Hi. I'm on a break and there's an idea I'd like to share with you, so you tell me if it's a good, or bad one.
I have been reading as much as I can in the languages I am able to read without a translator, (only to have access to the original wording, so I can better understand the quality of the speech. I have nothing against the translators or translated texts, on the contrary). As I read more and more, I am permanently amazed that there are authors and texts that absolutely merit commercial publication and, yet, the texts get buried under the 7 day economical development window and stop being voted for, commented on and stop giving income to the authors as the community moves on to buzybee around the posts that are less than 7 days old. I see that as a wasted opportunity, wasted income, and wasted chances to get really good writers and creations to wider audiences that don't even know these pearls exist.
I would like to propose a contest for authors to submit the older posts that they think are worth it and edit a book with those texts, making it available in kindle and paper form and making the revenues return to the platform, spreading 50% of any income among the authors and the other 50% straight into a fund to finance writing contests. I would also be selecting texts I find amazing and inviting their authors to letting us publish them.
I believe this would not only be a great way to motivate good writers, but also to publicize the platform to a wider audience of interested readers and writers.
What do you feel about this?
Is it an idea you would be keen on supporting?
Mind you: I will gladily have someone else, like one of the top curators take care of the money issue and will put all the work of editing and getting the product out there. Of course, I'll always be grateful for any help, but I can guarantee, by my own effort, that it will be done to an excellent quality standard.
let me know...
In the old days we had Steem Bounty and if you used that a post could always be upvoted.
Right now the (Korean?) witness works on EverSteem an app with which you also can always upvote posts so everything we had will be back.
You know weisser-rabe is working on a book with stories written in the community?
In the old days the freewriters published two books all with stories written by freewriters. The first was available as a paper book and kindle, the second I assume as well. I only bought the first one.
I am not sure what you like the bundle and what the book will be like. If these are short stories I will support is and you are free to host something in the freewriters.
I am not sure if you can ask an SC to pay for what doesn't exist. My suggestion is to start and show something good first before begging om money. That's what I think. Also it should be that every shitty post is published in that book.
Perhaps stories with a theme. Also important is that there's no AI text how to be sure that isn't published? A mix with poetry can be greatas well (I love stories, fables written as a poem).
I don't need any SC to pay for anything. It costs nothing to publish a book, just work. What I said about managing the money is about the income, not the cost. I will get in contact with @weisser-rabe first, though, because I don't want to overstep or compete with anything she is already doing, and there might be a possibility that we cooperate on that project if the goals are similar.
And, yes, it will be all about short stories.
I'll be keeping you posted.
As I have been obviously too busy today, tomorrow will be the day I will be asking lots of questions about MonkeyBusiness.
Have a great evening,
Pedro
No competition, Pedro, don't worry. I had different ideas and all of them formally ground on a community of authors. I had chosen the best 50 Keyword posts from a defined time frame - and the problem is: most of the autors became inactive. No legal way for me to rule a copyright treatment... It's a long way to finish.
Ok. No worries, then. I'll prepare the rules for my publication and get a move on it. I believe that something to that effect needs to be done in order to motivate a few of our writers and maybe it will help getting a few more in.
For your interest:
https://steemit.moecki.online/hive-107855/@weisser-rabe/how-about-a-book-published-by-the-dream-steem-community-wie-waer-s-mit-einem-buch-veroeffentlicht-von-der-dream-steem-community
https://steemit.moecki.online/hive-107855/@weisser-rabe/our-book-project-unser-buchprojekt
Hey Raven, I've been using SteemWorld by Schiller and there are features there that I can't understand. Can you point me to any kind of FAQ or Help text?
Speciffically, I'm looking into the Balance sub menu, were there are some instructions that I can't understand.
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Oh. As far as I know, there really isn't a good summary of all the features of Steemworld...
I might be able to help with some questions - feel free to get in touch! Otherwise, @steemchiller is always very helpful and available ;-))
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At this point, I'm specifically interested in understanding what does the "stake tokens" button produce and what's the savings account purpose...
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Also, there's something that bugs me... Let's say someone else finds their way into my account and tries to take my steem. Can I still stop the movement? I mean: from what I understood of what I read, it takes 3 days to move the tokens out. In this meantime, it is still possible to complain and stop any harmful orders, yes?
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Cool! Thanks.
I read you before and noticed you did.
Just want to let you know that.
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OK. Cool.
Hello, @zhr07.
I noticed you downvoted my comment, so, I figure you disagree with the idea I exposed in it. Would you kindly tell me what is it you don't like about this idea? I am really interested in knowing what people think about this subject as it is a project I am about to put substantial effort into and the other's opinion really matter because I'm not wasting any energy on something that is unwelcomed. That's why your opinion matters so much.
Can you explain it to me?
Thank you very much,
Pedro
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Don't worry about @zhr07. I'm going to downvote him so that he earns nothing, gives up and closes his account. His downvotes are worthless so other than the initial irritation, they'll cause you absolutely no harm.
The downvotes only affect your reputation if you're downvoted by somebody who's got a higher reputation than you (e.g. me) and they have enough STEEM power to be significant (again, me). So @zhr07 could be considered a dead man walking - if you want to mute him, then at least you won't notice his stupid comments until we've finished dealing with him. I think that he's also a favourite of @kiwiscanfly.
The upvote you received for this comment is more than @zhr07 will earn between now and him leaving 😆
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Well, in what regards up and down votes, he's come to the wrong man, because, for one, I don't really care about naysayers, and for the other, I'm still fresh around here, so I didn't even have the time to go and check what up and down votes do. :)
Thanks for your speedy answer.
🙂 You essentially get 10 upvotes and 3 downvotes every day. Most people only use their upvotes.
With those upvotes, you can show other authors that you appreciate their content, as your power increases (through powering up what you earn via your wallet), these upvotes increase in financial value and greater benefit the person you're voting. It also benefits you through curation rewards.
You can monitor your voting power through a 3rd party site - https://steemworld.org/@hefestus - this is your account. The voting bar in the top left shows how much you've used. Ideally, you'll keep this between about 70% and 100% to be most effective (this is the range that using 10 upvotes per day will keep you in).
When you have more time and are feeling curious - I recommend reading through some of the articles that I've shared in this post. If you can get your head around all of that, then you'll have a very good understanding of how things piece together.
Even after 4 years, there are still things that I haven't noticed before that are new to me!
Right. Thanks a bunch for your pantience and the time you wasted on me. I already use steemworld ad powerup anythig I get, but it still takes a long time for my bar to recharge. Anyway ... Voting dynamics is something I'll have to go srudy and pay a littlr more attention roo, as, now that you made me think about it, I get the feeling I may be overvoting. I did cast a couple of downvotes by mistake because the icons on the phone are so close together, but, hopefully, I managed to nullofy them. I never downvoted anyone conciously and it would take quite a lot to get me to do it.
Anyway... I'll xheck the links you shared and keep on reading around to inform myself.
Have a great week.
Cheers,
Pedro
The scb monkey community is a farming place for @the-gorilla- members and don't make any ideas if you support their community. Thank you
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You have not received any recognition from the newcomer And don't make ideas in other people's places.
https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@hefestus/who-am-i-and-what-am-i-doing-here-yes-i-am-a-newcomer
I have no idea of what you're talking about, and I was talking to @hive-152479 in the sequence of our conversation in a different thread. I have no clue about what you mean with "don't make ideas in other people's places". They are words, but, together and in that order, they don't mean anything. So, I'd be happy if you clarify, as I have't understood any of your previous answers.
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Please remind me to validate your introduction in the Newcomers' Community tomorrow - I probably won't have time today.
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I will. Thanks.