No, i believe that membership should be earned, not bought. And this is that we will be doing with our SMT. If you are a valuable community member, contributing nice content continuously and earning tokens once you hold certain levels of it like you do in Steem Power certain membership levels or features will unlock to you. That would be an incentive to hold it, or buy some. And once you do not want to use the platform anymore, you just sell it.
Selling memberships does not look like a model for the future to me, especially with all possibilities that blockchain provides to us :)
I see, thank you for the explanation. Actually, buying is for some people easier than earning. The reason I suggested it is, that I saw the option and wanted to sign up for a little extra support. I figure running a venture like BeScouted takes a lot of resources and paid memberships are one way to cover costs...
Anyways, can you erase my email address from the system, so I can use it to sign up again? I do have another, but I'd prefer to have my main e-mail address in a case of such importance.
I am afraid i won;t be able to do this for a few days, developer is working hard on the comments, so i don't want to bother him, he gets very nervous when distracted and i have to live up with that lol
Create an account with what you have and there is option to change it once we delete it, after the developer gets some sleep :)
And you are right about the resources, but you know what... remember the Van Gogh rule? I actually had to sell my Camera to build a mining rig, to pay for the servers :) BUT. That way i have learned about, Crypto, then blockchain and then Steemit and look where it went :) I love chain of events :) And this one is extremely spectacular, so i am not afraid to make sacrifices anymore (and selling my camera was definitely a big one for me) :)
So just let me know when you do, i'll hook you up. You will be able to support us when we launch our SMT :) If you will see it as a good investment of course :) And you will be able to "buy" membership by buying and holding our SMT just as you do in Steem Power :) Or you could earn it if you are talented and not that rich :)
Not to worry :-) Please, by no means disturb a hard working person! I hate it too, when I paint and someone bugs me all the time.. I'll sign up with an alternative mail, no problem :-)
Can't believe you had to sell your camera.. it really hurts to hear that, even if you gained from that in another way. Feels as if I had to let go of all my brushes and paints.
Looks like I still have a lot to learn about crypto and block chain. SMT is smart media token, right? Something like a share?
You know, just the other day, I was thinking of your project and how strongly I believe in its future success and if there was a way to participate somehow.. with the little bit I have, one can hardly speak of an investment but I'd like to be in, even with a tiny piece. Getting SMT is the way to do that then, right?
Hahah... so what do the ones that are not that rich and not that talented do?
Beauty might be another asset, more for young girls though ;-)
I did. You should let things go, especially for the dreams you have, Some day maybe i'll be able to buy two of them. Or help 10 000 to buy one. So which is more important? :)
Correct SMT is Smart Media Token it will be a token that has utility and that you can do different things with on a platform. It will be traded with a possibility of price increase just like any other token.
I am preparing an offer to delegate steem for a fixed period of time for a certain ammount of future SMT. Also it will be able to buy and hold SMT we release if you believe in the future of BeScouted as a global photography marketplace in a 50 billion USD annual market that could actually evolve into something even bigger like a major talent scouting platform that will host different kinds of artists.
And the ones who are not rich and talented need to work their asses off to become such :)
lol... been working my ass off for over 30 years now...
You see, the reason why I can relate to all this, is because of my own background. Very humble to make it short. Grew up in cold war Europe and definitely not with a silver spoon... often trading one thing for another. Believe me, I know it all.
But faith and passion take you a long way. Plus you are young and determined... and talented on top of it. I know you'll make it, told you already the other day. Hope to get invited on your yacht in Monaco then! 🛥🍸