Welcome to the 171st Daily Edition of the Daily Qurator. Below you will find some awesome members of @qurator that worked hard to post some good quality content for all you awesome Steemians to enjoy!
The @qurator project was created to help give Steemians some extra exposure and awesome upvotes currently worth around $0.08 - $1.26!
Note: some of you have been curated twice since the start of the daily qurator and some have been curated only once. As the Daily Qurator is gaining fame with every passing day, many new steemians are asking/will ask to join us. So, expect to see posts from new users for now. When the opportunity arises, posts from older users will be curated once again
| @plantstoplanks | fruitsandveggiesmonday |
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Fruits And Veggies Monday: Two Kinds Of Prepping
I have gotten in the habit of sharing a little piece of my weekly meal prep, but today I have another kind of preparation to share. We have started seedlings for the garden
After showing us all how she gets her seeds ready to sow, @plantstoplanks then shows us how she prepares healthy foods and meals for the upcoming week. Head over and what as she prepares bowl-fulls of slaw for her busy week; all the while keeping her health in mind.
| @antoniojmp | spanish |
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Top 5 Incredible And Real Stories Part 2
Today as in the first part of this top, you will read stories that you think are totally invented, but I assure you that they are all 100% real, you can investigate more about them, since I will only put a summary of you are narrating the most important points . The world we live in is full of incredibly fabulous stories that will never cease to amaze. Be open, and remember that reality sometimes surpasses fiction
Do you believe in coincidences? Did you know the first man killed while making the Hoover Dam had the same last name as the last man killed during the massive dam's construction? And that they were killed on the same day; only 12 years apart? And they were father and son? Really! Read @antoniojmp's post to see some more interesting, and true facts about some other historic things you may never have known.
| @iipon06 | cn-malaysia |
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Happiness Does Not Need A Reason
Weekend approached, wife suggested to bring our children to Times Square, Penang...perhaps just to snap a few pictures or simple window shopping. Without a second thought, I agreed
You've probably done something similar to how @iipon06 spent the day with his family. Be spontaneous and just go! When his wife wanted to spend the day just wandering around Times Square in Penang, George Town, he jumped at the chance to have a leisure day and enjoy life. From ice cream at McDonald's to snapping pictures all around the plaza, see how much fun they had.
| @tingyo | travel |
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Week 5/52- Nara, Hiroshima & Universal Studios
Come along for a great picture journey with @tingyo as she and her friend visit both Nara Hiroshima and Universal Studio. Her favorite rides at Universal Studios are the Flying Dinosaur, Harry Potter's Forbidden Journey and the Amazing Adventures Of Spiderman. And wait until you see the DELICIOUS looking food they shared on this trip!
| @zephalexia | philippines |
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Steemit Forecast Of Myself In 2 Years
I always got random thoughts everyday . From the what's, why's, how's , whens of life . One sunny day, I thought of myself towards steemit, like sometimes what am I going to blog today? What sort of topic, a new one that would be interesting for others .One idea came up, just thought of what will I be on steemit in 2 yrs? In terms of my reputation, my followers, my own community, my own contests, my own community projects, SP and voting weights, blog quality and content.
Many of us are on steemit long term, but have you ever really thought about where you would be in one year? Two Years? Well, @zephalexia has given it quite a bit of thought. Go over and read her post then shar esome of your own thoughts and visions for your future on steemit.
NEWS
The new and improved Qurator bot is here!
Why the new bot?
The current bot had a 24 hour timer built in, thus you can only get upvotes 24 hours apart. Missing that window and you might not get your upvote. This resulted in posts not getting upvotes. The old EDIT and UPDATE trick always worked its magic but was a bit of a hassle.
Out with the old, in with the new!
The new bot will search for posts to upvote 24 hour after your previous upvote. If you posted 2 post in a 24 hour period it will go back and upvote your posts. (More details to follow)
The new bot will be active withing the next 24 hours. We are busy getting everything ready and transferring databases. During this time both @qurator and @qurator-tier-0 will be offline. Please understand and be patient while we handle the necessary upgrades.
The bot is completely new and even though we did test it, there might still be some errors that we have to work out during the next few days.
UPDATE: We are seeing some minor issues with the bot and will be testing it more on the @qurator-tier-0 account. Once it is stable on that account and all the bugs have been sorted out we will let it go live on the main @qurator account.
