Curie Comment Contest (September 23rd - October 7th, 2018)
- In the spirit of Curie's commitment to building community and fostering engagement on the Steem blockchain, we are pleased to present a weekly comment contest administered from the @curie blog.
- For those new to Curie, please follow @curie, and join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/jQtWbfj
- Follow @curie's votes to support the authors. Please consider following our trail and voting for curated authors. If you are a SteemAuto user, @curie is an available curation trail to follow.
Curie Comment Contest
Earn Steem by leaving good comments on posts upvoted by @curie!*
*Only posts which receive a @curie vote through Curie curator/reviewer operations are eligible for this comment contest. PLEASE NOTE the @curie account casts many upvotes which are not part of Curie curator/reviewer operations. See below for two methods to tell what posts have been upvoted by Curie through curator/reviewer operations:- Visit becquerel.io to see a record of the most recent posts upvoted through Curie curator/reviewer operations and leave thoughtful comments on them for your chance to win!
- @curie also leaves an automated comment on all posts upvoted through Curie curator/reviewer operations, so alternatively you can visit the @curie blog comments to find eligible upvoted posts to comment on.
How do I sign up?
There is no need to sign up. Simply commenting on posting upvoted through Curie curator/reviewer operations makes you eligible for the Curie Comment Contest.The contest week will run from Sunday 15:01 UTC through Sunday 15:00 UTC
Curie will use an algorithm that evaluates comments on both quantitative and qualitative metrics. This means that in addition to the number of Curie-upvoted posts that you comment on, the quality of your comments will also factor into the score. In addition we will look at other metrics designed to measure engagement with the authors that Curie upvotes.
THE EXACT ALGORITHM AND METRICS USED TO GENERATE THIS SCORE WILL NOT BE REVEALED TO HINDER ATTEMPTS TO GAME THE CONTEST
That being said, one of the most important metrics is simply the number of Curie-upvoted posts commented on during the contest week. For reference, here are the top 20 commenters by # of posts commented on for this contest week (you can tell by comparing this list to the actual placements below that there are definitely other factors that go in to the contest scoring). At current contest participation levels if you leave a good (non-spam) comment on just a couple of Curie-upvoted posts a day you would likely be in the top 20 places that pay out :)
Win up to 15 Steem!
Curie Comment Contest winners will be announced in a weekly post. In addition to the prize payout structure outlined below, the weekly champion will receive an honorary role for the week in the Curie Discord server of "Comment Champion". Bragging rights! 1st place (Curie Comment Champion): 15 Steem 2nd place: 12 Steem 3rd place: 10 Steem 4th & 5th places: 8 Steem each 6th & 7th places: 5 Steem each 8th & 9th places: 3 Steem each Honorable Mentions (10th through 20th): 2 Steem each
Total weekly prize pool: 91 Steem/ 20 payout positions
Spam Comments will NOT be rewarded
The comment history of all winners will be manually reviewed for spam before any prizes are paid out. Short generic comments that could have been left without reading the post will not qualify for the Curie Comment Contest. Examples of spam comments include (but are not limited to): "Nice post"; "I like your post"; "Nice picture"; "Good song"; "Great story", etc.
EGREGIOUS SPAM COMMENTERS WILL BE REPORTED TO STEEMCLEANERS
A few words of advice on leaving good, thoughtful comments
- tell the post author what in specific you liked about the post, why you liked it and/or how it made you feel. If your comment is so generic that it could have been left without reading the post, it will not qualify for the Curie Comment Contest.Weekly Winners!
For comments left during the contest weeks of September 23rd - October 7th, 2018. PLEASE NOTE this contest covers the preceding TWO weeks, we decided not to pay out winners for the week after HF20 because of severe limitations many accounts experienced in ability to comment.
All prize payouts will be sent out shortly from the @curie account.
Comment Champion - 15 Steem prize! @stef1
Great job with a commanding lead in total number of Curie-upvoted posts commented on @stef1!2nd place: 12 Steem - @audreybits
3rd place: 10 Steem - @delishtreats
4th & 5th places: 8 Steem each
@ronel & @marblely6th & 7th places: 5 Steem each
@oliviackl & @cheekah8th & 9th places: 3 Steem each
@janton & @veryspiderHonorable Mentions (10th through 20th): 2 Steem each
@scrawly, @naideth, @niallon11, @yeninsfer, @neymarth10, @glenalbrethsen, @minismallholding, @shemzy, @steemflow, @fitinfun, @barakexpansionLet the wild rumpus begin!
So what are you waiting for? Start reading those Curie-upvoted posts and leaving thoughtful comments already!
