The HumanBot Curator Incubator & Link Drop v2.1
This is not a place for self promotion. Drop links to posts by other authors in the comments.
Aspiring @curie curators please read the entire post and let me know you would like to become a @curie curator when you first drop a link!
Aspiring @curie curators should also read through this entire post and my responses to previous submissions in the comments before you start dropping off links - you may pick up some valuable pointers that will save us all some time instead of rehashing the same mistakes every beginning curator makes. For extra-credit reading please review my responses to comments at the Curator Incubator v2.0 & Curator Incubator v1.
Are you looking for a place to promote your own awesome post?
Newer authors (REP < 46) can promote their own post in the comments of my step-brother @thehumanbot's Charity Upvote posts! Here is a link to the current week's Charity Upvote Post (published December 10th) but please visit the @thehumanbot blog for the most recent post if you are reading this at some date in the future. Also, how is the future? Has Steem reached the moon yet?
What is new with Version 2.1?
Nothing major has changed from v2.0, hence no new major version renumber. The big change from v1 to the v2 numbering is that @humanbot / @carlgnash is not necessarily going to check every submission for original work and award a Badge of Originality if the post is original. The first post was a great success but going through every submission with the care necessary to award a Badge of Originality took more time than I actually had to give. See the CHANGELOG at the bottom of this post for a complete list of all changes.
Who or what is @humanbot?
@humanbot is an extension of @carlgnash; in a nutshell, the content review services that @carlgnash has previously offered on his blog are moving here. In addition, there are several new initiatives in the works to support great content on Steemit that will be gracing the @humanbot blog soon - stay tuned!
What is the Curator Incubator & Link Drop?
This is a place for aspiring curators and anyone who wants to help an undervalued post be seen by more eyes. Drop links in the comments to good posts (original content only please, no copy pasta) by undervalued authors.
If you are dropping off multiple links, please drop them all off in the same comment to make this thread more manageable as it grows.
How do you define "good posts by undervalued authors"?
"Good posts by undervalued authors" is purposefully not defined here. This is open to interpretation to a certain extent and any submission of original content by another author is welcome.
How will the Curator Incubator & Link Drop help undervalued authors and posts?
- @humanbot / @carlgnash will go through as many submissions as possible, awarding a Badge of Originality to posts that are both the original work of the post author and show some true originality and creativity (as subjectively determined by moi). When a badge is awarded the author will be followed by both @carlgnash and @humanbot and the post will be upvoted from both accounts as well. Read more about the Badge of Originality here.
- Good original content by undervalued authors (totally subjective determination here) will also receive an @r-bot upvote and associated trailing votes.
- I encourage everyone who drops a link here to take a minute to look at some of the other posts submitted in the comments. I would love to see comments from users of this link drop when I do go check on posts that have been submitted here! If you like a post, please tell the post author what you like about the post, or why you like it.
- Consider helping me curate the links in the comments here by upvoting submissions that you think are particularly good, to bring them up higher in the list.
Please do not drop links to your own posts here
This is not a space for self promotion. Dropping a link to your own post in the comments is a violation of the totally non-binding terms of service and may result in an alien spacecraft visiting your domicile and testing out the new transmogrification ray... but at the very least your post will be ignored.
To the aspiring @curie curators
@carlgnash is a curator for @curie. Let me speak in the first person here for a second as @carlgnash. I have achieved top curator status for @curie the past three weeks running and have every intention of doing so to the best of my ability in future weeks as well. Yes, this does mean that I can recommend curators to @curie any week that I was top curator the previous week. No, this does not mean you should DM me or otherwise harass me about nominating you. This post is the official channel for you to impress me with your curation ability. You can do this in several ways: - First, do not drop me links to your own posts or DM me about a curator nomination unless I specifically tell you to DM me. If you fail to follow these instructions, you will be instantly and forevermore blacklisted from future @curie nomination by me.
