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So, you know how it is, you go cruise around and upvote that occasional trending post and typically you are late to the party. “Dang, this one already has 500 votes!” Yet you toss your vote in the pond anyway. You don't read it, you just vote it. You aren't chasing engagement... nope! Won’t be doin none of that! Curation is what we’re after! Rewards, not that engagement stuff. Ok, Ok to make things fair, go ahead and engage with a sentence and an emoji like so.

“I 🤎 this post!”
_{Sorry for the brown heart, I’m still stuck on the baby diaper idea}

See there, you just engaged, now you don't feel too bad for just upvoting and moving on, do you? When it comes to engagement, first make sure there isn't a whole lot of that engagement stuff going on in the post. You see, the less engagement there is on the post, the more likely one of those top rewarded authors on Steem will notice you. We will come back to this engagement topic later on when we start giving these top authors a Curation score. One quick note: Make sure you change it up when engaging. Don't copy/paste and Get all Spammy Spammerson with it or else you could get your hand slapped for spamming. Put just a touch of sincerity and a dash of “I won’t respond to your response anyway” and you’re on the road to Steem success. Always, now repeat after me, “always use an emoji!” It is of the utmost importance that you do this. It adds just enough flare to your comment to attract the attention of the Author.

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Alright, but nobody wants to just occasionally curate an occasional trending post with an occasional 500 upvotes behind it... occasionally. We need occasional consistency!! We need to dig deep into the Steem-O-Sphere and search out the Top Rewarded Authors of Steem. Because believe it or not, the some of Steem’s top paid authors never make the "Trending" page. Go ahead, ask yourself this question:

“Self, how does a top 10 rewarded author on Steem rarely, if ever, make it to the trending page?"

I’m bewildered, stumped, clueless, and I’m a lot of this too! Honestly, I have no idea how the top paid authors are top paid and not trending at the same time and, speaking of time, I think it’s time we fix that.

Could you imagine your favorite sports team never having televised games? I can’t! Or what about your favorite toilet paper being out of stock? Useless! What good is being the best if nobody sees you? I can’t imagine a top 10 paid author on any platform, especially #steem, being that selfish keeping all that potential bottled up and not putting their work on display.

With all our curation efforts, we can get those Top Rewarded Authors of Steem recognized and bring them to their full potential! Let’s just refer to these authors as TRAS - “Top Rewarded Authors of Steem.” Please don’t be a jerk and add an H to the end, totally uncalled for and unnecessary. edit “TRAOS”. There, I added an O for offensive “Of” to make it not so offensive. Moving on... The best and easiest way to find TRAOS for the month is HERE If they are the TRAOS... you can become the Top Rewarded Curator of Steem - TRCOS

I’m going to let you in on a little secret when it comes to maximizing your minimal effort curation maximization plan. Shhh don’t go telling everyone this. It’s just between you (the couple of people that read my posts) and me. Posting one post per day that earns you a big reward isn’t what you want. Not to mention the hundreds of votes they rake in along with that. It’s like splitting a pie 1,000 ways, you’re left with crumbs.

I’m Talking About:

Compound Curation, that’s right! STACK those curation rewards! There’s no better way to grow your Steem Stake than Steem Stacking. One author can provide A-LOT of potential curation rewards by their multiple postings each day. Now that isn't the only aspect we need to look at when maximizing our curation efforts. There are a few other factors that help determine if you should ride the author to Curation glory. So, using a complex formula involving 5 key stats —

• Posts Per Day
• Votes Per Post
• Trending Posts
• Post Reward
• Engagement

We will come to a Curation Score. The formula is one of my own, however, at this time, I’m not feeling too inclined to share it with everyone. I might at the end of this but you are gonna have to stick with me until then. It is so complex, I don’t even know how to use it or if it even works.

Maximize Your Curation

Let's just navigate to Steemdb.com and take a look at the Top Rewarded Authors of Steem according to the link I just shared. Ok.... Hive account@burnpost isn't what I would call an author so they have been removed for the sake of curation rewards and this article. We want Curation Rewards < https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=danget>DANG IT!!! Let's scroll down to the next one...

Alright as far as curation goes... this one is a gold mine!!! A Jacked Pot if you will! Compound Curation up the Yoo-hoo! Due to multiple postings a day, as an added bonus, you’ll be able to stake your little slice of engagement in there also. Don’t forget that emoji or 2 or 3. 🙈 👌 😎💩 Hot Dang!! Look at all of those active posts in the last 7 days!!! That’s dang near 5 posts a day!! That’s 5X Compound Curation!!! SCORE!!!

