Welcome to this weeks Curation and Engagement leagues, kindly sponsored by @carlgnash and @paulag.
Firstly, huge thanks to @arcange who spent a good amount of time this morning working on my horrible query that collates this data each week. Excellent service and support from the @steemSQL owner and witness. Thanks @arcange!
Did you know that the Engagement Leagues show over double the average retention rate compared to the platform average?
Should I remove the small penalty for self-voting - what do you think?
To enter the leagues drop a comment below (Lifetime membership - unless you ask to be removed)
The leagues (tables) are reset each week and so any time is a good time to join!
On your marks, get set, curate!
Introduction
My general views on curation rewards (to score highly in League 1) are:
Vote before the big hitters, but not too early!
Voting in the first minute will earn you a curation reward of almost 0.000
Voting between 1 and 29 minutes will earn an increasing % of the curation rewards split - This value peaking at 30 minutes and remaining the same from this point onwards
It is commonly suggested that 15-25 minutes is the best time to vote, especially on known 'power author' posts because they are likely to have more auto-votes coming in at these times - and you want to be ahead of these votes
Voting on good dtube/dlive/sndbox content, and utopian-io approved contributions (prior to the vote by @dtube / @utopian-io, etc) can earn some very good curation rewards
Voting on @ocd posts is likely to gain good curation rewards as founder @acidyo, and @anomadsoul support these posts after giving time for other accounts to vote - you will be in front of a couple of large votes here!
As you can see, a combination of many variables such as Steem Power, voting strength, voting weight, time of vote, and more, all play a part in the amount of rewards received.
My general opinion on maximizing engagement (to score highly in League 2) is to:
Spread your vote and write lots of engaging comments!
Use your vote on the comments of others to make yourself (vote) seen and provoke a reply
The data for league 1
The raw data has been collected from SteemSQL - @arcange's MS SQL Server copy of the Steem Blockchain.
The formula used for 'quality of financial curation skill' is:
Curation Rewards DIVIDED BY Steem Power MULTIPLIED BY 1000
This will return the amount of Curation rewards gained per 1000 Steem Power held
The rules (which will cause auto-filtering of your account if not met so just enter anyway and see what happens!) to appear in this league:
No programmed voting! Following a trail is OK, using a script to vote for you is not (but well done if you have done that!)
Must have voted at least once on a piece of content in the past 7 days
Must not have leased or delegated Steem Power in the last 14 days
Must not have Started a Power Down (withdrawal of Steem Power) in the last 15 days
The 2nd and 3rd points above are not 'bad' actions, but are required to reduce distortion of the figures.
And, as curation rewards for the past week are actually taken from votes made up to 14 days ago, we need a two week 'window' as mentioned above.
Don't let this put you off entering though - you will be automatically be excluded/appear each week, depending on the criteria above.
League 1 - Curating to maximize returns (Top 100)
The end column is what I think is a genuine indicator of how well you are financially working the curation game with the tools, including vested Steem Power, that you have at your disposal.
No prizes this week for League 1 as many of the top places are front running Bid-bots. I'll still produce the league so you can see who's doing the best job of that, but it doesn't feel right to be rewarding this approach. Nevertheless, well done to the top places :D
League 2 - Engagement and Excellence - Write on!
This the newer league which is not based around financial rewards and relates to engagement.
Everyone currently on my master list has a chance here - including those powering down or dealing in delegations this past couple of weeks.
I've used some metrics (which is the fancy way of saying that made up some numbers) relating to:
- Posts (P)
- Comments - number of (C)
- Comments - replies to replies - depth > 2 (C R)
- Comments - length in characters (C L)
- Witness votes (W) (for those proxying witness votes, your total is always 30)
- Upvotes to others (V)
- Upvotes to different authors (U V)
- Self-votes - a (getting smaller each week) minus score for this one sorry! (S V)
Firstly, if you are placed in the table above then you among the top 20% of the league entrants!
**Congratulations to this weeks 'new' Engagement League winner, the immovable force that was removed but is again stand at the top of the table....... @glenalbrethsen!
Glen is standing alone at the top this week and has entered almost as many characters onto the blockchain as 2nd and 3rd places combined, damnnn!
Little did he know, I installed a camera at his home ready to record him in action:
Well done Glen! 🏆
@gillianpearce is clear in 2nd and has produced over 550 comments, with over 200 of those deeper than 'level 2' - fine work Gill!
In 3rd place this week, I think with his highest placing so far, @bashadow. One of only 3 league entrants to top 100,000 characters this week. Nice one!
Excellent engagement levels and top 10 (OK, 11!) places for @lynncoyle1, @leeart, @fullcoverbetting, @maverickinvictus, @abh12345, @davemccoy, @eaglespirit, and @paulag (well done boss!), who will all be receiving some STEEM this week.
Do you want to be a part of the leagues? Let me know below!
Prizes
League 2
0 votes to self - Spot Prizes
Lucky number 25 in League 2
A @steembasicincome share, courtesy of @fullcoverbetting goes to @crypto-econom1st who wins for the 2nd week in a row - wtf! 🎱 🍀
Finally
If you have spotted any glaring errors in my post, please let me know so I can fix them
If you would like to be added or removed from my personal curation league, let me know
If you have any other comments or suggestions, please enter them into the box below
As always, thank you very much for being a part of one of the most engaged communities on Steem 😊
Asher @abh12345
If you feel that the Curation Leagues are a worthwhile addition to the Steem Blockchain, please consider a vote for our witness - @steemcommunity - https://steemit.com/~witnesses