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Our Topcomment curation project is heading towards 3000 upvoted comments! From the start we have upvoted 2920 until now. And with the weekly 80/90 upvotes we'll reach the 3000 next week!

A couple of weeks ago I stated that I had the goal to reach a $1 upvote with our topcomment account, but unfortunately we're not on schedule to reach that. In the first place the price of Hive dropped a few cents, but that might increase later this year. But the second reason is that the number of delegations decreased a bit. We now have an 21,956 HP delegation. Which is still great, but we're aiming for more.

Because of this we're promoting the delegations again. You can delegate via the CrazyGM delegation tool below. You can change the amount yourself. https://thecrazygm.com/hivetools/account/delegate/topcomment/100

Or you can choose a preconfigured amount via a Hivesigner link: | 10 HP | 25 HP | 50 HP | 100 HP | 250 HP | 500 HP | 1000 HP | 1500 HP | 2000 HP |

Delegating to Hive gives you 80% of your curation rewards in liquid Hive on a daily basis and you don't have to cast any votes for that yourself!

You can also follow our voting trail (https://hive.vote/dash.php?trail=topcomment&i=1). This way you get all the curation rewards yourself. Don't forget to check the 'also upvote comments' checkbox!

Curator wanted

We are still looking for an experienced curator to join our team of curators. If you're interested, contact me (@friendlymoose) on Hive or Discord.

What is Topcomment?

The Topcomment curation service rewards meaningful and engaging comments on the Hive platform. It is manually curated by @topcomment to prevent abuse. Comments that show effort, substantively engage with the content are eligible for upvotes. The initiative relies on nominations, where users can mention @topcomment to suggest quality comments.

Read all about it in the following blog (also in Spanish!): Click here!

Read more about the service and how you can support this project below the report!

Weekly Report

To provide transparency I'm generating a list of all comments that were upvoted by @topcomment in the past week. In the past 7 days Topcomment distributed 90 upvotes to the following commenters:

Alltime totals

I've started the Topcomment curation initiative on december 16, 2024. The total number of upvoted comments since the startup is: 2920

The following table show the Hivers that have been upvoted the most. You can see the number of upvotes in total, the change in ranking compared to last week and the increased number of comments since last week.

Thanks everyone for engaging!

If you want to have a mention when you are on this list or want to be mentioned in every weekly update post from @topcomment, just let me know in the comment section!

Which comments can get upvotes and which don't?

Which comments are eligible for upvotes and which are not? Not all nominated comments will receive an upvote from Topcomment. While the concept of "quality" is subjective, there are a few key factors I consider when deciding whether to upvote a comment. Additionally, there are certain reasons why even a well-written comment might not be upvoted.

Here are the current guidelines:

Do's

1. Put effort in the comment Be sure you have put some effort in creating a longer comment. There is no exact number, but a comment that is just a few words long won't get upvoted.

2. React to the content of the blog The comment should be a thoughtful response to the blog post. It must engage with the content and provide meaningful interaction with the author’s ideas. It shouldn't be a reply telling your own story.

No upvotes for

1. Comments with hate speech, racism, conspiracy theories or other negative reactions I strive to keep the community positive. Comments promoting hatred, racism, or conspiracy theories will not be upvoted.

2. Comments from users with Hivewatchers downvotes I do not want to support scammers or fraudulent activity. If a user has been downvoted by Hivewatchers, I will not upvote their comment.

3. AI-generated comments These comments will not receive upvotes, as they are not authentic human interactions.

4. Comments that already have significant rewards If a comment has already received a substantial reward, I will skip the upvote. The same applies to comments that are part of the commentrewarder initiative.

5. Giveaways or contest entries There are some initiatives asking you to submit your entry in the comments. These are excluded from Topcomment upvotes.

6. Commenting on own blogs Comments from bloggers on their own blog will not be upvoted. It is only natural that you respond to comments on your own blog.

Support Topcomment with Delegations

The more delegations Topcomment gets, the higher the rewards we can give away! And you profit from the delegation as well since we return 80% of the curation rewards to the delegator. The rewards are sent in the form of liquid Hive on a daily basis. So, supporting Topcomment with a delegation can be really beneficial for you.

You can use the following tool to delegate an amount of your choice or select one of the predefined amounts below.

https://thecrazygm.com/hivetools/account/delegate/topcomment/100

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