Steem Atlas Ambassador Bi-weekly Report – January(16-31)- 2026

damithudaya (79)in #steem-atlas • 6 days ago

The New Year has started well for the project as well. As you see, day by day, Steem Atlas has been progressing well. Eventhough there was a small setback in the past few months, the project is still running strongly. We have a loyal fan base, and we receive over 40 posts per day.

This is an exciting initiative designed to create a global travel map powered by the Steem community, developed by the @pennsif.witness team. It allows you to pin locations you love and share information about them. It's essentially a guide to places based on real experiences. Along with the other Atlas Ambassadors, I continued working towards its development through various activities. Eventhough there are a small number of active users from Sri Lanka, over the past few weeks, I’ve been able to stay active in different ways.

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The delegator reward system has been restarted. Currently, it's a bit low amount, but it will be increased eventually.

The basic reward - 0.075 STEEM / 1000 SP/day.
If your proxy your witness votes to @steem-atlas - 0.15 STEEM / 1000 SP / day.

Now the @steem-atlas account has reduced to 0.8 M SP. Anyway, we strongly believe that it will come to a steady flow soon. Special thanks to everyone, and I warmly invite more users to support and take part in these initiatives. And there are some new exciting updates in the map as well.

Verification of posts and guiding users

The main task I did last two weeks, as usual, was reviewing posts. With the new voting system in place, new posts added to the Atlas map are now reviewed within 24 hours to ensure smooth operation. As many posts are coming daily, we, the ambassadors, are busy attending to them, and are also rewarded for our work thanks to the project initiator, Mr. Pensif.

Since there are fewer posts from Sri Lanka, I have also reviewed posts from countries without ambassadors and my contest entries. I have also supported other ambassadors when they needed help with verifications. In the past two weeks alone, I have checked over 40 posts.

This has helped me learn more about places around the world while also improving my engagement on the platform.

As we aim to reach an outside audience, the accuracy of the details, location, and the standards of the posts are highly considered. So, I checked the pin location through several sources, and review the articles based on these 21 Tips.

During the review, we considered several factors, and essential guidance and tips were provided as needed.

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Contests

For the promotion of the platform and to get more engagement, I am continuously hosting a contest in the Steem Sri Lanka community. Now it's the 44th edition, and each week I receive a good number of entries from around the world. Here's a detailed report with the number of participants and rewards shared.

Announcement Post	Number of Participants	Rewards
Steem Atlas Challenge XLi	4	18 SP
Steem Atlas Challenge XLii	4	16 SP
Steem Atlas Challenge XLiii	5	20 SP
Steem Atlas Challenge XLiV	3 so far	pending

As a Community curator

vivigibelis, and myself was selected as Community Curators for February representing the Steem Atlas team. We have already started the work from the 1st of February, and we will support the Steem Atlas-related posts that are up to the standard of the project and the Steemit, using the @booming03 account.

You can read the full guidelines from here

Challenge Faced and Final Thoughts

Well, even though many users follow our standards, we can still see some posts not following the guidelines, even after the reviews.
So, I suggest everyone follow the 21 Tips and attend to the Ambassador's recommendation ASAP to get a higher grade and votes from the curators.
As an Ambassador from Sri Lanka, unfortunately, there are a few users frequently posting on Steem Atlas and overall Steemit. Anyway, I hope the enthusiasm will grow, and I regularly encourage them to share their travel content.

So overall, it was a productive start to the month. I could actively engage in verification, posting, and discussing new strategies and initiatives within the group. I hope the upcoming weeks are even brighter.

Thank you to the Steem Atlas team and the broader Steemit community for the support.