News, Rants and Recent Thoughts on Steemit Happenings
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Thank you all for your comments and words of encouragement yesterday. I see quite a few qualified hopefuls. It is really difficult to decide on the next winner!
Hopefully, we will have someone chosen to take the helm tomorrow evening. Keep an eye on your replies. I will let you know by responding to your comment from yesterday.
I am sorry for not upvoting your comments. I want to, but I have to use a ton of self-control and let my voting power build up after each winner takes control. My voting power is still recovering from yesterday's free-for-all, currently at 88% and climbing.
This means I don't get to upvote many of my favorite blogs, but I think Steemit needs the smiles produced by #takemyvotes - voter and vote recipients both seem to have a great time.
I believe in sharing the wealth, bringing engagement , fun, community, and excitement to the platform. My curation rewards are low when running this contest, but your votes make up for it! Thanks.
A little history of #takemyvotes
The title is "I'm not going to upvote you 🐋 Do it yourself!"
It is something I started back in March to precede the promised delegation of voting power. People seemed to like the temporary fun of voting with a lot of SP behind it. Here are the posts I started with. . .
What I am looking for is someone who holds Steem Power, is involved in blogging and curation, is social on the site, and needs the boost that this contest provides.
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I am a bit concerned about the disappearance of Steem from shapeshift.io The last time I used them, it seemed that they were having difficulty keeping the Steem hot-wallet topped off from minute to minute. I really hope Shapeshift does not drop the ball as the world comes to digital currency. I have been checking all day to see if I can send Steem and receive Ether because I recently sold some. as of the time of this posting, it's not appearing in the list.
Edit:
Shapeshift did get back to me on twitter...
Let's hope things get back to normal.
End Edit
Poloniex is only allowing 800-900 per day to be withdrawn, which is a consequence of the price increase. The $2000 limit was allowing 2100 Steem just last week. Yes, I do stay within the 2k per day limit in order to remain anonymous! This is important as early adopters become millionaires. I am talking to you! The person reading this. There was a day when I held only 300 bitcoins and their total value was $900
Do you have 300 Steem?
With Steem price on the rise, it is starting to look and feel like Bitcoin did back then, like Dash did last November. This is definitely a Good thing. The platform is getting the recognition it has deserved for a long time. The New list of posts is really getting busy.
This is our time to shine! But we also need to curate what we want more of, and take a pass on the blogs that are spammy or copy/paste.
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In a world where...
The paper markets, matrix-dwellers, investment bankers have over 500 trillion in notional derivatives just waiting to collapse...
and Coinbase can have 40,000 new sign ups in a single day...
and Facebook can censor opinions....
and Youtube can manipulate views, likes, and ad revenues....
Steemit is going to thrive!
and all we need to do is care for our platform, upvote what we like, comment, and prosper.
Thanks for taking time to read and resteem! 👍
Long time 🐟 turned 🐋 to have a voice.
📞 You're invited to steemspeak 📞
Thanks Again @htooms
Congratulations on winning and spreading the votes all around @encryptcy.
thank you @whatsup
The night you let me steer the whale is still my favorite night on here ever. Thanks again and for being such a positive force on here.
I think Steemit is going to be more popular then facebook in the end.. Why? Who does not like to be in contact with the world, share evertything about their life, like holiday pictures, pictures of their dog or cat, post blogs and more, while earning a few dollar? If you ask me, if Steemit gets well known by the early adapters, it will skyrocket. We are way before the early adapters. we are the early, early, early adapters.
I don't do posting. I will Follow you @htooms
Why not take a rest?
I will slow down my upvotes too.
Is kinda drains my power down
Thank you for sharing information
Thank you for sharing :))
Your pretty badass @htooms
Sooo...
What other accounts do you own on steemit? I doubt this is your only 1
@htooms , might it be a good idea to highlight some of the most rewarded posts by the chosen winner in his voting-period?
That's a great idea. I think I would have to watch for those in real time as they are voting though. It's hard to go back through the votes on steemd - brain-numbing.
I'm still new to all of this, but I believe on steemdb you can see all outgoing votes besides al other fancy stuff!
