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MILK CHALLENGE

Hello Milkers and Other Steemians!

It's time to stop burning and chasing potatoes and get back to having fun, engagement and posting.

More people posting, engaging and being active is what it is good for Steem. It creates diversity, fun distribution and engagement and traffic.

Some will call it Milking so I'll just call it that first.

Yes, Steem is about end-users and engagement and the best thing we can do to encourage growth in the community is to support engagement, casual posting and end-user activity.

For one week join the Milk Challenge. Make a post a day, comment on 10 posts that aren't yours each day. That's it.

We tried watching all the whales insist they are manually curating and we see nearly an entire trending page of burn posts, potato posts and the same users that are talking about "Milking"... It's enough. They of course are welcome to use their stake to support whatever they like, but in response I am promoting activity, fun, and engagement.

When a developer builds a new app it is the community that supports it. Almost all social media sites are measured by activity, traffic and number of users. The best use of inflation is distribution and support of end-users.

If the bull market comes back Steem will move with it, we have already seen that take place.

Our DPOS system is a distribution model. Each user can use their stake to reward what they think is best for the platform. The end-users of Steem are important to me and I would even say with more activity we are likely to see higher quality posts and new users joining.

Blockchains that run on POW (Proof of Work) also have miners and sell pressure and the current stakeholders do not decide who gets it. :)

Remember if you want engagement... also give engagement.

1 post and 10 comments on other people's content.

Get out there and milk!

Let us know you are participating by using the #milkandtators tag

@whatsup

Comments · 68

@reveurgam(60)· 2397d
Good advice! I wish you had content that is of interest to me - Actifit reports just don't cut it.
@uyobong(78)· 2400d
Awesome initiative man. Certainly, it seemed as though the fun part of Steem was cut off. Let's Milk!

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@denmarkguy(79)· 2404d
Well, I might just get back into it... much like you, I've been on the "stop moaning and keep creating" bandwagon for a really long time. But I tend to me more of a "3 posts one day and then none and then two" sort of person... so maybe I could develop the habit of regular milking...
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@iamraincrystal(75)· 2405d
What an interesting challenge! ^_^
@minismallholding(75)· 2405d
Bull run? Are we milking cows or bulls? A bull would produce some interesting milk. ;D
@whatamidoing(72)· 2406d
I love the commenting competitions but when I did the beast at whaleshares it was too much and I burned out afterwards. What was it 50 comments a day? Ahh it was nuts. But 10 a day is reasonable. I suggest we comment on 50% more posts than we would ideally receive comments on our own posts. So if I hope to get 10 comments on my posts I’ll comment on 15 posts. Obviously it doesn’t always work like this and not everything is reciprocal but if we can engage more there is more engagement to go around !
@sgt-dan(66)· 2406d
I am very fond of milk! I go through almost a gallon a day! Well, time to join this #milkandtators challenge. Can't hurt now can it?

Yours is the first post I have commented on today. I did comment on my own post. Oh, posted on a blog post entering a contest I am sponsoring so maybe that counts for three? Almost half way there already!

!giphy milk+potato
@bradleyarrow(77)· 2406d
I love it when this happens. @ph1102 made reference to searching milk challenge on twitter. So I did and found you and this post. Afterwards I thought I should go back and follow you. And I already was. Lol
@bradleyarrow(77)· 2406d
10 comments. Can be done. About number five for me so far today.

Bradley
@phgnomo(65)· 2406d
You are a supporter of @sbdpotato and @burnpost?

