There is a place called Steem where you can come for the rewards, but stay for the community. And I have loved this place, felt at home, made friends around the entire world, tried many many many different things, and keep trying, and have been rewarded in a dozen different ways, if not more.
What more could I ask for? To keep going!
This is my official application to join a group called the alliance. According to the rules, I have to answer three questions in this post:
- Where did you hear about us?
- Why do you wanna be here?
- What do you feel you can contribute to the platform/alliance?
That's the way it works. Then, if I am accepted, I will be subjected to months of hazing, finally resulting in me being admitted to the group at the lowest levels.
I have heard about the alliance since it first started. Some great users that I was having a lot of fun with, like @tattoodjay were getting together and joining syndicates and unions and 'alliances'.
Now, I have and had joined a few groups in my time on the steem blockchain, and those that still list me as members have accepted how I 'role'. I am a butterfly, trying and testing every flower out there, crossing continents just to get a glimpse of what is on the other side. Those that count me as friend know that if I eventually come back around again, its because I count you as friend too!
So I tried very hard to avoid any groups where it seemed like strict levels of commitment would be monitored and enforced.
Then @snook happened. Now, don't misunderstand me, she has been around this Earth a bit before me, and I invited her to the platform and she was actually on much earlier than all this. But people started to find her, and love her, and get interested in her as I knew they should, since she is such a fun person, open and creative, and was learning how to open up on steem.
So she joined this great family of alliance members, and kept poking at me to join it as well. Not force-ably, just bringing it up tangentially in conversations like moms tend to do.
Why do I want to be here? I am always trying new things, and I (a lot like @snook actually) am unphased by people who say that I should 'pick a niche'. I do my own thing, which is one of the reasons that we named our show, 'The Art of Being You'
So as I go about doing my thing, I have found that the community is the best part around here, and that there are great new friends that I have met here, that I interact with, and that I keep bumping into. Since very many of my friends are already a part of the alliance, and I like making new friends and commenting on their posts, I think that it would be a great opportunity to join up with the alliance.
In regards to question 3, what I will be contributing to the alliance, my answer is two fold. First, I am currently a commenting machine! I would love to have another source of content from authors that has been pre-curated (by this application process) on which I can go and read and comment. I am currently enjoying the engagement leagues and am of the mind that what steem needs right now is not more bloggers but more audience.
The second thing I offer is an open mind and a bit of SP. I would like to delegate some SP to one or more bot programs that vote on a circle of select authors. I believe that these voting programs do a lot to keep early people going. Even a few cents can help people get up over the hump of 0 payout 0 visibility posts. I already participate in @steembasicincome and @qurator and have heard about a few within the alliance that might benefit from some of my spare SP.
I am currently in a position where I can continue to advance my coding skills, I do have an open source tool that I will be working to get hosted again and to continue to improve functionality. I am eager to meet friends and community where I can go to get questions answered and to in turn answer questions. I am a 'helpy' person who often needs 'help'.
Thank you for the opportunity to put together this hodge-podge of a post, now its back to commenting all over the blockchain!
You are already extended fam in a manner of speaking, so seeing this is a great start to my steem experience today man. Be sure to check back at the office for an updated role :)
I'm moving on up! Its a delux playground on discord ;p
Glad you see it that way, I feel similar, so many great friends already in the family :)
I am back - and being myself LOL
And still am supporting your application but I gather from the comment of the big boss that you already are in :)
So. Podcasting. I just erased a big part of the recording I did for today's podcast and am frustrated with myself - well, a little. It went so well. And now, I am going to be late posting again.
Since I have to rerecord and re-edit since I erased all my edits hoping to find the lost segment. No such luck. I recorded over it. Arghhhhh.
Oh well, all is well when it ends well - and I will make sure of that :)
How is your equipment coming?
Let me know if you want to record tomorrow. I will be here :)
I mean here - in my recording studio which is my spare bedroom which is my office because it has my computer which is my recording studio 😂
Alright! I do so appreciate your support :)
I occasionally get so frustrated with technology when I mess things up! ARGH!
