The HumanBot Curator Incubator & Link Drop v3.0
Original @humanbot art by moi - pen and ink on post it note with digital painting
This is not a place for self promotion. Drop links to posts by other authors in the comments.
Aspiring @curie curators please read this entire post and let me know you would like to become a @curie curator when you first drop a link!
READ ME - MAJOR CHANGES FOR VERSION 3.0
A lot of things have changed with version 3.0, particularly for aspiring @curie curators, so here is a restatement of the rules of the Curator Incubator. For a complete change log please see the bottom of this post.
DO NOT DROP LINKS TO YOUR OWN POSTS HERE. The Curator Incubator is a place for curators. Curation is about finding quality posting by other authors. Please see my step-brother's account (@thehumanbot), run by @sanmi, for an amazing charity upvote service that allows self promotion and upvotes quality original content.
Anyone can use the Curator Incubator to drop links to posts by other authors, to gain them more exposure and possibly an upvote from one of my accounts (this is not guaranteed). You do not have to do anything special beyond dropping off the link in the comments.
Curators interested in earning my recommendation to become a @curie curator should clearly state your intentions when you first drop a link. In your first comment here: tell me that you are interested in curating for @curie, tell me why, tell me what you will be curating, tell me how you engage with the Steem community and make it a better place.
The rest of these instructions are ONLY for curators interested in @curie curation.
Make sure you have looked through the submissions to the previous Curator Incubator posts, and in particular, my responses to submissions. Prospective curators make the same mistakes over and over. Please save yourself and me some time by learning from the mistakes that other people have already made publicly here.
Related to the above point, make sure you check posts for plagiarism. Google search for paragraphs of text; reverse Google image search for images.
Please review the most recent "Expanded Guidelines" from @curie prior to submitting links here. Once you have read and understood the guidelines as they relate to various types of posting, please submit what you feel are "exceptional" posts by authors who have received little significant reward lately. This is relatively subjective - but please only submit a post if you can honestly answer that you feel it is exceptional, and don't submit a post by a poster that has hundreds of dollars of pending payouts.
Make sure you also explain why you have submitted the post. Explain to me why you think it is exceptional, and why it meets the @curie guidelines.
IT MAY TAKE ME DAYS TO REVIEW YOUR SUBMISSION.
Please interact with previous submissions in the comments here. If I have not yet responded to a previous submission, please review the submission yourself and reply to the submission here with your take on whether it is a good submission or a bad submission from the lens of a @curie submission. This is a MAJOR change from previous versions. Previously I said to only reply here with positive comments to submissions. I am now inviting you to give an honest assessment of the submission. Keep it civil and polite and do not attack the submitter - focus on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the submission. To be clear - I will not be impressed if you tear down a submission and I personally find the submission to be exceptional. Bonus points if you can quote me from my comments to previous submissions (even/especially from past Curator Incubator posts) to back up your reasoning.
I will critique these comment reviews of other submissions just like I critique each post submission, and will be considering these to be at least as important as the links you submit.
DO NOT DM (DIRECT MESSAGE) ME ABOUT BECOMING A CURATOR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO.
DO NOT DROP LINKS TO YOUR OWN POSTS HERE. The Curator Incubator is a place for curators. Curation is about finding quality posting by other authors. Please see my step-brother's account (@thehumanbot), run by @sanmi, for an amazing charity upvote service that allows self promotion and upvotes quality original content.
Anyone can use the Curator Incubator to drop links to posts by other authors, to gain them more exposure and possibly an upvote from one of my accounts (this is not guaranteed). You do not have to do anything special beyond dropping off the link in the comments.
Curators interested in earning my recommendation to become a @curie curator should clearly state your intentions when you first drop a link. In your first comment here: tell me that you are interested in curating for @curie, tell me why, tell me what you will be curating, tell me how you engage with the Steem community and make it a better place.
The rest of these instructions are ONLY for curators interested in @curie curation.
Make sure you have looked through the submissions to the previous Curator Incubator posts, and in particular, my responses to submissions. Prospective curators make the same mistakes over and over. Please save yourself and me some time by learning from the mistakes that other people have already made publicly here.
Related to the above point, make sure you check posts for plagiarism. Google search for paragraphs of text; reverse Google image search for images.
Please review the most recent "Expanded Guidelines" from @curie prior to submitting links here. Once you have read and understood the guidelines as they relate to various types of posting, please submit what you feel are "exceptional" posts by authors who have received little significant reward lately. This is relatively subjective - but please only submit a post if you can honestly answer that you feel it is exceptional, and don't submit a post by a poster that has hundreds of dollars of pending payouts.
