The ABC’s of Curation for #NewbieResteemDay

in #curation7 years ago (edited)

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As many of you know, I write the Weekly Buzz for the #newbieresteemday initiative. I am several weeks behind (shhh), but please follow the hashtag to read all about our exciting activities. Or stop by @davemccoy's blog. He has everything there.

Many may not know that I am also the “B” factor in the ABC’s of Curation.

Who and What are the ABC’s of Curation?


The ABC’s of Curation is the curating team behind the top post picks for @newbieresteemday. The @newbieresteemday account was created when @coolguy123 delegated 200 SP so our Newbie Resteem Initiative could help support the newbie community.

The intent of the account is to boost the morale of our newbie authors that spend time writing a quality post but may go unnoticed. Our upvote value may not pack a punch, but we strive to lift the spirits of our newbies. As you will see later, we do also have a network of TEAM members working together with @newbieresteemday and @curie to give our newbie authors a chance of reaching a wider audience.

Also, to give ourselves a pat on the back, we have also been ranked in the Top 10 of @abh12345's Curation League several weeks running for maximizing curation rewards.

Let’s Start with Basics!


  1. What Should I Do As a Post Author?

    Simple. Use #newbieresteemday as one of your hashtags. Easy, right?

  2. How Will I Get Noticed?

    Volunteers from the ABC’s of Curation team will review posts made using the #newbieresteemday tag.

    IF your Reputation Score is BELOW 45, we will upvote and resteem your post as the top picks on the @newbieresteemday account if you’ve spent time writing your post. “Quality” picks are subjective to the volunteer doing the reviewing. Please don’t take offense if your post does not get selected.

    Remember, we are volunteering our time to read your posts. Not everyone will be selected as a highlighted post. We only select around 10 posts a day.

    IF your Reputation Score is ABOVE 45, we will happily resteem your post as the top picks on the @newbieresteemday account if you’ve spent time writing your post. Simply because we can’t upvote you don’t mean you should not use our hashtag. Remember, we have members on our team that are Curators from @curie. They keep an eye on the hashtag.

    Remember, we are volunteering our time and may not get to everyone's post, even for a resteem. If you feel you have written a great post and would like to be highlighted, please reach out to us individually and let us know.

  3. The @newbieresteemday account highlighted a post BUT I don’t see the hashtag #newbieresteemday used. Why is it highlighted?

    The Newbie Resteem Initiative just celebrated our 2 months anniversary. Since we are fairly new, not everyone knows about us. Now and then when we have the time, we do go out talent scouting. We want to support all newbies, not just the ones that know of our initiative or are a part of our team. We give our upvote, highlight them and give them that extra bit of exposure. Some choose to use our #newbieresteemday going forward and others choose not to do so. That’s okay. Our goal is to support the newbies, whether they are part of our community or not.

    It just may be harder to find you again if you don't use our #newbieresteemday hashtag.

Meet the ABC’s of Curation Team!

Here are our profiles in Discord


A = @amariespeaks
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B = @beeyou
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C = @charisma777

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Also meet our two other awesome members:

D = @davemccoy
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L = @lynncoyle1

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@DaveMcCoy is our silent “D” member volunteering his time to help the ABC's when life gets busy for one of us.

@LynnCoyle1 has been helping with resteems. It hasn't been officially announced, but we recently recruited @lynncoyle1 into the ABC’s of Curation Team! She can’t very well object publicly, right? Way to put her on the spot.

We are all new to curation. We are not Curators with any other group. We are all volunteering some time to read our newbies' posts and try to get them more exposure. Dave is also a mentor to many of our newbie members. We all want to help in what ways we can.

Who is @curie?


I’ve had many of our newbies ask me who @curie is and why their upvotes are significant. Of course, this is usually after their post has received a @curie upvote, but many are still new and don't realize why they should be excited to be 'curied'.

Newbies like @profanereviews, Is my brain showing and @youhavewings, Backyard antics who has recently been curied and may not know who they are. (Their posts are live and highlighted on @newbieresteemday; go show your support!)

Other individuals in the past that has been curied as a result of one or more of our team members working together to support them: @amariespeaks, @malloryblythe, @suitcasemama, @kismet2018, @seaslim, @theblackcrow, @mermaidvampire and @kay-leclerc.

Curie has a curation trail. They are also a witness. An upvote from them could mean a big payout value for you as an author.

