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Congratulations to all TOP Curators for the week

Curator	Curator Score	Approval Rating
raj808	9	100
markangeltrueman	7.29	90
milosm2302	7	100
awesomeabasiono	7	100

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Curator Application Updates

Here are just a few updates which has happened over the past week for curators & top curators ( recommendation ) .

Guidelines for all curators updated as of 4th Feb 2018

1. Verified and engaged authors only who have been consistent without much success of late. Focus is on new authors who have made few good posts, but haven't been discovered yet. Curie is unlikely to vote for the same author more than once (especially in quick succession) or for the high REP author unless the post is truly exceptional.

2. Posts must be more than 150 minutes old, but less than 24 hours, with maximum $10 pending payout.

3. Only original content. Articles, art, poetry, videos, recipes, etc. that appear first on Steemit. (I.e. no reposts of older work) Please check for plagiarism and reposting before submitting. Content must be exceptional and unique.

4. No Steemit-related, religious or political posts.

5. Submission limits are dictated by curator's performance the previous week, according to these tiers (the numbers below are weekly limits) -
   AR =>90 and top 4 curators with highest CS - Unlimited submissions [Those with unlimited submissions will be required to maintain at least a 75% approval rate at all times, mid-week. Min time limit for top curators is 45 minutes.]
   In case of a tie, curator who had higher CS previous week will be in the top.
   CS =>2.5 to <7 - 15 submissions
   CS <2.5 and new curators - 5 submissions
   Curators with at least 8 submissions in a calendar month are required to maintain 50% AR at the end of each month, otherwise they will be restricted from proposing. Curators who had 15 submissions will keep the same limit if they maintain 100% AR with 2 or less submissions.
   Cumulative CS >200, AR >95 over 6 months earns a direct follow from @curie.

6. English posts only.

Finder's fee is 10 Steem per approved post.

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Guidelines for Curator Recommendations - Feb 4th

1. Only curators with AR >=90 and top 4 highest CS (i.e. the top tier) will be able to recommend new curators.
2. If the new curator can maintain a CS => 1 for any 4 weeks over a period of 6 weeks from the week of recommendation, the recommender will receive a 150 Steem reward for each curator recommended. In these six weeks, the new curator can have two weeks without CS; however if they have a CS it must exceed 1 for all weeks. If the new curator can maintain AR >=90 and a top curator spot for 4 consecutive weeks within the first 6 weeks, the recommender will receive a 500 Steem recommendation fee.
3. There's a limit of 1 new curator recommendation per week, who will start off with 5 submissions per week.
4. The new curator recommended must be a bonafide and engaged member of the Steem community. (I.e. no sockpuppets, nepotism etc.)
5. Top curators may develop their own process for selection and mentoring, and can use #curie to solicit applications for curators. Once you'd like to recommend someone please post in #general curie and inform @bitrocker2020. Once the new curator is verified by a reviewer, they'll be added to the platform.
6. Reviewers and curators with a direct follow can also recommend curators without needing to maintain a CS.
7. If a reviewer recommends a new curator, a different reviewer must review the submissions.

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Do read the guideline and if you have further questions, do join the discord channel https://discord.gg/jQtWbfj

How can I support Curie

As ongoing efforts to retain curie as top witness, we encourage you to continuously vote @curie as a witness so that we can continue to support this curation project.

You can vote on Curie's witness by going to http://steemit.com/~witnesses and give @curie a witness vote.