Make sure you also explain why you have submitted the post. Explain to me why you think it is exceptional, and why it meets the @curie guidelines.
IT MAY TAKE ME DAYS TO REVIEW YOUR SUBMISSION.
Please interact with previous submissions in the comments here. If I have not yet responded to a previous submission, please review the submission yourself and reply to the submission here with your take on whether it is a good submission or a bad submission from the lens of a @curie submission. This is a MAJOR change from previous versions. Previously I said to only reply here with positive comments to submissions. I am now inviting you to give an honest assessment of the submission. Keep it civil and polite and do not attack the submitter - focus on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the submission. To be clear - I will not be impressed if you tear down a submission and I personally find the submission to be exceptional. Bonus points if you can quote me from my comments to previous submissions (even/especially from past Curator Incubator posts) to back up your reasoning.
I will critique these comment reviews of other submissions just like I critique each post submission, and will be considering these to be at least as important as the links you submit.
DO NOT DM (DIRECT MESSAGE) ME ABOUT BECOMING A CURATOR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO.
Keep it respectful everyone and good luck finding truly exceptional original posting!
CHANGELOG:
v3.0: 1.9.2018 12:13am UTC
- Restatement of general rules of use (no significant changes for general use)
- Restatement of rules for prospective @curie curators: Link to @curie expanded guidelines; focus changed from just finding exceptional posting, to finding exceptional posting that meets the @curie guidelines; applicants invited to critique previous submissions
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
I want to nominate this newer steemian, farmer and a homesteader who is part of my community.
He has made a tremendous comparison from his life (raising calves) to steemit.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bowentroyer/starting-a-steemit-blog-is-a-lot-like-raising-a-baby-calf-a-farmers-thoughts-on-steemit-and-the-future
I admit I have never commented on one of our posts in the past; as I just joined the curie Discord group a few days ago.
I enjoyed this post a lot. The photography was pretty good, and of course the subject matter was super cute. The analogy actually worked pretty well, it was a well written and thought out post. I gave it a 100% upvote through my @r-bot account. You are welcome to drop posts here any time, no prior commenting required :)
Thank you @carlgnash!
I'll have to head over to your other account! Great to know about it!
Hi im interested on becoming a @curie curator...
I found this post that is original and has a los of work in it... I would like to help finding good traveler posts or photo or art...
https://steemit.com/travel/@koenigsnadja/traveling-through-israel-part-i-tel-aviv-jaffa
I also want to thank the group for supporting one of my posts a few days ago... Thanks guys! hope you like my other posts too :P
salute!
This was a master piece, but like i stated on the post, the images used where not sourced neither did she state they are originally hers, this might not be a big deal though but it is good to get things straight, also she gave a brief history about the place without letting us know where she got such interesting history from.
Aside this things, i think it was master piece.
For your interest as a curator, i don't think that post can be submitted for curie simply because of the fact that the account doesn't meet up with curie requirements, as the account is just two days old and she already has a post with $20 pending payout thus it will be difficult to say that she is consistent without much success. Cheers!
So here is the thing with citing sources. If you make a factual claim that is not common knowledge it is best practice to cite a source, and if you use an image that you do not own copyright to you have to cite a source. But when you use your own photography you don't have to source. See my comment to @lavidaesunviaje RE my own assessment of this post's quality - in short, "good" but not quite up to the very high bar the reviewers hold travel posts to. You do definitely point out something that would make this a risky submission even if the post was exceptional - it is less likely to be approved as the 3rd post ever from the poster, with the intro post earning decently. However, it is important to note here that a truly exceptional post is always worth submitting to the reviewers and will most likely be upvoted. Ultimately the guidelines are there to help curators find exceptional posting, but they are just guidelines - they are not law that the reviewers have to follow. The reviewers will almost always bend the guidelines to upvote a truly exceptional post.
For me I think the post loses something because of the language difference with the author being German and writing in English. Not to be a stickler, but the grammar and lack of capitalizations in appropriate areas also takes some away from it for me. That could just be me personally though.
I do however think the post is moderately entertaining and the photos are great. As for the sourcing mentioned in the other comment - I believe that in the context of the post itself that it is safe to assume they are all her original photos, especially since her and her friends appear in nearly half of them. I know whenever I write a post using my own photos I don't feel the need to source them. Also the bit of information about the area she gives I also doesn't need a source as much of it could be considered more common knowledge, or even something one of the locals shared with her on her trip.