I have also been asked why there are 200+ upvotes on their post, but only 25+ views. This is where a curation trail comes into play. There is a 'lead' account in a curation trail. When that account makes an upvote, the individuals following the trail on steemauto are also casting their upvote with the 'lead' account.

Curation Trail

Let’s take this into perspective.


Curation Trail for @newbieresteemday

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The @newbieresteemday account has an upvote value of $0.04 cents. We have a curation trail set up with Steemauto for anyone to follow if they want to help show support to the newbie community. Depending on the trail, our upvote value could be as high as $0.30 cents.

If you are interested in learning how to follow our trail, check out Dave’s post on the @newbieresteemday Curation Trail.

For your consideration: You may not think your upvote worth is worth anything and don't feel it worthwhile to add to the curation trail, but 1% here or 5% there does add up. We all remember how hard it was to write a post and not have anyone notice.


Curation trail for @curie

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See why your post payout would be significantly more with a curie upvote?


Our @newbieresteemday account is small but while we have a small upvote worth, we make up for with our big hearts. We also work in tandem with two of our members who are Curators from @curie. Our two fabulous members are @randomwanderings and @deborism. They also keep an eye out on the #newbieresteemday tag, but we, the ABC's of Curation, do reach out to them if there is a post that curie might like.

Only by working in tandem do we succeed as a whole!


In conclusion, you now know more about the ABC's of Curation team and the members behind the scenes for @newbieresteemday.

This post was longer than I had planned. I will save the encore for another post, which will be the “B” Factor of the ABC’s of Curation. In there I would like to highlight some of the authors I’ve selected on the @newbieresteemday account and how some of them later received an upvote from @curie. The intent will be to highlight some of the posts I read and would then highlight on @newbieresteemday or reach out to @randomwanderings and @deoborism for curie review.

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Proud Member of:

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Image Sources:
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Newbieresteemday banner by@jogreh

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this is a very good job and well written! I hope people will resteem and get the word out. It is the simplest yet informative post explaining what is going on and I am very happy that you took the time to do this @beeyou!

I also want to tell you that in addition to @lynncoyle1, I have seen 3 other awesome people that would like to be considered when you are ready for new additions to your team. (I'm sure there are many more, but these 3 wonderful members are dedicated and focused just like the originals) ;)

@pretty.dorky
@smylie2005
@magicalmoonlight

Again great post and love everything you all are doing! :)

Such kind words @davemccoy. Thanks. :)

We would be happy to expand the ABC family! The more the merrier. I will let the ladies reach out to any of us if they are interested. We can walk them through our curation process.

As you know, I'm finding it harder and harder to find steemit time these days. We welcome any help!

@beeyou - room for "F"? ;-)

I think that is a great idea @freedomshift! @beeyou I agree with you, we need to add some freedom to your family! I know @amariespeaks @charisma777 and @lynncoyle1 also like freedom too! :)

I say lets do this! Make the ABC's of Curation even stronger! ;)

Thank you @davemccoy! My purpose is to share what I have found and learned about freedom shift (as in the book) and help others understand the truth and what to do.

Hi @freedomshift. Yes, we always have room for another member in our Newbie Resteem team and the ABC's of Curation. The Fabulous spot is open! Are you on discord? We have a group chat for the ABC's. Will add you in there if you come on. Here is the link to our discord room, just give me a shout out in the general chat section. Or DM. :)

https://discord.gg/49JKzvp

@beeyou - thank you so much! I might not have as much time as y'all, but I'll do my best.

I got there - same name. Interesting! how to use it and this together?

@beeyou is awesome, isn't she @davemccoy?? She keeps saying that she is slacking, but all I see is this kind of amazing work!! And your additions are great!! I know @smylie2005 and @magicalmoonlight, but not @pretty.dorky yet. With a name like that, I'd say @pretty.dorky will be a perfect fit!! :)

They would be wonderful additions @lynncoyle1. I would hate to put them on the spot though, so I will invite them to our group chat when they are interested.

OH, we have a group chat @lynncoyle1. LOL, altough we haven't chatted in there much lately. Will add you in there.

Yes, please do!!

Well you guys know I love to help out as much as possible! What does this new "job title" consist of? I dont know if I can kick as much ass as @beeyou! And Im definitely not as well written as @beeyou and @lynncoyle1 but I will do what I can! ;)

Perfect timing @smylie2005. Are you on Discord right now? We're forming the gang now. Come on and I will introduce you to everyone.

