I'm certainly hoping for this to happen. And not only with Reddit, but with Medium as well. Though they do have strong partner programmes, so we will see about that one.

That would be great, and I agree, more people, more content, and thus more potential for great content.

Steemit seems to be having a hard time getting accounts approved these days, though. I've been watching to see any updates on Velocity, but so far, nothing. Meanwhile, the accounts are trickling in compared to what they were doing four months ago. If it's keeping scammers and spammers out, maybe that's a good thing? Unfortunately, I also read about the exact opposite happening and how much resources are being used to flag it.

As the host, I hope Glen wont mind if I nip in and answer this :)

Just add a comment in the previous 'league' post below stating interest and I'll add you in for Sunday!

https://steemit.com/engagement/@abh12345/6bzkhk-the-curation-and-engagement-leagues-sponsored-by-carlgnash-and-paulag

Don't worry about starting off 'slow' with the numbers.  As Glen discusses, the real value is held in engaging on the post with the participants - asking for tips, congratulating, or whatever encourages comment - comments mean prizes for the top 10 each week :D

Cheers!

Oh, I think I would definitely call the leagues a community. There are roughly 300 people, give or take, who vie for a top 10 spot in either the curation league, the engagement league, or both (the latter is pretty hard to do) each week. So, there is the idea of competition, with rewards (1-3 or 4 STEEM for engagement plus potential delegation and something like 1 STEEM each for the curation). However, most of the people participating, I'd say, are inclined to curate or engage anyway.

What I like about it most is, at least on the engagement side, is it gets us out there and doing what I believe Steemit was created for—commenting and curating, as well as posting. So, while we potentially see a small but nice boost in STEEM depending on our placement, we essentially keep Steemit running.

That last part might sound a little exaggerated. It probably is, but I really believe we're doing something good for the platform that's natural, organic, without preservatives, aftertaste or deadly side effects. :)

Let me also make a little note. If you want to win the first league you have to follow the king of curation. I wonder who that is 😂😜

If you want to win the second league, you can ask Glen.

I don't even know if I am still at the top of the engagement heap since we took a week off. Maybe everyone had a chance to take a breather and come up with winning strategies. At any rate, being atop the engagement league has definitely been fun, but I had to be a member of the league first, so credit needs to go where credit is due.

I agree that dragosroua definitely has something working here. I've seen the same thing happening in my feed.

Okay, so I did start with the people part of this, while admitting it's not my strong suit, right? :) I think that's giving it a lot of weight, actually, when you lead with the thing you're the least naturally inclined at. All of this running around I've been doing isn't really my thing. It's my wife's, not me. She's not here, though, and she much prefers talking with her mouth than talking with fingers on a keyboard.

The interacting part is great, but there's other places to do that. I could say the same thing for finding stuff to read, and to lesser extents, the attention economy and even being a part of something larger than self. However, it's the sum of the parts, each working together and enhancing each other as it amplifies the whole that is the real story here. And that, my friend, is only a small story in comparison to what will be told on the STEEM blockchain if/when the bootstrapped economy takes place. :)

And in my case, my continuing participation in all of this, is because of the leagues. That's where I choose to put the greater weight because right now it's one of the driving forces behind everything that is done here.

Actually, if you did run a report, or maybe a few names, or maybe even just mine, I'd be interested to see how it went, because my numbers went down in spite of really trying to keep them up there. Okay, I take that back. Maybe I don't want to know. :)

I only wish I would have known about the leagues sooner (the beginning of January would have been nice) and then joined the moment I heard about them rather than procrastinating. They really have helped me more than I feel I'm contributing to them. But that seems to be how my life has been.

I seriously didn't go into this with the intent of creating a shameless plug, but then I needed a way to wrap the post up, so that all came out. I believe it, though, so let's call it more of a unsolicited testimonial rather than advertising, shall we? :)

I'll comment about your illness on your own post.

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It will be awesome. Especially since, because it's not yet, it's just a pain to get from STEEM to fiat. If that ever gets solved, going straight to STEEM with fiat, maybe it will be better. At any rate, STEEM being accepted as payment has huge implications and ramifications, so that's much, much better. :)

Oh, now, now. It's not like more than one person can't have the same idea and write about it. It's not plagiarism unless you quote me word for word and then pass it off as your own. You can still participate. Just use your own words. Eezy Peezy Bo-Beezy. :)

Anyone is welcome to join. Just need to leave a comment on a post asking to be added. [Here's the link to the most recent post](https://steemit.com/engagement/@abh12345/6bzkhk-the-curation-and-engagement-leagues-sponsored-by-carlgnash-and-paulag). Read through the rules at the top for league one and then part way down the post for league two. There aren't a lot, but the ones that do exist are important. After that, it's pretty much posting, commenting and curating.

I'm not sure what you mean by "can it be noticed," but hopefully I've answered your question. If not, please feel free to ask again. :)

I don't know. I think we're pretty much on the same page. I tend to be a big picture guy (mainly because I'm not skilled enough or understand enough to be the specific how-to-do it guy), so I want to know the overall reason and purpose of something. STEEM happens to have a global-sized purpose.

re: first place

Thanks. It's fun, and as I've said, it gets me out there. That's good, I think. :)

Well, thank you. And thank you for your continuing support of them. I can't speak for anyone else, obviously, but I believe many of us have had a positive experience as members. Also, maybe you already saw this, but there was at least one other [mention of the leagues today](https://steemit.com/curation/@revisesociology/an-overview-of-community-curation-initiatives-on-steemit). :)

Well, cool. The challenge has been fun so far, and the leagues, well, I think you'll like them a lot. It's easy to sign up, too. [Just go here](https://steemit.com/engagement/@abh12345/6bzkhk-the-curation-and-engagement-leagues-sponsored-by-carlgnash-and-paulag) and tell abh12345 you would like him to add you to the leagues. You'll automatically be entered for both and you'll start the same week you sign up. :)

Glad to offer what I believe to be some useful information. If you decide you want to participate, just go to the last curation and engagement post abh12345 has and ask to be added to the list. At the top of this comment section he's even left a link to it.

I'd agree. Both eventually need to be present—the rewards and the engagement—to whatever degrees is up to each one of us. Some of us care more about rewards, others engagement, and so hitting that ratio we each need is key to not only success, but our longevity.

You've definitely had a lot of engaging posts (we've been talking about this right?) on topics that I'm interested in, so you're making it easy for me to show up and say something. :) You're easy to talk to and so I'm sure that not only helps me, but everyone else you're chatting with here.