A creative is an artist. Not just a painter or musician or writer... A creative is an individual. They are unique, someone who doesn't quite fit into any box. Some think of creatives as iconoclasts; others see them as rebels.
- Highlight the best creative content & ensure that the authors are paid fairly for their efforts.
- Introduce new creatives to Steemit & provide resources to help them understand how things work here.
Have you ever “won a contest” on Steemit to later find out that the organiser was only interested in milking your creativity for selfish profits, leaving you without the rewards you deserve?
I have, multiple times in fact. Most of the contests I didn’t even enter; yet I continually see my content copied, re-uploaded and “Praised”. What do I have to celebrate? My work is being plagiarised, profited from, and I am told to be happy about it! I would like to see the end of this sort of selfish behaviour.
While it’s true that Steemit has the first mover advantage when it comes to a truly decentralized social media site, this advantage may not last forever. The more talented content creators we can collectively bring to this platform the better. The stronger our sense of community is the greater the staying power of this truly unique social space. From what experience I have on Steemit it seems like the best way to grow is to give back to the community as much as humanly possible and to think about money as an afterthought.
I want to eventually implement a system wherein there are seven Creatives contests per week, one everyday for a different niche category (be it photography, painting, video editing, sculpting, etc… Whatever there is a demand for within the steemit community. I have some ideas but they need to be refined by feedback from the community.)
The way I plan to run this is by having each competition run by a different Steemian who has an established representation of 60+ (requirements may change) who is able to judge talent in their specific niche while also being talented in their own right.
Each contest host will publish posts relating to their contest on their own personal account, while this account will resteem them all into one place to be easily discovered. As this account grows in steem power the whole thing will become more and more prosperous for everyone involved in the project.
Contest hosts keep the Steem Power, Contest winners are given ALL the SBD generated by the posts (hosts can split this up however they like; First, second, third, honourable mentions. Up to them.)
It could be tempting for a rogue contest host to take the earnings and run, but would they if their reputation was at steak? Tough to say.
This may be wishful thinking on my part, I believe that if one host would take this action then this account and other influential Steemians involved would flag their posts for the greater good, reducing their reputation score. In this case a rogue contest host would only be able to pull this off once before the community kicks back. I will guarantee that the stolen SBD would be returned to the rightful artist(s) in question.
I will make a full post detailing the tag system @Creatives will use at a later date. But for now and in the future the tag "CreativesChallenge" will act as a place to post your creative content with the title format, using the tag "CreativesChallenge".
Eg.
CreativesChallenge - [Your Creative Outlet] - [Details]
CreativesChallenge - Photography - Photo Journal of My Machu Picchu Trek
The tag also doubles as a source for other Curators to find undiscovered talent.
If you would like to get involved in this project in anyway (regardless of your reputation score) then please feel free to message me on Steemit.chat @Creatives.
Hello! I am interested in hosting/judging a contest! :)
Awesome! do you have a particular category in mind?
I am creative in a lot of different categories - but in this case a photo editing contest would be really fun to take care of. My blog is full of image manipulations - and I have also done additional freelance work for Steemians. Has anyone snagged this slot as of right now? <3
Currently we have creativesSnapshot which is just for photography. There's also creativesDigital which is for photoshop, digital painting etc, 3d renders, etc. I would like to run Snapshot on my personal profile @eoincurran. Digital is still open, although I think it could be fun to have guest hosts some weeks on snapshot :)
I guess your photo manipulations would fall under CreativesDigital rather than CreativesSnapshot.
Can you please send @creatives a message on Steemit.chat to discuss further details. :)
Sure, will contact you tomorrow. I have some good ideas! <3
Looking forward to it! :D
Welcome to Steem @creatives I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Hello and Welcome! Nice to meet you! Thanks for join
welcome here creatives ok i vote you come to my blog where i give you happiness in just few second @farhannaqvi7 . if you have any question ask me ?
This sounds like an interesting project.
I've been thinking about starting my own little challenge type thing, but I may be open to working with you and hosting either a photography or poetry session, it just depends though, I'd like hear more.
I can use steem chat if necessary, but can we talk through here first? Lemme know.
Either way good luck with your efforts! It's nice to see more love and energy put towards creatives.
I don't mind discussing here. I know nothing about writing in general but I have quite a good understanding of photography. Are you interested specifically in poetry or short form writing in general?
I had in mind slightly more vague contests categories, with a focus each week to keep things fresh and interesting. (100 words challenge, poetry, limericks , etc) All of these being part of the short form writing contest. How to you feel about that? Is there enough demand to find great poetry content each week?
I also want to try something different with my upvotes on this account. I will only use 100% upvotes, this would create more hype and "magic" amount the community I believe, imagine writing a thoughful comment on a post and getting a 100% upvote once this page kicks off, it would cause a frenzy of excitement!
Do you have anything else I can clarify?
Congratulations @creatives! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPSTOP
Hi dear friend, welcome to Steemit. I want to welcome you on this amazing platform. If you have any questions concerning how to start here do not hesitate to ask, I will be more than happy to help you as much as I can.
I am a spiritual leader here on steemit, should you need to read God's word or receive a prayer, you are welcome on my blog as well.
