Creating More Minnows

I have been running the @tenkminnows account for nearly three years, during which time it has helped lots of people achieve Hive Minnow status. A number of wonderful people delegate to the account to increase the rewards it can give. Despite this the number of Minnows has mostly dropped since Hive started. I would really like to try and turn that around.

You can see the number of accounts at each level in the daily statistics posts from @arcange.

I have made use of @hivesql and Python to produce a list of people who have almost levelled up. They all have current posts and are not powering down. The threshold for minnowhood is about 545 HP, so it really is just a matter of a few $HIVE in these cases. I did ignore some who are even closer as they will probably get there in a week or so anyway. I am hoping we can help a few people get there a little quicker.

This list does not judge people on their opinions or the quality of their posts. I leave it to you to decide which deserve a vote. I expect a lot of us are giving votes to people who already have a healthy stake, but I think that boosting more small accounts could be better for Hive as a whole even if we just do it now and then.

On a side note, I was listening to the Cryptomaniacs podcast where @taskmaster4450 was saying he keeps his voting power above 90% to maximise the power of his curation. I had been letting mine drop lower, but then it would never get back near 100%. I can generally vote through the day, so if I get it right it could be back at 100% each morning and then my vote can do more.

So here is the first edition of what I will call the #MinnowMaker list. I will distribute some votes to them and look to do this fairly frequently. I can make the code available if anyone wants it.