A whale for a day, what would you do?
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Quite a number of us that have been on the steem blockchain for some time now, if i may ask, how many of us want's to achieve a whale status or wants to be addressed as a whale?
But what does it takes to be a whale, we might have heard this over and over again that it takes quite a large amount of s.p to become or be addressed as a whale. Being the number 1% of all steem users is actually what a whale is.
Before we go deep, lets quickly define a whale
According to the English Oxford dictionary, a whale can be defined as
A very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.
Now back on the blockchain. Unlike dolphins, there are a lot of quite steem users but they make a huge impact on a steemian post! They are known as ''steem Whales!''. When one has finally succeeded in becoming a whale they become prominent and influential individuals. Although there are so many influential people here on the steem community, some months ago there were about 129 steemians who had over 100,000 steem power, and presently that number has increased vehemently, that's incredible!!!
Nevertheless, in my own opinion if you popping over 5,000 steem power then you're an influntial and prominent individual on the blockchain. But if you've acquired over 50,000 s.p or more with 30$ on a single upvote then you're likely to be addressed as a whale. Only a whale can ignite such a feel good record in your brain. They are the one's that help makes the steem community great and attractive.
- What does it takes to become a whale?
a) Buy more steem power
b) Buy more and more steem power
c). Don't listen to a just do what b says!
What would you do?
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Let's say you slept last night and you woke up today just to discover that you've been transformed to a whale, for just a day (24 hours approximately) what would you do with it. Probably @ned or anyother super whale delegated all his/her steem power to you just for a day. But the rule is you won't be able to delegate or transfer funds to another account nor power down the steem - no crazy act like that.
This is what i would do:
first things first, i'll first of all make a post and then upvote with at least 100% simply for visibility. Then i would indicate that everyone should drop a link to their post (atleast 1 link) and upvote with atleast 50%.
Secondly, i would go straight to the new post from those promoting steemit in one way or the other, and then a full 100% upvote will be given to their post - this will encourage them to keep spreading the good news on the steem blockchain in vicinity. Also i would visit the #introduceyourself tags and give them a few % welcoming them to the blockchain (although you don't expect me to give hundreds of dollars to those who are just coming in new, it will only make them frustrated and miserable when they make a second post with low or no earnings.
Then i would upvote good and quality contents so much that my voting power might drain to zero within a couple of hours. Yes i would do that because i want to help others and also reward them for spending their time on a well published article.
Yep, that's what am gonna do with my whale power and even more.
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Oh, my goodness!! I would be SO HAPPY if I woke up and was a whale for a whole day!!! I would burn every single glittery speck of my voting power! I'd swoop down and do HUGE upvotes to random musicians and artists and poets and writers and lonely, lost souls who possess interesting blogging abilities..I would reward them so heavily, and I would tell them that they have been kissed by the COOKIE QUEEN! ♥ Then I would thank them for being awesome and leave them some cookies with all their big moneys.
Like this!
And you get my 100 percent upvote of 0.00 cents right now as I'm at like 18 percent voting power because I've been curating all day with my dust votes! But my votes are made of stardust! The BEST dust! : )
Hahaha, you'd make a good whale dear. Well dreams do come true, see you at the top!
can you send some of those kitty cookies my way? :)
But of course!
Without seeing What the answer is yet, I have all you have put down as my answer as soon as I saw that post title.
I will upvote every post I come across like mad even including posts that are "shit" (but a very small percentage). I will actually run my voting power down to zero since the Steem Power is just for one day. I know more ideas will flow in once I have the power.
I had this idea of a contest where everyone will submit there recent but good post and invite others to. I will upvote them with my rented SP (then) but I am still going to do it if I get another chance to rent SP.
I will still do it in one of my ongoing contest.
I am a proud helpinaut Thanks @helpie
Thanks for the feedback and my God! you gat a great heart
I would love to upvote any good post i come across but as long as steemit is concerned, no matter how good your post is, It will always be sank down by shitty posts flooding in this platform everyday.
