Meet the Steemians Contest - I got second place!

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Hey everyone!

You might remember my super long list of people, which I met at Steemfest (if not, click here). Scanning the people I met was only possible because of the "Meet the Steemians Contest" by Hive account@arcange - thank you!

Now, I was super excited to participate in that contest, and yes, very eager to win. I'm to competitive to not at least try to reach the top four. And who would have thought? I made the second place!

This won me a whooping 233.30 Steem, which would be slightly more impressive, had Steem not decided to go down like the temperature.

But I didn't participate because of the money, and it felt kind of wrong to keep it. Being paid for interacting with others? Not really how I wanted to remember Steemfest. I enjoyed meeting people, I loved going out of my comfort zone to approach even those I didn't know yet. So I decided to donate the winnings to the travel reimbursement fund.

This fund is split between those who attended Steemfest, and applied to get some Steem back.

Personally, I was lucky to have my expenses funded by others (mostly by Hive account@reggaemuffin), so I didn't apply for this fund. But others probably need it, so it felt just right to send that money there.

Anyway, I hope everyone who participated had just as much fun as me, and I hope to be able to attend Steemfest 4!

See you all next time,