What can I say? I like milestone posts. You know there are lots of delegations happening on Steemit, but the Minnow Support Project is nearing 50% of all delegations happening in the community. Well, that's not 50% of the delegated steem by the way, it's just 50% of all the delegations that have happened... I mean.. we're minnows here. The whole point is these guys don't have much steem, but by working together and forming a community they start looking like a dolphin or whale.
3500 People
It's kinda shit ton. We've slowed down a bit with the price of BTC falling, but now that steem is picking up steam we're seeing the number of new members rise up again. We'll likely be at 4000 by the end of the month. They aren't all active community members by any means, but we're also picking new witnesses, whales, and dolphins in the channel almost every day. We're spitting out new witnesses by the dozen it seems. Every day another minnow wants to be a witness. I take a lot of pride in that.
Good to see these folks want to give back.
Somedays I just sit back and watch the general chat fly by and get a warm smile on my face and think "I helped make this!" I mean, how many people can create a 3500 person organization and keep folks engaged and moving.
Moderators
We added a few more mods and will continue to do so. Having thousands of people kinda does that to a place. You know the mods aren't supposed to be heavy handed ban hammer tossers. It's the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network. You know, we like peace, abundance, and liberty. So, yeah, abusers get banned and hammered, but people that can follow like the 2 rules we have do fine. 1. Don't post your steemit shit in General. 2. Follow community standards and don't vote porn. 3. Don't make a million alts and spam vote yourself.
We busted some kid from the Phillipines
We're at a stage where we have enough people from the public to start doing bad shit. I think it's a stage of growth kinda thing. Or a numbers game. Eventually gonna have a few bad eggs. The fact it took 3500 people before we really started having some bad actors should say something positive about us and the system we got.
So, what? Should we nuke his account? Should we ban all Fillipinos? Nope. We're gonna work with him to try to teach him about peace, abundance, and liberty and to not be a theiving douchbag. He seems amenable. Kinda seems like a kid with some tough luck and bad decisions. But I'm not gonna nuke him if he's playing ball and trying to make amends. His first pass may have been a little weak, but he's got a lot to learn.
My wife told me a long time ago when I was having trust issues with her because of an absolutely insane ex-grilfriend (the end of that story was my mother ended up driving her to a pyschward while I was out of state). Anyways, my very patient wife says to me "I'm willing to wait with you, but not willing to wait for you." It's one of the best pieces of advice my ears have ever heard. to mean it means accept the flaws of those around you so long as they work on them with intention. Kid seems to have positive intention even if his execution needs work. That's enough for me.
World Economies suck
Some of this is because world currencies are manipulated. Right, like, should I ban everyone from third world countries the USA proxy controls and makes have shit values to their currency? I'm thinking no. We just have to realize there's a lot more incentive for someone without running water in their home with a currency where 8 billion zimbabwebucks still doesn't get you an apple to game a system that can print enough USDs with just 2 votes to meet their daily income from 8 hours. Honestly, these are teh people we want to help, but we gotta make sure they are playing fair for the sake of all the other fucked over people of the world who would like bigger or more frequent uvpotes but don't because they follow rules.
So, yeah, third worlders who look different than me are still gonna be welcome. That's part of the whole Peace thing: Accepting "the other." My faith has lead me to a place where I believe we're all interconnected souls here. We're all one being fractualized and embodied in different meat sacks. I'm only hurting me when I don't show peace, kindness, and love. It's especially important when I'm personally at risk.
I'm sure some of you just think I'm getting played here
Maybe... I hold that open as a potential, but I wouldn't be a good teacher if I didn't expose myself to some risk. I wouldn't be a good leader if I flogged and banned every dipshit that makes a mistake or does the wrong thing. I come from the judeo-christian community where forgiveness is kinda held sacred. I'm down with that. I'm an N+1 sorta person. Show me some effort I'll match it and raise the stakes. The kid seems to be trying, but has a life time of mistakes to overcome. I want to be there to help because it's through each one of these one off changes that our world will eventually shift.
Did I want to smash his face? Yeah. Do I consent to that? No. So, I gotta do this the right way.
Growing Pains
I continue to think that Minnow Support Project is actually doing some extraordinary things. That we're doing something that actually will have positive ripples throughout the world. I think we'll teach more people about peace, abundance, and liberty. I think we'll help this platform grow, and I think we'll help it to moon.
"We're all gonna be rich boyz, we're all gonna be rich."
Anyway, we continue to grow, and it's mostly amazing and positive, we now have grown to the point where we have some bad actors, but we're working to clean it up and prevent it without losing our values of peace, abundance, and liberty.
All in all, it takes a lot of time, but this shit means the world to me. Thanks for being on this journey with me. Love to the Pond.
Ocean
I'm overlooking the ocean at my family reunion and I'm going for a dip. Responses will be delayed an hour. Thank you for your patience. I'll high five some dolphins for you.
Very compassionate attitude you have. I'm glad to be a part of it - the minnow support project has been a big help to me!
You give the benefit of the doubt when the whole room is ready to throw them to the dogs. I like that about you. I have never felt so taken care of, so helped and truly cared about as I have with Minnow Support and Discord. I have called upon them time and time again and honestly wouldn't still be here if it wasn't for them.
You and GMuxx said something that really struck home. We are here to support each other, so stop upvoting your own *hit. It wasn't until then that I really understood what it was all about. Thank you. Thank you. All.
Minnow Support Project is really great @aggroed. It has help me a lot trying to make some of my posts to get noticed. Minnow Support has boost more than 6 of posts so far and gave me big help. Thanks for that.
