Some of you might have already noticed an automated response by @photocontests when you post a photo with one of the contest hashtags as I have been doing some testing. This has been working rather well so far and I will be adding more features.
Earn XP by participating
For the first 2 photos you post each day you can earn 5 XP per photo. In the future you will also receive 1 XP per comment that you leave on the blog of another Steemian that is also participating, your first 5 comments will be rewarded. This means you can earn up to 15 XP per day just by participating in the contests.
XP from the contests
Every contests will yield a total of 1000 XP which will be distributed among the winners. This also counts for the prize pool, which will be lowered to 5 Steem/SBD per contest. This creates room for me to invest in Steem Power for the @photocontests account. While I strive to select 10 winners, expect to see more from time to time. The rewards will be divided equally.
What does this XP do for me?
So basically the amount of XP you have will determine how big the upvotes are going to be that you will be getting from @photocontests. This means that even if you do not win, by participating your XP will grow over time and you will see higher upvotes. I still have to do the math on this, it will most likely by on a logarithmic scale to prevent frequent contest winners from getting a to big a vote.
Automated resposne
The automated response will upvote your post and will also give you information in how much XP you currently have. At the moment it is just conforming that your photo has the correct hashtag but that will change soon.
Zero tolerance for plagiarism
This is all done on good faith. Whenever I see someone using photos that are stolen I will add the account to a black list. This will basically ban you for life. So do not cheat, it will not be worth it ;)
Feedback
I will be doing a lot of testing this week, if you notice something is wrong please let me know <3
Monday: foodphotography and animalphotography
Tuesday: landscapephotography and cityscapephotography
Wednesday: architecturalphotography and vehiclephotography
Thursday: macrophotography and colourfulphotography
Friday: streetphotography and portraitphotography
Saturday: sportsphotography and smartphonephotography
Sunday: goldenhourphotography and longexposurephotography
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Useful links
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Oh Yeah!! More opportunities to share amazing photography. Thanks for kicking up the game @juliank. I'm sure amazing works will be shared!
Can I buy a Sword of Damocles with my XP?
Haha, maybe in the future ;)
Thank you for motivate all of us here in your great everyday contest @juliank nice to heard you again. have a best time.
This is growing really fast and big!
I was wondering what that XP in the comment mean and the count of 1/2 daily posts.
Well done you! :)
Good question I will make a post about that soon. Basically you will be earning XP (experience) for photos you share for the contests, comments you make on photos from other users and winning one the contests.
This means your XP will grow over time as you keep participating. This information will be stored on a server of mine.
You will be getting up to 2 upvotes every day from @photocontest whenever you use one of my hashtags. Your amount of XP will determine the height of the upvote.
At the moment nothing is being stored as I am working on building that. However I am doing some testing so you will be getting automated responses and upvotes. When I get everything working the way I want I will be adding more steem power to @photocontests
It all sounds very cool (and complicated).
Wonderful! I received one of your automated comments on my recent post and wondered what the "XP" meant. I found the answer in one of the comments on this post - you might want to add that to your FAQ... :)
Thanks, good suggestion! I will be updating everything when most of the functionality is done. Expect some more changes this week
Great, so far from what I've seen on this platform, this is one of the few cases where a bot is actually useful :)
So, @juliank, I'm happy with this, and amazed by your generosity, but, as always, I will go with the flow, just posting for my pure bliss... I confess I'm not good at maths... Cheers, my friend!
Hehe, I did the math. Should be good for now. We will see 😇
GREAT! atleast I can still gain some XPs even though I only have the smallest chance of winning! still and all I just love participating and sharing my photos too!
That is tbe idea behind it, everybody will be rewarded 😁
So kind of you to engage people more into sharing their works and honing theirs skills.
Thanks!
You are welcome. Would love to join your contests from time to time. Thanks for the opportunity.
today you have not visited me, I do not know if I have not put something right? @juliank @photocontests
Looking into it, sometimes I have to restart the bot as I am constantly doing updates, so it might have just missed you
thank you I thought I did not do it well, happy late, and thanks for all the effort you make
Thanks! I do know that because of the 20 second delay for comments you will not always get a reply. But the stats will be updated in my database.
calm down, there's no problem
This is an interesting implementation. I definitely think this will get the community more involved. It's got me hyped!
