Steemit Open Mic Prizes Are Temporarily Reduced Until Further Notice

Just letting everyone know that the prizes for the Open Mic contest will be reduced until further notice.

Hive account@pfunk has been donating Steem to go towards the Open Mic contest. He usually gives at least 200 Steem and I kick in another 100 Steem each week.

Source

Unfortunately, for the last few weeks, Hive account@pfunk has slipped to the number 21 position as a witness. That means he earns less and as a result has been donating 100 Steem and I have been making up the difference with another 200 Steem.

I don't earn enough Steem to continue doing that. It's a lot of work to run Open Mic and I don't mind the work or even paying for it, but it is not sustainable at this point. I'm actually losing Steem giving that much as a prize.

So until we can get Hive account@pfunk back into the top 20 or find some other sources of funding, or get enough upvotes on the Open Mic posts to cover the Steem prize I have no choice but to reduce the prize payouts.

I hope everyone understands.

You can upvote Hive account@pfunk as a witness here

https://steemit.com/~witnesses

Just scroll down until you see his name and upvote it. You will need to log in with your active key to do so.

Thanks for understanding and I will let everyone know if this changes in the future.

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The new payout, for now, beginning week 86 will be: (Week 85 will still payout 300 Steem as promised)

100 Steem from Hive account@pfunk
100 Steem from Hive account@luzcypher

Prizes

1st: 80 Steem
2nd: 40 Steem
3rd: 26 Steem
4th: 26 Steem
5th: 26 Steem

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