A very interesting and rewarding but rather unknown contest at nTopaz Platform is the DAILY COMMENT CONTEST. The only thing that someone has to do in order to take part is to leave a nice and supporting comment at the artworks that he/she likes at nTopaz and then copy the link of the artwork and past it at the #daily comment contest channel of nTopaz Discord server. The contest has a daily cycle starting and ending at 03:00 am(UTC) and within this cycle nTopaz is manually voting the 10 best comments with a vote up to 1$.
I find this contest very rewarding in three different ways.
The first one is the support that a nice and encouraging comment can give to an artist. I remember when i started using Facebook, back at 2008 i enjoyed a lot having comments under my artworks, people were writing interesting opinions and great discussions and friendships started that way. Sadly when after a few years people reduced commenting and started just leaving a like, it got really boring. Artists need a positive encouragement to feel appreciated for their hard work and interesting conversations to get inspired.
The second is the educating value that a well written comment has. Comments are a great way to get attention but as far as i see most users are coming from non English speaking countries, like me.
I struggle with English sometimes and i am sure other people too, having a great thought but not the tools to express it right is a problem. The only solution is practice and the best way in my opinion is by commenting.The third is of course the economic value, 1$ is not a small price for a comment specially during this low price of Steem. I think it worth the effort to make a well written one.
Check the rules and guideliness of the contest here and i am realy hoping you would like to take part.
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Hi George, that is very informative post, I do not think many people know about such opportunity and on other hand this is the way how to attract people. Really great idea!
I hope i managed to explain the idea, it is a very supportive contest and more people should take part. You too Stef:)
Hello, my dear friend @georgeboya... It's very nice that there are contests like this... It's a way to invite the whole community to review what others share because I have the feeling that people in Steemit don't read the work that others share... It is very true what you say about how boring it is not to receive any kind of feedback... To the three forms of rewards that you expose, I would add one more: By writing accurate comments about the works of art shared by others, we develop our critical spirit, our theoretical apparatus and our investigative zeal... These are qualities that I feel humanity has been losing with the appearance of the increasingly overwhelming social networks. We all write, but few of us read what others write...
I hope it is not an abuse if I invite you to the First lesson of the Steem School of Contemporary Art: I wanted to inaugurate it by writing about the Bauhaus, in view of the fact that it recently celebrated its 100th anniversary... https://steemit.com/art/@yomismosoy/steem-school-of-contemporary-art-lesson-1-bauhaus-one-hundred-years-of-a-great-creative-explosion-that-changed-our-lives-part-1
I agree with you, by commenting we sharpen our critical sense too:) I will check the post and looking forward for your encouraging comments:)