- Read this entire post and my responses to previous submissions in the comments before you start dropping off links - you may pick up some valuable pointers that will save us all some time instead of rehashing the same mistakes every beginning curator makes. For extra-credit reading please review my responses to comments at the Curator Incubator v1.
- Notify me that you are interested in becoming a @curie curator when you first drop a link off here in the comments.
- Drop me links to posts that you think are truly exceptional here in the comments so I can get a feel for your curation style, what you are looking for and what your idea of exceptional is.
- Please tell me why you feel the post is exceptional. Clearly articulating why you feel a post is exceptional and worthy of @curie adds bonus points to your submission.
- You do not have to stick to the @curie guidelines - I am more interested in getting a feel for what kind of content you think is exceptional.
- Bonus points if you submit good original posts outside of the fields of art/music/photography/travel blogging. It is harder to find good original content in areas like gaming, science, health, etc. There is a lot of copy pasta and it is often much more difficult to tell with those kinds of posts if it is plagiarism. Prove to me you can identify quality original content in tags like this!
- Read through the posts that are left here in the comments by other users and tell me in the comments here if you think any are exceptional, and if so, why you feel that way. Please do not go through the comments here and trash submissions, telling me why you think they suck. Only reply to a post submitted by someone else in the comments here if you think it is an awesome post, and in that case, please say why you feel this way. If you can clearly articulate what you like about a post dropped here by another user, that will be points in your favor when I consider recommending you to @curie.
- I encourage you to leave good thoughtful comments in response to posts that you find through the incubator. If you like a post, please tell the post author what you like about the post, or why you like it. As I work my way through submissions you will earn bonus points if I see you have been actively engaged in commenting.
- Check posts that are submitted here for plagiarism. If you can prove that a post submitted here for review is plagiarized, please leave any proof you have (link to the original content, suspicious posting patterns by the author, garbled language that seems to have been translated by software, etc.) here in the comments. A big part of being a @curie curator is being able to detect plagiarized content. Prove to me that you have a talent for this and you are ahead of the game.
Cheers - @humanbot / @carlgnash
Let the link dropping commence!
original @humanbot art by @carlgnash
CHANGELOG:
v2.1: 12.11.17 4:06am UTC
- Updated link to point to current @thehumanbot Charity Upvote Post
- Updated version change text to reflect no major changes since v2.0
v2.0.1: 11.20.17 9:06pm UTC
- Instruction added for aspiring @curie curators to read the entire post and responses to comments before dropping links; extra credit-reading link to v1 comments
- Instruction added "If you are dropping off multiple links, please drop them all off in the same comment to make this thread more manageable as it grows"
v2.0: 11.13.17 10:02pm UTC
- Name change to "The HumanBot Curator Incubator & Link Drop" from "The HumanBot Curator Incubator | Link Drop | Original Works Verifier"
- @carlgnash / @humanbot no longer promises to review every submission, but will review as many as time allows
- Link added to step-brother @thehumanbot for a place that authors can self promote their own posts
- Instructions to aspiring @curie curators updated and expanded
v1.0.1: 11.8.17 1:52am UTC
- Added Badge of Originality art and post link
- Added original works authors will receive a @humanbot follow
- Clarified original works will receive either a @humanbot upvote or a @carlgnash upvote (whichever is greater)
- Edited "To the aspiring Curie curator" section to encourage commenting on posts, and to encourage non art/music/photography/travel posts
SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED - please visit the new Curator Incubator Post:
https://steemit.com/curation/@humanbot/the-humanbot-curator-incubator-and-link-drop-v3-0
https://steemit.com/fiction/@ronyxoxo/faith-hope-and-love
Do check this Out . I wanna be Curie Curator
I really enjoyed this. Great submission. This is a post that could well have been submitted and might have been upvoted by curie, but I don't think it is a sure bet. There were portions that I would say are exceptional, but taken as a whole the writing is a little uneven. It is still a very good post. You are already impressing me :) Drop me by another good post here in the comments. Impress me again and we will talk about Curie curator :)
https://steemit.com/technology/@unacomn/japan-to-prevent-employees-working-overtime-with-drones
Okay that is just flat out hilarious. Both the original news story that prompted this piece, and the post itself. The real world is indeed stranger than fiction. Thanks for sharing this one! I awarded my "Badge of Originality" and the post will get the @humanbot vote trail, which should end up over $2.
