Though i am not getting much reward as for now but i am sticking here because i know the potencial of this platform, yes it could take sometime for me to get noticed but i am pretty sure the day will come soon ;)
Thanks for introducing these persons to us!
I am definitely going to follow them, 
As far as @cure concerns, can you tell me the critera of the post that they accept, i will be very thankfull to you @timcliff.
Be happy and keep spreading happiness like this!

Dave Letterman used to have a little section on his program called, 'Is this anything?' There would be a video of a performance or event or news article, and he and Paul would decide whether it was something or not. 

Right now, I upvote a lot on things on Steemit because they are 'something', not necessarily because they are something I care about. It is truly overwhelming and somewhat depressing to sift through the ocean of nothingness and meta posts on Steemit. I mean, the amount of copy/paste, obvious no effort money grab, SBD/steem, steemit cheerleading, steemit voting fraud complaints, how to game the steemit system articles is mind boggling. The fact the community values what Exyle had for lunch every day at $200 says a lot about this(in addition to other things wrong with the platform). 

Most non crypto freaks would just not stand for this type of thing. There's a lot of garbage on the other social media platforms, but at least most of the garbage could be considered 'something' to somebody, even if it's something you don't like. I mean, I'm putting the bar pretty low here.   

I'm looking forward to the day where I can find enough articles of personal interest to fill my allotted steemit time, not feel the need to use my voting for general curation, and cut most of the meta posts from my feed. Although, I probably would still do some general curation because that's a thing I like to do. 

So, thank you for sharing this shortcut to quality content. Maybe this is the only way it can work. Maybe I'm naive, and the monetary incentive on steemit is just going to cause it to be flooded with crap forever or until it sinks it. But, I hope people keep trying to make it better.

Thanks for this post, @timcliff! Means a lot coming from a reputable Steemian and witness as yourself! 

I just wanted to add that we also encourage manual curators to front-run our votes on the ocd posts and nominations and get increased curation rewards by voting on unique and quality authors!

I have seen these guys to a great job on the Steemit platform!
I love what these guys are doing. 
They curate and expose many awesome writers, artist, and other content creators.

wow a very interesting post @timcliff

This is a great initiative. Several times I was nominated in OCD, several times I was supported by Curie. That's great! Only one problem remains. Ois can't do this every time. Most often, such support is provided 1 time. But I also continue to do quality work. My posts are getting better and better. But unfortunately, most often they are underestimated. You're right, Steemit is a long way. Your work should always be excellent, it is the path to success. It's long and hard. But I'm not giving up. I believe in my success. Although it is sometimes so sad to see your message unnoticed.

I am poor man please votes please please

Thanks you info, very good post you...@timcliff

Thank you, @timcliff   I'm new to Steemit, and didn't know of these projects.  I love the photo of people using a metal detector on the beach, sifting through millions of grains of sand. I actually tried that once, and it's a lot of work to come up with a precious find.

Just wanted to tell you that I used your guide on how to buy cryptocurrency for the first time, and made my first transaction tonight.  It's nerve-wracking if you haven't done it before, yet is actually quite simple after you've gone through the steps.  Thank you for helping out the minnows and newbies!

I have followed them for quite a while and there is some good posts that they curate. If you have not followed them you really need too.

Hi Tim. Thank you for bringing @ocd to my attention. I have heard of them, but did not how their curation process work. I only realized through you that anyone could use the ocd-resteem tag for their quality content. Key word being *quality*, of course. I will be sure to share the information with our newbies in the #newbieresteemday community.

I'm part of the ABC's of Curation team with @newbieresteemday. We're a small account but we strive to lift the spirits and morale of our newbie community with our upvote worth and curation trail. Our group of volunteers have passed along many great posts to Curators from @curie. So many have been curied and it is a wonderful feeling to see our undervalued newbie authors finally receiving recognition for their work.

I am happy to learn that @ocd and @curie are both projects helping to discover and support authors with beautiful voices and minds to share.

P.S., I know you have met @mellofello from our team @beeyou. I'm his teammate, Paula. He mentioned your post to me since I help out with the @newbieresteemday account. 

Thank you for sharing this information!

The only way to make this platform sustainable is inviting new users to join in!

