Bursting with joy, I announce that a new dolphin has evolved. I've waited for this time to come for a while like a woman in labour waiting to be delivered of her child.
Who Is a Steemit Dolphin?
According to witness @arcange in steemitboard update 6, Steemians with 10 million vests to 99.99 million vests are dolphins. As observed in steemd.com, I have 10.24 million vests. Moreover, in my 3.5 month journey as a Steemian, I have authored 175 posts, made over 1000 comments, replied 742 times and upvoted 6,643 times as shown on steemitboard.
The Characteristics of a Dolphin
A dolphin is in its natural habitat is observed to be social, playful and intelligent as reported by Suzanna Hulmes in this post . Suzanna also stated in the same post that dolphins have also been known to interact with different species, including whales and humans. That part of dolphins interacting with humans reminds me of my experience during the dolpin show at Ushaka Marine World, Durban, South-Africa, January, 2014. (I will share that experience another day).
My observation from a graph by witness @arcange in his post last month is that there are about 1,000 steemit dolphins.
It would be interesting for me to meet with other steemit dolphins, orcas and whales, especially those those whom I haven't met before to interact with them. Surely,I will learn a lot from them and their experiences as dolphins, orcas, and whales. The understanding is there that dolphinhood is another very long journey until the next level of becoming an orca (100 million vests to 999,999,999)
Vision of Becoming a Whale.
To dream big, generally, is a very good thing. The dream to become a whale (having more than 1 billion vests) someday would seem like a very big joke. However, I will keep hope alive and take baby steps daily towards my set goals.
Redfish Pillar Project
The redfish pillar project (my initiative) in @redfishpillar, is going to be my first steemit community building project. Modalities are still being worked on before the formal project launch. I understand that there are other projects already doing very well like the minnowsupport project in @minnowsupport. It would be good for me to have better understanding from the redfish (steemians with less than 1 million vests), themselves where I can come in to assist them. Therefore, the redfish pillar project hopes to complement existing projects.
Steemit Nigeria
Apart from the redfish pillar project, I am also facilitating a steemit Nigeria whatsapp chat group. In that group, we discuss matters that affect us as Nigerians in Steemit and seek for opportunities to grow. The group started about 3 weeks ago with just 2 members. As at today, there are 13 of us in that chat group. We have had 2 virtual meetings on google hangout and I must confess that I've had a wonderful experience in those hangouts. Next hangout will be on Saturday, 15th of July, 2017. Links will be sent out to gmail addresses of members on or before Friday, 14th July,2017. See last update here. More members (Nigerians) are welcome.
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank every Steemian, whom I have come across on this platform and have helped me in one way or another to grow to where I am now. Special thanks go to @fulltimegeek, @stellabelle, @sykochica, @aggroed, @surpassinggoogle, @gbenga, @steve1122, @austinofana, @bat-junior. To all Steemit Nigeria members, I thank you all immensely for your support. I will not fail to thank all who visit my blog to comment, contribute and sometimes criticize. I love you all. Thank you.
Congratulations on becoming a dolphin! Your journey was a fast one! I just became a dolphin at the start of this month. I had a Dolphin Party that was pretty fun. Here's to growing from a Baby Dolphin into an Orca! Steem on! :D
Wow! Pleased to meet you, #dolphin @haphazard-hstead. Congratulations on your becoming a dolphin🐋 at the start of this month!!! I really like the fact that you had a dolphin party. The fun part is better experienced than viewed. Hehehe...like fun parties 🎤💃😄. So, I wasn't mistaken to have stated that I have a lot to learn from senior #dolphins🐋🐋. Thanks for giving me the idea to host a party. Guess I should try to do that alongside a meet-up before the end of summer. I really appreciate the love and support shown to baby dolphin Mary 🐋😊 and for the good will too. Sure, I'll steem on! Peace✌.
You are right that a party is more fun to experience, than looking at it afterwards, lol. That's exciting that you will be doing a meetup in your area. Best of luck with that! And let's go, baby dolphins! :D
Congratulations! You have been chosen to appear on "Who to Follow Daily". Thank you for adding such value to the Steemit community. Steem on!
Thanks for that shout out -- and the nice writeup. That's an interesting mix of Steemit bloggers on your list! Better learn Arabic and Mandarin! ; )
I am on it. Just ordered my arabic and mandarin online course.
Thanks for the reply, keep on chopping 😎🌲
Wow! Thank you so much, @cem! I really appreciate your commendation and kind words. Will definitely check out your blog page today on ''who to follow daily''. Steem on !