Yeah for your own original vacation photography and the kind of information that you learn on a trip you don't need to source. It is good to note here though that as a curator, you don't assume the pictures are original. I always reverse Google image search at least a few pictures from a post, and did so here. Not surprisingly Google didn't turn up any matches, but there have been many times when a "travel" post turned up stock photography when I searched the images in this manner. Agreed with your assessment of this post, pretty much spot on. It is a good post, not a truly exceptional post. The writing is not exceptional. The photography is good but not professional. Thanks for a thoughtful reply here :)
This is a good post but probably not the level of exceptional that a Curie reviewer is looking for in the travel category. Travel is one of the most competitive categories and only the most exceptional posts will be upvoted per the guidelines. In specific the guidelines caution against submitting posts if the travel is not very recent (this is from last year) or if the photography is not professional quality (while the pictures are nice none of them really jumped out and grabbed me and the overall impression I got was not of a professional photographer). There would have to be something else really exceptional about this post considering it is old travel and the photography is not truly exceptional, and I don't see it.
But to be clear - this is a VERY good post. For travel in particular, the bar is raised very high. I upvoted the post through r-bot - it is a good find and she is a poster to keep an eye on for sure. Keep 'em coming :)
hello Carl, i am interested in being a curator for curie, i found this educative post from an author who has been around for about 3 months now but hasn't been having much success. in this post @mikay talked about some basic health tips while citing Menstrual Cramps - Dysmenorrhea, he also went further to give some few tips on how we can increase our I.Q.
I HOPE YOU FIND IT INTERESTING TOO...........
https://steemit.com/steemstem/@mikay/what-i-learnt-last-week-dysmenorrhea-heimlion-maneuver-and-new-method-to-determine-level-of-iq
This isn't the kind of post that Curie is looking for, for many reasons. First it is a very disjointed post - three totally unrelated things. The first section RE menstrual cramps just rephrases some information from the source - as I mentioned in a comment to one of your posts on your blog, just changing some words around so that you are not phrasing something exactly the same as your source does not mean you are writing anything original. The second section, the name for that technique is not the "Heimlion Maneuver", it is the "Heimlich Maneuver". This might be useful information if a reader has never heard of this (although honestly I feel this is pretty common knowledge) but I don't think it is exceptional in any way. The last section may be the worst. First there is no source listed for the study that is referenced. I went ahead and looked up the study - here is a link for reference: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10339-016-0789-y The poster claims that this study demonstrated a "New way to test IQ". That is really not what the study is at all, it is certainly not an IQ test. I have read the original article. Just because there is a correlation between higher verbal and nonverbal intelligence and appreciation of black humor, it does not mean that you could use black humor as an IQ test. Check out the kind of posts that Curie upvotes if you need examples of what exceptional posting looks like - this was pretty far off.
thanks @humanbot
i am still on the look out
thanks once again for the correction @humanbot, the steemit community is blessed with so much unique and original contents, the ability to identify them it's what it takes, thus i just came across this mind blowing post from the new-howto category, the post is from an author who has been around for about 18days now, and has not gotten the privilege to earn up to $5, the post is quite similar to the one that got me a curie upvote few weeks ago. in this post @vikebun gave a very interesting and detailed tutorial on how to design a house and even a car in it. as a 3d animator, this is not an easy tutorial to make, and as such i think he deserves a curie upvote for the originality and hardwork.
https://steemit.com/howto/@vikebun/how-to-construct-a-house-of-your-desired-structure-from-start-to-finish
This is definitely a better post than your previous submission. I had actually found this post myself and upvoted with my own account and @r-bot (the @r-bot vote trail isn't working currently unfortunately so I can manually add my own vote but the rest of the trailing votes aren't coming through). It is well written and informative. The quality of the images is really terrible, it looks like the poster used a (bad) cell phone camera to take pictures of the screen instead of just using screencap to obtain a high res image. The same post if illustrated with screen caps that were as well done as the ones you had in your own post, might have been worth a curie submission :) Keep on hunting, find me a REALLY exceptional post. A post with no obvious weakness and something really interesting and exceptional about it. Good luck and happy hunting!
alright @carlgnash, the hunter is here again, just brought another interesting hunt from the howto tag, @goldenheart who's a consistent and unsuccessful minnow and has been around for about 13 days, did a very interesting post on 3D animation using a more complex software that i can barely use, this is a very original and unique content from a minnow, ladies are not really as hardworking as this so i believe she deserves extra credit.
