@swedishdragon and @simplymike I also do a delegation to smaller members. I kind of have a process set up and you can see it here:
https://steemit.com/contest/@thedarkhorse/round-17-free-delegations-for-4-weeks-upvotes
The only thing I don't really lay out in that post is I have a delayed approach to giving the delegations. That is once the week closes it will still be a few days before the winner post. This lets me check on what the person has been up to for 7-10 days before giving them a delegation. Amazing how many ask for a delegation and then 10 days later haven't posted anything since.
Edit: as a fan of Paying it Forward you should check out what @pifc does with the Pay It Forward Curation Contest. All featured posts must be from level 55 or lower steemians and there are always a handful of good intro posts. We are always looking for new people to help curate, new sponsors, or just new people to help visit the entries and support the featured posts.
I was thinking... maybe I can mention your contest in the comment I leave them, or create a comment for the ones I don't pick.
Maybe @brittandjosie can add a mention in her welcome comment, or @xcountytravelers in the @heyhaveyamet posts.
I think the more we work together, the more efficient we can help newcomers
Let me know the line you want in my reply and we will try it out !
All for working together!
I don’t do automation either it’s a lot off work but I want to see what is happening in accounts !
@swedishdragon @thedarkhorse @simplymike i love the fact we are all thinking alike !
I've just added a little note to my comment:
Another tip: @thedarkhorse is currently running a contest in which he delegates some of his Steen Power to new users. By entering, you can get your Steem Power up to 85SP, which will give you even more freedom to explore the platform. You can enter the contest here.
Just found some interesting new people, one being a blockchain developer for Ethereum. We can't let these people leave, lol
I copied this part in my newbie reply
Woohoo Im with you @brittandjosie :D im having aHUGE smirk on my face this morning ; This is PURE happyness & loveing :D woohoo ha ha
As you state, automatic coments; they will make me retrakt all founds or support & this is not in any way, shape OR form up for debaite!
I admire what you do with your delegation initiative, @thedarkhorse.
It's a bit alike to what my Redfish Rockets contest was at the end.
I just changed my approach, because a lot of newcomers don't have a clue where to start, who to visit etc.
I'm currently targeting the people who have like 15SP, which allows them to make a post and 2 comments a day. I go look for them, because I believe changes are pretty small they will find my post in the neverending stream of posts.
Your way is more effective in the way that less SP goes to waste. Because I have kind of a lot of SP delegated to people who have disappeared after publishing two posts. Maybe I should think about a stricter follow up: I give them way too much time before I retract the delegation.
I used to have some conditions for people to keep the delegation, like publishing at least 3 posts a week. However, after getting a lot of feedback from other community members, I got rid of that condition. Maybe it would be a good thing to reinstate it - even if it is just requiring to publish 1 post a week and actively engage in the community.
I'm struggling with upvoting... I currently have 20 people I delegate to, and I feel like I should be giving them a daily upvote. Thing is that I don't want to automate that, because I don't want to encourage them when they post for example DW battles. But going around every day, is too time-consuming. Still trying to figure that one out...
All of the DW, Twitter feed, actfit, and so forth spam is getting really out of hand so I get not wanting to automate.
I think that a requirement to post is completely acceptable. IMO I want to support content producers so if someone isn't posting I see no reason to support them. But the nice thing is we can all take different approaches and cover a lot of ground.
I've updated my comment with some conditions:
Also, I am following up more closely, and react sooner when they haven't posted in a while.
Good morning @thedarkhorse nice to hear from you :D Hm that sound s great, let me 'check you out' ;) I might consider teaming with you to??
I do prefear your way, of waiting a week or so BEFORE delegating :D!
I will check them out, il get back to you :D
I need more promotion for sure. I'd love to be giving out more leases, but lately it's been 1-2 people a week that I help. Better then nothing, but not nearly the impact I'd like to have. Need more people pointing people my direction.
The bigger bonus to the people might be getting an autovote from one of the @minnowbuilder accounts. That is another program I run, along with @pifc.
Hi, im running short of time, il looking into this during the weekend, sorry for late responce...