The response to the first week of Banana Program was pretty intense, thanks to everyone who entered the first week challenge! As a result of this, it’s safe to say that over 70 newbies to Steem were welcomed by a human (instead of only a bot).

What is Banana Program? Banana Program rewards people who do social and creative tasks. Banana Program is inspired by the Partiko app and is unofficially sponsored by the @stupid account.

First of all, the competition was stiff between a few of the entries, but I have decided on a winner for the first week………

THE WINNER IS……

@carlgnash !!!!!!

Here is his winning entry: @carlgnash/50-shades-of-yellow--carls-banana-postzoi4bhdg

Each week I will choose the most creative post for the winner. Carl’s post was creative in many ways, not just his sexybeastman photo, but his title was also very creative “50 Shades of Yellow”, which is a parody of the smash hit book, “50 Shades of Gray”. The combination was just too much, and everything about his post was hilarious to me. It was the clear winner.

@carlgnash will be receiving the following prizes in the mail:

If you’re new to the Banana Program, go here to learn how to participate: @stellabelle/banana-program-new-steem-project-designed-for-bored-humans

Banana Program is inspired by the fast and beautiful app for the Steem platform, Partiko app The Partiko app uses SteemConnect, so it’s safe to use. The developer of Partiko is an experienced programmer, and his name is @crypto.talk on Steem. Partiko has a discord channel, so drop in for any issues or questions: https://discordapp.com/invite/N7Et97G

Just an FYI, I am not a member of Partiko, nor am I receiving any monetary compensation. I am interested in the retention of users on Steem, and this app has a high retention rate. I feel that it’s the best app in terms of happiness because you receive points for doing things like uprooting, commenting and resteeming. I heard that these points can be converted into upvotes. Also, Partiko doesn’t take any cut of the rewards.

Cheers and Congratulations to @carlgnash for winning Week One of the Banana Program!
Stellabelle