Wow! Great post @beeyou :) I love how you broke everything down. I'm so happy to be a part of the ABC's of curation <3 <3

We're happy to have the attentive and angel factor of the ABC's with you @amariespeaks. I know there were many more, but all in the general category of AWESOME. :)

aww you beautiful beacon of light @beeyou - thank you!

Aww 💖💛. You are the sweetest @amariespeaks. Thank you too!

Great job @beeyou ;) And yes, you've publicly outed me, so I guess I'm in for sure now haha. Just kidding:) As you know, I been curating behind the scenes for sometime now, so it might as well be official!

Thanks for all you do!

Happy you are official! The L factor of the ABC's of Curation. You know, L could stand for many things. ;)

Like? Love? Loser if I keep this up any longer? :)

hahaha.. that is funny... you got some wit farmgirl!

No Way Jose... Not The FarmGirl in Mexico... She Ain't No Loser

You got a 28.57% upvote from @payforplay! Please consider delegating steem power to @payforplay. We are currently sharing 100% of our profits with our delegators. That's correct, 100%! It doesn't get better than that. It is essentially running your own bid bot without doing any of the work. Steem power can be delegated here: https://steembottracker.com/delegation.html

hahaha Dave...this is one of your best!!

oh, this farmgirl has got some wit buddy!!

I am well aware... that's why I laughed so hard at the "loser" for the L ... I can see the "like" or "love" or even "light" because you shine so bright or "lightening" because you are electric or "lively" because you are everywhere always... but "loser", not even possible!

You got a 11.76% upvote from @payforplay! Please consider delegating steem power to @payforplay. We are currently sharing 100% of our profits with our delegators. That's correct, 100%! It doesn't get better than that. It is essentially running your own bid bot without doing any of the work. Steem power can be delegated here: https://steembottracker.com/delegation.html

That's awesome Dave!!! Thank you ;)

Like, Love...used so interchangeably but all with warmth and heart. Loser?! No way! We're part of the cool kids. Ask anyone, ask @davemccoy. He's the image of cool. Cool beanz McCoy. ;)

Aww thanks! Of course we are part of the cool kids! Cool beanz lol Add that onto Bad Boy Mccoy...hahaha you just keep spittin' em out ;)

@davemccoy, which do you prefer???

hahaha @lynncoyle1 and @beeyou ... I think both are awesome.... it actually depends on my mood... and on the chicks... lol ;)

The force is with you! You got a 25.00% upvote from @steemyoda courtesy of @unleashpower!

Great post @beeyou! You guys are great, as always! I loved the way you all stepped in to help @profanereviews. He is such a hilarious writer! I was so happy to come across his post. I actually looked him up because of a comment he made on one of my posts (just another reminder how great it is to interact with other Steemians!) and Im so glad I did. Im sure that made his heart jump out of his chest to see his post go up so high and so quick! Hell, it made me giddy and it wasnt even my payout! LOL

Thanks again, for all you guys do! Im so happy to be apart of such an amazing group that thrives on helping! <3

I love your badass awesomeness @smylie2005!! Who knew there is that spunk under all that sweetness?! :)

Are you kidding? @profanereviews is pretty darn awesome himself. His writing is hilarious!! Imagine my surprise when I saw randomwanderings had gotten to him already on his second post. We have to work as a team to support each other.

He is new himself but also joined our @newbieresteemday trail. Wonderful example of the paying it forward mentality.

Thanks for being our super cheerleader and bringing us to his page! Happy you are part of our amazing group. (We can toot our own horn sometimes!)

TOOT TOOT!!! LOL

Thats awesome! Im so very happy to be part of this group! Yall make me look good! ;)

Feel good too @smylie2005! We are one funny bunch sometimes. Toot toot! hehe

@freedomshift and @smylie2005 ...pretty awesome additions. Someone will have to come up with another slogan I think :)

I'm with you @beeyou ...we'll take all the help we can get!! I was just talking with @profanereviews and he was of course joking about getting kicked out of @newbieresteemday b/c of his rep I guess; I suggested he join the "big cheeses" (which is all of us btw:), so maybe there'll be one more?? :)

That would be awesome to have his sense of humor as part of our curating team. Lol! Yes, sadly, we can't upvote his posts anymore since he is above rep 45. The travesty of being hit with a curie upvote. One vote and you are beyond that rep score.

It's a pretty awesome exchange I'd say!

Would have to agree too. Team Beeyou can never be curied though so that's why I don't pay attention to what I write.

