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This post is a follow up to my post from Thursday [My New Retention Initiative - Pick 5](https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@mikepm74/my-new-retention-initiative-pick-5).

One of the comments I got in that post from @paulag reminded me that not everyone has time to go out curating, let alone to wade through the Introduceyourself tag.  So I thought, since I am doing some of the curating myself anyway, maybe people would find a Daily Digest useful.  I will use this to share with you the Five New Steemians I have selected for the day, and a little bit about why I selected them, with a link to their post.  You can use my summary to decide for yourself if you want to visit them or not.

I hope to make this a daily post, although it might be three times a week, it might be every day, I might do it twice and then realize I just don't have time. We will see how it goes.

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    The Process
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Thanks to some wonderful Query work by @carlgnash which connects to the SteemSql database maintained by @arcange I was able to create my own query to find me the following posts:

* Only search posts in the Introduceyourself tag.
* Only return posts which have been created in the last 24 hours.
* Only return posts where the author's rep is between 25 and 35.
* Ignore posts where the reward is $10.00 or higher.

This helps me narrow down my results, helping get rid of some, but not all, of the tag spam that takes place in the introduction tag.  Today (the first day using the query) I was left with 81 posts.  

I am using LinqPad to connect to the SteemSQL Database, the results of my search look like this:

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That box on the bottom right is my search results.  You can see that I get the Link, and the body of each post that meets the parameters I set.  I then go down manually through the list and open those that look promising. This means they aren't just a few words, they are not obviously tag spam, and they are in English (Sorry, it's the only language I know).  Those that show promise I open in my browser, giving myself a bunch of tabs of potential.  Today there were 16 that I opened and did not immediately dismiss.

From there it's a matter of manually curating through those finalists until I get it down to those I want to promote and keep up with.

This will Always be a manual process.  I will not be creating a Bot or anything to do this work for me.  The best way to promote Steem, and Engagement, is to do the work yourself, so that is what I intend to do.

I hope you will help me welcome these Steemians to the Platform!  If you would like to support this work, please click on some of the links below and visit new Steemians to make them welcome!!

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Today's 5 New Steemians you should get to know include a homeschooling mom, living in her dream home, An artist from Central Florida with a creative talent toward horror, a 26 year old Bahrainian music enthusiast,  A shy nurse who prefers the dark, and a marine biologist who is about to get a taste of a different kind of whale!
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We'll start with @countrykerrie, a [Homeschooling Writer Mom of 5](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@countrykerrie/homeschooling-writer-mom-of-5-works-in-the-country).  Kerrie is into a lot of things, you will need to check her out.  Kerrie is a published author, magazine writer, blogger and proofreader, and oh yeah, she also likes to share recipes.  I have a feeling Kerrie will find a home at @thewritersblock fairly quickly!  Check out her blog if you'd like to know more!
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Next up we have @terrorfirma who announces himself as [A monster and nature loving artist](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@terrorfirma/hello-from-a-monster-and-nature-loving-artist-living-in-florida) from Florida.  Terrorfirma shares some of his very creative and unique art with us in his introduction post, as well as his love of plants and travel.  If you'd like to use one of his pieces for a desktop, or maybe a Steem banner image, just let him know!
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Our third new Steemian today is @kosh7 a well traveled Psytrance DJ from Bahrain. He comes to us with a wave and a [Friendly Introduction](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@kosh7/kosh-here-a-friendly-introduction).  Kosh shares a map of the 43 places he has visited so far on his world journey.  He's been teaching in Thailand and offers to share his music as well as knowledge of South East Asia in his blog.
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Next up, let me introduce you to a [Shy Nurse who is ready for her intro](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@mayliberty/hello-steemit-community-i-am-very-shy-but-i-m-ready-for-my-intro-my-name-is-may-liberty-and-i-m-not-just-a-nurse), @mayliberty.  Here she is with her favorite tree, in the dark, which apparently she likes, being a night owl.  May is a night shift nurse and caregiver, taking care of the elderly and sick.  Her goal here is to share a Steem novel, called Good Nurse, Bad Nurse.  There's surely some interesting stories to be shared here!
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Finally for today, let's meet @thomasjmitchell an expedition guide, marine biologist and amateur photographer.  Check out his post at [My Introduction - World Ocean Adventures](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@thomasjmitchell/my-introduction-world-ocean-adventures).  He's originally from Australia, but has been in Canada for seven years.  He introduces himself with some cool pictures of some of the whales he has encountered.  Let's make sure he is introduced to some of our resident Steem Whales!
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That's the five for Saturday, December 2nd.  This is by no means an exhaustive list!  There are loads of new Steemians who deserve to be checked out in the introduction posts.  I encourage everyone to go and check some of the entries in this tag out for yourselves!  

I hope these Steemians will find a warm welcome to the platform, and look forward to their contributions as they learn the platform and grow with us!  Please join me in welcoming them all!

Thanks for reading!  I hope you have enjoyed the first edition of the Daily 5.  Please sound off in the comments below and let me know if you like this format, or if there is anything you would like to see me change as I move forward.

Title Image from Pixabay User - geralt