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Welcome to the **56th** Edition of the **Daily Qurator**. Below you will find some awesome members of @qurator that worked hard to post some good quality content for all you awesome Steemians to enjoy!

The @qurator project was created to help give Steemians some extra exposure and awesome upvotes currently worth around $0.06 - $0.51!

**Note:** some of you have been curated twice since the start of the daily qurator and some have been curated only once. As the daily qurator is gaining fame with every passing day, many new steemians are asking/will ask to join us. So, expect to see posts from new users for now. When the opportunity arises, posts from older users will be curated once again

<center>**Your Quality Curator ~( @theleapingkoala )~ Presents:**</center>
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|@vlemon  |  life |
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[People Want Experiences, Not Things](https://steemit.com/life/@vlemon/people-want-experiences-not-things)

Our first featured post at today's issue is **The Daily Qurator Surprise Pooooost**! 

Thanks to @gingerninja's suggestion, we get to read a good analysis written by our Qurite @vlemon on how people's perception of value is shifting due to the amalgamation of social media and the perceived "self-worth".

I quote a piece from @vlemon's post
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"Today, consumers no longer want just a burger, but instead seek a burger with a back-story—if only because social media now multiplies the value of the burger’s back-story for our own sense of self-worth. This shift in consumption patterns is bad news for “industrialized food”, mass-produced beer and beverages, and even mass-produced cosmetics."
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Visit @vlemon's page to enjoy the read :)

**_Let's all thank @vlemon for his analysis and thank @gingerninja for suggesting this post to us :D_**
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|@aaronli | hallosteem|
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[（150+ SBD）🎃 Less than 48 hours! Hallosteem Photography Contest 2017 #4](https://steemit.com/hallosteem/@aaronli/150-sbd-less-than-48-hours-hallosteem-photography-contest-2017-4-steemit-hallosteem-4)

As I introduce to you our new friend @aaronli, I take the chance to remind you that his **Hallosteem Photography Contest** is still accepting submissions. The pooled price is 
# 150 SBD

I quote @aaronli's words
> "Please be reminded that the deadline of entries is 16:00 UTC 5/11/2017.The judging is open to all steemians. All you can choose your favorite photo and select the winner!"

For more details visit @aaronli's page

**_Let's all welcome @aaronli as a new Qurite in our @qurator family and thank him for initiating this contest and sharing it with us :D_**
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| @braveheart29 |  fiction |
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[Alternate Part 3: Clarabelle's Miracle](https://steemit.com/fiction/@braveheart29/alternate-part-3-clarabelle-s-miracle)

Apparently this has been going on for a while between our new friend @braveheart29  and our Qurite @svashta. At least 2 parts has been written by our talented writer @svashta, so far, [Part 1](https://steemit.com/writing/@svashta/short-story-24-slaughterhouse) and [Part 2](https://steemit.com/writing/@svashta/short-story-24-slaughterhouse-part-2).

Here is what @braveheart29 wrote in her post:
> "This story is for @svashta. I originally provided @svashta a writing prompt, which he eagerly accepted, not once, but twice. Now we have both decided to write a Part 3, just for fun."

**_Let's all welcome our new Qurite, @braveheart29  to our @qurator family and thank her for sharing this short story with us :D_**
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|@earthnation |  blog |
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[Accepting Change and Inner Transformation to Experience True Happiness and Peace](https://steemit.com/blog/@earthnation/accepting-change-and-inner-transformation-to-experience-true-happiness-and-peace)

Beside the fact that our new friend @earthnation was hatched from an egg... Oh, I am not making that up! Here are @earthnation words
> "What I mean is, most people tend to be born (I was hatched from an egg, so I know there are exceptions), and then they start learning. And learning. And learning…."

Okay back again to the start! 

Beside the fact that our new friend @earthnation was born from an egg... its post has lots of wisdom to learn from and I must admit, it is wiser than many other humans can write. 

But wait! Now I am confused... Our new friend @earthnation is a human? hatched from an egg? oh! okay!

Well! Just go and read his post then ;D

**_Let's all welcome @earthnation as a new human-chick-Qurite member in our @qurator family and thank him/her/it for sharing "Their" earthly wisdom with us :D_**
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|@prostosun  |  art |
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[It's easy and simple to draw a shell. 100% original work, step-by-step inside.](https://steemit.com/art/@prostosun/it-s-easy-and-simple-to-draw-a-shell-100-original-work-step-by-step-inside)

To those who are interested in learning art, our new friend @prostosun is such a talented artist and is offering a step by step lesson on how to draw a shell

For more details, hop to @prostosun's page. It is awesome!