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The vote count per post typically is around 100 with this user so I think you could get a good piece of that tasty curation pie. All the while, helping get this top paid Author get nudged a little closer to that beloved trending page. This goes back to our favorite sports team that nobody can see, what’s the point? As basically the #1 Top Rewarded Author of Steem, why isn’t there any trending page glorification??? Want to know another secret? This lack of being on the trending page also increases the users curation score, “cha-ching!” I see lots of positive things here so let’s get this one setup for some serious curation.

Simply go to Steemauto.com - Log in with Steemconnect - click Fan Base - Select the user you want to autovote - set your parameters - you should consider placing your voting time at 4.7892 minutes or 4.8 if you want to round it up. With this user posting frequently, you have to be careful with your voting mana. "Mana, whatchu talkin' about?" Sorry for doing that, my bad, this is no laughing mana! 4-5 upvotes a day on this one at 100% will use up almost have your voting mana for maximum curation.

So, after I ran the numbers through my complex formula, the one that’s so complex I don’t even know how to use it, I calculated a score for this user.

Curation Score ~ 10/10

Alright let’s go to the next one and see how they score. Can they even come close to touching the previous user?

Oh, wow!! This one has some big rewards coming in that are double and sometimes even triple what the previous user had. Could this be even better? Let's get a piece of that curation pie! We’ll at least try anyway. Hold up, only 17 active posts in 7 days. That’s barely over 2 posts a day. The Compound Curation of this user is lacking. Gimme that 10X - I want a 10X!! Not a measly 2!!

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Votes per post typically run between 3-400. Rewards are 3-4X the previous user but so are the votes. It’s looking pretty even in this department. Engagement seems minimal at times but somewhat decent. I guess it just depends on what your idea of decent is. So, pick and choose your engagement wisely, now let's check the trending.... Yep, this user loses some points for having several posts hitting the trending page. This users score takes a direct hit for that one. We don't want to see these users in trending. We need to fly under the radar so that no one else notices. This user scores...

Curation Score ~ 6/10

Next...

The Compound Curation on this one is pretty low. Just 10 active posts over the last 7 days, roughly 1.5 posts per day. That is crap without an emoji and crap 💩 with one if you’re looking for that 1 user to hook you up with Compound Curation.

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Typically, this user is getting rewards over $20. Curation seems pretty promising there. As for the amount of votes... I would say they average 250. Your slice of the curation pie isn’t too bad with this one but let’s take a look at engagement opportunities. Seems to have some engagement with some back and forth chit-chat. I would say if you actually feel like reading a post and want to chat a bit, this user might be the one for you. As far as flyby engagement, it’s iffy, which equals a Low Compound Curation. Vote to reward ratio is pretty good but there is that trending thing again. Ka-Pow That gives this user a little smack down in the curation score department. This user gets...

Curation Score ~ 5/10

Alright, who’s next on the list? We need another one that gets us up in the 8-10 range.

With 15 active posts over the past 7 days, our Compound Curation is just above a 2X. It’s not bad but it’s better than a poke in the eye. Even eye can tell you that. (insert emoji) 👁

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Oh, ya! We see some really nice rewards here. I mean, who am I kidding? All of these users should be getting great rewards... “Hello!!!” Top Rewarded Authors of Steem TRAOS!! Close to an average of $20 per post give or take. As for engagement, it’s really hit and miss on this one. You are gonna have to do a bit of sniping if you’re gonna get your engagement sentence in. As for votes, this one is throwing a pretty big party. At an average of around 400 votes per post, that sure doesn’t leave much to maximize your curation effortless efforts. Unfortunately, this user is rarely trending so they get some point reductions there. My formula could get fried with this one but....

Curation Score ~ 7/10

Let’s see what the next user has for us wannabe TRCOS’...

Nothing to see here, they are just keeping Steem Streets clean is all. With this user only having 7 active posts in the last 7 days, compound Curation is just 1 to 1 which is equal to 1 to 1 which is pretty weak.

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This user totally broke my formula machine! Springs and bolts shot everywhere. “Boinng-g-g!” But it resulted in quite an amazing score. Bewildering I might add and darn right confusing.

Curation Score ~ 22.653/10 ???

