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# 1000 followers
The @photocontests bot is barely 3 weeks old and has just reached over 1000 followers. This is awesome people, thanks for the support! There are over 600 unique users participating daily in sharing photos and commenting on photos within the 52 hashtags. In total 2338 people have either posted a photo or left a comment.

# Discord
The Discord channel has been up for a couple of days now and already has 145 members. Some casual (photography)chatting and questions, feel free to join. [>>>click<<<](https://discord.gg/2pmd5Dr)

# Not getting a comment from the bot and downtime
There has been a 2 hour downtime in these 3 weeks. I have resolved the reason for this issue. Any posts during this time will not be credited however, I do not have the code to do this. 

Since there are many users sharing their content sometimes 2 users do this at the same time. As there is a 20 second delay for commenting on Steem my bot cannot always respond to everyone. When you do not get a response check if you have gotten an upvote, as this means your post has still been registered correctly by the bot.

# Roadmap
What to expect for this project in order, my focus is on building a solid foundation first before I get into the fancy things:
- upvoting optimalisation 
- statistical analysis of the data to adjust parameters to make everything as fair and fun as possible (for example, a lower penalty for missing a day on your multiplier)
- making a work around for the 20 second comment delay
- rebuilding the database (as I did not plan any of this ;p)
- using the the new database to host a website where you will be able to view your stats live


This is just what I can think out of my head for now. As time goes by new problems and ideas will arise. Also feel free to share any ideas or feedback, I appreciate it.

# Community
I am still looking for ways to integrate the community more. This means I am willing to promote any services which add value to the photography community, feel free to contact me at either steemit.chat(@julian_k) or Discord.



# Top 50 rankings bases on XP

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<tr><td><b>#</b></td><td><b>Steemian</b></td><td><b>Total XP</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>@maeva</td><td>1429.21</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>@axeman</td><td>1273.55</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>@nolasco</td><td>1185.51</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>@bradfordtennyson</td><td>973.14</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>@aurumv</td><td>973.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>@pixelfan</td><td>964.22</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>@vincentleroy</td><td>926.47</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>@vinceboisgard</td><td>851.73</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>@victorbz</td><td>830.32</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>@stevejhuggett</td><td>775.27</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>@exposez</td><td>775.04</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>@lovelyloon</td><td>755.07</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>@brumest</td><td>742.47</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>@karolisp</td><td>722.06</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>@jon24jon24</td><td>684.71</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>@davidstrohmer</td><td>671.65</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>@perfectsense</td><td>622.15</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>@florian-glechner</td><td>615.59</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>@cakemovesmikey</td><td>570.04</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>@zirochka</td><td>543.67</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>@txatxy</td><td>532.44</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>@schmidthappens</td><td>512.35</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>@lostinhappiness</td><td>499.42</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>@paulnapo</td><td>480.48</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>@eikejanssen</td><td>474.38</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>@oscarps</td><td>426.47</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>@docdudephd</td><td>412.69</td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>@edward.maesen</td><td>394.60</td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>@claudiaz</td><td>388.73</td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>@welcometonepal</td><td>375.43</td></tr>
<tr><td>31</td><td>@randypike</td><td>373.32</td></tr>
<tr><td>32</td><td>@ackhoo</td><td>367.74</td></tr>
<tr><td>33</td><td>@tim.clarke</td><td>358.12</td></tr>
<tr><td>34</td><td>@akashas</td><td>356.55</td></tr>
<tr><td>35</td><td>@matajingga</td><td>356.05</td></tr>
<tr><td>36</td><td>@kunschj</td><td>340.29</td></tr>
<tr><td>37</td><td>@ginga</td><td>335.05</td></tr>
<tr><td>38</td><td>@bigsambucca</td><td>334.74</td></tr>
<tr><td>39</td><td>@mcmonkey</td><td>332.11</td></tr>
<tr><td>40</td><td>@hangin</td><td>329.27</td></tr>
<tr><td>41</td><td>@markangeltrueman</td><td>328.18</td></tr>
<tr><td>42</td><td>@shieha</td><td>324.69</td></tr>
<tr><td>43</td><td>@mattniblock</td><td>321.35</td></tr>
<tr><td>44</td><td>@betterthanhome</td><td>314.29</td></tr>
<tr><td>45</td><td>@rajskij-sad</td><td>301.67</td></tr>
<tr><td>46</td><td>@angrysage</td><td>295.32</td></tr>
<tr><td>47</td><td>@kiokizz</td><td>290.04</td></tr>
<tr><td>48</td><td>@drawesome24</td><td>289.05</td></tr>
<tr><td>49</td><td>@jctdesign</td><td>287.85</td></tr>
<tr><td>50</td><td>@ewkaw</td><td>284.11</td></tr>
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# Feel free to ask any questions related to this project here and I will go over them. You can also always contact me on steemit.chat(@julian_k)

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