I am just a beginner in Steemit; and my first question nowadays of which answer I would like to find was exactly that one. Thank you for this meaningfull post @timcliff . With the help of this post of yours, I see that I have saved time which I can use to contribute to Steemit platform. This post is like a short cut like "ctrl+F" :) ... My thanks also go to @ocs @acidyo @curie ... Besides I would be more happy that if you nominate and reward more than 20 posts in a day (but most of them can be in English cause that English is much more common in the world and can contribute Steemians to contact much more)

en tu publicación se nota que eres una persona humilde e inteligente  felicidades realmente disfruto su publicación siga asi y que dios lo bendiga saludos @timcliff

I agree with you about creating good content is time consuming, but the recognition  from the community are not matching up. However I'm looking forward on the long term success of steemit. Thank @ocd and @timcliff for making positive moves on Steemit community.

Good to know about their project:) its great to have projects like these that show  appreciation to hard work here on the platform that id easily missed... ! Following!!! 
Tganks @timcliff🤗

I completely get what you are saying here @timcliff but this is like putting a bandaid over an arterial bleed and calling it "healed".

The problem with "Curation" and "upvotings" on Steemit go so deep that even the "fixes" are nothing more than bandaids.  As I [wrote two  weeks ago](https://steemit.com/steemitschool/@daniarnold/how-to-become-a-steemit-whale) 
> "The problem is that most of the really great content in Steemit is being published by people with a voting power of $.05-.50 cents.... and we are all voting our hearts out to try and help the amazing writers and authors and photographers and artists and muscians....

> ....But stacking a pile of nickels on top of each other really doesn't do jack shit to help them or anyone else out- not financially, nor in getting their work seen by the rest of the Steemit Community.

> ...... because the ONLY votes that count, are those that come from the "HAVES"..... not the "Have Nots"."

and bandaids just will not fix the arterial bleed that is draining the value of Steemit.   **THIS is a Major Problem**

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PS: I upvoted your post....but you probably can't tell as now my current voting power is $.03 cents.

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I think you have done something very right, very useful, of course for beginners like us, the motivation you give to be the spirit for us, continue to work my brother we support you.

Great way to exchange. Very useful post . Thanks @htooms

Thanks so much @timcliff for this wonderful piece of information. Many new steemians go through more difficulties in order to get themselves well established on Steemit. Good advice like this will go a long way to help them out. Am into Steemit promotion and I will adapt this post of yours as a reference point to guide Newbies. Once again thanks for the info.

They really are amazing group of people. I’ve stop by a couple of times in the past just to toss upvote on the 10 people they highlighted that day.

I’ve also been blessed to have been selected in the past. I even on very rare occasion use the tag they have set up to try and get a resteem.  I can only hope people choose to respect their tag and not clutter it up many times a day with whatever they push out with a few moments of thought. It is always great knowing if I spend a fair amount of time on something more than usual it is a place I can try and reach out to.

I also gave them my witness upvote not to long ago. I really wish I had more energy these days to comment and engage more with people they select. They are a great example of what this platform is supposed to be about at least in my eyes. Rewarding people for their effort free of charge. Such a thing can empower and motivate people to want do better and give back in higher quality content.

Excelente post no conocía esa cuenta ya la sigo y le vote como testigo ya que si hacen este trabajo para todos nosotros lo merecen saludos. Nos Leemos Luego...

You raised salient points. Steemit isn't a get rich quick platform - this is one thing that most curators, especially the new ones find difficult to understand. But with dertermination anf consistency in generating good content, one can truly become successful on this platform.
Initiatives like @ocd are commendable. Thanks to them for making it worthwile for curators especially the new entrants.

Surely platform needs more people like you so that we can attract more and more people. The more people we attract the more everyone will benefit from it. So i would say its a lovely start from you.

Thank you very much for the recommendation. Will follow the and use the tag every time I can!

Now this one is tough for me, I have never considered my posts to be of high quality, on the other hand I would like a few additional upvotes, should I use the ocd-resteem tag on the off chance I might get an upvote?

Acidyo is an amazing guy and has put in an incredible  amount of effort in manually curating people and bringing true organic quality on to our platform. OCD and Curie are great projects.

Thanks @timcliff ..... I'll follow @ocd now.

Hello @timcliff

I  love what you wrote about today
This project has really help many minnows, I believe more people need to support this project for maximum benefit.

Nice post

I thought you were going to say the #steemitbloggers. We'll get your attention Tim. Just give it time. :)

There isn't anything better than when someone you value and trust tells you about someone they trust.

Nice job.  Followed @ocd