Build it and they will come. Hmm looks like movies do offer pearls of wisdom after all.
Winners post to celebrate all of the awesome Hivetastic community members who took part in my first ever contest since we became the Hiver-Peeps.
So last week I decided to do something, although I have to be honest I was slightly fearful that nobody would be interested, that my post would fall to obscurity and I would be licking my wounds in an uncharacteristic fit of self pity, tempered with a modicum of self flagellation.
Recently I have made a quantum leap on Hive and gone from rewards that have gone from a few cents in to the dollar range. This wasn't entirely dumb luck, I used to write on 3 platforms and suddenly I had an epiphany that I needed to use the best platform and go all in, set my sail and go for it! There were obviously politcs and drama that helped my decision along but since I pitched my tent on Hive and immersed myself in it's amazing community...
I haven't looked back! ((obviously if somebody behind me shouts for my attention or an angry wasp is chasing me... I kinda look back but you know what I mean, right?))
I have had some support and fabulous engagement of late which helped with my almost meteoric growth and I am incredibly grateful to each and everyone of you! You all know who you are and I don't want to turn this in to a gratuitous tag-fest as I know people sometimes feel obliged to cast an up-vote and this is not my intention.
So I had a thought. I would share some of my rewards with the community by way of a contest to show my gratitude. I am also going to be making some delegations in the coming weeks too. I have been advised that 1300HP ish is too early to start giving some delegations out is too soon and although I am grateful to those who are looking out for me, It has never really been about the rewards. I have never taken a cent out of any platform. I have powered down my stake in a now centralised platform and powered it up as Hive but you all get that, I'm sure.
Sharing some of the love is a great feeling :D
Well I hugely enjoyed my first ever contest on Hive and was thrilled with the amazing entries from a myriad of people and was extremely grateful to them for taking part and supporting this test run for the future.
As I have already gone on for far longer than I intended, let's get to the entrants and the prizes.
For my first ever contest rewards I do not want to award the whole pool to just one entrant as my intention was always to share the rewards out. So share I shall. The prizepool started out at a proposed 10HP BUT the contest post gained some great rewards and it seemed fitting that I use much of them to swell the prizepool. I actually intended to give all of the rewards away but like an idiot I had forgotten that the payout was a 50/50 split and forgot about the powered up part of it Duhhhh! :D
I have counteracted this by doing something a little different for one of the entrants/winners as I have a lot of faith in their ability to thrive here from the quality of His first few posts and I noticed he only had 29HP.
WE all remember the grind of the early days right?
So here goes... I asked for one song that helps to lift you out of the doldrums and begin to put a smile back on your face or lift those energy levels. I wasn't disappointed at the entries OR the calibre of the tunes and enjoyed listening to them as they came in.
I was going to link all of the entrants here and the songs they chose but this post is already much longer than I wanted, if you know my usual posts you will be fully aware that I struggle to stop or shut up!!! The original post and recap posts are HERE AND HERE Feel free to head over and find some top-tunes to add to your playlist :D
So here's my plan. You already know I am increasing the 10 Hive initial guarantee, I have managed to keep some other liquid hive aside and made the prize-pool 50 Hive. Now I hope nobody sees this decision as a cop out but here it is... This time as it's my first contest and the main aim was to share some rewards around I am going to share the prize-pool equally between 19 of you. A quick calculation ((not in my head haha)) tells me that works out at 2.631 Hive each.
I know 100% that certain people in this list will tell me that they don't need it and I should find a better use for it... You know who you are!!! But No... Judges decsion is final haha :D This way I get to share some rewards with 20 people... I bloody love that!!!
Next time I do run a contest the main focus will be on engagement as that is my true passion as many of you will know from my seemingly endless essay-like comments. The greatest gift of the blockchain is the friendships and connections I have made and I fully intend to help more people enjoy this amazing benefit of our community.
You may note I said there was 20 entries to the contest and I divided the 50 Hive between 19 people only... That is because I HATE one of you!!!
Just kidding of course :D
I have crossed paths with a new user this week and I am very impressed with him and noticed that he only had 29 Hive Power. This is not exactly going to propel him to Whalehood but I am going to send him a 58HP delegation, why 58??? Because it is double 29 lol. I am not exactly massive at this stage so could not go too crazy but I am confident that will help him grow faster. I will be ((and have been)) offering him a little mentoring since yesterday on how to grow here in an exemplary fashion whilst adhering to all the best principles of our community.
Introducing Rafael.
He also tells me one of his dreams when he leaves the military is to travel and see many places in the world, if you know anything about me, I always like to know the big dreams goals and aspirations a person harbours. I also like to offer help, advice and assistance to those trying to make these aims a reality as there is nothing more fulfilling than watching a person fulfill their potential.
The delegation will have some ((not too strict)) caveats and will remain in place till Rafael reaches 559 HP that way he will be officially a minnow when I recall the delegation and use it for another new user.
All prizes will be sent over the next hour or so. Thanks again for the support everyone. Y'all ROCK 😎💖
Thank YOU for taking the time to read my post and if you're one of those amazing people who like to hit the comments section... Then I doubly thank YOU!
Either way I want you to know that you are appreciated!