Yes you read it right, i wanna be a rude bad whale that will go round steemit flagging shitty authors. More like separating chaffs from the raw materials, so we all can see more good stuffs here.
Everybody mustn't like me and i don't care, an Honest Man has no friend...
I wanna be able to look the greedy or incumbent whales up in the eyes and tell them the bitter truth. Expose a lot of people without fear of being Flagged.
Surely i must be flagged by those that can't handle the truth, then i will upvote myself back to Positive and keep doing what i do... If there is a whale i admire the most and would love to be for a day, Its @berniesanders.
Besides we need more bad guys on steemit to get the dirty jobs done.
Lol, you definitely gonna be a ruthless and blunt whale bro. I totally agree with you man, a lot of shitty and irrelevant post are covering the great and quality post with lots of time invested. Thanks for the feedback. Entry Valid!
The truth is that steemit is a social media site where you blog and earn and on a social media site, things are not always formal and standard, so maybe those chaff post are OK on steemit too. But if you can give good blogging, give good blogging.
I refuse to see steemit as a social media. Every post on steemit should atleast make a little impact one person's life...@yaanivapeji i dont think steemit was created for the purpose of posting just meme with no written content or with one sentence...
The creators of steemit, said it is a social media site for blogging and earning, not me.
@helpie that would be a wonderfull dream fulfilled. No doubts after becoming a whale overnight for a day, firstly i would take a day off from everything and keep hooked to steemit. Secondally, apart from few of the things you mentioned, i would like to motivate all the minnows to stick to the platform and keep steeming! By voting them up...though it is not an easy task i need to reach maximum user. Many new user are ntyefinding the flatform good only because the whales are busy in voting themselves....so i woul love to be a guardian of minnows for a day to keep them interested on steemit.
@steemflow
Great points @steemflow. Entry valid!
I will do what a responsible whale would do. Set steemauto on a few trails, and spread the love between people who deserve it. No more than 75% voting power, I don't want to rape the pool reward.
Great points, don't forget it's a whale for just a day. Entry valid!
A day, a year, a life, doesn't matter. The reward pool belongs to all Steemit users :).
Thanks @helpie and @oghie for putting up this great contest.
First off, am going to deviate from anything am doing and pay full concentration to steemit. I realized we have more of Africans especially Nigerians here on the blockchain, and they putting so much work to add more value to the community. Am definitely going to give them a whooping 100% upvote (depending on the s.p). Since it's for a day, this will propel them to work harder more since my 100% upvote will go a long way. As i will also touch some cool decent articles, bottom line is majority of those who invest their time, money and energy on this blockchain will get get a piece of the cake share. I pray i win this contest, i have never won anything on steemit and am also learning. Thanks for helpie, everything i learnt is from you guys
Thanks for your feedback, well you just got yourself some cool $. Happy steeming
A whale for a day? WOW!!!!
That's a dream come through, Is like having my ambition on my fingertips for good twenty-four hours.
Yes its just a day, but it means alot more than for me as a newbie here.
Firstly, truth be told am gonna write two to three quality posts on my blog with 100% upvotes as an evidence of being a whale. My articles for that day will be an interactive post and challenges also I will be upvoting good and quality comments and giving out awards to winners of every challenges with good percent of upvotes.
Also, visit the posts on the post-promotion in my discord groups by upvoting articles with good contents and also steem promotion articles which help the platform improve better.
Yes, all these stated above is not gonna be easy but its just a day whale therefore all that needs to done has to be.
I believe I can more than that because its joyous day for me so everyone on my platform will feel the same way too
Secondly, as a newbie we always pray for our article to be Upvoted by a whale which puts a smile on our faces for the day. Am gonna visit the #introduceyourself tags and upvote my fellow newbie in order to encourage them to keep posting. Thanks alot @helpie @oghie
Whale for a day?
All minnows that come my way with good contents must get 100% upvotes.
Thats the only way this community can grow.
Whale for a day?
All minnows that come my way with good contents must get 100% upvotes.
Thats the only way this community can grow.
Thanks for the feedback