Components
This would involve the creation of a new page on steemgigs.org as well as the creation of some backend analytics to produce the top users in each section and to pull the most recent talent.
Proposal
Within Steemgigs spotlight I propose adding a section to steemgigs.com that is solely created for recognizing the raw talent that Steemgigs has to offer, an area that puts the spotlight on its users. Steem gigs allow it's user to sell their talents in exchange for steem/sbd and sometimes even nothing more than thanks. The page I propose would allow users to see who is making the biggest impact to the community. I have added some suggestions about what could possibly be added to SteemGigs for categories although other categories could easily be added here:
Top Sellers - Who is selling the most gigs, etc.
Most Active - Who is the most active each month
Up & Coming - Who is making waves in the community this month
New Comers - Recognising the new users who are making this community grow.
The main purpose of the page is to promote just how great the community is and why's it's growing. You will see on the mock below that I have included "{my-username}, you're the reason this community is great" This area would be relevant to the signed in user, with the {my-username} being replaced with the username of the signed in user. It would tell the message to every one of the steemgigs users, that they're the reason the community is growing.
Mockups / Examples
This section would be used to tell every user that they're the reason that SteemGigs is great.
This section would recognise talent in a selection of categories:
This section would recognize the latest members of the community:
Benefits
There are a few benefits this would produce:
A) It gives steemgigs a window to tell they're users just how great they are, it shows that Steemgigs cares. Something I know the creators of this is all about. This helps motivate the users of steem gigs to be the best they can be.
B) It provides additional promotion to top users and new users, one of the hard things about steem is getting know. There is a direct correlation between working hard and being on that page for the people seen in the categories and for the newcomers, it's the helping hand they need to start they're the journey.
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