You are doing some awesome job here. If we forget that, you remind us :) lol. Thank you @aggroed for all of your hard work and creating and making minnowsupport a great success. One day this community will turn you into a mega-whale.
No one could ask for a better teacher or leader than you. That's not just said to puff up your head. You genuinely care and will lead the wrong as well as the right. For so many that would otherwise be kicked to the curb for being quarrelsome, or jerks, or thieves...you look past that to see WHY they may be that way. THAT is a good leader. Lead on!
That's touching. Thx Tamara
PAL has been fun these last few weeks in #general-nopost. There have been a few times when I fall back in my chair laughing. Glad you are patient. I would have prolly nuked the kid. If we have any more problems like that I blame Shane. 😜
It works as a plan in general. I'm pretty sure he got the kid to do it.... Looks left, Looks right
winking noise*
That's incredible. Seriously congrats my man! What exactly do the people get for delegating the power though? Sorry, just trying to clear things up into a nutshell.
Some nothing. Some little votes from a little bot. Some bigger votes from a bigger bot. People that have stake and work on behalf of the group get upgoats.
Awesome stuff :) Great initiative! I see some SP is going out of your wallet too.. Are you delegating that $15k?
You're wife is a smart lady. "I'm willing to wait with you, but not willing to wait for you." WOW food for thought for the day.
As for the Fillipino boy, it is awesome that you are going to first try to teach him before discarding him. That's a really good mentality to have, and it goes along with the leadership article you were writing about.
I do have a question for you, which I have been curious to find out for the longest time. It probably is exactly what you are talking about in this article, but I just need clarification. So in my wallet there is a +with money and it says "Part of your STEEM POWER is currently delegated to you. Delegation is donated for influence or to help new users perform actions on steemit. Your delegation amount can fluctuate." Is that what you are talking about in your article? So that means someone lent me their money so I would have more power in my upvote? Because that is just so so kind! I mean I think that's what it means, but I was just so shocked by the generosity.
Yeah. That's what it is. People lend steem. In your case it was probably steemit on a new account. FOr other it's minnows trying to help minnows.
What do you mean by "steemit on a new account?" Do you mind further explaining?
Thanks! :)
@steemit probably delegated you steem as a new account to make sure you had enough power to vote on the block. Currently if as a minnow you vote too much you can't even vote or make transfers. Hopefully HF20 solves some of that. We'll see.
Ahh gotcha! Thanks for the explanation! Mystery solved! 😊
Thanks for always supporting minnows !!
Sure thing. Thanx for stopping by a lot :)
To be a great teacher you always have to remain the student at heart and you are doing a great job! This is a Borderless world we have here. Sharing for teaching others..
I need to stop playin games and get on discord, so much to do, so little time. Seriously though, I did stop playing games when I got into crypto, just no time for that!
Glad to support this lovely project with my SP. I think it helps more than having it on my account. Sharing is carring. I like that you think the same, that minnows deserve a second chance if they screw up.
I can't keep up with all the chat! What a huge community!
Yeah. You get used to it :)
3500 people in a chat room is a lot.
great post @aggroed, and quite compassionate as well. really like your wife's line as well, I'll have to add that one to my "repertoire"!
As a final note, if you haven't seen it yet, another way smaller minnows can now help each other also is through the latest script I just released. It not only enables a post vote slider for those with just 72 SP, it also lets you upvote expired posts as well, by targeted still-active comments posted by the author.
So for those who would like to show some more "minnowsupport love" with more than just 10 vp-depleting votes a day (but can't currently do so), now they can... directly from the STEEMIT interface!
Link: Ultimate STEEMIT: Minnow Post Vote Slider and Past Payout Monetizer Script... and next, here comes SteemTUBE!!! 😲
As always, great work you're doing with minnowsupport. The whole community appreciates it probably even more than you realize! :)
CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you @aggroed for MSP. Your attititude corresponds with mine. It is love that makes the world go round!
Thanks Hope! It's always nice to see you :)
Exactly, steemit is an opportunity for all of us, but the impact of that opportunity can be so much more for people in third world countries. We want to see people better from this, but doing it with integrity. :-)
yep. Not easy.
is 'high-five' a euphemism for erection?
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I'm sorry, aggy. I'm the reason you can't have nice things.
Well, it's a fair questions. I'm am the inventor of the dolphin erection party. In this case it doesn't make gramatical sense. But I like the way you think!
Love Waves
Thanks for all the hard work you put in aggroed! PAL always!
"We're gonna work with him to try to teach him about peace, abundance, and liberty and to not be a theiving douchbag"
This was a great post, and very inspiring.
Thanks Stelle. I'm glad you like it, and as always I'm honored you choose to spend your time on my wall. Thank you.
This is really cool.
Fantastic project and fantastic growth!
This is a true milestone to be proud of.
What I like the most about the MSP is that you've provided people with a support network and in turn the users are creating their own support networks through friendships, sharing ideas/info and absorbing wisdom from the seasoned vets that run this project.
It's a beautiful thang...
Resteeming
thanks v4! Yeah, well, I'm convinced that's how this world will change.
This is good to hear.
Considering the guy's story keeps changing, I remain skeptical.
that's healthy. I'm still working with him.
Hey @aggroed, for your info I think @lovejuice may be malfunctioning. Not commenting giving votes correctly. Thanks for the hard work!
germination is like the way children are been brought up to become adults
Good going, you guys are helping a lot of people get noticed.
I wish you all the best.
That is a serious list of accomplishments!