We have not yet connected on the Steem blockchain, but I have written this post as a proposition for you...........
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I notice that you are not currently active with regards to content creation and engagement, and that you have delegated approximately 45,000 Steem Power to a well known vote selling service.
A quick scan of your wallet tells me that in the past week, this delegation has earned you as follows:
| Payment | Amount |
|---|---|
| 11 hours ago | 12.365 |
| yesterday | 11.384 |
| 2 days ago | 11.881 |
| 3 days ago | 11.989 |
| 4 days ago | 11.792 |
| 5 days ago | 9.833 |
| 6 days ago | 6.855 |
| 6 days ago | 13.1 |
| 7 days ago | 8.48 |
| 7 days ago | 12.59 |
| - | - |
| - | 110.269 SBD |
This is a reasonable sum, $110.10 at current SBD price, to earn on a 45000 delegation, but I would like to offer you 120 STEEM a week for the same delegation - $113.28 at the current price of STEEM.
Clearly, the difference in earnings is not much at $3 extra for you each week, but there are possibly other reasons why you would wish to delegate to a member of the Steem community, who supports other keen members of the community who are engaged and produce interesting content.
Last week, my votes reached almost 200 different accounts and a good number of these votes were cast on comments. I firmly believe that engagement and community are a key aspect of Steem right now, and feel that these aspects can be over-looked by an account wishing to attempt to grow their account buying votes.
The additional SP in my account would allow me to reach perhaps 100 more accounts each week, who will be hand-picked for their content and engagement. At my current SP, I've reached a limit to the number of people I can support, and I would love to have the opportunity to keep them, and others, engaged and active.
I do not currently vote my own content, but with the cost of this lease may decide to vote up to 1 of my own posts each day
It is highly possible that I may not be able to afford to hold this lease for more than 2 weeks, at which time I will let you know ASAP so you can cancel
If I am more than 1 day late with payment, I expect the lease to be cancelled
A smaller sum, with cost price adjustments made accordingly is fine by me: e.g. 22500 SP / 60 STEEM per week
I understand from some of your posts last year, that you have an interest in helping the wider community prosper:
Are you more likely to upvote someone who already has $100 payout pending or the guy who is sitting at 3 views and $0.05? In my eyes, the lazy choice is to upvote the one with the high payout already. The question is, how does this help the community? source
And I'd like to think I can use your vested stake to 'help the community'. Hopefully there will be some comments made below that can support this message as a viable alternative.
Yours sincerely
Asher
@steemcommunity Witness
I've talked to @albensilverberg a few times over the years and last time we talked were ~3 weeks ago.
At that time, he told me this:
As he explained that most of his Steem Power is tied up in a delegation to a bid-bot. Alben is a good guy who've been supporting others in the past, and I am positive that he'll take you up on this offer if he reads it.
I've actually been thinking about talking to him, both for myself and for the sake of the @asapers numerous times, but I haven't had the time to do it yet. I never thought of writing a post like you did @abh12345, and I'm sure you'll get a good deal.
Ahh, sweet :D I didn't think if we had overlapping contacts.
From his older posts and comments, I could tell he's got a good vision for Steem and is into the community aspect.
Let's see (i'm a bit more nervous now that he'll actually say yes!)
Bold move, Asher, I hope he or she takes you up on it. It would be in good hands.
I agree, that's really a bold move but a good one! Good luck @abh12345 and keep us updated.
This is a good innitiative, bots are voting anything and everything, every garbage so to speak. This is an investment that not only gives the delegator a nice return but also has the benefit of doing something really good besides the money. It's based on trust of course and trust must be earned but your work speaks for itself! (Sorry for my bad English, I truly hope you understand what I mean.)
Thank you, thank you!
Is English not your first language? I would not have known at all if so!
No, my first language is Hungarian. I'm Hungarian living in Romania.
Well your written English is excellent, don't worry at all about that :D
Thank you! :)
Thanks Cork, I thought it was worth a shot. Not really sure I could fund the payments but it would be interesting to try!
