A new week rolls around with another selection of posts for the Word of the Week. This time we broke the 20 entries milestone!
There is some information towards the end of the post about upcoming changes that I'm working on, so make sure you give it a read to be on the ball.
Let's get to the winners for this week first...
First Place: @antonym (200 POB)
Persistance - 5 Reasons, why I will keep writing longer than YOU!
High-quality post, humour!, personal touch, average engagement on other posts.
Second Place: @oldsoulnewb (100 POB)
A different take on persistence
Showed a fresh perspective, interesting read, thoughtful engagement.
Third Place: @trucklife-family (50 POB)
Unique example of persistence, solid engagement.
Special mentions
@d-vine - remarkable story and personal example of persistence (20 POB)
@fireguardian - personal example of persistence and solid engagement with other posts (20 POB)
@edystringz - high level of engagement with other posts (20 POB)
@charcoalbuffet - high level of engagement with other posts (20 POB)
@nickeyhavey - high level of engagement with other posts (20 POB)
@straykat - for persisting through and posting after the deadline, excellent post (20 POB)
I've delegated 250 POB to these members till the end of June 2021 for continued engagement in the contest and on POB in general.
We have a new word each week which members of the community can share their thoughts about in the form of a post.
Any form of content is encouraged whether that be short or long-form writing, poetic, artistic, music or voice, or any other method you can come up with.
The guidelines for entry to the contest are as follows;
- The post must be made on the proofofbrain.io front-end
- The post must have the pob-wotw tag added to it
- Interaction with other entries is a requirement to win
- Entries must be posted before 12:00 UTC on 09/05/21
- Posts must clearly demonstrate what the weekly word is
- Posts shared for the following week will be disqualified if published before winners are called for the current week
The word for this week is Paradox
The prizes are the following and will be given in liquid form;
2nd place - 150 POB
3rd place - 100 POB
4th place - 50 POB
5th place - 25 POB
Prizes may vary over time dependant on support and curation rewards. Entries and comments in pob-wotw will receive upvotes based on authenticity and sincerity.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Alrighty, let's get this all shared.
As you can see above, the winning positions have been increased and we now have 4th and 5th place. This is due to the increased activity and responses we've had for the contest. I want to reward more people for their efforts and spread out these tokens.
You'll notice as well that the word for the following week is shared too. This is to help those who may not have the time or inspiration for the current week's word.
Posts for the following week's word will be disqualified if they are published before the current week's winners are called (no debate).
I am also tightening up on the guidelines this week too. If you do not have the #pob-wotw tag in your post it's an automatic disqualification.
I'm working on a better method for declaring the winners. This will be in the form of a merit system where people will be rewarded points for a handful of reasons such as post quality, engagement, perspective, formatting, etc. Winners will be those with the most points across the board and I'll share everyone's points each week to help with feedback.
This system won't be added for another couple of weeks because I want to create a solid framework for judging each category so I don't cause any upset for judging people with my own subjective opinion.
I'll keep you in the loop and if you want to help with the brainstorming feel free to message me on discord. If you can't find me, you're not looking hard enough.
Good luck to all for this week's word. See you in the comment sections as usual.