Curie Comment Contest Week 5 - EXPANDED PRIZE POOL ( September 2nd - September 9th, 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, but at current contest participation levels if you leave a good (non-spam) comment on just three Curie-upvoted posts a day you would definitely 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.Week 5 Winners! EXPANDED PRIZE POOL
For comments left during the contest week of September 2nd - September 9th, 2018. All prize payouts will be sent out shortly from the @curie account.
Comment Champion - 15 Steem prize! @janton
@janton commented on 50 posts upvoted by @curie during the contest week and really shined in our engagement metrics. Congrats @janton, Curie Comment Champion for the week!2nd place: 12 Steem @art-venture
3rd place: 10 Steem @coinsandchains
4th & 5th places: 8 Steem each: @adamada & @audreybits
6th & 7th places: 5 Steem each: @ronel & @avizor
8th & 9th places: 3 Steem each: @marblely & @macoolette
Honorable Mentions (10th through 20th): 2 Steem each
@erikah, @oliviackl, @madlenfox, @niallon11, @yeninsfer, @headchange, @josediccus, @drawmeaship, @scrawly, @fitinfun, @balticbadgerCurie Comment Contest is picking up Steem!
We increased the payouts and expanded the number of prize placements this week because the Curie Comment Contest is working to drive engagement toward the authors upvoted by Curie. Comparing the first four weeks of the contest with the four week period in July immediately preceding the start of the contest, we have seen an 86% increase in the average number of comments / Curie-upvoted post. Curie-upvoted posts with < 5 comments dropped from 18% in July to just 3%over the first 4 weeks of the contest!
Let the wild rumpus begin!
So what are you waiting for? Start reading those Curie-upvoted posts and leaving thoughtful comments already!
Congratulations everyone!! Janton definitely does deserve to be up there, he is great with engagement!
I am happy to see new faces around, Curies is definitely doing a great job! Thanks curie for increasing the prize pool!
Congrats on another strong week of commenting @audreybits!
Thank You! It was a great week, hopefully, we'll make this one even better!
Thank you so much! I continue to enjoy this task. I am finding so many interesting posts I would not otherwise see. I will keep on keeping on and and I will NEVER get to 73 posts, so no one has anything to fear :)
hahahahah! You are free to get up there, I believe you can (well, if there are less creepy stuffs)
Nope! Still avoiding the creepy ones :)
They ain't all that bad...
lol - I am easily freaked out and have a weak psyche!
Oh, I get. It's not for everybody, really.
Nice to see your name popping up every week consistently @fitinfun! Makes me happy to hear you are finding posts that interest you :)
Thank you! This has been a great time for me. I have learned so much and definitely would never (had never) have seen these posts without your push. I am so happy to see the excellent jump in your stats. Engagement is the name of the game, for sure.
Thank you so much @curie! This really is a great initiative. Upvoted and resteemed for more participation! Congrats everyone!
Thanks for the resteem! We are starting to see more participation in the comment contest, and I hope this thing really takes off as we head forward.
I hope so too! It is so refreshing and inspiring to see all the amazing work by so many different Steemians. May I ask, can we comment on all the posts in https://www.becquerel.io/ including those that have passed their payout or just those still within the 7 days payout?
Good question! Yes you can comment on posts upvoted by curie that are past the payout window and it still counts for the contest :)
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Cool! That is good to know :) I can go back to those I missed earlier. thanks @carlgnash!
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Yup :) I think you are the first person to ask this question, and this was an intentional thing on our part when setting up the contest - the 7 day payout window so often means that content basically disappears and is forgotten about once that week is up. Encouraging readers to go back and read these awesome posts even after the week is up can only be a good thing. I know as an author here myself, it makes me happy when someone comments on one of my older posts but it is super rare!
That is true. I would be too. And it is sad that we no longer can upvote to contribute to posts after 7 days. Wonder if they can change that? That way, we can revisit the good old posts and the authors still get some earnings.
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Nice
Yay, thank you @curie! And congratulations to all winners! 😊
Congrats....@macoolette you nailed here👌 was not at all aware of this contest...
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You should participate @steemflow! I know you are a great commenter as well, I see your name up near the top of @abh12345's League of Excellence as well as seeing you in the comments everywhere :) If you are looking for authors to engage with you could do worse than reading and commenting on the awesome authors that Curie upvotes! Cheers
Thanks @carlgnash i am just trying to make my presence count with user engagement as much as possible. Never knew about @curie commenting stuff. Would definatelly be part of it. The standard set by curie is really terrific...to get on that standard need to be at my best. Just need a base to carry on either becquerel or discors approved pozt....hopefully to get over on it
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Thank you!
Then how did you know about this? What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here adding to the contenders! 😂 Kidding aside, you should join the curie commenting and join the league of those who want to unseat @janton. 😂
Hahah...while walking in sleep i dreamt of you and janton taking away all the prize money 😜...so thought of helping you both ...heheh
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Just as I thought, you're stalking us! Thank you but we do not need help for this one... 😂
Okay now, see you on the list next week. 😉
Hahaha......not this time....i am already late here.....so may be next week
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No, you fooled me. I starting doing my rounds last night and I saw your comments from hours ago. :(
Just trying to take feel of curie posts.....it is very tough to comment
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Nice job moving up out of the "honorable mentions" into the placements @macoolette!
Thank you! I wish I can maintain to keep moving up. 😊
This is fun initiative and a great way to engage more and discover more quality content ;) I like the idea! The incentive is quite generous too.
Thanks! We felt good about increasing the payout structure this week because across the board we have had some really committed readers giving good thoughtful feedback to the Curie-upvoted posts.
Cool! I've bookmarked the page for those comments and already I've followed 3 new people who are writing things that I'm into.
Many thanks @curie and congratulations to the others!
Hello @curie. Let's grow altogether on steemit.
this is a very cool iniciattive you have here, encouraging to interact with each others in the community, cheers for you!
Yes that is exactly the idea! Thanks :)
Cool logo :)