That was a real exciting process to read the posts of everyone who deserved Curie upvote, there are such variety of posts in different genre and reading them I learnt how much efforts people put in their posts and how happy they are to be recognized. I had a nice time while commenting and also learnt quite a lot such as computer games and programming, that is the field which is quite far away from me, delicious recipes that I also added to my cook diary and of course plenty of different stories: fiction, sci-fi, mystery, crime.
I congratulate all the people who took part in commenting contest and this is not only to say good words but this comments make hte one who created a post happy.
Thank you for the opportunity to take part int eh contest and I really appreciate you for the award!
THanks for this comment it makes me happy to read this! You rock :)
I cannot believe it! You just made my difficult week so much better. Thank you and I have renewed vigor for commenting now :)
Hey sorry you had a difficult week but happy that the comment contest can help refuel your tanks! You have a great streak going on here with a placement every week so far :) You rock!
Well, it feels nice to even be honorably mentioned, @curie. Glad to see you all up and running again with the contest. All your support of content creators, curators and commenters is greatly appreciated. Thank you for all the ongoing support of STEEM, and individuals here on the platform.
Heck yeah, and in this case the shoe fits! I think of you as a very "honorable" person Glen :) BTW yes I do think the Ducks have a chance this year against Washington! Huck the Fuskies! I sat through the beatdown the Huskies gave us the last time they played in Autzen back in 2016 so for me to be able to say that with a straight face says how far we have come in a short time! Much love - Carl
Hey, @carlgnash.
Well, thank you for the kind words. I can handle being honorable. :)
Well, good. I think they can, too, especially at Autzen. They just need to keep working at it when adversary arises. And it will.
I think Washington can be contained, but they do need to put more pressure on Browning than they've done with other QBs and the secondary will just have to tighten up coverage. I feel like the pieces are there on both sides of the ball, and with Stanford showing their true colors the last two weeks, it really does come down to Washington or Oregon.
I agree. They have come a long way, and I think maintaining some continuity with the coaching staff with Cristobal and Leavitt hanging around is helping a lot. I like Cristobal's attitude. We've got fire back on the sideline. :)
Congratulation to all the winners. Especially top 3
@stef1, @audreybits @delishtreats you all rocks with some outstanding comments throughout....steem on 👍
Glad to be part of honnourary mention @curie always good to be part of it👌
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Thanks, Flow... 😊😃
Thank you @steemflow! :) I can't wait to read some funny story from you about me this week (regarding the league :) )
Hahaha.....deliciouslyy...delight😉
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Nice to see your name popping up again and I always enjoy seeing you in the comments :) You rock!
Thanks @carlgnash these word means a lot....loved it 💓
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I see how this can motivate people to actually engage. See what I did there?
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:) Yeah that is the goal of course! I have always felt that good commenting was one of the most under-rewarded things on the Steem blockchain. As an author myself I know that reading a thoughtful comment means the world :)
Congratulations to all the winners this week! And thanks to Curie for their excellent work and commitment to the community
Thanks @curie for providing such arrays of Services to better the lot of steemians. I am signing up shortly!!
Awesome! There is actually no signup needed for the Curie Comment Contest, it couldn't be easier! Just read and leave thoughtful comments on the posts that Curie upvotes and leaves an automated comment on: https://steemit.com/@curie/comments (you can also visit becquerel.io to see the recently upvoted posts and in that case you can also see the curator who submitted the post for review). I hope to see your name on the comment winners next week! Cheers
Wow!!! Thank you @curie! And congratulations too all the winners!
Congrats to you :)
Always an amazing initiative and I'm so glad to see some lovely people I know being awarded for just being helpful to others :)
Thanks for your t ypically supportive presence @yidneth and I agree the readers/commenters who have been participating in this contest are really a lovely group of people in general! Some of my favorite Steem-ians keep showing up on this list and it makes me happy :)
Aww you are welcome. Manual curation is the goodness of the platform and I believe in its encouraging power, notvonly thecteams but indoviduals feedbacking.
It's always a pleasure commenting on those posts! Thanks, Curie...
I love seeing your thoughtful comments when I am reviewing the commenting on the Curie posts. Really happy to see you continuing to be such an active participant in this contest :) Not such a bad gig, to get paid some Steem to read awesome content and comment on it! Much love - Carl
Well, hardfork wanted to kick me on the butt but i kicked back really hard. Well, okay not me, the amazing people here helped me kick it😊😃Its a good gig 😊.
Oh, so you do read those comments, had no idea...👍 That must be a whole lot of work!