Hello again! What a crazy week it's been!
The #travelpine contest pretty much exploded right out of the gate, and I spent all weekend reading all of them. I thought this contest would give me some clarity on where I should travel next, but I think it only made the decision harder!
The winners were based on the quality of the post, but most importantly, ORIGINALITY. I did not pick the winners based on where I want to go to the most. The whole point of this contest was to give those who have been struggling on here an opportunity to showcase what they're made of. There were a lot of great entries, but unfortunately there were a number of plagiarized ones. What we want for Steemit aren't a bunch of copied Wikipedia descriptions, but people talking about their own experiences. I wasn't looking for Tripadvisor's Top 10 'must sees', I was asking the Steemit fam for their personal opinions. There's been so much talk on here about 'quality content' and 'engaging in the community', but if Steemians are just going to copy/paste and hope to make a quick buck, this may not be the platform for you.
Now on to the good stuff - the prizes. There was a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in this contest and the winning posts will all be re-steemed. They were good posts, let's get them noticed!
Each of them will also get upvotes (at a different % vote power) from me for 7 days, based on 1 post a day. I have the right to not upvote if I feel the post isn't quality or original content ie: racist, sexist, advertising, plagiarized, photos not sourced, 1 sentence with an emoji, etc. Those of you who have won are clearly capable of producing a solid post, so this should be easy to accomplish. Use this opportunity to show the community what you're made of.
Here are your winners:
1st place - @fiorebird
2nd place - @saronym
3rd place - @maraki
If the three winners could please direct message me on steemit.chat. We can go over the prize for each of you.
There were also some honourable mentions:
I've already started brainstorming for the next contest and it will be announced
Monday, Feb 26th.
See you then.
P.S.
I would also like to take a moment to thank you all for your comments on this post, and I am sorry I have not responded to many of your kind words. I had a pretty busy week/weekend and there was a lot of comments!
@kpine! You are so awesome! :) EKKK! It's so awesome to have people like you on the Steemit Platform. You are really making a difference, and changing people's lives!
Much Love,
Karen
Ty @karensuestudios! I have been enjoying your posts from Thailand! Keep up the amazing, positive, and fun content!
❤️❤️❤️❤️ awww! Glad you are enjoying the videos! More to come! Taiwan, Japan and Korea. Tomorrow we will be meeting up over 30 Japanese steemanians. Eekkk! 😝
Hi Karen, I know you from your Thailand Post. I think Mr.Kpine looks a bit like your boyfriend, don’t you think so?
ohhhh thats awesome! i cant wait to have steemit interactions IRL in person!!! :D
hi bro What Types Of Contest is it?
first time read ur post can u please tell me...
thanks
me too, we too late @abasitsheikh
Enjoyed that post .when did next contest start dear @kpine
Need lil bit favour on viewing my work on steemit if u dont mind
hey i have a question i am new to this communit and i am making vlog can you tell me should i continue it well it help me here
Cery good
Come go contest @kpine
@kpine i am really disappointed have checked my post in that contest because i work hard for that your yes and no will be highly appreciated thanks dear
I think you're a pretty awesome person on the platform here, too @karensuestudios
Awww thank you! ❤️
Nice!!! @kpine you rock! Thanks for sharing your love with the community!!
It is so neat to see you posting! :)
Thank you so much!!!
@acromott
Ty @acromott!! I have been enjoying your vlogs from Thailand! It seems you and @karensuestudios are really enjoying your time there, and I love the steemit shirts!
Hey, Kpine I just found your blog, I am so glad that I have found you. I am going to start upvoting all your posts when you make a posts.
you are so amazing @kpine, success continues! it's good to know you 🤗
Thanks for sharing this post with us and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed
Hi @kpine😍😍
Hi @kpine , do you organize any sort of contests!!!!??
What kind of post do you like? It would be very useful for me if you interest my posts.
