January Monthly Giveaways - Results

As I've described in a previous post, this month I searched for some candidates to receive the monthly giveaways myself, unlike what I did in previous months.

It was a very useful experiment, one that I'll probably repeat every once in a while.

Putting some distance from my regular feed, and searching in different communities on Steem (which mostly means different tags), revealed very interesting parts of the ecosystem, to which I rarely have contact with.

Each of these communities or Steem ecosystem areas has their champions, of course, but I was mostly looking for promises, undiscovered talents or people struggling in their beginnings. Or for niches that rarely have the spotlight on Steem.

I'm sure I could have done more or better. Hopefully it's a step in the right direction.

Without making this longer than necessary, here are the winners of the giveaways:

1x SBI share each

@eldergill
@heatherthebard
@salty-mcgriddles
@shirleyhenderson
@dranuvar
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SBI shares offer you an upvote at most once a day on your posts from @steembasicincome or one of the @sbiN accounts (where N is a number); the more SBI shares you have, the more consistent the upvote, and they keep coming forever if you don't withdraw your shares; it might take some time before shares are associated with your account and you start receiving upvotes.}

1x Delegation of 50 SP for one month

@samve

Congratulations to all! I hope you use it well and that you keep growing on Steem!

One final thought before I wrap this up: a delegation makes sense if you are using your voting power to vote, at least several times a day! Otherwise it would be a waste. I found other candidates suitable for a delegation as well, and I disqualified them because they didn't vote or voted at most once for themselves, when they posted.