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In the spirit of the Holidays we have decided to do some giving, but we are going to do it in the form of a challenge!

The challenge is going to involve getting Coil subscribers that have previously signed up for MG.Social back onto the platform creating a monetized posting.

Those eligible to participate in this challenge will be those who have already created an account on MG.Social before this post goes live (12/9/2020).

The challenge will run from when the post goes live until the end of this year; December 31, 2020.

For those who want to participate:

1. Make sure you have set your Xumm and web monetization addresses in your MG.Social account settings.

2. Create one monetized post on MG.Social using the hashtag #GivingBack. Ideally, though not required, the post will describe one way you are doing some giving for the season. (One posting per subscriber will be counted)

3. MG.Social will send your #GivingBack post a 5 XRP tip and will also send a 5 XRP matching tip to St. Jude Children's Hospital's XRPtipBot address.

***Update: Due to recent AML/KYC restrictions the XRPtipBot account for St. Jude's is no longer functional. Instead, at the end of the challenge we will donate an equivalent amount of USD to St. Jude's through traditional means.***

4. At the conclusion of the challenge one participating user will be chosen at random to win a 100 XRP prize.

We look forward to seeing users back posting on MG.Social that we may not have seen for a while and spreading some XRP around for a good cause.

Good luck to everyone who participates and let's see how much XRP we can raise for St. Jude!

***Update: We had 7 users participate in our challenge. We decided to donate the USD equivalent of 10 XRP per challenger at the ATH price of $3.95 for a total of $276.50 raised for St. Jude.

Our particpants were:

AussieNinja (Adam Waring)

https://mg.social/u/AussieNinja

https://coil.com/u/AussieNinja

https://cinnamon.video/aussieninja

https://twitter.com/CryptoAdam4

CryptoSpace

https://mg.social/u/CryptoSpace

https://coil.com/u/CryptoSpace

https://cinnamon.video/CryptoSpace

https://twitter.com/CryptoSpace123

https://twitter.com/CryptoSpace123

https://twitter.com/CryptoSpace123

https://twitter.com/CryptoSpace123

https://twitter.com/CryptoSpace123

whydoitweet (Derek Groen)

https://mg.social/u/whydoitweet

https://coil.com/u/whydoitweet

https://cinnamon.video/whydoitweet

https://twitter.com/whydoitweet

veggiessima (Cintia)

https://mg.social/u/Veggiessima

https://coil.com/u/Veggiessima

https://cinnamon.video/Veggiessima

https://twitter.com/veggiessima

BurntEnds88

https://mg.social/u/BurntEnds88

https://coil.com/u/BurntEnds88

https://cinnamon.video/BurntEnds88

https://twitter.com/BurntEnds88

theJeweler

https://mg.social/u/theJeweler

https://coil.com/u/mzarka3

https://twitter.com/Mzarka3

The winner of the 100 XRP prize:

SethStanley!

https://mg.social/u/SethStanley

https://coil.com/u/SethStanley

https://twitter.com/SethStanley17

https://cinnamon.video/sethstanley

https://twitter.com/SethStanley17

Thank you to everyone the participated and helped us raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital. We hope to see you partipcate in our next challenge!

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=401736411100743056

This video describes the basic setup of an MG.Social account, including adding a payment pointer to monetize your postings and a Xumm address to accept XRP tips.

Creating a posting, streaming micropayments and Xumm XRP tipping are demonstrated.

Coil account signup: https://coil.com/signup

Setting up an Uphold ILP payment pointer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk2ErEzkBJs

Xumm account setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xh5kjbwfvk

Questions, problems, concerns, complaints send to admin@mg.social

Creator Spotlight is our new running series that will highlight some of the talented creators that are posting their content to MG.Social. When we highlight a creator we will give a brief description of the type of content they create and post links to their various platforms. We look at this as a way to give back to the talented creators who have supported MG.Social by shinning a spotlight on their great content and channels.

Adam AKA AussieNinja - Adam was one of the first creators to join MG.Social and start spreading the word about what we are doing. In addition to training for Ninja Warrior, Adam is part of the PLAN podcast that takes place on Cinnamon.Video discussing all things web monetization. In addition to being a talented photographer and videographer, Adam has also launched the Gfam.live application. That is a web monetized social network that allows users to post pictures and tell a story related to the posted image. Much like mg.social, gfam users can monetize the content posted to the site and allows users to accept XRP tips for their postings!

https://www.cinnamon.video/aussieninja

https://coil.com/u/AussieNinja

https://twitter.com/CryptoAdam4

PatriciaC - Patricia is another member of the PLAN podcast on Cinnamon.Video. Her content specializes in cooking and baking. Patty is currently running the latest Cinnamon.Video challenge called PancakeMaster, which as you guessed it, is a challenge to cook pancakes. Much like Adam, Patty has been one of the very early users to try out mg.social and provide feedback that has helped us improve the platform.

https://www.cinnamon.video/pattyalexx

https://twitter.com/PattyAlexx

https://coil.com/u/PatriciaC

https://twitter.com/PattyAlexx

https://twitter.com/PattyAlexx

Cintia AKA Veggiessima - Cintia's content is highly revolved around all things snow related, like snowboarding! She is also passionate about eating a healthy plant based diet and posts pictures and recipies of her latest creations.

https://www.cinnamon.video/Veggiessima

https://coil.com/u/Veggiessima

https://twitter.com/veggiessima

Stoney - Stoney's content is mostly related to documenting Florida based attractions such as theme parks. Stoney's son also has a Cinnamon.Video channel titles “Hello From Florida” with further documentation of their adventures exploring the many Florida based theme parks and their respective attractions.

https://www.cinnamon.video/Hello_From_Florida

https://coil.com/u/Stoney

https://twitter.com/Eric_Stoneking

Well that wraps it up for our first entry in this series. We hope to make it a regular practice to give a shout out to the content creators who are making mg.social possible. Without your contributions that platform would not exist!

https://www.cinnamon.video/watch?v=382110096953444105

In the latest State of the Network episode MateoXRP discusses a new Total Xumm Earnings widget for MG.Social profiles. This allows you to see the total amount of Xumm XRP tips your postings have received on the site.

This feature was already available to display Coil earnings, it is now available to view you Xumm XRP tips as well. Now you can more easily see the total amount of earnings you are receiving from your mg.social postings!

https://www.cinnamon.video/watch?v=378208043894047755

MG.Social is proud to announce that our new Xumm based tipping system is now live. You will now see a field in your user account settings for a Xumm address. Once you have added the address of a Xumm account your posting will then have a 'Tip Post' option. You can see the amount of XRP tipped to each posting within the parenthesis.

For instructions on setting up a Xumm account see the video here.