Greetings friend I hope you can support me on my blog with votes
Excellent work @Kpine successful this new year congratulations I hope you can support me in the community
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Hello @kpine, how are you? I very well remember you because you are the whale who first supported me in this journey. That is why I am motivated until this day, I appreciate your support in all steemians.
I want to seek your attention Kpine.
Let me introduce myself, I am a cyber worker(you can call it that way) of church of God which is led by brother Eli Soriano to help Venezuela and Nigeria by upvoting their comment and post.
This is the confirmation in our official twitter account that I have the rights to post his video on Steemit.
Brother Eli Soriano and Brother Daniel Razon is philantrophist and running different charity programs.
I talked to him(brother eli) about Steemit when I am in brasil and he got interested of helping people with economic needs by upvoting them.
I am looking for your support by manually voting people who makes video comment in our topic which you can find in hashtag #broelisoriano. Or if you pleased, you can delegate on us so we can manually curate them all. We have many charity programs all over the globe so for the meantime we cannot focus all our resources to buy up steem power. Can I private message you?
P.S.
It's like hitting two birds in one stone. Promoting the words of God by helping people. Also, bringing more people here on this wonderful blockchain.
Plz follow me
Hey man I made a contest about steemians showing around their hometown, if you want you can drop by the tag #my2018. You´ll find more than 300 posts of steemians giving us a tour around their town, maybe you can get a few ideas for your upcoming trip.
Btw, it´s good to see you posting, about time we saw the words behind the name ^^ Cheers
thanks for sharing this..yes your active user now on steemit base on your 1st post. im so happy for you sir..Upvoted and follow you.
Nice job man!
@kpine, good day. So the Steemit chat is "fired." See the info here https://steemit.chat/home.
I'm unsure how to proceed. I will have my first post of seven ready tomorrow or Friday morning. I need time to create it, and I'm about quality over quantity. My friend uses discord. Supposedly it's an app. I've never used it. Would that work for us?
Hello @fiorebird! Since Steemit chat is down we can try Discord. I am @kpine on Discord. Please send me a message there and we can discuss how to go forward.
@kpine OK discord is cool but frustrating. I need your discord # after your name, otherwise it says you don't exist. Feel free to add me if that's easier, my discord name is fiorebird#4133.
@kpine try this channel link in the discord app, https://discord.gg/6MWVchT
@kpine! I just opened this up now and couldn't really believe it... Winning or not, I was so excited to share this post on Oregon. It truly brings up some grand memories. I miss it there, and hope to venture there again in the next few years. I do hope all of it inspires you and others to take a trip to Oregon someday as it is truly a majestic place! Also, thank you for helping inspire the Steemit community through this contest... and for creating the writing topic of travel. It has inspired me to start writing a series about travel and other majestic places I've had the opportunity to see. Viewers/followers... keep an eye out :) I look forward to sharing a bit more. AS for Steemit chat, I will message at some point tomorrow morning, as I've never used it, so will need to figure all that out after indulging in some much needed rest. Big congrats to the other winners as well !
Congratulations @fiorebird I'm very proud of you. You deserve to win. You definitely earned it. @kpine you honor us all with a great contest and concept.
@steemseph thank you for all your support too. Much much love.
I wanted to enter but didn't qualify 'cause my account is only about a week old. Next time!
I read a lot of the comments on your first post and it sounds like you've been helping out and supporting a lot of people for a long time now! So, I just want to so congrats...you deserve it because helping others and building a community is what the platform is about, not just for taking.
If you do go end up going to Oregon (I'm from there...sometimes haha), just want to let you know that the all of my favorite hiking spots around the Gorge and Multnomah Falls got murdered by forest fires a few months ago.
So just check what's open before going.
if you want an adventure here in the philippines , you can bump me anytime :) . Looks like you just came out from hibernation :D
Looks like a trip to Oregon may be in your future. 😉 I know that you picked the top three on originality, but two of the three being from Oregon? It might be a sign! Although, the west side of Florida looks pretty freaking amazing right now too... especially for someone from cold and rainy BC! 😉
I don’t know about you, but i’m pretty ready for warmer weather and spring flowers!!
