And this was an eye opener for me...
"If you are reading this then @riverhead, and by extension steemit.chat, has been fired.
What?
The Steem blockchain is run by paid witnesses. As many know witness positions are highly coveted as pay at current prices is around $200,000 - $500,000+ per year versus around $50k - $90k for the 21st position and dropping sharply after that. There is a HUGE difference between the top 20 and backup witnesses. As @klye mentioned the other day, "These are the rockstars of witnesses".
One should be able to look at each name in the top twenty and understand what value they bring to the ecosystem versus those outside of it. "
How much do you get paid as a witness? For number 10 you are clearing 100K plus if his numbers are accurate.
So....?? Is this contest really a concern? There aren't any other better fish to fry?
Thanks a mil for your input and support @public-eye you articulated and added to what I was thinking, without me even asking you to do so I do appreciate that, Steemit to date (from what i understood and experienced) has been amazing and only positive and I know this contest brings many enormous smiles and contributes massively (which is what it is all about???) many more than a ton of other stuff considered 'Not SPAMMY'?? The way I feel, if I am contributing, making people smile and contributing positively to this community my conscience tells me I am doing something right. If you want to bill me for the 'wasted bandwidth' I will try and raise the funds and pay you personally @lukestokes because I would really love to continue running this contest and I feel everyone that plays agrees. Cheer$;)
Hahah! The blockchain pays me plenty as a witness. I wasn't trying to make this about me, I just wanted to start a conversation to see where it goes.
LMAO Well it worked, now put in an entry below and let me give you some money I don't have to give.. LOL Cheer$;)
I'm not frying any fish. I'm asking questions and giving my perspective. If contests like this continued on and on with more and more people doing them, I think eventually they would become a problem, potentially even a systemic problem. In the past, many different things were tried and some were downvoted. I've been here a year and a half to see much of it. That's why I even bother to comment. I didn't suggest anyone should stop anything. I just asked some questions and gave my perspective.
As a top witness, the blockchain does pay me very well, and I'm very thankful for it. You can review my latest witness update to see what I do with those rewards. I welcome any criticism or critique you may have of me or what I do to bring value here.
PS: I tried to address this on chat but as above its currently down. I tried to make my first post to DTube today and it keeps giving me the error : Error while submitting to the blockchain?? Any ideas ? I have tried three different browsers? Ok I am off to bed thanks again Cheer$;)
I have had my share of issues with DTube as well, unfortunately. Hopefully it will continues to improve over time.
Thanks Luke I came right, finally. This whole debacle actually turned out pretty good, surprisingly, oh and you got another follower and Witness vote ;) Cheer$;)