Congratulations my friend what a great achievement, now you should make a big celebration about it lol. keep it up and don't stop till you become a whale.
Thank you so much, my friend @fivefiveeleven for your commendation and support. I absolutely agree with you that there should be a celebration to this effect. Hope to continue until I become a whale someday. Cheers.
Congrats @maryfavour! We love you too ღ ღ Good luck with the @redfishpillar project!
Thank you so much, @amy-goodrich, for your goodwill, love and support.🙌😍 I see you featured well at #dolphin @haphazard-hstead's 🐋 dolphin party. He has insired me to do a party and I hope to organize one before the end of summer. Please, I would also like you to feature in #food for the party. If I have time, I'll prepare some Nigerian dishes. Yes, good luck to me in my pet project @redfishpillar. I really appreciate you. Steem on!
Geez, I've here for about a month now and I'm still eating the scraps of the ocean floor.......
A very warm welcome to steemit, dear @dali.soh!!! Guess it's time for you to stop eating scraps of the ocean floor. Just showed you some love with my 52 cents vote. Follow @redfishpillar ASAP. Cheers.
haha. Finally getting some real food. :D
Haha...that's good! Enjoy!
I may not have the right words to say but I know the sky is just the starting point for you!!! More grace ma.
Oh, @steve1122, I really appreciate your kind words and good will. Thank you very much! Can't wait to celebrate you too. Steem on!!!
Woohoow 🐬 congratulations 🐬 !!! I'm on holiday in Lanzarote and on Friday we have an dolphin excursion on a boat, the chanches to actually see them are small, but if I see one, i defently will take a picture and think about you! 😊! It seems you have interesting projects! Gonna check the links to! Thanks for your contribution to make this community greater then ever! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much, @skririm! Good to know that you are on holiday in Lanzarote. I really hope that get a chance to see some dolphins. From my experience with them at Ushaka Marine World in Durban, they are amazing animals. Please take pictures and link them to me. Would definitely like to see them😄. I really appreciate your commendation and support. Cheers.
Oh you've already seen some in real life, cool! I never had that chanche, not even in captivity :-/, but I prefer to see wildlife, the animals in their real habitat! And yes, if we see some I defently let you know! ;-)
Of course, I have seen dolphins🐋🐋in real life . Oh my goodness you are so funny to have stated that you haven't seen dolphins even in captivity😂. Yeah, I understand your preference of seeing animals in their real habitat.
Congratulations on becoming a dolphin.You're making Nigerians proud.Many more feats to come.
#allthewaytothetop
Thanks a lot, dear @harbysco! Just trying my best to make us proud. Sincerely, I appreciate your kind words and good will. Steem on!
It is a milestone achievement and this is no mean feat at all. I am not surprised because for everytime I peruse each of the rich content you churn out it, I am compelled to ask myself "why isn't she a dolphin or whale yet". I guess that question has been finally laid to rest. I strongly believe this would certainly propell the lastest Dolphin in the steemit ocean to reach for greater depth and for steemit infant like us we are sure of getting more superb content from. Congratulations. Putting all our faith and trust in you to keep the steemit fire burning...
@sammie85, I absolutely agree with you that evolving into a dolphin is a milestone achievement. Guess what? Just #milestone. Some find it difficult to understand that whether or not Steemians ''bought their way'' to dolphinhood by buying lots of SP, it was not an easy journey. I know how hard I've been working for almost 4 months now on steemit, oftentimes having sleepless nights to not just create content, but to interact with fellow Steemians. Trust me, I'm started reaching out for greater depth in trying to find fellow dolphins and seniors in the category of orcas and hopefully, whales to collaborate with on steemit development projects. I really appreciate the goodwill and kind words. Thanks a million!!!
Oh my, this is so amazing!! Congratulations, Mary! You have worked so hard for this. You can now enjoy your newly-earned status as a dolphin and I’ll keep cheering for you all the way towards you becoming an orca one day! ;)
Thanks a million, @oleg326756 for your good will !!! Yes, I've worked hard for this and hope to continue to enjoy my newly earned status as you've rightly stated. The journey towards becoming an orca is a long journey. Hope to keep taking baby steps daily. I would also like to cheer you up and celebrate you on your next achievement. I really appreciate your support, my friend. Steem on!
Congratulations on becoming a dolphin :)
Thank you, @alexthemagician! I appreciate it. Keep the steem fire burning.
