Thanks Goose20,
I do enjoy chatting with you. You seem like a real gentleman.
$5 - $25 for a year's work, huh? My Steem account reached $3,000 at one point in about a year. It is down now, but I like it like that because we actually earn MORE when the price of Steem is below $1.00, so I hope it remains low for several months. Then when it shoots up is when we all make the real gains. That would be the time to sell a little bit for some other currency.
If SteemMonsters is done well, it shouldn't matter if I start late or get in as one of the first. That is one of the big complaints about Steem... those who got in early had a huge advantage over anyone coming in a year later. Now with this latest hard fork, the little guys are penalized even more! I wouldn't recommend anyone to start now. How do they expect the platform to grow if they load all the expenses of running the servers on those least able to pay? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the new voting system, but it sure looks bad for anyone who still has dust votes! Anyway, hopefully the SteemMonsters game isn't like that.
I grew up in a poor immigrant family, so had to inch my way up the ladder all my life. Slow and steady was my modus operendi. I've never paid a bit bot and don't ever intend to. Right from the start I saw them as a rip-off with only the bot owner actually benefiting from its use. I see so many people paying more to the bot than what they get back in votes. I don't know why people don't just use their full vote power to vote on others and get the same in return? That is what the system was designed for! When I vote for you, 100% of my vote goes to you and when you vote for me, 100% goes to me. If I use one of those "services" where I pay a bot to vote for me, I get 50% of my vote and the bot owner gets 50% (at best). Likely the bot owner gets 60% or more! I really don't understand why people are still using them. They have undermined the basic premise that Steem was founded on.
I actually JUST read about Byteball before arriving at this comment. The post was 2 months old. Is the airdrop still on-going? Is it legitimate? Is it safe? Can they steal your keys? The attestation process seems convoluted and overly complicated for a deal where they want to GIVE you money yet you need to PAY first. I got my steem account totally free. What gives here?
My dinner was very good, thank-you. In fact I had 2 helpings and now I feel bloated! LOL. I ate too fast and didn't realize I was full until it was too late!
Yes, this IS a social media platform and chatting is what we are supposed to do (as opposed to buying votes). I have met some really nice people on Steem and that is what keeps me going. I get very discouraged when I think of what Steem was envisioned to be and what it has become. However, as long as there are good people here, I feel there is a niche where I can hang out. Just as in the real world, we form our own little communities and we hang out with those of like mind.
Good night, sleep well, and we will chat again.