Introducing: World Of Photography - Gamification Of Sharing Photography On Steemit - Earn XP, Upvotes And Steem By Sharing Your Photography

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Earn higher rewards as you keep sharing your photography


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Introduction

I love blockchain technology, photography, Steemit and games and for this reason I have decided to build a game on Steem which is based on sharing photography. My main account is @juliank and I have been sharing my photography for a while now while also hosting several photography contests. I have paid out over 1000 Steem/SBD to fellow Steemians for sharing their amazing photography, but I noticed that I only reach so many people.

Eventually the same people tended to take most of rewards for their amazing photos. So I set out to think of a way to reward everybody participating more equally. Whenever you learn something in life it takes time to grow, a lot of time and I want to reward that time spent. For this reason I have decided to take away some of the prize pool money for the contests and invest that into a bot that upvotes all participants, based on their history of participating and engagement in the community.

Short version

Every time when you share your photography you can use one of the hashtags that my bot filters for (see list of hashtags below). My bot will reward you with an upvote and XP for doing so. You can get up to two upvotes each day. The height of the upvote is determined by how much XP you have collected so far. XP can be earned by posting photos, commenting on photos from other Steemians and winning in my photography contests. Combining manual curation and automated voting over time to build a credible rewarding system.

Beta phase

The bot has been running in alpha for the past 4 days and is now ready for the Beta phase. Join the already huge community of people sharing their photography. In the last 4 days the bot has rewarded:

614 unique users, 1086 photos and 1070 comments

Automated response with account overview

Every time you post a photo with the correct hashtag you get a reply from @photocontests, which tells you if you entered a hashtag with a running contests on it, if so when the deadline is and gives you an overview of your account stats. Btw, the prize pool for the daily contests is over 300 Steem per month.

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Daily stats

To prevent spam only your first 2 photos and 5 comments will be rewarded every day. Per photo you earn 5 XP and for each comments you earn 1 XP.

Multiplier

Every consecutive day you post or comment your multiplier goes up by 0.01 until the max of 1.30 is reached. Every day you do not post you loose 25% of your multiplier.

Account level

Your level is based on the amount of XP you have and will determine the height of the 2 upvotes you can earn each day.

LevelTotal XPPayout
000.05 * base vote
11001 * base vote
22002 * base vote
34003 * base vote
48004 * base vote
516005 * base vote
632006 * base vote
764007 * base vote
8128008 * base vote
9256009 * base vote
105120010 * base vote
For now this is based on a simple exponential growth formula. To prevent bots initial votes are quite low.

Base vote

The height of the base vote is determined on how much voting power the account holds. Basically whenever the account dips below 90% voting power the base vote will go down every hour. When the account goes above 90% voting power the base vote will go up every hour.

In theory I have 20% voting power to spend every day and I want to distribute this among all participants for the day.

Total XP

This gives an overview of your current XP and what the threshold is for the next level.

Total photos, comments and contest wins

This is just an overview of your total photos and comments (respectively capped at 2 and 5 each day) and your contests wins.

Commenting

Commenting on photos from other Steemians is rewarded. For now due to the way how the Steem blockchain works, comments are only credited when the first tag of the article you are commenting to is one of my hashtags. You will receive a small upvote (0.05%) to let you know that your comment has been credited. You will also see this when posting a photo and you get to see your account stats.

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Contests

Every day I host 2 different contests for which I make a daily selection that I share on this blog. Each contest has a prize pool of 5 Steem and 1000 XP which will be divided between all winners. As you can see the weight of a contest win is quite high, the reason for this is that I manually go over all the submissions for the contests. In essence this creates a hybrid system between automated voting and manual curation.

These contests also function as a platform for photographers to show case and discuss their amazing work. Every day 2 absolutely amazing selections are released, have a look at @photocontests to see for yourself.

