<h5>So I ran into @steembasicincome yesterday.</h5>

I'll not try to explain in my own words. Instead, I'll just copy the explanation from one of their posts:

>Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content.

I'm not sure what to think about this compared to things like voting bots, except that the very way you yourself join is by sponsoring another steemian. This means you're not just investing in yourself, but also a fellow steemian, which is a step up from voting bots, right?

So, throwing all caution (and judgement) into the wind,  I decided to try this and sponsored @binkyprod *(who's an awesome person and deserves more votes)* and @teutonium *(who has been very active in commenting)*. Many others deserve this, ofcourse, but I can't hit you all right now! Besides, plenty of my followers actually earn more than these two and I hope this small gesture will help them grow their blogs.

Anyway, not the point. The point is, sponsoring anyone through @steembasicincome costs only 1 Steem, so that means it's quite easily obtainable, even for new steemians. It also means we can sponsor a couple of people without really losing much at all. Overall, I think it's an easy gesture of appreciation.

I haven't seen this at work yet on my own posts *(entered yesterday)*, but here's an example of it on @teutonium's post:

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXiCqD7bBLtWeoKUto1rnzoTXTM3Sdit5n1jQRyYAZe2p/image.png)

And here's @binkyprod's latest post:

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPpWkED5x5StndK2brnJQzEHmrMK8QQ1mtpPj8MoAhpAF/image.png)

It's not a big effect judging from the position in the voting list, but heck, any vote is welcome, right? Besides that, the more 'shares' you obtain through this, the bigger the effect is. Check their blog out for all of the details.

<h4>Get to the point already!</h4>

Alright, I figured I can spend a little more. So I would like to ask you __who *you* think deserves this little show of appreciation__. You can't nominate yourself, but nominate any steemian you feel deserves this. Also, and this is important, tell me *why* you think this steemian deserves some love.

I'll pick the best one and sponsor that steemian through the @steembasicincome program. Be aware though, the program works through upvotes, so I'll only consider active steemians and I'll try to do a 'behaviour check' aswell *(no over-active posting, no begging through comments, that sort of thing)*.

__*Show some love people!*__

__Edit__
I picked the winners! I said I'd pick one, but I only had three nominations, so I'll just sponsor them all!
- @dandalion - nominated by @annazsarinacruz
- @teamhumble - nominated by @dayleeo
- @nathan290595 - nominated by @teutonium

Congrats guys and gal!

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