And the box came! So I have all the pieces, and we rearranged all the furniture, but we haven't yet plugged everything in. That is tomorrows job. Lets touch base again tomorrow because either tomorrow or thursday I would like to do it!
sounds good!!
As you know - I constantly get frustrated with technology LOL
Ahhh that technology! Its soooo good but sooo bad! Sometimes I wish skynet would come online already and listen to my voice commands!
totally support this application - and will be back as myself to say more LOL
LOL! You take 'Be yourself' to a whole new level ;p
Yay!!! Welcome to the Family!!!
Oh HAY! Are you an alliance member too??? Well, since all the cool kids are doing it.... ;p
Steem is a community away from real community yet still remains real.
I wish you well in your aspiring community. I hope they admit you.
Thank you Max! I think it will be nice to continue to make new friends in new groups here on Steem!
Absolutely. It would be very nice.
I suggest, never make.......
<3 Love you!!
You are a fantastic suggester! Persistent as well ;p
Glad to se your application and a great one.
@snook is amazing and I'm happy to have gotten to know her 🤗 you will fit in great. Good luck!
Thank you so much! I am looking forward to learning more about the inner workings and visiting and saying hi to all the members of my new extended family!
howdy sir ecoinstant! you're a shooin, you bring so much to the table that they'd pay to have you join them because you'll enrich them and help them grow. In other words they'd be crazy not to bring you in!
I appreciate your kind words Jonboy! How are you doing this fine evening?! Seems the blockchain is humming along swimmingly tonight!
howdy there ecoinstant, you're one of my last comments of the night, gotta take jack out and then hit the hay!
I bet the dog loves that you stay up late with him!
How's your progress this week? Do you think you'll hit a new record of comments again? I have noticed that your numbers steadily have risen as well :)
howdy this fine Thursday ecoinstant! well I think he is staying up with me, Jack is.
as far as how I'm doing, I have no idea! I think I'm about similar to last week but I've tried to contact new people but I'm not very good at that, only one or two a day because I'm about maxed out on how many I can carry on conversations with so as much as I enjoy meeting new people, I don't know if I want to get to a place where it takes me 24 hours or more to get back to them, kinda hard to carry on a conversation that way, or am I looking at it wrong?
I never look at any numbers so if they are rising I don't realize it! lol.
what about you? and do you miss your farm in Columbia?
I do miss it, quite a bit. Certain aspects more than others, but the reports are good and I am happy to make way for others to gain responsibility.
I think I am on track to do better than ever, but your raw comment numbers, almost 1200, does seem to me to be pretty elusive. But I have participated in a few contests this week, I hadn't in a while, and won the 2nd round of @papa-pepper's Wild n' Strange! So it has been a great week either way. I am already hedging my bets ;p
yes sir..hey what is that contest Wild n' Strange? I've seen it but never realy checked it out, is that just photos, submitting wildlife photos? or a beard contest? lol.
it's nice being in such groups which call you as a Friend, and its like some nice supporting ,
you have cool pictures ,:D
also i would like to be in friendly groups more ,by time <3
Take your time, and comment a lot! That has been my strategy, for certain periods I make a lot of comments, I follow a certain tag or another and try to reach out to new friends. Its funny, we all want to post our content, but who is the audience?
We must also be the audience! So I try to do that when I get a chance to spend some time on Steem.
Bless you!
cool pictures ! steemit is a great adventure <3 friends around the world that working together ,
I agree with you! Hey what is your favorite memory on Steem so far?
actually i'm new , but its exciting to show my art here , and also love to see other's peoples blog , art . creativities, pictures, travels,, etc.. and all is amazing
what is your good memory here?
My tippy top memory has to be the Daily Selfie Contest by @papa-pepper. He has a lot of cool contests, as well as sharing about building his homestead with his family. He actually has a garden meme contest open right now!
