RE: My Curie Story - My Steem Journey
Thank you for this post.
I'd recently started seeing 'curie' pop up here and there, and really only come to the conclusion that they were a good thing.
Woke up this morning and nearly fainted (good thing I was still in bed), my last post has gotten about 400 more up votes and about $70 more than usual... Whaaaat?! O.O
Curie up vote!
As I recited a classic acceptance speech in my mind I decided it'd be a good idea to know a bit more about the page that had given me this gracious gift and incredible confidence boost.
I went to @curie and started looking around, and seeing what a thing it is. Mind blow, confidence soaring I was distracted by needing to clean up a mess of Top Ramen off the floor (and no, it did not come out of the bowl, gag).
Upon returning this post was one of the first things I saw on my feed. Now I understand how it works, so again thank you for the explanation, for sharing your experience, and for spiking my curiosity about curating, it seems like something I would definitely like to do.
Oh nice
I still don't see 100% :) Thank you.
U are on auto voter bot.
ok, ok. Thank you :)
Congrats on Curie vote! Authors like you make Steem an interesting place, and your warm feedbacks make all of Curie's efforts worthwhile. Thank you. Maybe consider writing your own #mycuriestory?
I very well may.
I've been rolling the idea of joining discord around in my mind as well, I think that this whole curating curiosity is pushing it toward solidarity. I have questions. Many, many questions.
Feel free to ask. I will be happy to answer or help to get answers for your questions. Also, there are many curators who wouldn't mind to help too.
Well I suppose my biggest question would probably be concerning the method of helping. I think the whole curie thing is fabulous of course but if it's just a voting trail are a lot of those people on the trail even looking at the content or automatically voting because curie did? And is it more normal or abnormal for follows to come with those votes? In the long run it seems the smaller consistent votes matter more than the one (in some cases few) larger payout.
It doesn't seem logical to continuously give the same people curie votes if there's only I think I read 25 a day if the goal is to support as much good content as possible. So really I guess I'm wondering if there's something implemented to encourage a solid backing behind a particular poster so that they revive maybe smaller but steadier rewards and if not, if there could be?
When it come to trails, obviously since they are automatic, most of the trail voters may not even see the post. I personally don't follow any trails, I like to vote myself. But some people choose to trust some curation teams or other trails with their votes. It is still a good thing for those who don't have time curating themselves.
When it comes to Curie usually it is one or few curators who discover the post, but one gets to submit it. Also, reviewers get to see it and decide to approve and disapprove. Because of the limited resources there is a rigorous process to upvote post that fit the guidelines. The idea is not to give a lifetime support for the authors, it is rather to give promising authors exposure so they can continue without Curie's support. Big upvotes help the post rank higher and give more visibility which may earn the author more upvotes and followers.
Followers. In my experience having certain amount of followers doesn't mean much. Only few percentage of those followers really would end up socially connecting and reading your posts. Usually it is the one who share same interests.
Curie has main curation operations and also sub community curation support. Main curation where bigger votes happen is not for voting for same author over and over, on the contrary it is to keep the votes as diverse as possible and giving exposure for authors with great content but not much luck as far as rewards on the posts.
Sub community curation support is a different story as they are focused on either regional or category based support. Also, their votes weigh significantly less than the main curie votes.
In the end the goal is for authors to be successful on their own, engaging with general and specific communities. Curie is there to give a little boost so they can have a good start.
I hope this answers you questions. Feel free to contact on discord as well. I wasn't sure if your questions were from author's or curator's perspective.
Thank you.
Both perspectives really and a little bit from still trying to figure out how Steemit works. It is all good information to have in the back of my mind as an author, I'm seeing that Curie seems to be the standard for quality content the more I look into it, which really is making me feel even more flattered that my post got an up vote. I would also like to uphold quality standards at all times, so knowing what the general view of quality is 'round here is helpful for that.
The way that I personally am using Steemit is as a 'savings account' everything I receive will be powered up. I am going begin school next year to pursue a PhD, I'll be busting my ass as a single mom working and going to school full time for ten years. That's a lot of student loan debt, so that's what it will be used for, but if I'm not touching it for ten years and it's just sitting there growing voting power, and my network and influence are increasing, why wouldn't I want to use that to help others? With the added bonus that I think curating would be a pivotal factor in keeping my passion for Steemit revving through difficult and busy times. So mainly curating.
I defiantly see the benefit of the way that the curie program works, it was a major confidence booster for me to get that vote and feel that my work was recognized. I believe I said in a text message yesterday "I'm so happy that not-my-mom people like my stuff!". It's very encouraging and a really great motivation for struggling users to keep on trekking, and to feel like they do have a voice under the crypto dominated main pages.
I have absolutly noticed that there seems to be no solid connection between number of followers and payouts. While I may get a $10 payout from fifteen up votes from a certain few people that I interact with, I see people on my feed receive similar payouts with sixty up votes. So I guess I was wondering if there was almost a 'mentorship program' of as a method of lifetime support. To teach them how to be successful on their own in the community as well as the vote.
I see you joined Discord. There are many communities on Steem, most have their discord servers and all focused on various things. For example, there is @thewritersblock that helps writers to connect and support each other.
Focusing on what interests you most, quality of content, and engaging with others seems to be a right way to grow on the platform, instead of focusing on payouts.
Good luck to you. I wish you a lot of success.