Congratulations @maryfavour
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Wow, @enjar! What a lovely dolphin you've sent me. I like the inscription-Dolphin Power🐋💪😊. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Forgive me for asking, but what are vests? ..
Please, feel free to ask any question, @primal-buddhist. Vests are like shares in Steemit. They show the how much stakes a Steemian has in the community. So '' vest holders'' are stakeholders in steemit Inc. The more vests/stakes a Steemian has, the greater his influence and the greater his rewards. So, pretty much, that is how it works in Steemit. A concrete example would be @stellabelle with 227.8 million vests versus @maryfavour with 10.28 million vests. The former (an orca), clearly has more influence than the latter (a dolphin).
thanks for the response... i have 0.035 mvests very minuscule influence it would seem..
Congratulations. I have 0.18 million vests lol. Boy I have a long way to go. I'm glad to see people doing well on here though. I finally put my first money in the system. Got 100 dollars worth of LTC and converted most of it to Steem and got SP with it. Not much but really have been wanting to invest some here.
P.S. Just out of curiosity I self up voted and it was worth 3 cents. Yay #morethanapenny .
Thanks a lot, dear @joeyknowsbest! Very excited and happy for you on your progress in steemit. Besides, I'm pleased because of the faith you have in steemit. To tell you the truth, the way you are going about investing in steemit now was the very same way I did invest too. Little by little. Trust me, I NEVER invested 7,000 USD, but have a little over that in my account today.
Curiosity made me check your profile and saw that you have a little over 100 SP. After hardfork 19, rewards for minnows and dolphins went up by about 350%, so explains why your vote is worth 3 cents. The calculation, I think is something like this 100 SP= 0.01 *3/3.5. Congratulations too on your vote now worth $0.03!
It seems the reward pool/crappy market the last few days has already decreased my upvote from 3 cents to 2 haha.
It's crazy to say the least, but I think the decrease in payout generally has to do with the low price of SBD in the coin market.
One more thing, @joeknowsbest. I've added my 25% vote (voting power 94%) worth $0.30 cents to your $0.03. Now you have a total of $0.33 . Enjoy!
Congratulations on being a dolphin @maryfavour....... Keep steem Nigeria flying....
Thank you so much, @dean-mno! I'm glad that you appreciate our work in steem Nigeria. If you are Nigerian, feel free to join us in the next hangout, Saturday, 15th of July 2017. Just private chat me in steem.chat and leave me your gmail address and maybe phone number so I can add you to the whatsapp group. Steem on!
Congratulations!!
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Thanks, @kareemah! Cheers☺.
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Congrats on becoming a dolphin mate, time to get more food to evolve into a whale!
Thanks, @cryptokrieg! The journey to become a whale is a very long one. Will have to become an orca first. Like you rightly stated, it's time to eat more food...
Congratulations for this achievement!!
Thank you for your support in the project @redfishpillar.
I am still red fish, I hope to become minnow.
Thank you so much, @nenio! I'm really glad to be able to support redfish in the project, @redfishpillar. More forms of support will come, hopefully, during and after the project lunch when we'll begin to brainstorm on the way forward. I see you working towards becoming a minnow. Keep it up! Cheers.
Hey congratulations. I wasn't aware that there lower levels than Minnows. Lol, now I have to work towards Minnow. ;)
Best of luck for your project. It is truely amazing to what Steemit does with all of us.
Thanks, @flauwy, for your good will. Yes, you have to work towards being a minnow like you rightly stated. I appreciate your stopping by. Cheers.
Many congratulations, Dolphin Mary! I'd love to play with you 😉.
You are one in a thousand now! Less than one percent of steemians could make up to that level though everyone here dreams of this day. But you deserve to be a whale. My best wishes to your journey further up!
Enjoy your coming days with other dolphins, ocras and whales but don't forget the red fishes. Would love to see you @redfishpillar project take shape soon.
It's not only about the destination, but to enjoy the journey :)
Some reach this level by buying (some) SP with money, while others work long time and gather their strength from their own posts. Either way, reaching dolphin level is a fine thing :)
Congratulations!
Thank you, @apsu! I am enjoying my journey and hope others enjoy theirs. Cheers.
Congrats Sis.
@richguy Thanks, brother.
@maryfavour, сongratulations! Dolphins are very beautiful and useful animals, especially here :)
Thank you, @dlina-v-metrah! Absolutely agree with your view on dolphins both inside and outside of steemit. Steem on!
WooW!! Congratulate=)))
Thanks, dear @natamr!!! I really appreciate it.
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I'm jealous lol congrats!