Last year, our content manager wrote a Steem post about [the emotional toll of crowdfunding campaigns](https://steemit.com/crowdfunding/@didic/crowdfunding-campaigns-the-emotional-toll). As we enter the second month of our [IndieGogo campaign](https://igg.me/at/utopian/x/2221070), we're certainly feeling that. But we're still going full steem ahead, and had some great contributions this week. In this post, we're highlighting picks from the Development, Translation, and Blog categories.

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## Staff Picks

### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@akireuna/node-js-translation-into-italian-1800-words-17'> Node.js Translation Into Italian, +1800 words #17</a> by @akireuna [translations]

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This is @akireuna's 17th contribution to the translation of Node.js in Italian. The translation of 1800 words was perfect, without a single mistake. The translator also gave a great overview of the translation work. This translation has been an overall impressive feat, with consistently high quality. 

Total payout: 38.19 STU
Number of votes: 183


### <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@beggars/gift-card-marketplace-project-and-development-update-2'>Gift Card Marketplace: Project & Development Update #2</a> by @beggars [blog]

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While it wasn't as rich in screenshots as we like, this post by @beggars was a terrific update. It hits all the major points we like: It's well written, it's informative, it's editorial. This is what we want to see more of, folks! We love posts by our contributors, of course, but posts by projects informing users and potential users of their progress are some of the most valuable content we can have.

Total payout: 49.94 STU
Number of votes: 202

### <a href='https://steemit.com/steemstem/@lemouth-dev/enhancing-the-user-e-1554145622'>Enhancing the user experience on steemstem.io - v0.7 is out</a> by @lemouth-dev [development]

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This was a major update to steemstem.io. The moderator commended it for the large number os images, side-by-side, code samples and explanations of coding changes. The moderator also praised the use of comments and the separation of concerns by making small commits. All in all, this was an excellent contribution to the Development category. 


Total payout: 90.00 STU
Number of votes: 712

## Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

* Overall, the last week saw a total of 193 posts, with 142 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
* In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 3974.08 STU to contributors.
* The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 104.766 STU, with a total of 63 votes received from the community.
* The contribution that attracted the most engagement was <a href='https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@surpassinggoogle/utopian-based-task-request-kindly-help-us-building-the-landing-page-for-teardrops-smt-additional-bounty-of-100-steem'>Utopian-Based Task Request: Kindly Help Us Building The Landing Page For Teardrops SMT. (Additional Bounty Of 100 Steem)</a>, with no less than 15 comments in its comment threads.
* The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 27.41 STU.

## Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewardable|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|-:|:-|
|translations|29|29|29|1201.95 STU|@sargoon|
|blog|52|34|31|599.03 STU|@swapsteem|
|video-tutorials|3|3|3|63.45 STU|@alexendre-maxim|
|copywriting|1|1|1|41.51 STU|@harry-heightz|
|ideas|26|19|16|252.95 STU|@harry-heightz|
|bug-hunting|22|17|17|258.91 STU|@harry-heightz|
|graphics|11|9|8|263.84 STU|@tobaloidee|
|iamutopian|7|7|6|288.69 STU|@abh12345|
|anti-abuse|3|3|2|94.60 STU|@jaguar.force|
|development|15|15|14|590.52 STU|@pcsg-dev|
|tutorials|16|13|9|258.71 STU|@steempytutorials|
|analysis|1|1|1|43.23 STU|@paulag|

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