[Steemhunt] A new Guide for Steemhunt beginners
Hi, @jayplayco here.
Steemhunt has over 2,000 daily active users. More than ten new users are joining our discord channel every day. New hunters have a ton of questions. I would like to share this guide for newbies to make it easier to onboard Steemhunt.
0. Repository
https://github.com/Steemhunt/web
1. Arrived and now?
a. The first thing to read
Source: Daria Nepriakhina
Ok, you found out about Steemhunt, and now it is time to read some articles and text. Let's start with the posting guideline. The posting guideline is something you will see quite often. It is the primary guideline for our moderators to decide if a hunt is going to be verified or not.
A detailed explanation of the posting guideline is here.
You are good to go once you have read the posting guidelines and the detailed article. The next step is to find some products.
b. Find products
Source: Vidar Nordli-MathisenAs we have now finished reading the posting guideline, it is time to find some products. Some hunters also ask where they can find new products, but I think that is something that can`t be taught. A general hint to get inspirations for your search for new products is :
- Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo
- Major App stores
- Tech related blogs
- Tech related newsletters
- Tech related exhibitions
Make sure that your product fits into the category of featured products. (posting guideline 2)
c. Post your hunt
When posting your hunt, there are several things to consider.
Make sure to read posting guideline no. 6 first. It is about duplicates. Duplicates are not allowed. It is your responsibility to make sure that you don`t hunt an already featured product. Use the search bar from Steemhunt to search if your product has been hunted or not.
Use the product name, brand name, main keywords and search it. Also, combine these to narrow your search. If you find the product already in the list, you will have to skip your found product, as it was already featured.
Read the posting guideline no. 5. Make sure you write only the product name in the title and use high-resolution screenshots.
Make sure you use the right product link. This is based on the posting guideline no. 3 as only limited product links are allowed for Steemhunt. Usually, E-commerce sites, blog posts, news sites are not permitted as a product link. Also, check if the website is opening. After posting the hunt, please recheck if your link is still working, as Steemhunt puts automatically a "?ref=steemhunt" at the end of each link. Some sites do not support that kind of appendix at the end of a link and give a 404 error. In that case, I recommend to mention that in your post and use a URL shortener like bit.ly.
Make a short comment in "Hunter's comment." Make sure to use your own words as plagiarism of any kind is not allowed at Steemhunt. When you need to mention some text from your source make sure that you use the ">" sign for a quotation mark. Also, cite the source at the end of your quotation.
Example how to write it in markdown.
Result how a correct quotation mark with cited source would look like.
Add some tags and decide if you want to add some contributors. Some hunters are putting themselves as contributors, but that is not needed. I recommend putting at least a 20% contribution for Steem related projects.
Post your hunt.
d. Verification
Source: Melanie Pongratz
After posting your hunt, it gets into the queue of all unverified hunts. The Steemhunt moderators will pick up the hunts based on their schedule hunt by hunt. Our moderators are working around the globe and on a volunteer base. The schedule for a hunt to be verified can vary from immediately to more than 24 hours. You don`t need to worry about that your hunt will miss the KST window. All hunts are automatically listed on the "today's ranking" after verification.
Our moderators are leaving a comment on your hunt. Based on this comment you will know if your hunt is verified, in pending and "requested for an edit" or delisted.
- Verified: Great, everything is okay.
- Edit request: Make the requested edit and leave a reply on your moderator's comment. Please understand that only the moderator who has moderated your post will be able to verify your hunt again. This can take time, as the moderators have their own modding schedule.
- Delisted: You will find the reason for your delist in your moderator's comment. If there is an error in moderation, please join our discord server. Appeal in the channel #mod-appeal. Make sure that you read the pinned messages there and keep the format for appealing.
e. Upvoting
Upvoting is the part all new hunters are asking. The upvoting process of the Steemhunt bot follows your hunter level. Let's imagine that your hunt is not upvoted and check it step by step.
Question
I posted a hunt, but it has not been upvoted by Steemhunt. Why?
Answer
- Please check if you had got a comment from a moderator. This will give you clarity if you had been verified or not. A de-listed hunt will not get an upvote from Steemhunt.
- Steemhunt runs on KST (Korean standard time). Please check if the current KST window is closed and your hunt was in that window.
- Please check your hunters level. (Go to Steemhunt and My Profile to check your hunters level). If your hunters level is under Level 1 on the day of your hunt, Steemhunt will not upvote your hunt.
- Please check if your hunt is ranking in the Top 100 hunts. Steemhunt is upvoting max 100 hunts a day between the verified and above Level 1 hunters hunts.
- If that is not the case, please check if you may be blacklisted. Blacklisted users are announced in Discord channel #blacklist. If you have been blacklisted the Steemhunt Bot will not upvote you when you are on the list.
- Only one hunt per day per hunter is upvoted.
2. Conclusion
Source: rawpixel
It is not easy to understand all the details from the beginning. After watching a lot of new hunters on Steemhunt, it takes a few days. So don`t hurry too much and take your time to read some articles about Steemhunt. Talk also with our community members. It will help to have a soft landing in our community.
Thanks for reading!
Other articles about Steemhunt.
