I noticed this morning that my follower count was: 6,011.
Thank you all for reading and commenting and sharing your ideas with me. I am sorry if I did not comment back, as I am not perfect in this anymore! I once was, but now I do find myself getting too busy with various Steemit related projects, as well as running a crypto class in my city.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I really owe everything to my readers and supporters. Thanks also to all the whales of Steem who have supported me over the course of a year. I owe special thanks to @sweetsssj and @teamsteem because they consistently support me. THANK YOU.
I am really appreciating this generosity, and now that I have been lifted out of the jaws of poverty, I am ready to help others find their purpose and figure out how best to create massive changes.....Steem makes this possible.
Imagine what the world would be like if everyone could wake up and do what they are good at and loved to do?
This is my driving force these days, so that's why I am giving away two trips to Steemfest2. Changemakers are among us, and I am about to find them through Steemit. This site is the ultimate way to find out the true nature of an individual. The tools we have at our disposal are revolutionary. Most of us don't even have barely a fraction of understanding how to use these tools. But I can tell you one thing, now and moving into the future,
Reputation will mean everything.
Think about this for a second: if you lose all your money and you have a shitty reputation, guess what, you won't get your money regenerated. If you have a stellar reputation and you lose all your money, you can regenerate your money. Choose wisely. Which one would you rather have? This will only increase in the future, as transparent blockchains bring this attribute with them.
If you're someone who is operating a self-upvote ring, thereby destroying your reputation, let me tell you something: you are wasting your time. You may think you're clever by getting this "free" money, but you're eroding any respect that people have for you. Once you're caught, well, all I can say is that people won't care to be friends with you. You will probably end up creating a different account and starting over. You don't realize this, but those of us who have been on the platform the longest, are being actively degraded by your actions. You see, you give Steemit a bad name by doing that worthless crap. Then, people who find out about your activities think less of Steemit, thereby driving the price of Steem down. Do you think us investors (yes, Steem turned me from a blogger into an investor) like what you are doing and are just going sit idly by as you drive down the integrity of this place I worked day and night to build up?
Uh, no.
If anything, more people will join @spaminators and continue to flush out worthless crap from our environment. I am not talking about memes here, I am talking about a voting ring that upvotes a comment that says, "oh". Come on. You're better than that. Steemit is the first place where you can earn for actually being yourself. This is revolutionary. Value is created by you, inside of you......do you need concrete examples of people who are doing it right? People who started with nothing? People who began here without friends or money? I am that person. I didn't have money, but I was idea rich. Steemit is a place where you can mine Steem money with your mind. Pulling stupid stunts is not mining with your mind. It's just being stupid.
If you were really smart you'd stop your bullshit, write an in-depth post about how you set it up, then just come clean. Or better yet, you'd devise solutions to problems that still plague a lot of people in here. You're wasting my time, but I will not ignore your bullshit. More and more are not going to sit by, for I think they realize that by being actively aware, and full of action, we can change the world, and it starts by not looking the other way when stupid shit passes by.
There are so many creative ideas that have yet to be hatched on Steemit, it's mind-boggling. Speaking of mind-boggling, I want to highlight a newbie who I found extremely entertaining and wonderfully absurd, his name is @stevenalexander and here is the video that provided me with endless entertainment the other night. We need more of this, and less of the bullshit zero value upvote comment rings:
You can vote for his original post here because it's only 3 days old: https://steemit.com/music/@stevenalexander/i-tried-to-be-creative-things-got-weird-lol
That's creativity. That's originality. For me, that is what I'd like to see more of: going for it, and going all in.
HOW WILL YOU GO ALL IN TODAY?
I probably need to start another contest....first I have to figure out who will win 2 trips to Steemfest2!
Carry on and thank you for giving a crap about what I have to say,
Stellabelle
Not sure when I started following you, but am glad I did. Congrats on 6014 followers. Today is day 28 for me, 4 weeks, and I went from 49 followers 3 days ago, to 65 today. It gives you a warm fuzzy feeling that some people think you might have something to say. And not all of those 65 followers are bots, which is pretty nice.