Hey! I'm from Oregon too! (sometimes...I move around a lot haha)
I love this. I'm a new steemian. I wished I had joined earlier
What you are doing here is awesomely great. I will partake in the next competition.
Poor me the bad luck again 😞
You might need to have them get ahold of you elsewhere now. Steemit chat is down for a bit while it goes under new management. Cool contest your doing for the newer people though, you are appreciated!
good point! are you going to get on discord @kpine?
Waoooooooo congratulations to the winners
@fiorebird @saronym and @maraki
I'll try to participate in the next contest is great that you are doing this. Keep doing the good work
I follow @kpine kontes...but me lose maybe..its ok..if someday @kpine make a kontes more..I will back follow more ..thanks @kpine..I like you .
@fiorebird
@saronym
@maraki
These three are lucky than this man below.
Too much well done!!
Hello @kpine how are you? I love your initiative to help those who are starting, but, specially, demanding the best behavior to improve on this platform and not earn the rewards by doing things wrong.
I'm glad you decided to write, I'm sure we're going to read good content from you. Once I received a vote from you in one of my publications which was a gift, I want to take this opportunity to say thank you. My English is not very good, I hope you can understand me. Blessings to you.
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I really hope i win next time and soon. Thank you for the help you render. More like you helping us than us helping you with a location. You are really an amazing being. Thank you.
cogratulations guys!
A big congratulations to the winners
Thanks for motivating people with contest, i sure hope to participate in the next one...
Great choices. From the forest with tall trees to lake the to the beach.
Awesome, congratulations to all the winners. Looking forward to the next contest :)
Congrats to all the winners!!! Looking forward to seeing their posts!
You worded the statement about plagiarism quite well :). Great idea. Wish I had seen the original post.
Congratulations to all winners. And thank you @kpine. Looking forward for the next contest!
Gave my best shot and still couldn't win it. I guess I'll go un-noticed in steemit forever! 😂
Congrats @fiorebird @saronym @maraki . You guys are a lucky bunch. 😊
Yeah, gave my best and just because when i post that article my level was 40, on that day i got upvote on couple of my post and my reputation lvl increases to 42. i spent 4 hours on making my post. Still un-notioced.
Congrats to the winners and cool action @kpine :-)
Resteemed.
Congrats to the lucky ones! I hope to join your contest next time.
Awesome.. Keep the good work..
Congratulations to the winners
@fiorebird @saronym and @maraki
nice post buddy...just upvoted it and started following u....i am new here...cheers!!also upvoted ur introduce urself post..good luck..
Congrats to the winners!
It was an amazing initiative, kpine!
Looking forward to more of this kind of contests, it helps to motivate us :P
@kpine thank you very much for sharing your contest winners list with us.
I appreciate you sharing this because you have helped me open my mind further! I am amazed how closed minded my mind still is after all the other amazing experiences I have had, my thoughts easily suggest experiences different than mine are not possible!
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Nice post thanks for your informative post
Am happy for the winners, so I didnt make it, I'll try harder next time
Nice!
Just realized you have Kenny as your profile pic. LOVE South Park
Congrats to all the winners :)
Nice job!!!
congratulations to the winners! It happens. tried my best
Great jod well done @kpine hoping to join on your next huge awesome contest. Have a great day.
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Wow nice article my friend @kpine and thank for sharing, i like it.
I would like to invite you to visit my blog @rizkyakbar thank you
Congratulations to the winners, and to you for initiating this type of contest, an excellent way to contribute to the community and expand opportunities to our growing community. Greetings.
Woohoo! Thank you so much for the opportunity @kpine!! Looking forward to writing this week! :)
I do have one small problem. I have no idea how to message you. steemit.chat. is down
Let me know what I need to do. I am also on discord and telegram.
Hello @maraki! Since Steemit chat is down we can try Discord. I am @kpine on Discord. Please send me a message there and we can discuss how to go forward.
Good
Nice and steady......
please post have me
You are awesome, nice post