Please, consider reading a counter argument:

https://steempeak.com/sbdpotato/@phgnomo/how-create-value-on-steem-or-how-sbdpotato-and-burnpost-is-hurting-steem-more-than-it-is-helping
@tshering-tamang(62)· 2406d
hmmm sounds delicious, got to get some milf, I mean milk :P
@riverflows(82)· 2406d
Yes to #milkandtators. I comment on at least 5 a day, 20 on a good day. Been doing it forever. And then the echo echo echo on my posts - lol. Sometimes I despair. But mostly I just keep tap tap tapping away - gotta be the change you want to see in the steemworld, right?
@isaria(78)· 2406d

This kitty likes milk and your post
@gduran(68)· 2406d
I do try to post once a day apart from the ACTIFIT report, commenting is another thing I don't think I comment more than twice a day I will try to increase this maybe not to ten but more than now. And yes this is a much better idea than what all the whales and their friends have come up with, even if it doesn't help Steem get out of its slump, it should make Steem more entertaining.
@stovehustler(40)· 2406d
DRINKING MILK STR8 FROM THE UTTER CAUSE I CAME FROM THE GUTTER
@mattsanthonyit(81)· 2407d
Hahahaha. @whatsup. I am already in, milking 🥛 cool initiative again.

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@imota(53)· 2407d
What a cute cat!
@brianphobos(72)· 2407d
All we can hope for is a little bit off bull's milk at this point..... ewwww 😨😳😱

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@agmoore2(64)· 2407d
Impossible to upvote this without commenting :)
@arcange(79)· 2407d
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@angryman(69)· 2407d
Does commenting here on your post count as one or more @whatsup??? Disregard this question if you already answered it from someone else in a comment that I missed or miss-read, or you mentioned it in your post, and I missed that...or both :>)

I think I'm tired...am I making any sense????
@clixmoney(78)· 2407d
It will be nice if someone creates a little tool where those comments will be counted. ☺
@svemirac(72)· 2407d
Damn, I really thought this will have to do something with milk, and was ready to do it - cause milk is awesome! :) Anyways, not sure about 10 comments a day, but will try to follow 10 days of posting. :)
@potatomilk(41)· 2407d
Additional vote #.... oops forgot
@pixel-anais(40)· 2407d
Tomorrow I start, thanks to read this I encourage you to put content!! #milkandtators
@pixel-anais(40)· 2407d
omg, i love it ♥
@angel33(39)· 2407d
Great writing and interesting.
@jongolson(82)· 2407d
This....On so many levels this!

Get back to the people, the way it should be!!!
@midlet(74)· 2407d
I'll give it a go. This is comment number 1 :)
@takowi(66)· 2407d
Great initiative! I hate those potato and burn posts. Let's bring back casual posting to Steem!

Get off your horse and drink your milk. John Wayne

(Disclaimer: He never said that.)

So let's get going with the milking!
@robertandrew(70)· 2407d
I'm in. Thanks for this Challenge, @whatsup. Even though I was away for awhile, Manual Curating and Manual Posting is my Passion. It drew me to Steem to begin with. It's what will keep me here to be honest :)
@futuremind(73)· 2408d
I love this, great idea @whatsup, I have so much going on right now and it's hard for me to keep up with engagement lately. I don't know if I will succeed, but I guess it wouldn't hurt try. As it stands, I think I spend about 90% of my existence pondering whether or not the next thing I say to someone will be the next worst mistake of my life.
@kaerpediem(73)· 2408d
The cow!! I love it!! Gahhhh! Could have made a couple of comments instead of starring at it 🙃

Actually won’t be too hard I do work on one post a day And am not counting the comments but do manage a decent number 😉 Though lately I don’t beat myself up too much if I can’t manage...

And I am all in with making this fun .... it has to be Or it is a very sad social media platform haha

I am so long winded 🤦🏽‍♀️ Nutshell: Yes I am in for 1 post 10 comments a day
@wiseagent(81)· 2408d
Great initiative! After all, it's not just about the money.

Let's have some fun here!
@preparedwombat(79)· 2408d
The 4:20 crowd will be doing the hemp milking?
@michealb(67)· 2408d
one post and 10 comments a day WTF!

might miss the post bit and give more of these :) ;( :0 :() ;P ;p..... out
@epic-fail(70)· 2408d
what kinda milk you like?
@phgnomo(65)· 2408d
Spot on my friend. Steem will actually start to grow only when we cut the bullshit of "investors needed", "burn to create value", "useless effort to make the sbd peg work" "curate quality content", and embrace it as it is: a social platform. (With a blockchain that allow us to create other cools stuff).

