RE: Steemit Update [September 21st, 2026] : Community Curators for October - Trying Something Old!
Believe this kind of change will be fruitful. It is always great to see the Steemit team listening to the users.
Allowing individual applications gives everyone a fair chance, even if they aren't part of a well-reputed group. I clearly remember struggling to form or join a team in the past because my Reputation and SP were relatively lower (around 14k SP). Despite my strong interest, I couldn't apply alone. Even once or twice when I managed to find teammates to apply, they eventually left for better-established teams.
Removing subject themes will help curators focus on true post quality, and keeping track of the weekly top picks will help spread support to more regular users instead of the same small circle.I look forward to seeing how October goes!
On a personal note, I have delegated a good amount of SP to my local community to support its growth and development. Will having a high community delegation positively impact my application as an individual curator, or would it be better for me to reduce my delegation to strengthen my personal SP? I would really appreciate your guidance and feedback on this.
There are other reasons why they won’t collaborate with you. I can tell you why they won’t do so with me, though: simply because I choose a specific theme and expect my teammates to do the same. That doesn’t sit well with their own plans, or with the plans of the person who sent them to me. So I’m a no-go, as there’s no way to give the ‘home clique’ an upvote without me seeing it and saying something about it.
If you want to work with people like that, you’d have to be either deaf and blind, or incredibly stupid, or greedy enough, or corrupt.