I've never thought I'd do this, but here I am. The whole thing started when I came across @slobberchops's post about looking for users to vote. Hive is not living its golden age at the moment, a lot of users are inactive due to various reasons and I could use a list of new users to vote, but going out to look for them takes a lot of time, time I don't have. The upcoming period is going to be even more busy for me, so I thought I'd give this a try.
This is not my first rodeo, back on the legacy chain I used to do this often with delegations, so I know it's not an easy process and it comes with a lot of drama as well, but I'm going to give it a try anyway.
That said, let me tell you how it's going to work.
This is not going to be a voting service and no votes are guaranteed for those selected. My intention is to create a list of users to check, whenever I have time and VP available. You can call it whitelist if you want, but the name is not important. The vote is going to be manual and only after checking the post and the account each and every time. This means getting on this list does not automatically guarantee you a vote.
Hive has some rules, then I have my own set of rules and both combined, here's what I'm looking for, when selecting users for my list. The order is not relevant as you need to check all the boxes.
Activity - I'm looking for active users, who are posting and engaging regularly, not just here and there, when $HIVE price is at a convenient rate for them
Content - I'm looking for original and interesting content, not AI written or spun. I also prefer longer content and reward those who make an effort. However, photography is an exception, but it has to be quality
Topics - The following topics don't interest me: religion, politics, gaming, music, trading, crypto, news, sports ...
KE - which is the Rewards/Stake index. You can check yours at your profile. I'm thinking 2 is the upper limit to still be ok. If yours is above it, please don't nominate yourself
Language - English only
Abuse History - If you have abuse history, please move on as I'm going to check each user manually
Self Voting - I'm going to select users who don't reward themselves this way
Delegation - I'd like to keep this at minimum, especially for new users, who should be focused on growing their own account
Account Age & Reputation - My intention is to support new users, but that doesn't mean you create a new account and you're in. Your account has to be at least 3 months old and your reputation has to match your 3 months activity. If your rep is close to what you started with, that indicates there's a problem.
These are a few things I'm looking at, when checking out a new account and I wanted to let you know, so you can save us both from wasting valuable time.
While we're here, I'd like to point out, that we have another rewards distribution option available, courtesy of PeakD. You can opt for 75% HP and 25% HBD, which means 75% of your rewards will be staked instead of 50%, which is the default setting. You can set this as default, from your profile settings.
Ok, I think this is all. Leave me a comment if you're interested in getting on my list. I'm going to check every account and reply as well, just give me some time.
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