Anyways, we played a daily selfie for 57 days and ended up winning a lot of prizes! So much that it actually changed our lives in a few ways, and helped us save our brother from the hospital once.
Very cool!
Thanks for chatting with me ;)
57 days of selfies ?wow great
happy if you could use it to save your brother from hospital , blockchain is really great , no boundaries and open for all people around the world,
so i might join in such contests but i will have an art blog in general , but we must have fun also , :D
thank you too
My pleasure! Do your own thing on your blog, but don't be afraid to interact in new ways!
Steem continually has the most and some of the most exciting and real contests anywhere on the internet!
yes for sure ! :) wanna make videos also in future , maybe some drawings
Hello, and welcome to the world of @snook, and ooh I wanna do this too:
I would like to delegate some SP to one or more bot programs that vote on a circle of select authors. I believe that these voting programs do a lot to keep early people going. Even a few cents can help people get up over the hump of 0 payout 0 visibility posts. I already participate in @steembasicincome and @qurator and have heard about a few within the alliance that might benefit from some of my spare SP. I'm not already participating - heck, I still haven't figured out how to set autovote on favorite Steemians, such as @crescendofpeace or @readingdanvers, so I sometimes miss a post.
@snook recommended me steemdunk.xyz, and I like to delegate my sp to an autovoter account so I can still press the upvote button because it makes my brain feel good ;)
Thanks for stopping by, I do think that automation can help us do even more,as long as we don't try to let it think for us!
Gotta learn all this tech.... I'm overdue to catch up, having been here a year now, and still haunted by formatting glitches and techno difficulties.
Hey, would you consider trying a different front end, like steempeak.com?
I also know that musing.io and letseat have very different article styles but none of the markup associated!
There is a steep learning curve....but one code at a time, or wait for the killer app. We are still deep in beta....
Steep learning curve - I'm still way down near the bottom of the slope, with a boulder to push up the side of the mountain - but I'm eager to learn! Just gotta get the old brain in gear. Thanks. Point the way, and I'll keep trying to get the hang of new tech and the inroads of crypto world with its blockhains and my mental road blocks. :)
Oh why hello over here Carol! Great to see you :)
My journey on Steem has been one that has pushed me out of my comfort zone too many times to count, and I continue to learn and try new things on almost a daily basis. The tech and crypto side of it especially, but also as a creative, writing, video, drawing, poetry, memes, art, etc. Somehow I feel free to try things here! If the platform is in beta why can't I be too ;p
The roadblocks we have as people are the biggest things holding us back (me too!). Consider me your friendly neighborhood answerer of questions Carol, for when I don't know I usually know just who to ask, and I love learning and helping!
Can I assume that Steem is your first blockchain? It is a great one to start on!
The tags are hilarious, It looks like their big boss liked it. I'm sure they'll be as blessed to have you around like the rest of us are.
AWWWWW I'm tearing up over here - 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
I am going to drop an entry this week, if you think it is acceptable, and I just won't pick my own, then we'll let the random number do its thing. What do you think about that?
Sounds good to me, freedomshift did last week. It's a random thing, but it would be funny for someone to pick their own entry....
Not much of a sponsorship that way if you ask me....lol!
What a wonderful application!
Cannot wait
Thank you very much BlueFin, I still talk about your hydrangias article and how blue they were! One day I will go up to that northern corridor and stare at them like you did!
the wonders of our sandy soil, with acidic tones gives us those deep blues in Hydrangea!
Is that near where you live? Is that in Maine?
and then, on Cape Cod, follow the line, that's my world.
About 2 or 3 miles wide, or a few Km wide at that point.
Thank our friends on the Space Station for taking photos of my house!
Wow those are fantastic pictures! You live in that little elf's boot at the end of Massachusetts!
Or, as we do on Cape Cod, hold your arm up out like you are showing off muscles, and instead of a fist, curl your fingers around like in the bottom satellite photo.
We live below the wrist!
Beautiful family ☺️