- Steemhunt- Start here
- What is Steemhunt and why should I care?
- Biggest Airdrop ever - HUNT token and how to participate
- [Steemhunt] ABV (Account based voting) in development
- Update for Upvoting Review Comments & Other Developments
- Most asked questions from Steemhunt Newbies.
- How to get your hunt verified on Steemhunt
- Evolution of Steemhunt`s voting system
- Understanding Steemhunt and How to Craft a Good Hunt -@fknmayhem
- Picking Apart The Steemhunt Posting Guidelines - How We Review Hunts @fknmayhem
- Steemhunt is NOT a Writing Curation Project- @fknmayhem
- The difficult way to make your own path with ABV
- Being a Trailblazing SMT on Steem Pre-SMTs - @fknmayhem
- Crowdfunded Products are Validated “Cool” Products For Steemhunt - @fknmayhem
- [Steemhunt] Open Source and Community
- Steemhunt- ABV 2.0
- Understanding the new posting guideline
- Understanding the Hunter Levels
- SMT and Steemhunts relation
*Steemhunts whitepaper
Join our chat channels if you need more information as the community, team, and the moderators are answering very fast on any question:
Discord: https://discord.gg/mWXpgks (this is where the magic happens)
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/AzcqGxCV1FZ8lJHVgHOgGQ
This is a very useful guide for new and potential hunters on Steemhunt, and I was happy to see it. The graphics used enhanced it well, and the structure of the guide was quite good.
However, I do have some issues with grammar and style. I'll cite some examples.
"As a new hunter, there are a ton of questions" is not quite a sentence. It could be "New hunters have a ton of questions." It could be "As a new hunter, you probably have a ton of questions." But it can't be the existing hybrid.
"You are good to go when you have read the posting guideline and also the detailed article" has a couple of issues. First, it's not "guideline." It's "guidelines." Also, I would put "once" instead of "when." Finally, "also" is redundant. So, here's what a slightly edited version would look like: "You are good to go once you have read the posting guidelines and the detailed article."
"Make sure to read the posting guideline Nr. 6 first." I have a couple of issues with this one. First, you're basically putting in the entire guideline in the post. So why read it? Why not say "as outlined in posting guideline #1," and move on from there? Also, the word "the" before "posting" is redundant. Finally, the standard abbreviation for "number" is not "Nr." It is "no."
"Make sure that you use your own words as all kind of plagiarism are not allowed at Steemhunt" also has a few issues. First, I would use "to" instead of "that you." More importantly, "all" cannot be followed by a singular form. It should be "all kinds," or - and this would be better - "plagiarism of any kind is." Thus, the edited sentence would be "Make sure to use your own words as plagiarism of any kind is not allowed at Steemhunt."
These are not huge issues. This is a good post. But it could have been better, and I hope my gentle nudging will help make future posts better. I look forward to the next one.
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Thanks a lot, @didic and your guidance are always appreciated. I think I need to restructure how I write English at all. Your advice text is much easier to read and understand, but it is not coming fluently from my side. Hope you don`t get exhausted with me. It could take some time to change it and make it mine. :)
While English is not my first language, I've been reading and writing in it, including professionally, for many years now. My level of proficiency took a long time, and a lot of work. Plus, my day job is translating books from English, so I definitely read a lot more English than even Hebrew.
So I totally understand. I am not frustrated nor exhausted. I see the work you're putting in, and I appreciate it.
Thanks, didic and yes I agree that it will take time, as I started just a few months ago to write this kind of text in English. Utopian-io helped a lot to make it better from post to post and I am very thankful for that.
Just realized from your reply that I was using the German no. metric all the time... (English is my third language) Thanks for that. :)
Thank you for your review, @didic!
So far this week you've reviewed 5 contributions. Keep up the good work!
Thank s buddy.Good Information share !!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading~ hope it helps :)
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Wao, steemhunt a new application on steemit that i heard no idea about, am even speechless basing on your post i can not say anything in addition to what you have said, its high time i try it out.
thank you,
steemians, come lets try out this, its so exciting indeed.
@mwesigwaboaz Thanks a lot. Wish you fun with Steemhunt.
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Thanks for the detailed post. Am now well informed about the posts approval process now. I will check out those links too especially for what makes a great hunt.
Thanks for reading. Glad that it is helping :)
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You have posted very useful info for beginers @jayplayco
Thanks a lot :)
This is cool, but so many steps to do. This is tiring and not really fun, my opinion only. But maybe once a person knows the ropes it’ll be easier.
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It is a lot of stuff to get it right from the beginning, but most hunters just start :) I guess they are then coming back to see what went wrong to this kind of text.
Not everybody is born and have fun to be an active product hunter, but also a hunter as curator is a category for itself and brings a lot of fun :)
Hello @jayplaco thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. Yes, you're pretty much correct. Either way, there are always other things or alternatives to be found or do.
Have a nice day ok?
Wish you also a great day :)
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First and foremost, i would like to agree that your really ateacher, as anewbie on steemit who had just became a ctive after a very long time minus following the various innovations that steemit has, i have just discovered steemhunt from the post that you made and you have fully explained it to the level of making me understand. i am now going to try it out too.
@mwesigwaboaz.