Topic: Discord group to vote for good quality posts on Steemit! No vote for vote shit. (Read 154 times)

Hello All

From a long time I was thinking to create a Steemit group, where the members can upvote on good quality posts of each other, without having to do upvote for upvote shit. If you think that you make good quality posts on Steemit, but aren't recognized, then this group is for you. You can read more details below.

How will the group function:
1) There will be a date specific channel for each day. You can link 1 of your Steemit posts for upvote. Based on the posting rules and quality of the post, members will poll whether to vote or not. Based on the votes and discussions, coordinator will mark the post for group upvote or remove it.
2) If a post is marked for group upvote, then members are expected to vote that post. If any member does not want to vote, then he/she can state their reason. Upvoting is not obligatory. But yes, if you keep on skipping the group upvotes without any valid reasons, then other members might not upvote your posts.
3) If you have less than 500 SP, then you will have to upvote with 100% weightage. And members with 500+ SP have to cast a minimum of 25% weightage vote. If you want to upvote with higher weightage, then it is completely up to you.

Which kind of posts will be considered for group upvote:

1) Every user will be manually verified based on their post quality. You don't need to be a skilled writer. Anything like this post will do: https://steemit.com/busy/@siddartha/short-autobiography-of-a-bullet. That is, average to high quality posts.
Only English posts will be accepted.
2) If you are a new user on Steemit, you must have an introduction post and some sort of verification pic, like a selfie while holding your Steemit account name written on a paper. That way we can verify that you aren't impersonating anyone or just copying posts from other writers.
3) Since the focus is on writing; therefore posts with just pics, 1 liner posts, memes etc. won't be accepted. Minimum 100 words post should be there.  
4) No Utopian open-source contribution posts. Only blog posts will be accepted.
5) Posts promoting terrorism, human trafficking, Pedophilia etc will not be accepted. If you are a verified member and are found to be promoting these topics, then you will be removed from the group.
6) Porn related posts are accepted, as long as they have good quality textual content. If nude pics are shown, then use of NSFW tag is compulsory.
7) Your posts don't need to be unique. For example, it is totally fine to make a post on something already known, say the recent drop in Bitcoin price. The only thing is that your post must have your contribution. It must have your viewpoints, your opinions.
8 ) If you are using pictures in your post, then make sure to cite the sources. And prefer sites like www.Pixabay.com which provide free, high quality images for commercial uses.
9) Only 1 post per day per verified user will be accepted for group voting.

Some extra features:
1) I am thinking of doing a Steem pool every week. Basically what will happen is, that every week a verified member with consistent quality will be randomly chosen, and all other verified members will donate him/her some fixed amount of Steem. Say 2 Steem. The beneficiary will then power up that Steem, increasing his/her effective SP. This way our members will get stronger without having to buy a lot of Steem directly from the market.
2) High quality post members can assist other members in increasing their post quality. We can even reward these high quality members with some Steem for their review services.

Nothing is set in stone right now. We can always discuss and change these raw rules and guidelines. All I want is that writers who have been consistently making good posts on Steemit should get some support, without having to beg in front of whales or do things like upvote for upvote. Also the group will help members to increase their post quality. Who knows that Ned or some other whale may support our group in future, if we maintain the quality of our group.

If you are interested in joining this group, then you can join it via this link. https://discord.gg/TxxtZ6P . I will repeat this again, that this group is not for shit posters. Join only if you make good posts.

Regards
Siddartha Gupta