Awesome, glad you like it! I think it makes it more fair and fun for everybody participating
I put landscapephotography in my post's tag. My post have photo and camera setting. Can you tell me, am I in the contest?
You are, you have received 2 automated responses also confirming your entires
it's like video games you become great while gaining exp...
Great idea! Thanks @juliank
Yes exactly! Gamification ;)
I love your contests and i made my entry too:) 🤗🤗🤗 Good luck for everyone!
Hope you will love them even more in the future :D
Hi Juliank i see your auto comment on other entry but not mine. Maybe my entry is not valid but i don't understand why. Could you explain me? Thanks
Still testing, do not worry
ok @juliank thanks :)
A new breakthrough, to improve the quality of participants' contests. This is really good news. Thank you very much @juliank
Glad you like the news :D
WOW, I mean WOW!!!!
You have been spending a lot of time in this... on top of all that curating... just great idea's!!! Congratz...
PS: are you developping the bot(s) yourself or is someone doing that for you?
Thanks! I have been developing the bot myself. Did a minor in computer science so I have some understanding of programming. I will make the code available when it is done so other people can learn from it and give me feedback
and it works... just got my first automated comment :-)
Great that you plan to make the code available... I'm playing with some "bot-idea's" myself but I only have knowledge in PHP, mysql, CSS... I can make "something" in javascript... but very limited and it doesn't always do what I expect :-)
In what language are you programming? I believe Python is often used in steem-projects...
I am using python which is quite similar to PHP and javascript. If you go to udemy.com or codeacademy.com you can find some courses and you should be able to make your way through it
Wow! Been participating for months and this is another great news @juliank. Thank you always.
Glad to to able to give something to everybody soon :D
yes @juliank. This challenge keeps me going to be here in steemit community. Thanks again.
just a stupid question - what is XP ? i know the only Microsoft XP OS :-))
Experience points
thank you for the response !
My pleasure
Ow sorry, I was referring to experience (XP or EXP). Basically you build up points for participating and winning
so where these points will be integrated to the Steemit system if at all ? just interesting :-)
No. This is a project for myself. I might do a SMT in the future who knows. But basically, the more XP you have the higher the upvote will become from my second account @photocontests.
This is to reward people for participating and engaging in the community. Since not every can win
i see thank you for explain !
and good luck !
I also needed that explanation. Thank you @juliank, but you should put the explanation in the post. And thanks to @victorbz for raising that question.
Cool didn't see your contest until I checked a post from @markangeltrueman he created with some drone footage. Will start following you and hope to add some nice pictures to your contest! :)
Awesome! Looking forward to it
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thanks
i support you and participate in this competition
good work @juliank
That sounds great. Thank you.
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Thank you, happy to participate in Your contest.
This is such a great idea @juliank, best of luck and looking forward to participating!
Wow, super cool, @juliank!! :D
Congrats on your bot and growth of the @photocontests!!
Love that you added: Zero tolerance for plagiarism!
Excellent Idea @juliank, good motivation to practice my photography skill. I will join the contest.
Awesome, thank you @juliank!
Ahahha I saw the xp and I think wow so do I level up 😁
Great concept and a lot of big help for the small ones like me.
good morning thank you very much for taking your time with us, I love to participate and you know hehe @juliank
yesterday I get an automatic message from @photocontests, but, today I did not get it, is there anything wrong with my post?
Where can we see our all-time earned XP?
Thanks, thanks to You I have incentive to write Stemmet
felicidades amigo me encanta tu proyecto lo he votado, puedes mirar mis post, tengo unas cuantas fotografías tomadas pero no sabia la existencia del concurso
Thank you for the information and for explaining what XP is and what the terms are. I'm just getting started and feel like a little fish in a large ocean.
I participated today in both categories, but only noticed the response on one of my posts!
Great incentive for all. Donations from the bigger ones would also come to use to help you
good initiative - oops no Minimalism and Abstracts day?
You are very generous with your time and talent. This is very exciting and I look forward to participating. Thank you for your efforts in this community.
I am already ...participate....i am love with photograph....but i dont know anything about it....
great initiative...
earning xp , like a photography rpg :)
Very cool! I just received my first automated response- a pleasant surprise :)
Awesome initiative, I see this only growing our community!
Thank you!
Thanks for the explanation and of course, actually creating @photocontest and the rewards bot. #goodbot
Nice post