People Promoting People, I have to ppp,(LoL). I viewed the video above, pretty crazy, but original. I would like to promote two people I am following, if this bothers you just let me know and I will edit this and next 2 paragraph's out.
First @greenrun, He is from Nigeria, why do I follow him, what is his specialty? He writes very pleasurable things to read about his home, his country. I really know very little about Nigeria, and ran across one of his post called: Eunuch
Was Eunuch the strongest boy I knew?, and I was hooked on his storytelling ability.Link to story
Next person I would like to introduce to everyone is @neonartist. I believe he is from kazakhstan. He is an airbrush artist. His work is simply mind blowing. And his current project, is an indoor play area for Children. The love and care he is putting into this area for the kids is simply amazing . Sorry about the size of the following picture.
Helping people, thats what I liked about you @stellabelle, a heart can grow in any man/woman or child, it just takes time to erase the hurt and pain life gives us sometimes. Your heart has truly grown to an enormous size. Thanks and congrats again. Like I said I can edit most of this out if you want, it is a bit long.
thank you so much for these. I love the greenrun writing!
Thank you. ✌️
Such an incredible achievement. What you wrote supports where you are today. You fully deserve it. Congrats
"oh" Congratulations !
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Teaching crypto class in your city? Wow thats huge. Congrats to your new feet, with steemit, the sky is our starting point. Need i say, you have been very original since i followed you.
congrats!
are you trying to reach 10k?
cheers!
It won't hurt will it?
Congratulations.. may steemit brighter in the near future.. keep posting
Congratulations! @stellabelle
I learnt a great deal from you about @steemit
The next hard fork should eliminate self-voting for anything: posts & comments. Till then...
Means that about 1/50 steemians follows you :)
wow, congratulations and I am one of those your faithful voters that have you in their steemvotter.com haha but my steem power is not all that big (I will be there soon..amen). You quality posts are great and constructive hence the success. Keep steeming to more success my lady Stella.
In addition to my comment, feel free to join the conversation in my new post about future of steem...it will motivate you more about steem . More success to you.
congratulation your happiness.
You wrote so beautifully, that started to follow you.
You'll have to update your graphic :) I've seen others gaining thousands of followers by spamming them, but you have achieved it the honest way and you'll do far better than them. Thanks for making Steemit a better place to be
Hey Steve, thanks for keeping it real! You struck me as a very honest person from day one! Please clone yourself!
Aw shucks. I'm flattered ;)
I joined steem just today to support one of my favorite horror narrators @otisjirychannel. Within 5 minutes I'm being spammed by individuals asking for upvotes. I don't know the scope of this website but I didn't realize upvoting your own content would tend to have such a negative impact... I fully understand the idiocy of upvoting comments such as "oh really" or "well done".
Admittedly, I don't have any content personally, I suppose because I'm still trying to figure out my voice in the context of this crazy world, but this seems like an amazing place to grow!
I'm so thankful I happened upon this post by @stellabelle because I love how heartfelt and sincere it is. I'm anticipating more great content and a hopefully a mentor as I try to embark on this new endeavor.
Nice job!!! Congratulations. I agree with you about reputation. I hate to I see people promoting sites that they do not know if they are going to pay them or are overcharging them.
I am new to Steemit and it is great to see posts like these. I aspire to one day have as many followers as you! Thank you for sharing and motivating me to steem on!
You are one of the queens of platform. Congrats. Great "REAL" post.
I feel that I need to continue drilling this message down.....you CAN BE WEIRD, CRAZY, ALL THAT STUFF......
Steem is meant to have our inner lives be rewarded....so people who are black holes inside, well, they need to re-learn what it is to be a human!
Wow, nice work. We first joined at about the same time, but I dropped the ball and didn't start posting until recently...
I'm jealous, and you're also an inspiration.
Keep up the good work!
well, i had nothing, so the choice was clear.
big congrat~ this is a big achievement.
