The @Steemcleaners avatar contest has ended yesterday, February 15th at 12:00 PM EST. All submissions are currently being gathered, processed and checked for validity.

We've received an overwhelming response of amazing art work by some very talented members of the STEEM community -- yourselves!

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Judging

How will the judging work?

All members of the @Steemcleaners team will pick their favorite entries and we'll go from there until a concensus is reached. We are not concerned with who the artist is but only with selecting images purely on what they look like.

Why no vote-based judging?

Many contests out there pick the winner based on how many upvotes an entry receives. Unfortunately that means that individuals receive support based on who they are, how many friends they have, how many votes they can buy, and so forth. That would unfairly exclude minnows, new users, or users who are generally less known in the community.

Results

Results will be formally announced by February 22nd in a post, so keep your eyes peeled!

While you wait, here's some interesting @Steemcleaners trivia:

• Did you know that the @Cheetah bot has 1749 lines of code?
• Did know that the oldest member of the @Steemcleaners team is 62 years old and the youngest 24 years old?
• Did you know that each team member logs in about 6 hours of work a day on average? (That's without breaks!)