Hive is a concept. It is an idea born in human minds that became an organization made within the ether. Multiple people worked, in synergy, to create something greater than its individual parts. Like any organization or garden, however, it must be tended to constantly lest the effects of entropy bring discord upon it. One tool utilized to stave the effects of chaos is censorship.
Censorship is a concept and behavior we all employ to a degree. If we wish to ignore something, we turn away from it. We censor that person or action from our perception. The impact of our actions is dependent upon our role in the world. It's also possible that no one would look negatively upon your decision. YOU chose to censor something from yourself.
Bitter WOTW Winners!
| PLACE | AUTHOR | ARTICLE | REWARD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Winner | @kevinnag58 | Life's Too Short to be Bitter (POB-WOTW : Bitter) | 100 POB |
| 1ST | @alekst7 | Root Of Bitterness (pob-wotw) | 100 POB |
| 2ND | @corporateay | From bitterness to madness. #POB-WOTW | 70 POB |
| 3RD | @mineopoly | Confession | 50 POB |
| 4TH | @trucklife-family | Moments From The Past - POB-WOTW | 30 POB |
| 4TH | @wrestlingdesires | The Bitter Truth | 30 POB |
The Bitter Word of the Week contest was challenging to grade. There was a tie for fourth place between trucklife-family and wrestlingdesires. I have given each an equal set of rewards.
EDIT: The article is upgraded to include @kevinnag58 which, as a result of my error, was not initially included in the rankings or awards. Thanks to @Calumam for identifying the issue. Rewards have been distributed.
Merit System Results
Grading Criteria
Rankings
Grading
WOTW Team Appreciation
| Name | Reason | Amount (POB) |
|---|---|---|
| @nonsowrites | Grading Assistance, User Engagement | 100 POB, 500 POB |
| @calumam | Grading Assistance & Development | 100 POB |
Contest Rules
This will get you disqualified
- Plagiarism
- #POB-WOTW tag abuse (using the tag on non-related contest articles)
- Using next week's word in this week's contest.
- Submitting your article after the contest deadline (no more late entries)
- Writing about the Hive blockchain.
Helpful Hints
- Include the selected word in your article
- Include the #pob-wotw tag (don't forget the # and dash)
- Use the proofofbrain.io front-end or proofofbrain.blog.
- Do NOT write about the Hive blockchain.
- This week's contest starts 14/11/21 @ 00:00 UTC
- This week's contest ends 21/11/21 @ 00:00 UTC
Best of luck to everyone who participates. We look forward to reading your articles!
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- The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Proof of Brain
- How to post like a pro - Complete guide to Markdown formatting
- CCC/Abuse and Plagiarism
The Word for THIS Week
The words for this week is: Censor
The Challenge for Next Week
A Phrase and a Theme
- We've based Next week's challenge is based upon the English version of the presented phrase.
- Authors will select their word of choice based upon this phrase and write an article about it.
- There is an added challenge to be revealed next week.
- The contest length is two weeks.
- Challenge Rewards:
- POB rewards are doubled.
- POB delegation of 2000-POB is available.
- I will be removing the delegations I currently have set to build up a rewards pool for the challenge round (@sofs-su, @corporateay, @samsmith1971).
In Closing
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Thanks to the community for supporting our fellow authors. I look forward to providing more in the future. Thank you for reading and following on throughout my Hive journey.
Season 4 of the Word of the Week Contest is coming to a close. We'll be taking a break at the end of the challenge round for contest development. Also, we need a break. We've been running this contest nonstop since April. We plan to start back up sometime in January of 2022.
@Calumam is back, and he's got a lot of great ideas to take this contest to whole new levels. We're not ending the contest at the end of season 4. We're just taking the time to make things more enjoyable.
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