Nice post @stellabelle
So how do you really feel about those gaming the system? Lol
Congrats!
meep
Yes "hodor" is exactly how I feel about the Game of Spam ...
meep
Congratulation @stellabelle
Congratulations; WOW! How about a contest on making Steemit a better place? ( Not that it is not good, but...you know)
Congrats @stellabelle. That is a cool milestone. You definitely steemit famous! 😎
That's exactly what I am experiencing and thinking about these days...
Oh and... you're running a crypto class?! Cool! Have you shared something about it here? Has anyone joined steemit already?
And I really like your thoughts on reputation. You're so right! :)
there are people who have joned, or are in process of joining......Steem is the main purpose in having a school...it's just that no one knows the word, STEEM, so I named it Bitcoin School....We explore all kinds of cryptos, but my students are going to get on my upvote bot......so that's one thing I can give them by joining Steemit.
This is really cool! Great job!
Woman , you have worked hard , and for the last 3 months of being on this platform , I have saw do wonders . And honestly , I'm learning a lot from you . You are an inspiration to work harder and have showed me that no dream is too small. You go out of your ways to make everything happen , and 6,000 is a HUGE milestone . A huge congratulations on this milestone . Wishing you much more such success to come your way @stellabelle , props to you
Thanks and I loved finding your story....I think you are doing well and are on your way here.
congratulations to your success @stellabelle Im so happy for you.I do tell some filipino women newbie steemians about you to get some motivation about your success..women are powers !
Congratulations dear :)
I do love Spock. I always feel this calmness when Spock is talking!
Who does not ? 😅
Congratulations! Don't forget to update your signature where it says 5000 followers!
Congratulations! You really deserve it!
Glad to hear it! Keep it up!
Gratz! I am glad I am a part of "this ring" and not the other one. :)
So exciting! I wasnt sure when i first came on board. Thought it might be another chore. Instead I am finding I can be myself completely and lay all my truths out. Plus it's massively expanding my creativity and who i really am. Lots of fun :)
Then you are doing it right.....it's designed to be a place where we use our minds.
It is unfortunate that some people are so shortsighted. It's all about me me me and how can I make a quick buck or abuse a loophole. I'm just glad to see some of the Steemit legends such as yourself and @jerrybanfield are willing to take the fight back to those that are in essence, abusers. As I mentioned in a different comment that just because there is a way or a loophole that you've discovered it doesn't give you the right to abuse it. Anyway, I'm hoping I'm going to get my video submitted on time :):) I'm quite confident in the concept although I've never done a video for an audience before. It's the message that's important here so let's see how it goes :) Cheers!!
Congrats for all of your achievements here.
6013 Congrats!
@stellabelle you are my absolute favorite! no one has supported me more then you so far and my gratitude is beyond what you know!!! your belief in me has inspired me to create more content from my heart :) which brings me to this video... PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK LOL
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@stevenalexander/just-me-cleaning-my-ear-as-a-perfect-metaphor-for-life-enjoy
Thanks to you @stellabelle I seen this video :) I'll have to check more of his stuff out to be real sure I'll like it enough to follow :D wow what an achievement over six thousand shadows waiting for your next post. sweet :) I'm happy to be one of those shadows/followers keep up the good work
Congratulations on those well-deserved 6013 followers and for the great work you do on the platform, always actively engaged with her well-being, through your contests and the declared war on spam.
I share what you say, reputation is everything, there is caring for the image, it is paramount.
I wish you a beautiful week
Congratulations for such a nice journey
Wow, I can't believe you have reached 6000 (Well I guess it would be more nearing 5000 real followers if we consider dead followers haha) I'm glad I was able to be one of the thousands of followers.
It is amazing to see the power of steem and how much it has been able to help you as well as many others, and I'm glad that with this blessing you have been given you are able to spread love to others.
Hopefully one day the same can happen to me where I don't have to worry about having enough money to pay rent, gas and electricity and I have greater financial security rather than living on the skin of my teeth.
