Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Support These Two Awesome Bloggers

The goal of the Pay It Forward Curation Contest is to increase exposure for under-valued, high-quality posts. These are my suggested bloggers for week 33.

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Pay It Forward

Since the Hive account@newbiegames account is all about supporting newcomers through games and contests, I wondered why I had never taken part of the Pay It Forward Curation Contest. After all, it's a contest, so it fits within the niche of the account.

And by joining, maybe I can get more people to join the curation contest, and put even more bloggers with a reputation score of 55 or under in the spotlight.

If you want to join, these are the rules :

To enter the Curation Contest you will find 2 high-quality blog posts written by reputation level 55 or lower steemians and then write a curation style blog post like this entry by Hive account@viking-ventures from week 16 which won a Judges Choice Award. The idea is to highlight both posts and why you thought they were high quality.

You can read the original contest post here

Selected Bloggers

The reason I decided to join the curation contest this week was a post I stumbled upon yesterday that really impressed me.

Let me introduce you to:

Hive account@blind-spot

Hive account@blind-spot joined SteemIt last month and spent the first week exploring the platform, without writing a post. He is different than most newcomers, in the way that his interest in the platform is not triggered by the incentive of earning money. Instead, he sees SteemIt as a 'science lab', a social experiment.

Because of this, he has a very unique approach that allowed him to come to some very interesting conclusions. It takes some other users weeks, or even months to figure out SteemIt the way he did in only 1 month.

But Hive account@blind-spot is more than a social experiment...

Featured Post

Steemit Beta is astounding!

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In this post, he shares some very interesting insights and strategies that are important to thrive in the SteemIt eco-system. His conclusions are spot on. I would even say that his article should be recommended reading for everyone, newcomers as well as veterans.

But it's not all experiments and results. When going through his post, you can feel he has already fallen in love with the SteemIt community, and genuinely wants to become a part of it.

On the first week of October I came first came across steemit. It was different to me, something very new and interesting. I was intrigued; just within a few clicks around the website I found myself keen to learn about steemit, to become a part of it.

You Can Read The Post Here

Hive account@sparkesy43

My second nomination is completely different from the first one.
Hive account@sparkesy43 has been around since March and we bump into each other regularly, on different occasions.

Funny fact: up until last week, I was convinced Hive account@sparkesy43 was a girl, I don't know why. You can imagine how surprised I was finding out he was not. Another example of how gender is of non importance here on SteemIt...

If you follow Hive account@sparkesy43's blog, you'll notice he posts on a wide variety of topics. He also hosts a lot of contests, which makes it interesting for me, Hive account@newbiegames, to keep an eye on his blog.

The post he made yesterday caught my eye, because it was about a little-known service that can be very useful for a lot of people.

Featured post:

Have You Met Dustbunny?

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In this posts, he talks about Hive account@dustbunny, a service I hadn't heard of before.
Hive account@dustbunny works somewhat like Hive account@dustsweeper, but is free for smaller users.

Hive account@dustbunny, on the other hand, relies on delegations to function, and looks after both the dust votes you give, and dust votes you receive. While it's a free service, you if you delegate some SP to the cause (even just a little bit - I only have 10SP delegated at this stage), you are likely to be prioritised over those who have not delegated.

Hive account@dustbunny does have some requirements, though.

The bunny looks for real engagement and not using bots, alts and other shady techniques, so when you apply, there will be a bit of analysis on your account history before you get the nod for support.

Thanks Hive account@sparkesy43 for putting the word out about this service that can help a lot of users fix their dust votes.

Support These Bloggers

I hope you liked the bloggers I picked this week, and that you will show your support by visiting there posts and leave a comment and/or an upvote if you like what you read.

You can find more undervalued bloggers than can use all the support they can get in the official Pay It Forward Curation Contest of this week.

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