Worth a shot, you do good work.
A quick glance over the Engagement and Curation Leagues that Asher compiles each week should be enough to convince anyone that this would be a worthwhile investment.
Cheers @sparkesy43 for the EL mention :)
I am the one of those who sit on 5 views with 0.003 payout sometimes ago, but after joining @abh12345 engagement league, I am no longer a vote beggar and learned that engagement is one of the best way to survive within the steemit community.
I think that Asher is the right person to be supported by you @albensilverberg 😉 of you have time to see how we're struggling to support each other within the community. Asher and @steemcommunity have supported many initiatives to make steemit a better environment for everyone, let's say one of it @arteem and @pifc
Can definitely vouch for @abh12345, definitely a person who contributes to widening engagement on the Steem chain. If people are more engaged, the worth of your investment grows as the ecosystem grows as well!
Nailed it. Cheers @bengy!
Mate, you're a top fella and I hope she or he takes you up on your very fair offer, however, make sure you bung in more than one vote for yourself. You deserve it mate. Principles are one thing, paella aint cheap!
Would be nice if more of these big silent accounts used their big holdings for more than just autobot investments especially when there are many great Steemies who could be entrusted to do a better job manually :-)
#cashforash
PS just in case you do get it, did I mention today what a handsome fella you are ?
It certainly would. Paying for delegation isn't cheap and even with the kind support I have it would take a lot of work to cover this cost each week. Worth a shot though eh?!
Multiple times on discord but we don't need to mention that :D
I endorse this message. Having the SP in the hands of someone like Asher will definitely add more to the long term health of steem and your investment.
Thank you for the supportive message @ammonite :)
I was in that position for months and still am not that far from it, but 99% of my account is built with the help of fellow stemians who organically voted my posts, the good and the bad. I tried for a short period of time bid bots and I saw a bit of a rep score spike, but didn't felt good about it. I came here to earn not to spend. Plus I believe that the rep bought is not actually rep, but just a number.
Thumbs up for your initiative and your support by manually curating! Wish there were more like you around here. It would really be a great platform. I do have hope though...
Thanks for the supportive message @acesontop! I think that's how most of us, without reasonable initial investment start out. It takes time to grow, hopefully I can help the 'right' people with this. Cheers!
Now that's the kind of simple idea that only emerges from your unconscious..... why not just make the stakeholders a better offer!
I'll have to go back and read yer last post now... I had it mentally tagged for last night but the pub sort of got in the way!
Great idea this!
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:) Thanks man!
The pub has gotten in the way for me many a time, and then following that, varies hedges and lampposts on the way home!
@abh12345 are you for real? Are you saying you want to spend your hard earned steem to buy delegation because you want to support the steem community? Wow! This is awesome. The average steemian with a little sp are normally very selfish with it. They either deligate all to paid bots or upvotes themselves alone or those that have the sp to reciprocate their upvote gesture. If you're truly for real then steemit need people like you in order to succeed. The trend need to change. I know that so many people invested their life savings in steem and they have to recoup their money. But the current system of delegating everything to bid bots and not participating in the community is not favoring the advancement of the community. In fact, they are short changing themselves by doing such because should steemit fail, they have more to lose. So good to know that there are still people like you here. I hail!
That's the plan yes :)
I would need to start self-voting posts, that will cover the first $20 each week at least.
Without support, leasing SP will lead to self-voting a lot and loss. Do I have enough support in place? I'm not sure, but I'm willing to try.
Cheers!
I understand. At least, you have the interest of the community at heart. Kudos to you.
I have known Asher for almost 3 months. And have watch him closely.
I will not only vouch for his support of the community but also his character.
If you know anything about me then you will know that I do not take likely who I will vouch for or stand behind their intentions!
Thanks for the support @wolfhart :D
Hot donkeys, you are community through and through! I like your approach here
Cheers boom!