https://steemit.com/howto/@goldenheart/how-to-design-a-gear-from-scratch
Oops soory @tikhub I missed this one somehow when I was scanning down the comments. This is a great post, I have added this poster to my Curie follow query and will keep an eye on her posting. I think I would have likely submitted this to Curie if I had seen it when you left it. Well written, well explained, well illustrated. A quality post through and through. Nice one. DM me on Discord - @gnashster #6522
Hey I haven't heard from you on Discord. I want to make sure you aren't trying to message me on Steemit.chat? I am no longer even opening steemit.chat up, the only reason I used that in the past was for @curie channel and that has moved to Discord. Look me up on Discord - @gnashster#6522
i sent you a request on discord days ago, i haven't gotten a respond
Hello, @humanbot, I find this post quite entertaining because the author found a way, to make his idle time at work become pretty productive in a sense, and also, the way this post was authored is something I can see mostly in pro blogger sites only. And another thing, I think this author is quite under valued, so if you have the time you might want to check out his other blogs as well, thank you for your time and consideration.
https://steemit.com/life/@jamesanity06/hand-grinder-label-printer-office-tools-another-not-so-boring-day-at-work
@votetanding the author content you submitted is already too successful for curie and in addition to that according to @curie guideline a post most not have made a payout more than $3 upvote within 24hrs
the current Curie guidelines are $10 max payout - if a post is over $10 you can't submit it, but if it is under $10 you can
The guidelines have changed quite a bit in the last month, reflecting the increase in price of STEEM and the corresponding inflated payouts we are seeing. This author hasn't seen any major reward, a few posts in the $10 - $15 range but many posts finishing under $5, and he consistently makes good quality posts. For future reference, this kind of author history is absolutely fine for Curie, this is a quality post by a quality poster. Cheers - Carl
First, I like this author a lot - I already follow him. I have considered some of his posting previously for Curie, and have upvoted a lot of his stuff. This is an exceptional post I think and the author consistently delivers exceptional posts with no major reward. I probably would have submitted this if I had checked this while post was still within first day. Wonderful first submission! Find me one more exceptional post and we will take this to direct message :) Cheers - Carl
Actually yes, you're right, this author is exceptionally good in writing, specially his humor, though he makes serious-ish kinds of post, he still finds it in him to mix in a little sense of humor which makes him connect more to his audience. Another post from him that piqued my interest is this one: https://steemit.com/life/@jamesanity06/a-perfect-day-for-a-mishap.
Although this post is nearing it's payout period so I don't intend to share this for evaluation, the point is this is one fine, undervalued author right here, not to mention he not only make such kind of article, he also write note worthy, heart-rending poems. I actually enjoy reading his poems. It would be great if this author would be featured in your curie curations, It would be a waste to see this kind of person perish due to disappointment from being underrated. Though lately I think he's doing fine based on his recent posts.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my post, I am quite happy that someone actually appreciates my posts, even though is somewhat kind of newbie-ish. Thanks again and have a nice day!
Hi @carlgnash,
Thanks for the info in the chat. I would like to become a Curator. I heard about Curie in a video about an entirely different topic and decided to check it out. I love what the Guild does. I always like things that help those who might remain unrecognized get some attention. Here on SteemIt it seems even more important. I haven't been here for very long, but have seen some talented writers doing interesting and entertaining posts that no one ever sees. Of course then there are a bunch of not so good posts that get a bunch of attention. I'd like to help in finding those diamonds in the rough.
Here is the post I tried proposing before knowing how it worked. (It is still eligible if you like it and want to submit it yourself.)
This author just joined this month and has already jumped to over 40 experience through engaging with others. She has over 180 posts, mostly comments. Her 16 posts so far are good and use a wide range of topics from her yoga, to singing, and about her book. This post brings in her own life experiences, and one that I think many will relate to. None of her posts have gotten much attention to this point, which is a shame. It definitely seems like she will be good for the community over time.
https://steemit.com/entertainment/@katrina-ariel/5-reasons-why-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-changed-my-life
Thanks for your consideration of the post and perhaps of me as a Curator.
Gene
This is a great post, one I would have seriously considered submitting if I had seen this when you commented here. In the past I might have considered this a little too short and lacking in effort, but the new guidelines have made it clear that the quality of the post, engagement it is likely to create and value it adds to Steem are the criteria, not the length and effort required to make the post. In that light I think I could have made a good argument to the reviewer that this post was exceptional and would generate a good dialogue. The poster is also the exact kind of poster to look for - has been making quality posts, has several under her belt without major reward - wonderful submission! I gave it my full upvote. Find me one more exceptional post and we will take this to direct message :) Cheers - Carl
Thanks @carlgnash! I am glad you liked it. I know she will appreciate the upvote. I will be on the look out for another great post and hopefully have one for you soon.
