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RE: The HumanBot Curator Incubator & Link Drop v3.0
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 :)