That's a nice educational to me anyway post. A lot of it I did not know. I think you are all doing great jobs. All I have to remember is vote, comment.

Hi @bashadow. Not everyone know about the newbie account or the ABC's so I wanted to give our members some spotlight. They deserve it.

All I have to remember is vote, comment.

You are out there helping everyone with your upvotes and commenting. Everyone loves to know someone stopped by to read their post. Engaging is hard work! You are doing a great job yourself.

Can I be the "F"? I think that I am doing something similar - my focus and purpose here is to:

  • encourage
  • inspire
  • help
  • collaborate
    I have started to give out upvotes freely and have posted offered to curate posts for possible upvote.
    All the best!

We have the F spot open! It would be great to have like-minded individuals as part of the team. We're all just volunteering time to help others and always welcome another good-hearted steemian. I gave our discord room above. :)

Wonderful! Thanks @beeyou!

Lol. will there be a p spot someday? I'd love to tag along on this one. :D

hmm...will you be able to deliver the powerhouse factor? From stopping by your blog, I see your curator expertise far exceeds our ABC's. ;)

Yes i can always try :-D

Good morning.

It’s nice to meet you powerhouse @pangoli. I will keep the p spot open for you for when we expand our empire again. Have you met @davemccoy? He’s the boss of us all. 😉

Yes i have met him, Great guy! and others too; @doomsdaychassis. I've also found my way into the discord server. Thank you.

Thanks for the mention. It just popped up on my busy. I didn't even know it did that, or I just have not ever paid attention. I think you may be the only person that went back and looked at my first months worth of work on here. Definitely one of the only people that knew what the machinery in the background was for. Thank you for that. At least someone appreciated it. I really gotta work on my curation skills. Well , I gotta work on a lot of stuff lol. I am gettting there. But right now it is race day and we are about to load the car up haul it 100 miles and race at a track we have never raced at. This one is $1000 to win so that is some good beer money. Wish us luck.

Hey thanks a lot this article was helpful. As a new author on Steemit I'm looking for all the help I can get while I try to increase my following and learn my way around here a bit better. I'll def be adding newbieresteemday to my upcoming posts

I'm glad you found the article helpful @natelost. We have so many new authors and members to our community that I thought it would help to share info about our initiative.

Thanks ahead for using the newbieresteemday tag on your posts!

Thank you for this great summary! I'm wondering how long Steemians qualify as "newbies." I joined in December 2017. Is it appropriate for me to use the #newbieresteemday hashtag?

My rep is 49, so I understand I won't be upvoted. Having some of my articles resteemed would be wonderful. Thanks for your support of the newest Steemians!

Hi @mininthecity. Looks like your rep jumped one level to magic number 50 now! Congrats. To be honest, I think we will never stop being 'newbies'. Our rep level can jump with a couple good upvotes from higher level reps, but we are still learning.

As for the #newbieresteemday hashtag, I would say yes, use it if you have room for the tag. We'll be happy to resteem it. We may not get to every post though, so just let one of us know if you have a really good post you want highlighted.

Thanks for your thorough reply! I'll use the tag when I think it's appropriate and helpful for newbies :)

@beeyou thanks for this post, good to be refreshed. Having so little time to spend on steemit and having the crappiest internet speed means struggling to be involved, and as our time zones don't coincide it's like being stranded on a desert island! :) It's a good idea to add people to your team as it seems there are lots of members now.
I haven't engaged with any of you guys in ages, except I think @simplymike and @charisma777. I wanted to share something with you - my rep took giant leaps after being stuck on 39 forever, and suddenly reached 46! After being inactive with regards to writing for a while, I posted 3 articles which were well received and caught the attention of some big upvoters. It was so awesome - except I'm still a newbie as I don't know much, and my upvotes are worthless. I need some help to rearrange my wallet! Thanks again for the post and thanks to all of you, old and new!

Hey @leighleigh. Happy to hear from you! That is great news your posts were well received. Usually a couple big upvotes from big users will jump your rep level up quickly. I know it is challenging to connect at times being on different time zones. The beauty of it all, we connect when we're on and catch up when can. I hope you continue to write great posts!

We are all still newbies even though our rep level grow daily. I'm still learning something new on here with every passing day.

Another great article! This initiative is great for newbies, I hope more take advantage of the visibility you guys are giving folks.

Thanks for the words of support @andykapps. We have some good-hearted individuals that are part of our initiative. Happy that you are one of us!