Recommendation - You should follow the @ocd account for quality curated posts
When I joined Steemit, I was very passionate about trying to help new authors who were contributing to the platform get discovered. I felt very strongly (and still do) that in order for the platform to be successful, "regular users" need to be able to feel that they can join the platform, make quality contributions, and become successful.
The Steem platform is not a "get rich quick" opportunity (at least for most people). I have found, as have many others - that in order to be successful here, you need to put in a lot of work. There are thousands upon thousands of authors who are all competing for the attention (and upvotes) of the larger stakeholders. Why should they pay attention to you?
Stakeholders are typically interested in voting on content that will make the value of their investment go up, and most do not want to spend hours a day digging through all the "garbage" people create to find a few good posts.
Many users join the platform and spend a few weeks creating content, then give up because they don't earn enough rewards. Instead of seeing the long-term potential of the platform and putting in the hard work to establish themselves, they decide the platform is "unfair" or "not worth it" and leave (even though a few dollars of tokens earned today may be worth hundreds some day).
Users who are here for the "long haul", establish themselves as content creators who are consistently adding value to the platform. These people are helping to grow the value of our shared investment in the Steem blockchain. It is important that when there are users who are putting in the work to make this platform better, they get recognized (and rewarded).
The @curie project stands out as one of the amazing curation communities we have, which is dedicated to the mission of finding and rewarding good content. They do amazing work, and are responsible for hundreds (if not thousands) of quality users sticking around.
The @ocd project is another great curation project that is helping undiscovered authors get noticed (and rewarded). I want to highlight today, because I think a lot of users can benefit by checking them out.
@ocd is a team of 35+ curators lead by @acidyo. @acidyo is someone I know cares very deeply for the platform and the users in the community. The @ocd curators do the hard work of digging through thousands upon thousands of posts, to identify 'good' ones that are worth checking out.
Every day, they nominate and reward 20 posts (10 in non-English languages). These are published in their daily newsletter (example here). They also resteem three posts per day from the @ocd account, which has about 6,000 followers.
Authors - if you are a content creator that is producing quality original content and you have not been getting highly rewarded, you can use the tag ocd-resteem tag for a chance to get resteemed. Please do not spam the tag though - it is only intended for authors that are producing quality original content.
I love following the @ocd account and upvoting the authors that they select, because they have already done all the hard work to identify good quality content from undiscovered authors that are producing original content.
They really are amazing group of people. I’ve stop by a couple of times in the past just to toss upvote on the 10 people they highlighted that day.
I’ve also been blessed to have been selected in the past. I even on very rare occasion use the tag they have set up to try and get a resteem. I can only hope people choose to respect their tag and not clutter it up many times a day with whatever they push out with a few moments of thought. It is always great knowing if I spend a fair amount of time on something more than usual it is a place I can try and reach out to.
I also gave them my witness upvote not to long ago. I really wish I had more energy these days to comment and engage more with people they select. They are a great example of what this platform is supposed to be about at least in my eyes. Rewarding people for their effort free of charge. Such a thing can empower and motivate people to want do better and give back in higher quality content.
This is really a helpful post for me as a new user, i like the way you said "The Steem platform is not a "get rich quick" opportunity (at least for most people)". Before reading this post i was among those people who think, this is a "get rich quick" opportunity. But now i feel inspired by this post and i understand the way it works. And thanks to you for mentioning those users who are really supportive for new users. Thank you @timcliff
I have seen these guys to a great job on the Steemit platform!
I love what these guys are doing.
They curate and expose many awesome writers, artist, and other content creators.
Hopefully they can get more support to expand their reach. They do a great job.
Found so many world class artists through @curie, @ocd @artzone and @sndbox. How many other solid curating accounts are there? So much art in my feed making 2 cents a post that people need to see . Resteeming like crazy you cannot even find my own art on my page lol!
Yes @twirble, this is so true. I haven't checked out @curie yet, but will do so. The platform can greatly benefit from a team of real curators to separate the grain from the chaff.
Good post. Thanks for sharing such a nice information.
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I have followed them for quite a while and there is some good posts that they curate. If you have not followed them you really need too.
Thanks for this post, @timcliff! Means a lot coming from a reputable Steemian and witness as yourself!
I just wanted to add that we also encourage manual curators to front-run our votes on the ocd posts and nominations and get increased curation rewards by voting on unique and quality authors!
Hello @acidyo
I will love you to trow more light on this
Thank you sir
Hello @timcliff you are right about @ocd
I have personally gotten resteem on my quality posts twice since I join steemit. I believe @ocd deserve a follow and upvoting of resteemed posts, as these post has already past the test of quality by the curators.
I all wanna advice a follow on @ocd curation trail.
Tombs up for @acidyo for this project.
You are right @samiwhyte
A trail should be followed too to support this account.
Thanks for dropping a feedback on my comment
There isn't anything better than when someone you value and trust tells you about someone they trust.
Nice job. Followed @ocd