Previously I was kind of thinking that a 100 SBI share vote would really be helpful, but the number was more arbitrary then anything...that is it sounded good. Today I was having a chat with @andrewharland and he told me that it takes 200 SBI shares with a 100% Bonus to achieve a $1 upvote 7 days a week, or a $7 total upvote per week.
Now $1 base built into each post would be a great starting point to each post to try and reach a point of being self sustaining. With a $7 total vote value that would mean that each week the Steem-Bounty from the Curation Contest would be covered without any other votes. Now obviously the goal is to have more then one contest and there are other prizes, but this is a nice chunk to have taken care of.
Why Account Builder Posts
Just in case you have missed our other Account Builder Posts and are wondering what is the point of this post let me explain.
Pay It Forward Curation has been hosted by @thedarkhorse (me) since it started 12 weeks ago. The entire focus of the contest is to help new bloggers get some added exposure on their posts. Those who enter the contest curate 2 Quality Posts by level 50 or below reputation steemians and write a Curation Post about them. This entry then helps those who follow the contest to find quality content to upvote.
Now as we have gone along I've had other contest ideas, but honestly I don't have time to run multiple contests on my own. So the idea of @pifc came about. With this account I will be able to let other people who I trust run contests and even cover for me on the PIF Curation contest if I need a week off for vacation or something.
To make this work we are trying to build up the Vote Value of pifc and to build up the SBI shares so it's income votes will be enough to cover some of the expenses.
How can you help?
Upvotes are needed. Goal is to post an Account Builder post every 2 days. So if you set up an autovote this will not be a massive drain on your account. Something is in the works that might cause this to switch to daily, but I will warn if this happens at least twice and make it very obvious if you scan each post.
Resteem this and let others know about what we are doing to help the smallest members of steemit. The real long term goal is to create contests and programs designed to help create a middle class of steemians that have enough power to make steemit a better community.
SBI Shares. @steembasicincome is a great way to show your support and help @pifc now and for the lifetime of steemit. Each post going forward will get a small boost from each share you purchase for PIFC as will you. This is one of the greatest win-win situations on steemit as both you the sponsor and the account you sponsor both get a SBI share for the 1 Steem. The time to purchase these share is now while Steem is very cheap. Picture trying to accumulate 200 shares when steem is at $10 or $15...it is much more attractive to build this up now at $1.35 per steem.
Questions? Feedback?
If you have questions please ask. This account has full transparency even beyond what the blockchain offers. My thoughts about @pifc are being posted every 2 days not only because I want to share them, but because I need your feedback. The Curation Contest was born based on feedback from my followers and I feel that your questions and feedback can help take this to the next level.