Hi, @carlgnash, I'm interested in becoming a @curie curator ...
This post I found.
https://steemit.com/marijuana/@usmanosama/pemuda-terjerat-narkoba-youth-caught-drugs-bilingual
While it is totally fine to submit a bilingual post to Curie, the English language portion would have to be exceptional. Exceptions would be made if the primary device of the post was not writing; e.g. an amazing piece of music, or work of art, could be submitted with less than exceptional English text. But in a post like this where the writing is the only thing to distinguish the post, the English language section would have to be exceptional. The English language section here is pretty poorly translated from the Indonesian.
@humanbot ! I wanna be a curator. I have got some posts that are undervalued and I really want him on top because he has put a great effort in the post , beautiful live story about his
"Died Mom"
will you please give a glance to the post .
I am only replying because we were asked to comment on what we think of some of the submitted posts that @humanbot has not yet commented on so he can see how close our assessment would be to his own.
While I do find the story touching, and feel for the man telling it, I don't think it reaches Curie standards in a few ways. Many of the sentences and even some of the words are broken in one way or another. Parts were rather hard to follow. And all of this might just be my own personal opinions but... I feel that such a personal story was done little justice to not have personal photos. Perhaps a photo of his mom, or the two of them together. But instead it is totally random photos, many of which didn't make sense to me in the context they were used, and they are simply sourced as "from Google".
But again, I do see how the story touched you and made you want to submit it.
And remember my opinion doesn't matter in any way, just for the bot to see.
Absolutely correct in all respects. If indeed this story is the personal story of the author, it would have been much better served to be more... personal. And the writing is not even close to the Curie standard. And "Google" is not a permissible image source. I told you above to find me another exceptional post - skip that, let us just move straight to DMs, your responses in the comments here have been spot on . Look me up on Discord chat if you can - I am @gnashster over there. I am trying to move away from steemit.chat, the only reason I went there was for curie and now Curie has moved to discord.
I will get with you later today. Have two appointments this morning and afternoon that should run until about 4PM Central Time. And thanks again Carl!
It says I need a 4 digit number to find you. Mine is randomwanderings #9929 if you just want to find me.
Hi Carl, I would love to be a curator for @curie because I have the passion and strength to stay awake for hours and search for curie post and reach out to author's who have not made any income on steemit (encouragement ) from a quality content they spend hours on, I would also love to make a positive difference in this community.
i found this educative post from an author, the post is well explained and easy to understand, It also provide relevance important and contain original content.....
https://steemit.com/technology/@jpareds/how-to-create-a-usb-bootable
I definitely appreciate the willingness to put the time in curating to find and support new authors. This is a good post, but not an exceptional one. I gave it an upvote and the author an encouraging comment. There are a million tutorial posts online about how to boot from USB and while it is nice to have one written originally for Steem, there really isn't anything about this to set it apart or make it exceptional. Don't get me wrong -this is definitely a good post. It is not plagiarized, and the steps are easy to follow. But for the specific purposes of Curie curation, a post needs to go beyond just not plagiarized and not poorly written. "Exceptional" - what does this word mean? In the context of a post, it needs to have original thought, to have something amazing about it, something exciting - what is exciting or amazing about this post? Nothing. What is truly original, not in the "not plagiarized" sense, but in the creative sense? Nothing.
My short and sweet post hope u vote my post
https://steemit.com/goodmorning/@xettrinabin/good-morning-1455b5e8756d8
This is not a place for self promotion. Please read the post, you are welcome to drop links to other authors if you want, or you can visit my friend @sanmi's similarly named account @thehumanbot to drop your own link off in his charity upvote service. Cheers - Carl
Found this one https://steemit.com/photography/@magnifik/my-city-is-heaven-on-earth-4-10-photos-of-budva-montenegro
has realy good original photos and nice text... maybe too short... let me know... thanks! :)
This is actually not original photography. I reverse Google image searched the very first image in the post, it is stock photography and appears on a ton of pages online. I checked out a more recent post by same poster and first image in that post was also stock photography. Even if you think a post is original, always remember to reverse Google image search at least a few of the images, as well as Google searching some random paragraphs of text.