**_Let's all welcome @prostosun  as new Qurite in our @qurator family and thank him for sharing his talent and the step-by-step drawing technique with us :D_**



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# <center>For more information on how to join Qurator click [HERE](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-update-cheaper-tier-access-and-increased-registration-fee)</center>

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# <center>NEWS</center>


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# <center>We now have our own forum on chainBB.com</center>



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<center>**We are happy to announce that Qurator has created its own forum on the ChainBB website for all members to be even more involved and actively communicating with their fellow steemians.**

The Qurator Community Forum can be viewed using the following link: https://chainbb.com/f/qurator-community

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# <center>Qurator's Newest Support Bot Naming Competition. (3 Days left)</center>



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<center>We have a little surprise coming your way with a new support bot exclusively for Qurites. Currently we have a little competition to help name the bot. For more details and a chance to win some SBD and a Tier upgrade click [HERE](https://steemit.com/contest/@qurator/qurator-has-some-awesome-news-for-its-qurites-competition-inside-3). </center>



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## <center>Open Discord Channel </center>

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<center>Qurator now has an Open Discord Channel that all Steemians can join - https://discord.gg/pJtWp57</center>

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## <center>Not getting your sweet Qurator upvotes?</center>

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I am sure most of you have noticed Steemit acting up a bit when it comes to performing the way it should. Sometimes it's buttery smooth and other times it's kind of feeling like you are slowly being taunted by it. This will hopefully all be sorted out soon! 

We use Steemit nodes for our bot and at times the nodes also go down or give errors. Sadly this is something we cannot control. It also means that sometimes the bot might miss an upvote on posts. If you are missing an upvote, there is a quick fix to make sure you get your daily Qurator love. 

When looking at your post, click on **Edit** and then on **Update Post**. You do not have to change anything at all. This should send a new signal to our bot and your upvote should go through. We apologize for this and we are currently working on our own Node to make sure we operate as smooth as possible. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding. =) 

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## <center>@minnowbooster news! </center>

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@minnowbooster is one of our biggest supporters and we will return the favor by keeping our members up to date with news about @minnowbooster. 

There is a new @minnowbooster update where they update their Adjustment to Profitability Scale. Check out their latest post [HERE](https://steemit.com/minnowbooster/@minnowbooster/minnowbooster-announces-adjustment-to-profitability-scale). Nice to see them cracking down on spammers and now seeing @minnowbooster not as a way to gain more rewards but more as a promotional tool to help out users and get them om the hot page. 

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## <center>Want bigger upvotes? Check out Tiers and how to gain access to them</center>


## <center>New Tiers Update</center>

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<center>The latest Tiers update is out and updated. You can see the post [here](https://steemit.com/qurator/@qurator/qurator-tiers-and-upvote-weights-update-30-10-2017-changes-to-tier-0-upvote-weights). </center>

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## Streemian Trail Account is here! 

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You may have noticed that your upvotes from @qurator packed a little bigger punch! @gingerninja, @scrooger and @ethandsmith  are now trailing the @qurator account and will be sending you some extra upvotes from our side as well. It's not much but every upvote counts! 

You can also follow the trail and send upvotes to fellow Qurator members when @qurator upvotes them. To set up a Streemian account only takes a few minutes and is a great way to earn some extra curation.



<center> You can follow this [GUIDE](https://steemit.com/howto/@scrooger/how-to-set-up-a-streemian-account-and-follow-curators-detailed-step-by-step-guide) to set up your Streemian account. </center>


<center>After setting up your account you can follow this trail on Streemian: </center>

<center>https://streemian.com/profile/curationtrail/trailing/817</center>

*We suggest **NOT** following the trail at 100% since we do not want to drain too much of your precious voting power.  Play around with your percentage and if you see your voting power being drained too much you can simply lower your % in Streemian. If you have a lot of voting power to spare you can consider a larger %.* 

If you need any help or have questions come visit our `#support` channel on Discord. 


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|	Members	|	286| +7| 
|	Steem Power	|	330.562    |  | 
|	Delegated	|	 29 368   | (+1731)  |  
|	Voting Power	|	83% 	| |
|	Upvote Weight T0	|	3%	| $0.06|
|	Upvote Weight T1	|	10%	|$0.22|
|	Upvote Weight T2	|	13%	|$0.29|
|	Upvote Weight T3	|	16%	|$0.35|
|	Upvote Weight T4	|	19%	|$0.41 |
|	Upvote Weight T5	|	23%	|$0.51|



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<center>**Upvoting or Resteeming this post will help us grow and in turn enable us to give better upvotes to our members and quality content creators.**</center>

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# <center>Your Quality Content Curator</center>

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###### <center>The Qurator project is brought to you by @scrooger, @gingerninja and @theleapingkoala</center>