So yeah, lets milk!
@yahialababidi(71)· 2408d
Sounds like fun and I already do it (almost daily) check it out. By the way, you misspelled #milkandtators in your tags ;)

Here's milk in your eye
@elgeko(74)· 2408d
@claudio83(82)· 2408d
A great challenge! Steemit it's also fun and engagement! Let's start!

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@nonsowrites(76)· 2408d
Too lazy and indifferent to do 10 comments. Maybe 5.since i read a couple of posts each day i might as well comment. (Where is a bot when you need one,)
@bucipuci(76)· 2408d
I can try it. I'll see how much I can endure. Daily activity reports are not counted. Or yes? #milkandtators
@pandaparker(59)· 2408d
Sounds like a plan :)
@steem-plus(74)· 2408d
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@smallbites(61)· 2408d
@shortsegments @lalai

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@stackin(78)· 2408d
Coffee with no “milk” of course 😹
@joshman(74)· 2408d
What about self-milking? Asking for a friend...
@darrenfj(62)· 2408d
Time to get milking...

Mooooooo!
@fredrikaa(74)· 2408d
10 per day?!?! Jeez, what will it be next? That I have to start reading what I vote on as well?
@theycallmedan(80)· 2408d
I will be lurking the #milkandtators tag to spread the milk far and wide.
@mistakili(77)· 2408d
I've always tried to keep the frequency at at least 1 post per day....though its declined lately, I'd do better to get it up again.
@steemflow(80)· 2408d
Hey @whatsup seems i am already on the roll with 3 or more posts a day with marginal upvotes. Now hope to continue with this new idea. #milkandtators
@bashadow(70)· 2408d
A very fine Idea, I wish I could post once a day, but after two and a half years I know it just is not in me. I think I have one steemboard badge for one post a day for a week, but I would be surprised if it is more than that.

For any newer users, that have less than 1000SP might I suggest you make your first post a Movie/Film review post, and enter into @namiks 1000SP Longtterm delegation contest. I dislike dropping links on peoples pages, but I have resteemed it so it is easy for you to find. 5 days left, 3 1000 SP delegations up for grabs, and only 4 entries.

The 10 comments a day part, can be simple or can be hard, it does take time to make the comments, and it means reading the persons post not just voting on it, but as a comment dropper myself, I find the comments sections to be quite entertaining so anything that encourages more comments is a great thing.
@abh12345(80)· 2408d
Trying to kick a post out each day- 7 in a row is tough but I'll give it a go for some #milkandtators
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@rentmoney(77)· 2408d
It seems as if I'm doing that already :)

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@lightsplasher(75)· 2408d
I'm lucky to write ten comments a month, ten comments a day might break something. Maybe I will need to work my way up to that a bit gradually. !trdo
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@derangedvisions(81)· 2408d

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@bil.prag(76)· 2408d
not sure that i will count my comments but let the #milkandtators start.
@oldtimer(76)· 2408d

watching all the whales insist they are manually curating.

Yeah, right?

Well. Here's my first comment. Post coming in in the evening.
@dalz(81)· 2408d
Lol that caw .... makes me deasy ;)
@mimismartypants(69)· 2408d
Here's to milking. I'm on board!!! Waking up early to milk some almonds! https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OGC.c1ed33ea3a776189321432dd72a002e1&pid=Api&rurl=https%3a%2f%2fmedia.giphy.com%2fmedia%2f1qaUQNS6sW14jxO4iM%2fgiphy.gif&ehk=2fh7FF7XuRIX%2b1XmIINMNoEMtmmDF96CdByz1%2bPobB8%3d
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@toofasteddie(77)· 2408d
Hhahahha! Full support to this initiative!!! Happy you are back again with new energy. Let's engage! !BEER .
@joythewanderer(81)· 2408d
I can't take lactose, can I have some soy milk?