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If infinity plus one doesn't cause trouble, then infinity plus one hundred won't either. 🧘‍♂️ It reminds me of the philosophical question "how many drops of water can fill an ocean" !INDEED! 🤯😅

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Some of those ones and hundreds might be infinities in and of themselves too. Well, a few drops won't make any noticeable difference, but that doesn't negate the absolute importance of all the drops that the ocean contains, for without too many, and there is no longer an ocean. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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@savvyplayer might say again that there are infinite real numbers between 1 and 2, even if there are only 2 whole numbers between the 2 numbers (inclusive). 🤔🤯 They had been hosting Math mini-contests such as this 4 years ago even before I joined Hive! 😎😏

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Yep, I'd be inclined to agree. Hrmmm...interesting, mathematics contests, cool. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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However, @savvyplayer said that they decided to take an indefinite break from such Math contests, where their biggest reason was that hosting such contests was taking them too much time !INDEED. 🤔🤯😅

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Oh, I see. Yes, hosting any kind of contest can take up quite a lot of time, which is one reason that I haven't done so yet. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Every winner of those contests used to get at least 1 HIVE, where if there was no winner for a given day, the prize for that day got carried over to the next day. 🤔😎😏

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That's a good way to do it, and I imagine that it drew a fair number of people. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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I definitely enjoyed those contests, and wanted to continue them if they didn't take too much time. 🤯 Most of the participants are (really) good in Math, and few participants just try to answer just for the chance to win the prize, which was still !FUN. 😎

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That's great. Is there a way to streamline them down a bit, so that they don't take as much time to manage? 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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It's hard to think of a way to make such Math challenges more efficient in terms of time, because it takes some time to create a !FUN Math problem, and especially the step-by-step solution for each challenge problem. 🤯🤓

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Maybe you could use an AI like Grok to be your time-saving, digital contest assistant. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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I highly prefer not to use AI to generate such Math challenge problems as well as the solutions to them. 🤖🤯 I want such problems and solutions to be as close to 100% "human-made" as possible. 😆😅

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Oh, OK, I understand, and that makes sense. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Let's hope that we don't encounter derogatory terms (such as "AI hater" which is not the case) anywhere here on Hive (and outside Hive)! 🧘‍♂️🤗

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Oh, I find haters all over the place, here on Hive included, but I just ignore them and continue on my way. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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But the answer to the question “how many drops can fill an ocean” is not infinity, is it?
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The size of each drop will have to be taken into account, such that there may theoretically be a "drop" that's even too small to be detected by a microscope. 🤯🤯 I wonder what @tydynrain would say about this! 😆😅

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I don't think that a 'drop' that is too small to be detected by a microscope falls within the parameters of meaning for that word. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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That's !INDEED another paradox for us to handle on our conversation here (with @borniet)! 🤯🤣

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Well, it was really your conversation with him. I was tagged, which is why I'm here. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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Since you joined the conversation (after I tagged you), there are now 3 of us (the other of which is @borniet) on this conversation! 😆😅

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Indeed, though it's been a while since he's popped up. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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We know though that he will pop up back on Hive soon, and respond to most (if not all) of his comment and mention notifications. 😎

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Indeed, true, and that's always the hope at least. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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Bjorn is now back on Hive, but needs more time to catch up with his (comment and mention) notifications !INDEED. 😎😏

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That's good to hear, and he does usually appear for a short while on Sunday going into Monday. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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I think that while Bjorn has !INDEED been back on Hive since yesterday, he just published a few posts and comments (less than 10 within the past 48 hours). 🤯😅

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Well, I know that he was at the Hive Summit, and he sent me a message saying that he's on a short work break, so he'd probably mostly be offline for a little while. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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It looks like Bjorn's "short work break" already spans for more than a week! 🤯😅

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Yep, he was on Hive for a shorter round this time. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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While Bjorn is able to publish only about 24 comments here on Hive within the past 6 days, he at least is able to publish at least one (long) post everyday. 😎

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Yes, I have noticed that indeed, and that's good. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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I think that in general, a Hive author publishing a post everyday should try to publish comments at least the same number of human comments they receive under their own posts, so that they could be considered still "engaging" !INDEED. 🧘‍♂️🤓

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Well, I go way beyond that every day. I'd say that I engage pretty well. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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Your level engagement shows on the #Ecency Weekly Engagement Leaderboard (where you are at Top 5), and your comments are longer and more meaningful than "great post" or "nice one" or similar comments !INDEED. 🤗🧘‍♂️🤓

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Indeedy, and I'd shoot myself if I 'engaged' like that. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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While some active #Ecency users got disappointed with the change on the awarding of the #Ecency Weekly Engagement Leaderboard by Melinda, it at least gave better chances for active users that are between Top 11 to 50 on the weekly leaderboard to win (which is a 10% chance to win 4 HIVE and 500 Ecency Points for being within the Top 50). 🧘‍♂️🤓

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Indeed, I know, and I was one of them. I liked the old format so much better, but alas, it's gone, so I flow with how it is now. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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If only there aren't #Ecency users whose comments are too short, then Melinda wouldn't have (needed to) make that change in her #Ecency Engagement Leaderboard weekly awarding. 🧘‍♂️🤯

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Yep, I agree. There often does seem to be people that spoil a good thing by trying to game or take advantage of it. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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It looks like the #Ecency dev team members responsible for the #Ecency Engagement Leaderboards simply count the number of posts or comments published by an Ecency user for the leaderboard ranking without taking into account the length of (and delays between) posts and comments !INDEED. 🤯🤓

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Indeed, and that became fairly obvious pretty quickly. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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About half a year has passed since Melinda and some active #Ecency users noticed that some other Ecency users shot up to the top of the #Ecency Engagement Leaderboards quickly even with (very) short and similar comments, and nothing still apparently changed on how Ecency engagement leaders are displayed. 🧘‍♂️🤯

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Indeed. I think that it would have been better to resolve the underlying mechanism that allowed useless comments to rise to the top, rather than changing the nature of the contest. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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I think that Melinda could use (better if from the Ecency dev team) a script which determines the average number of words (or characters) on the comments of the Top 10 users on the #Ecency Weekly Engagement Leaderboard such that users with very low averages won't get prizes, !INSTEAD of changing the way winners are selected. 🧘‍♂️🤯🤓

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Anyway, I just noticed the word "useless" on your comment there, something you have used here on Hive only once for the past 30 days according to #Ecency Search. 🤯😅

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I think that in general, any contest that exists will have some people trying to take advantage of it, so the contest hosts should probably have the responsibility in adjusting their rules for the contest itself to be as fair as possible (to every participant). 🧘‍♂️🤓

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That certainly seems to be the case, and yep, contest rule adjustments are a necessity I'd say. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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After all, contests are supposed to be !FUN and encouraging, so the hosts of any contest in general should adjust accordingly. 🧘‍♂️🤓

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Indeed, and it should be fun for the Hiver who runs the contests too. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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I think it's usually more !FUN if a contest here on Hive is run by more than one person on Hive !INDEED. 🧘‍♂️🤓

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