All of the hashtags with yes/no for contests curation

HashtagRunning contest
foodphotographyYes
animalphotographyYes
landscapephotographyYes
cityscapephotographyYes
architecturalphotographyYes
vehiclephotographyYes
macrophotographyYes
colourfulphotographyYes
streetphotographyYes
portraitphotographyYes
sportsphotographyYes
smartphonephotographyYes
longexposurephotographyYes
goldenhourphotographyYes
fashionphotographyNo
beautyphotographyNo
naturephotographyNo
wildlifephotographyNo
blackandwhitephotographyNo
weddingphotographyNo
hdrphotographyNo
travelphotographyNo
timelapsephotographyNo
macrophotographyNo
underwaterphotographyNo
hispeedphotographyNo
panoramicphotographyNo
motionphotographyNo
infraredphotographyNo
newbornphotographyNo
pastandpresentphotographyNo
sunrisephotographyNo
sunsetphotographyNo
rainphotographyNo
stormphotographyNo
rainbowphotographyNo
birdphotographyNo
nightphotographyNo
fireworkphotographyNo
reflectionphotographyNo
silhouettephotographyNo
forcedperspectivephotographyNo
tiltshiftphotographyNo
lovephotographyNo
urbanphotographyNo
vintagephotographyNo
aerialphotographyNo
candidphotographyNo
abstractphotographyNo
cosplayphotographyNo
maternityphotographyNo
filmphotographyNo

Known issues

  • There is a 20 second delay for commenting, this mean when two people post at the same time the bot cannot comment to both people. Your stats are still registered. This will be resolved in the future.
  • Only comments that are commented on an article where the main tag is one of the hashtags are credited.

How to support this amazing project

There will be 2 posts for selection made every day, which you can enjoy but also upvote. All of the rewards generated by them will be used to buy more Steem Power, increasing the voting power over time. You can also upvote the automated comments or delegate Steem Power to this account.

For now I have rented some Steem Power from @minnowboosters, but I will also delegate more of my own Steem Power in the future. I would love for this project to grow from itself.

Plagiarism/Abuse/Cheating

I do all of this on good faith, but there will always be people who will try to exploit this. There is a zero tolerance policy against plagiarism. When I catch you you will get a permanent ban from my bot. This only takes 1 second to do, so it is not worth it. Also, if you go spamming comments just to get the XP you can face similar consequences or deduction of your XP.

Final words

I hope you like this initiative from me and I will do my best to improve as I learn more. All parameters are subject to change to make everything more fair for everybody. I will keep everybody updated on this on my main account @juliank as I want to preserve the blog from @photocontests just for the daily selections.

Feel free to contact me on steemit.chat (@julian_k) when you suspect someone from cheating. Also for other questions you may contact me <3

Have fun capturing and sharing your photography!

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I see it has been asked, but nobody cares to answer. So may I ask again:

What is "XP" ???

yeah right, i didn't know too...

"eXPerience"

I'm sorry no one explained this to you sooner! :(

It's a common shorthand for experience generally, in American English.. or maybe slang rather? Not too sure.

Oppss I didn't know too....

now you know right..

Thanks, i didn't know either

No answer ? What is "XP" man?

Short for "experience"

XP - Experience Points

It stands for Experience Points. In games it is often used to track the progress of growth.

XP, in my understanding,,, will be the point that you get from posting photo or comment. it will accumulate and at a certain level your 'Account Level' will increase. ![Capture_xp.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdE2uWKRHbZfn48N8nihbo8v2PcjBbQwk36kJxdNpZs87/Capture_xp.J

This is really a great initiative. I am in a hope that contest winners will be best on quality, not based on experience points.

I totally love this great initiative. adding value to photography niche is so awesome. I wish i was a whale, i would delegated some sp to this project. i hope you have a swell time working @juliank

Thanks, I appreciate it :)

Hi! I love the concept, but can someone please help me out? I just posted my first entry (or so I tried), but I'm not getting the comment that I see on other posts. Did I do something wrong?

This is the post:
https://steemit.com/goldenhourphotography/@summer37/coastal-bridal-shoot-goldenhourphotography-submission

No, you probably did something right, so do not worry. You'll learn more and do more "right" things as you proceed.

But most Steemit posts will soon get lost / bypassed in the constantly flowing stream (Streem ;-) ) The more followers you attain, the more people will see your posts and upvote and comment on them.

During the first few months, most Steemians will only get a few comments and very few upvotes. The trick is to keep plugging away. Create content, and curate, every day. Then curate some more and create / post more, every day. Eventually, you'll get more followers, more upvotes, more Steem-Backed Dollars (SBD), and more Steem Power.

It will take a while. But since writing and photography are 2 of your passions, just keep doing what you like, and doing it very well, on Steemit.

Best of luck!

Thanks for the advice. Also new steemit and it's almost 2 weeks since I started.

