Bounty: 100 SBD - Create a list of 500 celebrities that should come to Steem and blog.
Requirements: Celebrities should be reasonably able to manage a Steem blog; should have significant following on other social media; should appear to be a good cultural fit for Steem.
I will give you first right to this bounty, however, feel free to open it up to others. First to accomplish the task takes the bounty. A second list meeting the same parameters of 500 unique celebs will be bounty-ized if the first list comes together successfully.
Once this bounty is complete we'll put a bounty on getting these celebrities to open an account and post.
@ned, here is a list of 500+ celebrities and influencers who could significantly contribute to the success of Steemit
500 Celebrities that Should Join Steemit and Blog (1 of 2) https://steemit.com/steem/@mrosenquist/500-celebrities-that-should-join-steemit-and-blog-1-to-2
500 Celebrities that Should Join Steemit and Blog (2 of 2)
https://steemit.com/steem/@mrosenquist/500-celebrities-that-should-join-steemit-and-blog-2-of-2
The list(s) are open for community discussion!
That was quick :)
I recruited my kids. Apparently they know of everyone on social media! (I so need to go through their phones again....)
Hell yeah!
I was thinking about doing this because I've talked about just bringing ONE celebrity could possibly bring 1 million followers depending on the celebrity, but 500 celebrities is a damn good idea because that's a possible 500+ million followers that even 1% could still be a MILLION people on Steemit...
Imagine the STEEM Power that would be created just by people signing up!
I started a topic in the forum
http://forum.steemitforum.com/t/list-of-500-celebrities-that-should-join-steemit-bounty/379
Please, join me there !
Very cool. Any thoughts on Steemit implementing an official affiliate program, so that users would be rewarded for any users they recruit based on the long-term success of how well their recruits do?
Affiliate programs seem cheesy to me. In the crypto world it's trivial to just refer yourself, so for people looking for the best return it just adds a kind of goofy step you have to take.
I've been thinking there could be rewards for being an early follower of someone who later gains more followers. (More SP in followers, technically.) A "curation" sort of thing with followers.
It would kind of be like an affiliate, cause you can ask someone to let you know right after they make their acct (just like you'd ask them to signup using your link). It's just that it helps to have SP behind your acct if you want to get rewards from it, and the rewards don't go to only one person.
Sure, you can do that if you want. Everyone who joins can have a referral bonus that goes to someone. If you want to say you referred yourself, then OK. There will still be the opportunity for people to register a lot of new people though, and get a long-term reward for bringing them in.
@timcliff but don't you feel weird asking someone to select you as their referral when they could just select themselves?
It's kind of taking advantage of the fact that they don't realize they can select themselves. Either that or it's just asking them to donate to you. Either way it feels weird to me and I would probably never try to be someone's referral.
If you bring a whale to the site you'll be naturally rewarded because someone you know will end up having SP. And maybe they'll ask you for help early on and pay you, or just give you money to thank you. A percent of their earnings for life is probably not really the right reward for happening to be the person who told them about the site.
@full-measure not really. Your main argument against an affiliate program is that people can cheat and refer themselves. I guess I don't see the fact that some people may do that as a reason against the program. I was referred here by my brother, and if he had an affiliate link available, I would have gladly used that when I signed up. I recruited several of my friends, and I'm sure they would have been happy to signup using my referral link as well.
Way to call me out to 'put-up' or 'shut-up'
Thanks @ned. Not exactly what I wanted to do, nor the overall I idea I was trying to foster (i.e. create rewards for all Steemit users for bringing in others).
But what the heck, let me see what kind of list I can come up with. I will take the liberty of what defines 'celebrity' and will look for people who influence, have a public voice, and embrace technology.
Hell yeah!
I was thinking about doing this because I've talked about just bringing ONE celebrity could possibly bring 1 million followers depending on the celebrity, but 500 celebrities is a damn good idea because that's a possible 500+ million followers that even 1% could still be a MILLION people on Steemit...
Imagine the STEEM Power that would be created just by people signing up @ned!
Exactly my wishful thinking as well, and what @timcliff said in reply. I've referred 5 new users so far - 3 on my recommendation who are poking around now, 2 I had to walk through it all in person! It wouldn't hurt to see some kind of long-term residual from that (other than their potential upvotes..)
BUT I have to say this as well : in my enthusiastic telling people about Steemit, I always throw in "it's not MLM or ponzi and you can't "sign up under me" so that's not my motivation for telling you about it... It's just awesome and I think you could do well!" So maybe losing that "selling point" is not a great idea.
One other thought too (in favor of the more generic recruitment program) is that celebrities are not necessarily the best/only group to focus our recruitment efforts on. There are a lot of other types of users who would bring a huge amount of value to Steemit. I know that celebrities help with publicity - but in my opinion we are overvaluing what they bring to the community over other types of recruitment.
I agree. That is my main reason against it too.
I was just talking to @lukestokes about bringing celebs to Steemit when he mentioned it in his video the other day.. The big enough celebrities have millions of followers EACH!
Imagine how much more voting power that many people would bring to Steemit.. Not to mention how much new STEEM Power is created when they all sign up ;D
Could you clarify who would and wouldn't fit your idea of a good cultural fit for this platform?
If anyone else wants to clarify, please do.