Yes! You read it right! The challenge is back , but this time , it's no longer a contest or challenge for others...
It's been months since i last did my #up-gage challenge.. I miss upvoting , commenting on each of the recommended posts and visiting the profiles of entrants too. But a lot of things changed.. we're on new steem , where upvoting comments has its treshold and all technicalities that has it. But honestly it's more of my time and ability to handle things especially for my offline duties.
I also wanna take this chance to thank all those who had been very supportive of the challenge. From the sponsors , upvoters and participants.. this won't be possible without you all.
And i also wanna say something about the #newsteem. I actually can see that the curation is going fairly this time. before , i can only see high earnings for same usernames.. but now , as long as you k ow proper tags and post quality contents , you'll barely get 0 for your rewards. Glad to seea lot of bots manually curating.. Go steem community!
So what's with #UP-GAGE coming back?
I have actually decided to continue this challenge i made before as long as i still have the delegation with me , it's like something's telling me that i have to continue giving back to the community in my own simple ways. For those who doesn't know yet , why i named it UP-GAGE , simply because of the word upvote+engage . I still wanna continue the spirit of upvoting and helping others.. and communicating with other steemians by appreciating and engaging with their works.. So aside from my autovotes i will be manually curating additonal steemians.
Every week , probably every Saturday , i'll choose 5 posts (for now it's gonna be 5 , but let's see if i can add more on its following weeks) that i like for that day and have it featured on this challenge post. aside from that , i will be upvoting their contents and will definitely leave a valuable comment.
Again, this won't be a contest anymore.. but a challenge for myself now..
I will always be grateful to the delegation that had help me a bunch in my steemit journey.. so i will continue to share back to the community...
Here are the posts that got my attention today
share some facts about Argentine Patagonia , especially the Puerto Pirámides where he said there are innumerable colonies of sea lions with three hairs. I also enjoyed his photos of the sea lions
Feathered Friday - whipoorwill and some common birds by @sketch.and.jam
shared awesome bird shots and some facts about them for featheredfriday. I love how they were captured as if they were models and not flying away.
Cooking DIY·Chicken leg rice with black pepper by @hurryhurry
shared a very mouth watering dish made of chicken. I love how it was presented and the photos of step by step process. Like the food photography as well.
She shared about how she's helping her son to gain back his confidence and what they've experienced during his son's school admission. i just felt her as a mom too. That she would do anything for her son just to make him feel okay , safe and comfortable
Teriyaki rice noodles with cod cheeks\Teriyaki-Reisnudeln mit Kabeljauwangen by @svinsent
shared his asian style rice noodles and it looks so simple yet so delicious for me . We also have here all the ingredients he used and its step by step process of cooking
There you have it ,my picked posts of the day... See you next time...
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much love,
