![cooltext281646870916312.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQfbVSRutPEgVqRyvLSpdkT46X73nyQ2X8nhrahhPg8R8/cooltext281646870916312.png) https://media.giphy.com/media/10MG0J9z19Sjjq/giphy.gif 🌟♥.•:¨¨:•.♥.•:🌟:•.♥.•:¨¨*:•.♥🌟 Week 3 time!!!..😀 Week 2 was a great success. The post had some reach and plenty of comments. Firstly i want to send the reward to one Steemian that wrote a helpful comment and resteemed the post. I was using @smartsteem to upvote my last weeks post but even though the post increased in payout due to Steem price rise, i cant expect that to be the case every week. Since i cant expect a sponsorship for this ill be taking a too big of a loss every week with smartsteem so i will try out other bots that allow me to at least break even or make just a small loss. I know i havent uploaded any music last week, but im working on it! 😀 Today we go with another one of my spotlights. The text bellow explains the idea. The core question being: _"how could i make my series have a greater reach and introduce these lovely authors to an even larger audience"_ Luckily, theres one sure thing when it comes to Steemit. Steemians loveeeeeee giveways!🎇 ![570609.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfXgMubRXbAZPPV523gGCbLBNXwvUhWQQNXTKHuKWrpF8/570609.png) Yes, a giveaway! 😀 But ill make this one a bit different.

Talking about bots

Lately there has been a lot of controversy regarding bid-bots and upvote selling services on Steemit. Some people hate them, some dont care and some completely abuse them which effectively killed off the trending page. I consider myself to hold some kind of middle ground. I see a great use for bots but realize that the way they are set up right now leads to an, imo, net negative effect for the Steem ecosystem. Now... I cant fix any of this, but i can make suggestions, which i tried to do, to "players" much bigger then me on Steemit. I can also try and promote a responsible use of bots which i will attempt to do right now. So here is how this will go down: I want to continue to have these weekly showcases of Steemians i found to be quality bloggers and promote their work. This i will try to achieve through my attempt to expand the reach of this series, by having a giveaway that will require "resteeming". I will try to promote a sensible use of bots while trying to show that through reviewing content, you can make at least a decent enough judgement on whether a post crosses the minimum quality threshold for the specific size upvote or not.

GIVEAWAY RULES:

I said this was going to be different so read up... The easiest thing i could do is just send you a few SBD or STEEM, but i wont do that, nah. 😉 What i will do is BUY an upvote for one of your posts using one of the bots of my choosing. 1. Comment on and resteem this post 2. Have at least 1 post with a pending payout on your blog. Once the week is up ill check out the blog of a random winner picked by using Pick.esteem.ws If that winner has resteemed, left a quality comment on this post, has a pending payout post on his blog he will get the upvote. The post in question does not need to be exceptional Curie level of quality. It just needs to be "good enough". Since its my giveaway youll just have to trust my judgement. 😘 This upvote wont take you to trending but it will give you a nice boost in visibility. ![U5du9tz6wrFrowM852usis3xT7RopC2_1680x8400.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUhkQQUzuNFQDXysY5Aq8tKDovhr5tCNeGZLhTz38LGqW/U5du9tz6wrFrowM852usis3xT7RopC2_1680x8400.png) 🔥Spamming, low quality content, plagiarized content, and low quality comments disqualify you from the giveaway🔥
🌟♥.•:¨¨:•.♥.•:🌟:•.♥.•:¨¨*:•.♥🌟 My method of choosing my picks Instead of highlighting a particular post, ill be looking at the weekly uploads and blog history, taking into account consistency and quality and offering an insight why i think this particular blogger deserves attention. When making my picks i wont be looking at rating, age of the blog, post payouts, etc...

So lets get into it

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1. @adelepazani tags: #art, #slothicorn, #artzone Adele is one of the first artists that i ran into here on Steemit. I loved her work at first glance. Im quite a frequent visitor on her blog and i love the work she does with any theme she chooses. From surreal pencil drawings to watercolor, charcoal, oil color, etc. Very varying techniques and themes but with her own personal signature. Not to say that i dont love her other work, but i have to admit that the pencil and charcoal paintings stand out the most for me. Some of them are just glorious. (Brad Pitt and Rihanna in particular come to mind). The illustrations she does are pure artistic expression. The intricate formations she creates in every one of them clearly show her abilities to not only recreate and copy nature, people, etc, but express pure originality as well. Anyways, those are just my thoughts. Definitely a great stop when browsing Steemit.

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2. @rfswalker tags: #writing, #story, #photography, #music Here is someone very new on Steemit, everyone needs to go check out. I stumbled upon @rfswalker a few weeks ago when i submitted his story for Curie. I have to say that this story (Diary of a Lonesome Zombie Boy) is probably the favorite one i have read here on Steemit so far. Ill link it. https://steemit.com/story/@rfswalker/short-story-diary-of-a-lonesome-zombie-boy Once ive read the first paragraph i knew this was Curie worthy. Amazing angle, amazing idea, amazing writing. If you further look at his blog, he does a bit of everything. Photography, music, writing. But i have to say that his writing was the thing that caught my attention the most, since he clearly shows great potential in that area. Hopefully he will find some more time to share another one of his stories soon. Id like to see more. Hes just that good.

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3.@megy.fine.arts tags: #art, #dlive, #blog Another art blog for this weeks spotlight. What to say here. This one is the most straight forward one to talk about. He knows what he does well, and he just keeps on sharing his talent! If i were to explain in laymen terms what he does, id call it "abstract geometric art". Theres probably a proper name for his work, and my explanation is really narrow, but this is the best term i could make up on the spot. haha. Everything he does is of a similar style at first glance (every piece is extremely intricate and detailed) but also completely different when you look at each piece by itself. Not to forget to mention that not only do i find his style very original here on Steemit, the way he presents every piece is unique as well. He does timelapses for @dtube with guest Steemians reading poems or playing original music to the timelapse. He also uses @dlive for livestreaming his work. His commitment is amazing and his talent undeniable. Watching him create these works of art with a music background has a very calming effect.
🌟♥.•:¨¨:•.♥.•:🌟:•.♥.•:¨¨*:•.♥🌟 Thats about it for this week... Wait! Need to announce the winner of the giveaway. 🔥 http://img31.laughinggif.com/pic/HTTPS9pLm1ha2VhZ2lmLmNvbS9tZWRpYS8xLTA5LTIwMTQvQ0VENjFtLmdpZgloglog.gif And the winner is........ @bigtom13 ![Screenshot (13).png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcjYc3x22XWoRktfGoUhnfeYM27zs6iNDvcvSdtA7Wkqo/Screenshot%20(13).png) 🌟♥.•:¨¨:•.♥.•:🌟:•.♥.•:¨¨*:•.♥🌟

Talking about bots

GIVEAWAY RULES:

So lets get into it

See you guys next week! Dont forget to support your fellow Steemians. And comment and resteem this post for a shot at the reward!