image via.
https://io9.com/5798400/koalas-have-exactly-the-same-fingerprints-as-humans
I'm glad you elaborated on the original post's mention of fingerprints because that caught my attention too! It is cool to learn to the evolutionary advantage (grasping leaves easier).
In one of my anatomy classes, my teacher told us that fingerprints are formed when a developing fetus rubs the developing fingers against the wall of the uterus. The random rubbing patterns create grooves in the skin, as the skin grows. I can't site a source here because my teacher told us that in class. I haven't looked it up to fact-check since, but I'm sure it holds some weight!
I love this Linda - I love that our individuality is a by product of such co.intimacy - the stroking between self and self maker. we often got so judgmental for being needy for not being wholey independent and so I just love this!! thankyou
so even though there is no sited source - this gets my vote!:))
I love this fact, too!
So in theory, when I press my face against my pregnant girlfriends belly and squish her belly (mommy), and I can feel her pushing against (the baby) me through mommy's belly, I could actually be helping shape those fingerprints by changing the shape of the uterus when I press against it and she reaches out to touch me? Because the baby definitely responds to me even though she is still inside mommy's belly. That's an awesome fact, and touches me just a little, as I am sooo excited about my first baby on the way!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow, what an AWESOME answer @deeclown. FAR more information on that subject than my girlfriend stumbled upon the other night. Thanks for elaborating on that little tidbit. I just saw they were "similar". Didn't know they were that similar!
Now this is a proper answer!
Keep it up
Did you know that there are only 2 mammals that have a bone in their penis? One is a dog and the other is a walrus!! Dogs can fracture their Os penis and it can create an issue if there are urinary crystals. Oh anatomy.. how it amazes me!!
Did you know most cats have barbs on their penis and they come out when they have sex? Yup.
Non-human mammals. Felines, especially domestic cats, are well known for having penile spines. Upon withdrawal of a cat's penis, the spines rake the walls of the female's vagina, which may serve as a trigger for ovulation.
hmmm - i thought it was the ovulation that generated the pheremones that incited sex - so what compels the male to do it if ovulation is a by product....oh the wiley kitty!
Horniness? It doesn't seem to discriminate across the species. Haha.
Did you know that dolphins are the only other mammal on the planet that have sex JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT? Every other species only has sex to procreate. Humans and dolphins are the only known species to fuck for fun!
That is a fact I did not know about
😂😂I am trying to imagine dolphins having sex just for fun 😂😂
The barbs do stimulate the female cat.. that’s how they come out of heat and the only way they will come out of heat besides spaying or ovariohysterectomy. Thanks @sammyb!
I never knew that. Thanks!
Ouch!
I didn't know about the dogs having a bone (no pun intended). I did know about the walrus one, though. The Inuit People used to make clubs from walrus penis bone called "Oosik". Great entry!
Walrus penis... not a turn on. :-P
The male blue whales have the biggest penises on earth.
Nice info which i dont know.If suppose there is any break in the bone there is any operation for itl
World most expensive water.
Acqua di Cristallo “Tributo a Modigliani” – $60,000
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This particular brand is just something else. A bottle of Acqua di Cristallo “Tributo a Modigliani” contains a mix of Fiji and France’s spring waters, and actual glacier water from Iceland. Topping the whole lot is 5mg of 23-karat gold dust. Fancy a drink of water and gold? Then get a bottle of this pricey water.
Gold flaked Fiji water, huh? Fiji already had the best water on Earth. How do you make the best better??? Add Gold, it's like adding butter to food. Makes everything better, lol!
Yah but when you are so thirsty then the water we get is so much value for that than the costly water .
A human hair is roughly 5x stronger than Steel.
I had to Google that to believe it.
I did too.
not mine:( says the thyroid to the scalp
Thyroid problems suck. Sorry to hear that.
I did not know that. Interesting. I wish my hair knew that every morning when it falls out in my brush.
It is indeed! Stronger than steel of the same width! Now if only they would figure out how to synthesize it so we could have an all new building material thay could probably be cheaper too.
Scientists spliced goat and spider DNA to create a biopolymer that is elastic and approximately 10x stronger than steel.
With the help of human hair my friends are doing project to make a bullet proof jacket with the help of hair.i wish them to be sucess in that because i have a lot of hair with me
Cray...
You cannot create a folder with the name "con" (without the double quotes) in Windows.
Reference: https://funfactz.com/computer-facts/windows-con/
True story. Thanks for entering!
Thanks, Good to know!
Mate you have me laughing like crazy, It's incredible to think that with how complex Microsoft is, someone still coded that little nugget in.
Nice dude post some more info like this
A study was recently released which shows that since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana, it has experienced a nearly 5% decrease in overall suicide rates. For some demographics the reduction was as much as 11%.
yay for the greening. i hear the crime rate is vastly reduced too
When your getting stoned, all you really feel like doing is eating not fighting lol.
So, I find this quite interesting, and I've hear of other cases where they saw similar effects. I am from South Africa, and recently they passed a bill that basically says they will make it legal to poses and grow your own marijuana at home, within the next two years.