BTW I forgot to ask, are you dropping links by here in part because you are interested in becoming a Curie curator? Of course I welcome everyone to drop by links here regardless, but looking at this piece through the Curie lens IMO it is probably a little short and the original news story would need to be sourced. I actually think the writing is exceptionally funny and the quality of the writing is quite good. Typically when writing is the primary device of a post (e.g. the post does not contain exceptional original art, photography, music, etc.), you don't often see posts of this length or shorter getting upvoted through Curie. I would think it was a risky submission primarily because of this reason (as well as citing the source for the news story, but that isn't that big a deal here as the bulk of the post is original fiction).
I have added this poster to my "Curie Follow" query and will not be surprised in the slightest if he ends up posting something that I can submit to Curie. Thanks for this submission here!
Cheers - Carl
A motivational Post.
https://steemit.com/motivation/@christianosei/you-are-destined-to-reign
https://steemit.com/life/@peculiarmary/give-me-that-heart-in-children-let-me-go-on-5bb00e8f8714
Checking these now. I am sure you were thinking you would increase your visibility here by upvoting but it actually caused me to miss these until now. Don't upvote your comments here, when I am checking this post I scroll to the bottom of the comment thread. I missed these because of that. I will report back shortly on the links :)
EDIT:
Okay I am back having read the links. The "You are destined to reign" piece is very clearly religious, which is one of the general categories of posting that is not eligible for a Curie (check out the Expanded Guidelines pinned to the #curie channel in steemit.chat for the full list). Even if that was not the case, the post is pretty short and the writing is not exceptional. This is not a Curie worthy post.
"Give me that heart in children" is a good post but not an exceptional post. There are quite a few errors in language usage - this can be excused when the author speaks English as a second language, but the post would have to be really exceptional to be approved by Curie in this case. Most of the images are not original and are not sourced from free-use sources (even though at least there are source links for all images). I think this post would fall under the category of a "nice" but not "exceptional" post, and Curie is looking for exceptional. I did upvote this post through @r-bot though :)
Cheers - Carl
Ok thanks I'll find some exceptional posts.
This post is very interesting. It is educative and not the everyday type article
I will also love to be a curie curator
https://steemit.com/steemstem/@jajdgenius/did-you-know-biting-of-pencil-can-cure-your-headache
This post is not original work, or at least, most of it is not. Adding a short section of dialogue is not enough to qualify as original work when the bulk of this post is the sneaky worst sort of plagiarism where the poster is just changing some word order around and swapping out a word here or there from the articles being plagiarized - just enough that bots like cheetah and originalworks don't catch it. Check out the screencap below to see what I mean. Google turned up the matches pretty quickly. Interestingly the sources listed at the end of the article were not the actual sources that had been copied - this is "smart" on the part of the plagiarizer, just another sneaky maneuver :(
https://steemit.com/story/@jayna/writing-workshop-volume-10-perspective-and-point-of-view-pov-in-fiction-writing
Her workshops should be worth more!
Ah I couldn't agree with you more. This series is really an amazing resource for authors and is criminally under-rewarded. This same post, if by an author of REP lower than 53, would absolutely be a post worthy of submission to Curie. I was very happy to give this post a nice boost through @humanbot / badge of originality and @r-bot. Thanks for dropping this off here. Cheers - Carl
Thanks.✊
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@stellarr/introducing-my-in-these-shoes-what-will-you-do-series
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@stellarr/cut-on-her-shattered-pieces
https://steemit.com/funny/@stellarr/sms-language-do-you-mind
This Steemian is new to steemit but doing very well. I think her writing needs to be encouraged. Newcomers to steemit easily get discouraged.