UPDATE 2: Worked out most of the kinks and will be running it for a while on @qurator-tier-0. If the test goes well then we will start using it on @qurator. =)
UPDATE 3: Looks like we worked out most of the bugs and will be doing a long run to see if the bot is stable. If it is then after this weekend we should be using the new bot on the main @qurator account.
UPDATE 4: Rough weekend for Steemit nodes. Steemit was down a bit and nodes were bombing out. Took a toll on the old bot. The new bot was also affected but not as drastically as the old one. Think that's a good thing. Still working out some kinks and polishing here and there.
UPDATE 5: Think we got most of the bugs sorted out, bot has been stable for 24 + hours. This means it will be heading to the main Qurator account pretty soon!
Steemit Challenges on Discord
We all know that there are some awesome Steemians that created great challenges with cool prizes here on steemit. @stresskiller took it upon himself to make a really neat Steemit challenges calendar that he synced and integrated into Qurator's Discord Channel. If you are a member of Qurator feel free to check out the Discord Channel and visit the steemit-challenges tab. There you will find an updated list of all the daily/weekly challenges. massive shout-out and thanks to @stresskiller!
Introducing: Toss up Thursday!
We have Tasty Tuesday for Foodies and Photo Friday for Photographers. What about the rest of our awesome content creators? We thought of an idea to get some upvotes and possible post promotion. Check out the Toss up Thursday post!
With all the flag wars and drama on Steemit, we decided to go the opposite route. Make love, not war! We don't take part in flag wars, instead we have upvote wars! We highly suggest checking out our latest competition and think of your ideal strategy to win that awesome Tier 5 prize. =)
New Tasty Tuesday is out! Go cast your upvotes!
We will be doing a weekly Tasty Tuesday that will focus on food related blogs. Photography and Food is something that gets overlooked by Steemit quite a lot so we want to help out a bit by getting more people involved in both categories.
To view our latest Tasty Tuesday please visit this link to cast your vote for your favorite dish!
Did you vote for your favorite Photo Friday yet? The newest edition just launched!
Qurator will be hosting a Photo Friday each week where 5 members will be selected to win a Tier 5 membership!
Head over to Photo Friday to cast your vote and show some support! Who knows, maybe next week it's your turn to receive some votes and stand a chance to win! =)
The bot is Qurator exclusive and will upvote all Qurites with an upvote of 2.65 times the worth of what you send it, up to $1.20+!
Delegators will see payouts of 90% of all SBD earned by the bot.
New Tiers Update
Steemauto Curation Trail
We suggest not following the trail with 100%, steemauto has 2 ways of following a trail, static or scaled. We suggest using SCALED instead of static since static votes can add up quickly and drain VP very fast. We suggest using scaled and then maybe around 25%.
Steemauto can show us who is currently on the trail and at what percentage. Looking forward to see more Qurites joining the trail in the near future! We also reward the team players and there might be a nice surprize for a lucky trailer. =P
Steemauto guide and registration info
Want bigger upvotes? Check out Tiers and how to gain access to them
| TIER | Requirements |
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 | Basic 4 STEEM registration fee. Basic upvote for life from @qurator. |
 | Delegate 100SP to @qurator or Upvote @qurator's posts 4+ times a week |
 | Delegate 200SP to Qurator or Upvote @qurator's posts 7+ times a week |
 | Delegate 300SP to @qurator |
 | Delegate 400SP to @qurator |
 | Delegate 500SP+ to @qurator |
Delegation links:
| 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 |
After you click the link you will have to check the value, click next and then enter your steemit NAME and Private Active Key to delegate. Please remember to leave at least 50SP in your account!
| Members | 1118 | +5 |
| Steem Power | 2867 | |
| Delegated | 120 264 | |
| Voting Power | 78.94% | |
| Upvote Weight T0 (@qurator-tier-0) | 5% | $0.08 |
| Upvote Weight T1 | 1% | $0.28 |
| Upvote Weight T2 | 1.8% | $0.42 |
| Upvote Weight T3 | 3.3% | $0.84 |
| Upvote Weight T4 | 4.2% | $0.98 |
| Upvote Weight T5 | 5.5% | $1.26 |
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