You can Follow me too at @pastorlea
God bless you in your new journey on steemit...
Thanks for reaching out!
Here is something I will like you to know about this platform, we all face the challenge of not been followed and upvoted as we want on steemit. Here is a solution for those of us looking for more people to follow us and enjoy our posts. If you think you are in that category of people, then you are welcome to join SteemFollower and you will be amaze of how fast you will go here. Here is the link, simply click it and follow the instructions given: https://steemfollower.com/?r=430
If you wanna make some extra friends via messenger steemit... here is the website: www.steemit.chat
Id love my photography to get some more exposure and to get a fair price for my work. No one will copy my work however. I dont know about other photographers but you steal my work. I will sue the hell out of you. Here in the US thats COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
If you dont think they uphold that here, they do. I once sued a couple for 3,000 for misuse of their wedding photos. Not only did they have to pay me restitution they also had to destroy their wedding photos because I took my rights back.
Stealing is a crime don't do it. Just because its a digital thing makes it no different.
If your wondering how they stole from me. I always include NON-watermarked photos for PRIVATE use and watermarked files for online use. Some people like to forget that usage rights are not FULL rights. If your using it in the general public the author/creator needs to have representation. They are NOT your photos. They are the photographers work.
I like your idea! Upvoted, resteemed and followed! :)
Yes, there is nothing worse than plagiarism, I have ambitions to become a professional photographer and it's something I see over and over again! It's the main reason I started this project as I am sure it is common in other disciplines also.
Just so you know, if you use our tags and win the contest for that week your images would be embedded in the results post. (You would be given your fair share of the post payout. (All SBD divided equally between winners.)
Thanks for the support!
My most recent post as of today. Changed the title, cant change the tag because it was already posted.
https://steemit.com/sunset/@grizzlyadam4201/some-of-my-favorite-sunset-shots
I've seen your post and have left a nice comment for you. Check it out :)
Thank you again! :)
Welcome to Steemit, followed n upvoted
Thanks @mountrock !
Do you have any ideas on how to improve this account?
All feedback welcome :)
Welcome Creatives...we both joined today! Happy to follow your creatives :)
Wooh! Stay tuned, announcing three contests tomorrow :)
This sounds like a great idea. I will give you a follow to get updates on the progress. I would love to participate in the painting, drawing, doodling contests if there is any.
You're in luck, three contests will be announced tomorrow around 9/10PM GMT :)
Woohooo I am looking forward to it!
I liked it! I looked at your profile and noticed that you have made a fresh account so I am very glad to see that you're actively posting. Here's an upvote from me and I'm waiting for many more posts in the future!
As you are new to steemit and it can be hard for newcomers to boost their steem power so my advice would be to give @MinnowPowerUp a go as you can earn up to 30% more steem power than just powering up! It's a subscription based daily upvote bot that draws its power from a delegation pool. I made this post to explain the system in more depth and show how I earn over $1 a day in upvotes.
Hi thanks for the info. I have other accounts on Steemit so I know how it works :)
Upvoted and followed. We are all very creative here.
Thanks, much appreciated! Team creative!
Habla, blah blah blah blah blah, Español for my bunghole...
This sounds interesting. I'm paying attention and curious. Up voted, resteemed and messaged.
Thanks for getting in touch! I've uploaded a new post that I think you'll like :)
Get concept @creatives. Keep me updated on the progress.
Sure thing! Just uploaded a new post with more info :)
Great initiative sounds like an interesting project that I would definately love to get involved in ! Followed and resteemed
Very much appreciated! I've just uploaded a new post detailing our first competitions
i am hosting a little cryptogame and it is starting to grow slowly. i am not quite sure if it will be qualified for what you have in mind, but i would be happy if you take a look at my profile anyways.
i am a professional musician in "real" life but am struggling if it would be wise to continue like this, but that's another story...
Ha! The struggling artist in real life: welcome to the club of professional artists giving it in what they do best. You're in good company. Struggling doesn't mean starving, though.
This is true, I still love chasing the success! We can all help each other out with this project I hope.
haha, I am a struggling photographer in "real" life. It makes me feel alive!
It's an interesting concept you have, maybe I can incorporate it into what I'm doing and we can collaborate more in the future. First of all I need a strong established foundation. I will follow your progress. :)
thanks for the encouraging words!
will follow your progress 🐳
Welcome @creatives I'm looking forward to seeing your project succeed
Thanks and so are we! The truth is that we need the community more than you guys need us. All of the success garnered by this page will come from people just like you!
Tomorrow we are announcing the first official week long contest. We would love it if you could check it out and tell a friend or two. :)
Hello @creatives! Welcome on Steemit! This is really a great concept which will surely give much exposure to all these talented artists on the platform who are not getting noticed.
I trust there will be a food category too.
Looking forward to more info from you!
Cheers
@progressivechef
Thanks, If I can find a suitable host for a food category then surely there will a contest for that ;)
I would appreciate if you could spread the word!
That would be really amazing! Btw I am launching my contest soon, it's already been announced : Steemit Iron Chef! Do check it out if you wish!
Oh nice, I will be following along with that, sounds fun!
Participated in several contests, earned money a few times, and never got scammed. But your initiative is good anyway since it will promote art here. ☺👍