I'm posting this with @gavvet because that's where it all began... during the time when my account was hacked and I was waiting to get it recovered.
All good things must come to an end to allow the space for improvement or for something better.
When I stated the Daily Pick of Hidden Gems I had no Idea where it would go and its been a wild ride.
In some respects it led the way and set the example that some have followed and its great to see entire initiatives focused simply on identifying and curating new or unrecognized authors.
It was wonderful the last couple of weeks to find posts that I had selected had already been found by the time my Daily Picks went up. Kudos to the Curie team for their undercover efforts that we now know about. With Curie going strong its time for a change.
Change is a good thing. Many people are scared of change as it is the new and might be out of your comfort zone.
Statistics
I decided to have a look at all the posts and people I had featured and how things were going. Lets start with some positive. Some are doing really well posting great content everyday and the value of their posts are in the double digits.
Sadly this is not the case for everyone as some are still posting great content with nothing on it at all. This is not the worst thing that I had noticed. A lot of those which have been featured in my daily gems before are no longer active on this site.
My thoughts
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I believe in giving a person a fishing rod and looking back at my featuring of posts in gems I was giving them a fish. One featured post was simply not enough to help them stand on their own and be able to make something.
Just as a saying goes, you can give a person a fish to satisfy their hunger but tomorrow they will be hungry again and require another fish. Sadly I can't feature the same person everyday in my daily gems. It would be unfair to others.
Conclusion
This isn't so much the end of the daily gems, it is the start of something new, something better and I am hoping that this would be more of a fishing rod than the pick of hidden gems.
The hidden gems has made a bigger impact than what I originally thought it would make and has set a pace for others to follow.
Helping others helps you in the end, it is like teaching where the teacher learns more than the students.