Hive is one platform that has got a whole lot of original and quality content creators so much that some of these good writers seem to be swallowed up by other good writers especially if they weren't early adopters on the platform. Some of these early adopters are excellent writers with great penmanship but unfortunately their great works do not get enough recognition.
Just as @heyhaveyamet said in this post
Often we get stuck in a rut and tend to only look at what is in our feed; this causes us to miss some amazing posts. What's even worse, we miss those introduction posts of new people who are just not being seen.
I love this initiative because it is all about finding the quality content creators on time right from their introduction posts and shining the light on them before they get swallowed up in the ocean of fishes.
This is what curation is all about
Curation is simply the act of recognising a quality and original post and supporting it through upvotes and positive comments. The amazing thing about the hive platform is that everyone has the right to curate. Curation isn't compulsory but it is necessary as it not only encourages others but also benefits the curator.
How do I personally curate
Unfortunately, I do not have enough hive power to create a significant increase in the money earned by a post but I believe in little drops making a mighty ocean. I belong to a lot of communities. Everyday I choose a community to visit. I go through the posts of various authors, check for plagiarism using the various plagiarism tools online, then upvote if found to be original and of quality.
Also, like I said earlier, curation isn't only about posts but also comments. There is a reason why the comments have the upvote button. Personally, I appreciate good comments on my post through upvotes and replies.
How should curation be done by a community?
It's no secret that a community who curates her authors has more authors creating more content in that community. Every community has moderators. It's important for these moderators to have a curation team charged with discovering original and quality contents and supporting them through upvotes and great comments. The community can conduct contests to discover and encourage original and quality content creators who deserve the spotlight to be shined on them with a weekly post highlighting these awesome content creators and encouraging whales and other members of the community to grant them their support.
Communities can also create front-ends just like Dreemport where writers can have their post get more visibility. On Dreemport, original and quality posts are ranked by other writers in the community with the top five posts of the day getting the spotlight on them. This serves as a great motivation for other writers using the front-end.
What would I do if I was a whale?
Being a whale shows that you've been accumulating, powering up and not selling your liquid hive. It could also mean that you could afford to buy lots of liquid hive for power up. If I was a whale, this high amount of hive power would not be used to curate my posts but the posts of others. I will specifically watch out for newcomers on hive. This is because new hivers usually come on board with so much enthusiasm and when they get little or no support, they get discouraged and a few of them stop writing. I will seek out the new onboarders and discover the original and quality content creator amongst them and bless them with high votes and good comments. I will support communities with great contest topics and also support communities which have great vision but little or no support for their community members.
Importance of curation.
The importance of curation cannot be overemphasized. Curation does a whole lot for the platform such as
- It helps to encourage original and quality content creators
- It helps to support newcomers on the Blockchain and give them a reason to keep writing.
- It helps to stand as a motivation for the low quality content writers who see the need to improve on their writing in order to get good curation.
- It helps new communities to grow and expand.
- It helps community members to be encouraged to participate more in community contests.
- Curation helps people earn which is the major reason while most people are on the platform. On hive, both the curator and the curated to earn free tokens.
Tips on how to find great content creators
Finding great content writers requires a great deal of time and patience but this can be made easy especially if you are a community owner. Having a discord channel with a room for links can be a great way to start because it streamlines your search for great content writers.
Also, using a particular tag can also be of great help. Searching for content creators on a particular tag or niche can help you focus as a curator and know exactly how to reach more content creators using that tag and on that niche.
Organising a contest just like this is another way to discover hidden talents from amongst the participants of the contest.
There are so many great content creators on the platform. I wish I can name them all but then here is a few of them @samsmith1971 @dreemsteem @davidbright @warpedpoetic @gone-hive @khaleesi @amirtheawesome1 @olawalium @princessbusayo @hopestylist @ahama.merit @kenechukwu97 @khaleesi @tengolotodo @baby.magic @ayesha.malik @writermaximus and the list is endless.