It's worth a shot I think. Will need to check the back of the sofa, and everyone else's!
And then some definitely!
I am currently low on SP so I can not delegate any to you at this moment, but I really like the whole concept of voting for minnows to help the community blossom.
When I have more SP in the future I would be happy to delegate some SP for this cause, please take me up on this offer in case I forget.
Please keep up what your doing, we need more people like you voting for the lower class on steemit.
ps. I can't upvote atm since I have only 30% voting power left on like a total of 4SP, so it won't do any good. at this moment all I can do is resteem this article and hope it will bring more people!
Hi @flyingdutchman
I don't wish for delegation from you - you need your SP to support your growing community of friends.
Thanks for the support and the resteem :)
How nice, thanks!
You are always so supportive of others yeah and I can absolutely vouch for what you do. I think I've only commented a handful of times but every single time you do you upvote my comment and respond. Not that you are obligated to do so of course ha ha. I do believe anybody that help support the Steam Community should be supported. I have found this time and time again that the best growth comes from working together and supporting each other.
Thanks very much :)
I'm trying, just that at present, and even with kind delegations, I cant support the number of people visiting me. Thanks for your support!
No worries. I really appreciate your presence here as you seem very honest and genuine. Plus your name is Asher like my nephew
A wonderful idea for sure...^_^
Thank you Barbara
Let's see if anything comes from it. It's been a while since I've had a visit from your blue alien friends :D
Indeed ! the BlueWonkies are spreading happiness wherever they can, and it can also be frustrating to not be able to think to everyone...LoL...it is challenging to not stay with the same circle of good fellows, I have to confess ;-)
We promise to visit you ! You are such an uplifting steeminions ^_^
I empathize with you full on this. Supporting friends whilst expanding horizons is very difficult. Thank you!
Hi @abh12345! We are @steem-ua, a new Steem dApp, using UserAuthority for algorithmic post curation! In our last Algorithmic Curation Round, consisting of 107 contributions, your post is ranked at #5. Great work! You rock! Feel free to join our Discord server!
Thanks guys, keep up the awesome work!
howdy sir Asher! this is certainly a brilliant and assertive proposition and if he looks at all that you are doing with The Engagement and Curation Leagues he will work with you. IF he really cares about helping others and I think it's clear that he does. Great job Asher!
Thank you for the words of support @janton, fingers-crossed I guess :D
Good luck with this one. There is no question it would be put to very good use. I am just lurking around to see what happens next.
Well if something positive does happen, I'll be sure to post about it - don't worry about not knowing :D
Cheers!
I hope this person will consider the delegation to you. You are the best person for such huge SP amount. I like that you're being transparent (hope this is the right English word, lol) and share this request openly with the community! Good luck!
Transparent, yes. Thank you for the kind words, lets see!
It is a pity that I am not an albensilverberg. I would definitely accept your offer :)
hehe :) Thanks @cranium. I would take myself up on this also!
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Yes, are you available for hire?
Certainly the case that adjustments will be required!
Thanks!
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That is an awesome idea, there are several accounts out there that could be doing the same.
Here's a thought(it may be a dumb idea haven't thought it out completely), you are pretty good at making your vote count, and you vote quite often yet seem to keep your SP pretty high. If you could talk some of these dormant accounts into doing a follow vote on steem auto, it could earn them more than the delegation, should boost your vote payout a bit, and would help the community as well.
It might be simpler than the delegation and paying for said delegation.
Just a thought....
There are plenty but, and this could well be true for me, delegating out to an individual usually means that individual cannot afford to keep payments without going into a self-vote crazy.
Curation/vote trailing is no match for delegation earnings - which is the main reason most of the 'investor' accounts end up delegating to such services.
Cheers!
I didn't think it would be quite the same earnings but I noticed the hendrikdegrote account on the Curie voting trail, delegating to dtube and voting trail.
Yes and how kind of him that is, we pray he continues with this 🙏🏼
A lease to abh12345 is a lease for many.