I'd definitely enter your steemfest contest but as I told you I teach so steemfest clashes with the academic year. Hopefully, when I get some money together, I'll be able to come next year @stellabelle
Congratulations on those many followers,wishing continued growth and success on this amazing platform. I really enjoyed the video of @stevenalexander too :)
Congratulations! 6k sounds like such a huge number, i am positive and hoping to celebrate this milestone someday. Thank you for all your advice, as a newbe its always great to learn from people like you. Thank you
Mining with your mind... What an interesting concept! I love your idea-rich way of thinking :)
Follow me and I follow you I hope to count on your support, for my work
My share of the proverbial "Congratulations!" comment is in. :D
But srsly we do care to what you say. :)
(now i'm waiting for filthyfrank to come here. ;D)
Congratulations! You're one of the most authentique artists on this platform! I love you're style! Keep up the good work!
Hello @Stellabelle, I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your positive energy. You are clearly driven by passion. Doing what you love will not only add an incredible amount of value to your life but to all of those who your work affects. Congratulations on reaching 6k followers!
Passion is what drives me too as an independent journalist. I have a burning desire to bring the unfiltered truth to my readers. I haven't felt this passionate about anything in years and now it's what I spend most of my time immersed in.
I have been on steemit for less than a month and absolutely love it. My only wish is that I had signed up earlier but I didn't know it existed till a few people mentioned it to me on facebook as a great alternative.
The feedback I have recieved has been positive, and I have had the pleasure of interacting with many wonderful like minded people that value my reporting, investigations, articles and interviews.
I wish you continued success, happiness, and great health! Have a wonderful day from one of your new followers :-)
Oh ...
kidding ...
6000+ WOW! I'm at less than 10% of that, I need to get on commenting more, and maybe plug into more social circles.
Congratulations on 6000, and thank you for the support you have spilled my way as well!
Hot damn!! That's a big number and you are spot on with your point about the spam farmers and comment vote con men!
Right.. There is a lot of posts without interest.. To be honest me too I do post some pictures maybe without big interst but in the idea to share beauty i see in the nature and traveling. But try to put some really interesting stuffs to (as this one on microdosing. Congratulations for the 6.000, good continuation
Ohhhhhh......It honestly took me reading to the last line to realize this was a post by a very popular and much-respected @stellabelle; based on comments I've read in other posts.
Wow, you gave newbie Steemians a lot of hope and encouragement about being successful, while maintaining integrity. I have to admit learning the authentic ramifications of Steemit, often reduces to the bottom line being a 'gut' thing.
I recently responded to a comment about someone promoting the “self” vote. It seemed a bit disingenuous. You know, that unsettling you get in your spirit when something is just not right? Well, thank-you for offering a no-bones-about-it clarification. Your statement, "You're eroding any respect that people have for you" says it all. Thank-you.
I acknowledged in my reply, the RATIONALIZATION that well, yeah, we should support our own work. SMH...That's like patting yourself on the back, when really no one else is in agreement with you. Tsk!
But, to wrap this up...You are 100% right, and, a primary example of this undeniable fact: "This is revolutionary." Certainly, Steemit is making the other big players, (i.e. Facebook and YouTube) perk an ear and take notice. It will be interesting to see how, and if, they will be able to successfully counter. Of course, I believe they will fare well; because, the Steemit platform is very different in a lot of ways.
Well,@stellabelle, thank-you for this encouraging post, and kudos for your success!
Peace!
Please allow me to request that we keep those going through the devastation of TS Harvey in our prayers.
This is what Steemit idiots who spam and scam end up having to do over and over when they start their new accounts:
How many people received a well-earned laugh on this one? No offense to West, of course. Thank you! I get it!!!
Congratulations @stellabelle
It is deserved that you have so many followers. He always has something important to say. In these fields I have been able to find people who follow others by hypocrisy and I believe they are people of dark cloud. I have nourished your publications and I will never forget the meaning of the word "steem" that I read in your post. "Steem is the light" is shine and is like the purity that feeds the good people of Steemit.
(Now I'm afraid, because there is little connection in Venezuela. The hours without electricity are a few, and on the other hand they ration the use of the Internet, so it's a bit depressing.)
Thank you always and continue to have many successes