Great very useful answer really helpful as I'm just getting started as well. Hopefully I can share my view of this amazing world we live in through words and photographs :) Thanks so much for sharing the knowledge!

thanks for your reply, i too has the same question as summer.

Just saw this, thanks for your help!!

For those of you who are newbies, below are a few basic points of advice re posting on Steemit.

  1. Longer posts are more lucrative than short posts. If you make a post of 10–20 photographs, it's more likely to earn rewards.
  2. Include some text to complement the photos. Anything from background info about the subject, to technical details about the camera or the photo, or even anything about your overall technique. As long as you have a fine balance between images and text, you'll get a better response.
  3. Ensure the text and photos are formatted properly, so that your post looks attractive and appealing.
  4. Be yourself.
  5. Be interesting and informative.
  6. Create quality content. Steemit is intended to be a platform of quality content. (You will see many insignificant posts with meager content and no quality. Most of those of posts [called “shitposts” by Steemit whale Stellabelle] will earn few rewards and soon pass into oblivion.)
  7. Get online and start curating. Read various posts, comment on those posts you find interesting, and upvote those posts. That’s the best way to attract followers.
Thanks, ill try it ;=)

Great. All the best!

to point 3: if you klick on my pics they wont fill the whole screen.
on some peoples post they do.
can you help me?

thanks

https://steemit.com/macrophotography/@stili/some-macro-images

Yes, but please wait a few days. There are 2 different ways to get the "Click to Enlarge" function, but one does not work on my computer. (which means it might not work on other people's computers, too.)

I'm planning to make a post re the "Click to Enlarge" function, and I'll include both of the ways. I'll also present the processes step by step, and make it as clear as possible, so that EVERYBODY on Steemit can use that function.

Coming soon ...

to point 3: if you klick on my pics they wont fill the whole screen.
on some peoples post they do.
can you help me?

thanks

I made the post about "How To Enlarge) photos. Here it is. Hope you can understand it, and make your photos full-screen. Good luck......
https://steemit.com/photography/@majes.tytyty/how-to-click-to-enlarge-photo-or-create-a-click-for-full-screen-link-in-12-clear-and-easy-steps

I am a noob and reading you tutorial is very comforting. It’s a little overwhelming. Thanx for explaining

Followed all your advices in my newest post ;)

Very helpful information @majes.tytyty Thank you for that. Will come and visit to see your layout. I'd like to improve that area of my posting.

thank you for this tips @majes.tytyty. I have a hard understanding of steemit. I hope this will work to me.

Gracias por esta información muy interesante

Thank you for the clear explanations @majes.tytyty. Still a newbie here and can't fully understand the platform. I'll try it too, I hope it will work for me. Thanks for sharing the points to remember.

Great, but more important, very useful comment! Thanks ;-)

Thank you for the advice..I just started this month on Steemit and I notice no one upvotes and comments on my post. Thank you for sharing this helpful tips.

I have same question. I have posted and not getting any comment from the bot.

same here. I had three entry I think but did not get any comment. I also asked myself if I did something wrong?

Thank you for asking this as I too have had the same problem. I think I understand what @majes.tytyty was saying thank you both :)

Thanks for having this contest. There are many categories to choose from and the hashtags look original too. I resteemed it to invite my friends to join.

Thanks I appreciate it :D I tried to make the hashtags as balanced and divers as possible

Why can't I participate although using the correct tag? I did not see the comment from photocontest bot. Did I do something wrong or Is it too crowded to attend? Please help!
For example:
https://steemit.com/vehiclephotography/@leodang/chasing-sun
Best,

This post is great, together with the general concept of these photo contests in order to engage people with posting their photography on Steemit.

I've been trying to find a curation of all the various different contests (e.g. photos, poetry etc...) on Steemit. I may make a post but if anyone knows if there is one already then please do let me know!

Great! Welcome onboard :)

Thank you sir :)

Looks like a great way to start a new initiative for new and amazing photographers to be found on Steemit. I have applied to a few of your contests and have loved seeing the amazing work from photographers worldwide. I will be sure to give this new system a try :)

Awesome, I agree one of the purposes is a way for new Steemians who are into photography to get noticed

I agree 👍🏻

nice project

Ah that's a really nice exp progression. Really well thought of!

Time will tell, this is just an initial set up. Depending on how it goes I can adjust it to make this more fair