Hello Palcoinians!!!....or Palnetians....?
I'm happy to see so many of you lovely people posting on palnet.io and/or using the palnet tag!
I've been manually curating Palnet posts every night and I just wanted to talk a bit about my curation process.
As I scroll through all the posts, here's what I tend to vote:
People:
- Members of the Palnet community:
The Palnet Discord has been around for 2 years. Many people have been there since the very beginning and others have joined along the way. There are members who help with community curation, help out new members with registration, and/or just hang out during our msp-waves radio shows.
Palcoin is for everyone. Anyone and everyone can use the palnet tag or use palnet.io, but it is important to me to reward those who are part of our community.
- Steem Community Leaders/Influencers:
These are people on the Steem Blockchain who are helping others on the chain via their stake, knowledge, guidance, initiatives, communication, expertise, etc.
These individuals put in a lot of time to help others and I want to reward them for their efforts.
(Are you a community leader that helps others on the Steem Blockchain? Let me know in the comments!)
- People who are powering up Palcoin instead of dumping it:
lol a little harsh I know...but hey...I want Palcoin to succeed for everyone. If you are dumping every coin you get that only harms the initiative and everyone who is part of it.
Content:
Posts about Palnet, Steem, or Steem related projects/initiatives.
Posts that show some effort was put into them.
Posts about cats???
So, let me just talk a bit about what I mean regarding "effort" by describing what I feel is "low effort" posting:
Posts with just an image and no text...or just 1 or 2 sentences.
Actifit type posts
Now, I'm not judging....I'm just saying that I'm not going to curate those posts with Palcoin!
Allow me to expand upon my thoughts here:
When I first started on the Steem Blockchain in 2017 it was all about blogging. People wanted to see long posts with cool markdown, pics, text dividers etc.
Over time it seems that there has been a shift away from blogging to dapps.
Here's the way I see it. If we ever want mass adoption, we can't expect the average person to create intricate blogs.
So, I personally don't care about all the bells and whistles of blogging.
I don't really care what your post looks like...I care about the actual content and what is in it!
However, I want to use my Palcoin stake on posts with some effort put into them.
One picture or just a few sentences isn't going to inspire me to vote your post.
As far as not upvoting posts that only show one picture....here's the deal. I know some photographers or artists have been bothered by this, but those of you who spend time curating know how many plagiarists we have found on Steem.
If a curator doesn't know you and they only see a post containing one picture, they will likely skip over your post and not upvote it.
We have no way of knowing whose work it is unless you tell us more about it.
Show us the process of your artwork.
Talk about your photography...how you captured the shot....what lens you used etc.
If you are posting a song....tell us about the song and your process and whatnot.
Exceptions:
There are artists that I know are legit here just because we have been on this blockchain together for years. I don't necessarily need to see a process of their work at this point.
There are people that I know here who consistently make "quality" content and engage with others on the platform.
Let's say they make a quick post to announce something important.
Or let's say they make a funny meme or statement that gets a ton of comments.
The point here is that these are not the type of people that consistently "spam" the blockchain with short, crappy posts lol
So, if they occasionally make a shorter, "quick" post..... that may be worthy of a vote as well.
One of the main reasons for the inception of this here Palcoin project is to curate great posts!
Those of us who started this project have a fairly large stake with our goal being to distribute rewards to quality authors.
We want to see a trending page that actually has great content on it!
Keep on using the palnet tag and I'll see you on palnet.io!!!
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