I am quite curious to see what effect it has here as well. On this point though, do you think it's the actual usage of marijuana that create the drops in suicide rate? Or perhaps the fact that users of the drug can now, firstly, buy or grow the drug at less "shady" locations, hence lowering the risk of getting caught up in other illegal drugs and the potential hardship that comes with them? Or secondly, they now don't have to perhaps smoke in secret or hide it from other people potentially? Also, I wonder what implications the taxation of marijuana could have on a country's economy?
I'm just going to put this here.
and here
Thank you "Family Guy"
Nioce. Classic family guy, ironically I was just watching The Orville, which also stars and was created by Seth MacFarlane, same guy that did family guy. Excellent show btw, got a sitcom in space vibe to it. And I have no idea what's going to happen after they legalise it her, but it's South Africa, so anything could happen.
I had seen the ads for the new show coming out and really wanted to watch it, but I recently lost satellite cable. Just internet now. Huge MacFarlane Fan! Million Ways to Die in the West was fantastic!
I have to admit that I haven't seen that yet, but I will definitely track it down. And I can't remember when last I've actually watched TV, I stream everything now. :P
Lots of good things happening in CO! Plus they have the nicest roads to drive on
Blind people raise their hands over their head when they win a competition, even though they've never seen it done by others.
No source, just a simple observation.
:0 that makes me happy - its like the 'power pose' of Rene Brown - if you stand with your hands over your head in a power pose for 2 min just beofre a job interview, you will be something like 70% more likely to score the job.
AWESOME MAN!!! True story! I used to live with a blind guy. We played Texas Hold'em together in a league with braille playing cards. And it's try, they do raise their hands above their heads in victory, despite not knowing that others do it to. Must be something in our genetics. Definitely something to research.
This made me think of another interesting blind people fact! Blind people echo locate much like bats, by making a clicking sound with their tongue. It's nothing like a Daredevil movie would have you believe, but it does give them an idea of how close walls and other big objects are to them, and also provides them with some kind of perception of how big a room / space is. I've actually seen a blind friend of mine do this, and I found it absolutely fascinating!
The guy I used to live with used to snap his fingers ALL THE TIME, and we could never figure out why. Maybe it has something to do with the echo locate thing, @skippyza!
So @gogogadgetupvote it depends of whether or not they guy that use to live with you was actually blind? That being said, this is something we can all do to an extent, sighted people just think about it less since we have a visual reference. But most people should be able to distinguish between a sound that comes out of a big empty room, vs a small room filled with sound absorbing furniture or something to that extent. Either way I found it extremely fascinating!
I've also heard a story that monks use to sing/hum in the dark monasteries and used this to echo-locate their way around the darkness. But I don't have a source for that unfortunately.
Now see, the monks humming to get around the monasteries is really believable. With little else to do (no electronic video stimulation and no real worldly possessions) humming around with your eyes closed trying to "become one with universe" is probably one of the best ways to pass time.
I love shit like that. Behavior that we're born with.
Thanks for letting us know
And when the blind people raise their hands in victory , deaf people raise all their fingers up to applaud them. It's the way you applaud in sign language ☺.
https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@greatvideos/dear-steemians-from-now-on-you-can-ask-for-upvotes-every-12-in-the-promotion-room-of-steemgigs-on-discord-20171110t91513185z
Did you know you can ask for upvotes every 12 hours in Steemgigs Discord if you use the tags steemgigs and untalented
Resteemed and working on bringing more users to it
Am on the @steemgiggs channel on discord and have not used the tag once,am so missing alot, thanks for the hint @greatvideos.
You should use it, its a great help!
You are welcome
As a new user here I can say that this is the best unknown fact I saw in the comments.
Fantastic fact for new users! Thanks for participating!
Thank you for making it possible to participate ;)
Come on steemgigs discord and we can talk more. I can't wait to find out more about you
I'm Always On Duty!!
Thank you very much!
I much appreciate it!
Keep chatting around!
Oh man, three cheers for @greatvideos! Love this community, just joined yesterday!
I Happy you Joined
You have Friends to rely on
Keep communicating around and make more friends
Have a great time Steeming
Glad to have you here, @kideropaul! I went and found your introduceyourself post and Upvoted and Resteemed it. Welcome to the community!
Thank you so much! Hope to help turn Steemit into a valuable photographer community!
You are truly a great Steemian!
Actually did know that one, but thank you for mentioning it here. As this post is mostly about helping newbies, and that is a group dedicated to exactly that. Thanks for Posting that here! Thanks for the Resteem!
Actually I knew that it will be of great help to drop the link here
As you said is all about helping
And I am trying to play my part
You are welcome!
And honestly I don't think I will ever find a proper way to thank you for your hard work, dedication, help and support!
I will keep trying anyway!
Just keep up what you have been doing here!! All of your encouragement is a great boost to my contest, and seeing so many people earn rewards in the comments is plenty enough thanks! If you feel you have to do anything (which you don't because you are already doing more than enough) just look around for more people to join the contest! The more support the post gets, the bigger the prizes are going to be!
Thanks for the tip. Checking it out. :)
You are welcome
I wish you Good luck!