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This is a nice move. You are so community oriented and i am glad I have read it!
Thank you
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Dear @albensiverberg, no one can tell you what to do with your assets, but I really wish you take this offer up
This is really a brilliant idea. Although I would love to see a bit lower price to make it sustainable for a few months.
Let's hope he/she will react. Or perhaps someone else?
I hope this works. Your upvote has more than once made my day!
Interesting @abh12345. I can't wait to see if @albensilverberg responds.
I was going to suggest you leave a message in his wallet but I see you already did! 😂
I think this is a great idea and, if this doesn't work out, there must surely be someone out there that would be up for this.
Did you stumble upon this person or do an intentional search? Is it very time-consuming? I'm only asking to see whether I might be able to help you find someone else if this doesn't work out. 😁
I'm on the edge of my li-lo in anticipation!
A 'guided' search, and research 😊 Let's see what happens...
Bold move, Asher, but who knows.
Do you have any idea id he ever takes a look at SteemIt and will see this message. It would be a shame if he wouldn't, because that's one awesome offer you are making
Taking @hitmeasap's comment into consideration, I think so. Sent him a memo too 😊
Hehe, who could resist you Asher? :-)
I haven't got time to list all my ex-girlfriends 😂
LOL 🤣🤣🤣
You better don't, haha
I'd finish first in my own Engagement League if I did! 🤣 (they had really long names!)
Engagement League - perfect naming, hahahaha 😅😅😅
Oh man, you just got me! lolz
hahaha I was talking about text on the blockchain, not the number of rings I've given out... which is a big fat 0! :P
I supposed that you were refering to the chain, but it was just such a nice word play 😆😆😆
Your offer is a great use for that amount of SP in benefit of the community. Thanks for being so supportive and community driven
Thank you for the words of support @ikar59, let's see what happens..
Another Steemie vouching for Asher -- our involved community minded guru! Awesome initiative, let's hope it works!!
Thank you @yogagill! Fingers crossed :D
Mucho gusto my friend ❤ Indeed!! 🙏🤞 anything, to manifest the highest potential 😁
Very nicely done @abh12345. I love what you're proposing. I wonder how many people out there are like him. tying up SP and Steem in bidbots and the like. Where as a the delegation or lease to someone one (like you) would have a much greater impact in general and better ROI.
Thank you :)
The ROI is close and changeable, so could end up worse, but as far as impact to the active and engaged community, I think there is only one winner :)
This was a good idea on your part. I don't get lots of earnings, but I do support a few accounts with Steem/SBD donations. One of them is a weekly one. If things got tight on your lease payment being due I would be more than willing to throw one or two of the steem or sbd I have at the time in your direction. I am sure there are many more in the leagues that would do so in a pinch.
edit: You did not say how funny that guy was, his pun post was a real crack up, short read, but big smile. I loved it.
@abh12345, I hope and wish that this offer will be accepted and in my opinion for sure you deserve it.
You are really striving hard to push the Engagement Levels in the Steem Economy and in my opinion, boost in your Steem Power means the more spreading of support.
And as you said, at this moment engagement is really vital because we saw that many Steemians stopped posting.
Keep doing your work and hope and wish that you will going to get more amazing opportunities in future.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂
Hey there @albensilverberg . On the very far out off chance that you see this or my 2 cents even have any sort of influence, I'd like to say that Asher is very worthy of that delegation. To me, it makes a lot more sense than delegating to a selling service, giving your clear intent to support the great community. I just know that he would do a great job. That is all :)
You got a 41.62% upvote from @ocdb courtesy of @abh12345!
Wow, that's a bold and brilliant move @abh12345; and a serious commitment to community! I sincerely hope @albensilverberg takes you up on the offer... I think I can speak for many of us in support of your proposal, and I would certainly upvote some more of your comments in support of making the lease payments... it might be a paltry vote, but multiplied by many supporters, it might help.
Community building is about people supporting people... and reciprocity!
=^..^=