RE: POBSTREET 29-10-21 #58: How can one create a quality content in proofofbrain and hive community

Nailed it! I also curate manually. And I do feel like I am not getting to everyone that I would like to get to each week and it can be frustrating but that is what comes from manual curation. It is a labour of love. I am trying to refine my own curation process. I know I can get to quite a few of my favourite authors by curating WOTW, The Inkwell, and Creativecoin (although this latter tag is used rather loosely these days lol) and get to some newcomers this way too. I curate for Dreemport too which gives me exposure to a different set of people. Then I also read some Wednesday Walk (great personal perspectives and insights into local culture, religion, food and regions), Ladies of Hive (contests and articles of interest to women (and men!), Splintertalk (I'll definitely look for more of Splinterlands content on the characters though now that you mention it - I have read one or two of their articles and they are well written) and have a shortlist of faves that I always check in on as I love their work. Some authors that I really enjoy I can only get around to every 2 weeks but if I find I have missed something really good, I will engage anyway and if they respond, I will upvote their comment instead ;-) I have found some authors along the way where I have managed to upvote them indirectly in the comments through engagement even though their articles are sometimes months or even years old. I have my own monthly contest to support new Hivers and pick up a couple of new people to follow there too. So if a newbie enters my contest I will check them out! If I enter a contest I will also curate some or all of the other entries to that contest (depending on volume) in an attempt to diversify my reading and author base and spread the author rewards more evenly. I also use the !PIZZA and !LUV tags to give additional tips to posts I particularly like (see what I did there lol). Hopefully, this comment also helps others to see that there is no single magic recipe and I found that the key to enjoyment on Hive, be it as an author or curator, is engagement, meaningful engagement. If you truly love what you are doing and are genuinely engaged in conversation about things that pique your interest or ignite one of your passions then the conversation will flow, connections will be made and relationships will grow over time. If you are new, I would enter contests, and start off posting in laid back communities like Wednesday Walk, Alive Tribe, Thoughtful Daily Post. I can have a look later and pull out a list of contests that will help to promote engagement with others in the community.