Steemit is definitely going to thrive! "I believe in sharing the wealth, bringing engagement , fun, community, and excitement to the platform." Thank you so much!.gif)
STEEM to $100!
What is the qualification to take your vote?cos i keep voting and commenting it just seems natural like i do to post i like🙄
You meet them already. You are in the running my friend :)
For real?....this is so strange🙄
Awesome idea I will be keeping a eye on this one! Just followed and voted! Great JOB!
Steem is no where near the price it will be at in 2018. Be grateful that we are here at this point in time. There is so much potential. 2018 will be a very different "steemit" for newcomers. I'm glad that i am here now.
Soon, it will be normal in our life to post our daily contribution on this platform and not thinking about the potential rewards it brings. :)
Steemit is fun and very helpful community.
i like your post, thanks for sharing
hey hey some of the copy
paste puts a smile on my followers faces.. I can't make all this shit up lol
Oh crap, I missed your last voter extravaganza ;) Have to keep a better eye on your page now that your back full swing .
liked you post....absolutely amazed at the 40,000 coinbase sign-ups per day
It was one day that they had that number. I think it was the 29th of May. These are things I hear, then I am thinking about them when I write. I could dig up the source... But yeah, Amazing.
I had heard it with Clif High this week...and I said no...he must have made a mistake
So important and valuable is the moment anyone,
After all, there are not very few minutes in life.
Let there be luck all the time with you,
And there are many bright victories ahead.
The path to the goal brings you closer every step,
To success, any roads lead,
Support for loved ones helps in everything,
Their warmth and concern - they give strength!
Good to see you and/or your voting power back in action!
Yes I, being an active daily user, can FEEL the positive vibe and action as it been picking up! Its really fun to see how this has evolved in the mere months I have been on here.
Thanks for your past upvotes :)
Thank you for the work. @htooms Sharing is the best pleasure in steemit even though the way is different. See you.
I wish I or my @steemfestdreams account could qualify!
So many good posts coming to Steemit. I only wish I had more voting power but one day I will! Good job here.
I love what you're doing. Steemit has nowhere to go but up.
It's awesome that you are letting minnows get an opportunity to dish out some meaningful rewards!
And I couldn't agree more with the positive message at the end. We really are poised to do some huge things with this platform and currency.
Thanks for sharing this @htooms
I think that the flag war has had a positive impact on your posts… Don’t eat me just my opinion. I’m very happy for that :). Everything bad is good for something…
Thank you for your support @htooms
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great to hear these words about steem from you, encouraging and positive. and #takemyvotes is certainly and interesting concept that empowers minnows in a unique way. great job @htooms !
Here is what @encryptcy was like ;)
Thanks for the show ;)
Now is the second best time to buy steem and hold. The best time was yesterday. Thank you for sharing us this info. Followed you!
yes all of the above applies to me.
and i understand the winner will be upvoting for hours on end tomorrow. yes i can do that.
i have read, uprooted and esteemed. cheers!
thank you for this contest as a boost.
for over an hour, over and over again, i have been reading this post and the other two at https://steemit.com/trending/takemyvotes
even though i am suffeciently bright, this outer cryptospace is fairly new to me, and certainly competions are completely new to me. i cannot understand what this competition entails.
great article, thanks for sharing
You obviously seem to know what you are talking about @htooms and I agree with everything you have to say in your post but I am also a very skeptical man and can see how the platform could be used with negative intentions in future so I think it is incumbent on those of us who wish to see it become a positive force to make our voices heard.
I am very new to steemit and haven't really the slightest clue how the whole thing works but having been anti-social media until I joined steemit, I am having a great time here interacting with friendly, like minded men and women but whilst I see the attraction of earning a living from posting content I also see the dangers that the reward system has in terms of abuse and see a lot of similarities between the real world community and the online community with few at the top with much of the power and many at the bottom with little.
This does not bode well for the future but I am glad to see that someone in your position of influence has positive intentions!
Thanks for sharing!
excelente poste muy buna informacion no sabia nada de ello gracias por compartir con la comunidad @htooms
very well done!
Some day ... somehow will win this vote , happy steeming to you !
Awesome, great work...
Thank so much.!!
Upvote and Resteem.
Dear friend @htooms
Have a nice day ^_^