Well, I guess there is only one thing I can do, move on to the next TRAOS...

I sure hope the “king” in this user’s name can provide us with some King time Compound Curation. Well, that idea wasn't totally squashed. This user has 15 active posts in the last 7 days. We’ve seen bigger numbers but it’s better than 14 even though it does net just a little over 2X in compound curation.

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Let’s see here... averaging around $20 per post while taking in close to 500 upvotes per post... I ain’t no pool repair guy but that doesn’t leave much of that Curation pie laying around that we can scoop up and put in our little Steem piggy bank. This is a perfect one for your snappy little engagement sentence here. Pretty much 0 enagagement... if you are tricky enough, you might get a reply back but don’t count on it. As far as trending goes, with that many upvotes, one would think this user might score a spot or two up there.... nope. Is this one flying under the trending radar too?? Yep! I don’t feel this is the gem in the “kings crown” but it isn’t too bad. Hmmm let’s score this one... calculating.... calculating.... kidding, kidding... actually I have no idea what I’m doing which is what makes this so much fun.

Curation Score ~ 8/10

There’s got to be someone that can get us that glorious spot we’re after. We wanna sit on that throne and be known as Top Paid Curator of Steem... let’s hope this next user can give us a hand?

Well, it was a worthy effort, but with only a 2X score on that Compound Curation, this user is slackin’. We want that 5X again!! (Sing it with me now) “5X! 5X! 5X! We want the best, no less than 5X!! Goooooo, 5X!” I feel like we almost need to put all of our eggs in one basket, song louder, or something?? These other TRAOS’s aren’t producing!!

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This users rewards seem to be increasing but the vote count is staying below 100. We might have found some leftover curation pie we can nibble on. And check this out... 0, and I mean 0, like any alphanumeric number multiplied by zero (number x 0 = 0) engagement. Maybe 1 or 2 comments, if that, no need to translate, just let them have your best engagement sentence. Maybe, “This post made me feel happy” (emoji, emoji) then you will be in like a dirty politician shirt!! This user isn’t on trending so I see good potential with this one. Formulating... formulating... wait, I already have a formula??? Uhhh..

Curation Score ~ 9/10

We are getting to the last couple of Top Authors and let's just pray to the curation gods we can get someone to give us that 10X Compound Curation. Scrolling to the Next one...

Hmm, let’s take a little peak at this user and see what we can get, if anything... < https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=danget>Dang it!! Not even 3X!!! Okay, with 18 active posts in 7 days, we can achieve some decent Compound Curation. Let’s not get too bothered about this, there is more to the formula than that...

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Averaging just under $20 a post and around 350 upvotes, you might get a piece of the cherry if, and only if, it falls off the top and nobody else grabs it. Even though there’s a fair amount of other users trying to scrape up those curation crumbs, I think you might be able to get a few for yourself. Trending... points deducted for trending. User has been seen several times in trending therefore your sniping of curation rewards is severely effected. Engagement seems pretty good with this one also so, unless you want some sort of online conversation, I don’t recommend engagement. After the numbers have been crunched...

Curation Score ~ 6/10

Like they say, "Save the Best for Last." Well, I hope this is true because we are desperately trying to get that 10X Compound Curation!!! C’mon...C’mon!!!!

Hmmm.... at 7 active posts in 7 inactive days, that’s just 1X... ummm, ya, that ain’t gonna work here!! It’s missing one thing... a frikkin 0!!! Big loss of points for the curation score on this one.

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These posts are raking in some serious rewards!!! But the votes to reward ratio is way off from what we are after. We want a low number of votes and high rewards combined with a good Compound Curation multiplier and avoiding the trending page like the plague. With some of these posts getting 900 plus votes, we are out on this one!!! Sorry, it's just not what we are after. The engagement factor, if you wanna play patty-cake or possibly go do a leg workout with this user, feel free to engage. Often found in trending is another point that is really taking this user’s score from hero to not-so. Let’s see what my non-working formula has for us this time...

Curation Score ~ 3/10

And that folks is your top 10 Top Rewarded Authors of Steem and a little I-don’t-know-how-to Curation. I really hope this post takes your curation rewards to the moon in this bear market. It won’t, so I can hope all I want ain’t nothing gonna happen. Oh, the “formula”? That made up thing I made up to make up just for this post for that whole made up Curation Score thingy? Ya, that’s just it... it’s Made up

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