Welcome to the Upvote Challenge!
What is the upvote challenge?
The upvote challenge is a way for the Steem community to encourage Steem users who create quality content. The goal is simple. Upvote 3-5 new posts with a 100% upvote one day each week. Although not required, I recommend that you consider voting around the optimal curation time. Currently, that time is 15 minutes, but that will change to 5 minutes after HF21 is released.
Who should I upvote?
I would recommend that you upvote content creators that appear to need encouragement. I would also recommend that you review the post to ensure that the content is of a high level of quality (proper sources, no plagiarism, well-written, shows effort, etc).
And make sure you upvote content that is meaningful to you. For this challenge, I decided not to upvote the following (even though I often post about these topics): actifit reports, splinterland, posts, and dlike posts. I wanted to reward creators who were writing about life.
I also looked for posts that had a low payout (under 5 cents).
It is up to you to decide who is deserving of your upvote.
Why follow the challenge?
The Steem community grows stronger when we support quality content creators. We create a better culture and environment for newer users when we show our support through upvotes and comments.
Again we should strive to reward quality content creation, not just content creation.
I have listed the 5 posts that I upvoted as a part of the challenge.
@fubar-bdhr asks the question "Does this make me an official redneck?" I will let you make your own decision, but I personally think he is just resourceful.
@imaluv54 was very inspirational in her Happy New Week post. She is encouraging all of us to seek wisdom. (Sorry, but the link to her post is not working. I think it is because of the hyphen in her primary tag.)
@vicenteajb is a great artist. I appreciate the drawing, but I was not able to read of the text in My Friends in Verona, because it was written in a language besides English.
@lizbethk is celebrating a birthday. Stop by her post Today Is My Birthday and leave her some kind birthday wishes. Normally I would prefer a post to contain text describing the image, but in this case, I relaxed my normal standards as I wanted to show support on this special day.
@shaman-ra reached a major Steem milestone. Over 100 Steem Power is a reminder that the Steem journey is not always easy.
Please use the #upvotechallenge tag so that we can see who you are supporting and show some support as well.
Thanks for stopping by!
@SumatraNate