Hey thanks for dropping these by. I really like her! I upvoted the shattered pieces through @r-bot and upvoted/commented on a more recent post with my main account. Totally the kind of good poster that we should encourage to stay here, you are right. I added her to my "Curie Follow" query and will be keeping an eye on her posting :)
Cheers - Carl
Hi
Although I have been Steeming for some time I still feel pretty clueless when it comes to promotion.
I have never looked to promote any of my own stuff. I would like to start to help promote new peoples work.
I came across this today. I would like to see this kind of content gain more credit.
https://steemit.com/ptsd/@khackett/confessions-of-a-twin-mom-being-a-parent-with-ptsd
Ah this is a raw and emotional post that hit me straight in the heart. I am grateful every day that my two sons (3 and 1) have had no health issues and I have been able to provide a safe loving home for them. They are my light and life and I can't even imagine what she has been through. I was very happy to support her post with the Badge of Originality and associated vote trail.
BTW I can't quite tell from your comment - when you say you would like to start to help promote new people's work, were you throwing your name in the hat as being interested in becoming a curie curator?
Feel free to keep the links coming either way, but let me know if this is an audition for Curie curator and I will give you feedback specific to that in the future.
Much love - Carl (@humanbot)
Although I have been Steeming for a good while I still don't know too much about the engines that drive this wonderful steem creation.
I will send you things with no obligation but to hope to promote great work.
I am interested in understanding what is involved with taking that step to calling yourself a curator.
I would be glad to hear from you. It wasn't an audition or request of any kind. I do however find myself wondering what direction to take on this platform, and would be happy for any ideas shared.
I mostly wanted to be sure I wasn't spamming you with inappropriate links.
Please do keep sending me links here. It is absolutely not spamming if you are giving me links to posts by other authors you have found and like. That is one of the purposes of this post. The other is a more specific purpose for folks that want to earn my nomination as a Curie curator - I tailor the kind of feedback I give, with specific "curie type" advice given if someone has identified as a prospective curie curator, and more general type feedback given for just any ole link dropper :) Much love - Carl
This is a good quality post by a new author. I think it deserves more exposure.
https://steemit.com/travel/@travelin-girl/australia-travel-part-4-sydney-overnight
Yes absolutely agree that she is an awesome poster, I believe I upvoted a different post from her with @r-bot and she received a Curie for another post recently. Definitely an up and coming author! I thought this was a good post, but what pushed it over the edge was that cover image photo. I have seen (as I am sure we all have) a million photos of the Sydney Opera House. She found a unique angle to take that shot, under the perfect lighting, and the result was magical. Loved it. I gave her my Badge :)
Cheers - Carl (and good to see you here buddy!
BTW I don't think you have a steemit.chat account, or if you do it is not the same as your username here? I now have a private chat channel there for the Humanbot badge holders. You can drop off a post link there if you award your own badge to it and other badge holders may resteem/comment/promote, etc., and I will come through with the @humanbot account to upvote it so it gets the vote trail. Reply to one of my comments to let me know if and when you make a steemit.chat account, and I will add you to the channel.
Hi Carl, I have a steemit.chat account but it is different from my Steemit account username. On steemit.chat, I am wmd1978. It would have been more practical to have used the same name. It would be great to join your channel.
Just added you to the #humanbot channel on Steemit.chat :)
https://steemit.com/gaming/@unacomn/diablo-fan-fiction
While I can honestly say that I enjoyed the first two pieces by @unacomn that you dropped off here, it isn't really the intent of this post to just plug the same user over and over. I know you two are associated by your blog header but I am going to ask that you not drop off any more links from @unacomn here. Feel free to drop links that you actually curate (links to posts by other authors that you find and think are quality, undervalued posts - I would love to see them).
I hope you don't take any offense at this. None intended.
Cheers - Carl