Thanks for pointing that out, but he is free to vote where he wants. As some would say it is a "free market", I try to stay out of drama but I couldn't not say anything regardless of the obvious cost to my campaign.
I am in the same boat you are. You and I are are fairly close in GV and yes, losing that vote hurt my witness campaign. But part of being a witness is doing what you can to prevent people from exploiting users, whether they are a witness or not.
I am currently in beta phase of a tool to help smaller witnesses like myself be notified of a witness failure before missing blocks. It currently works, just doing some code clean up and possibly adding other features.
I am working on getting a full node up and running, which should be available soon.
Yes I removed votes for each witness above because each removed votes from me hours before and appeared to not want support from me as a witness voter. If I am wrong about that, I am happy to make votes again.
You also removed a witness vote from me before any of those votes and asked me previously in private message for 10,000 Steem to be an advertiser on your project which I rejected because I do not believe we should endorse paid sponsorships links within Steem. These are very much like ads and could run the user experience.
Yes I did remove you as witness, because I dont believe you're acting in the best interests of new steemians.
As for asking for sponsorship it was a lifetime spot, AND I'm asking people who actually have resources, not the newest, unfunded individuals seeking a new opportunity. So If I'm wrong for that, then so be it.
Thanks for pointing that out, but he is free to vote where he wants. As some would say it is a "free market", I try to stay out of drama but I couldn't not say anything regardless of the obvious cost to my campaign.
I am in the same boat you are. You and I are are fairly close in GV and yes, losing that vote hurt my witness campaign. But part of being a witness is doing what you can to prevent people from exploiting users, whether they are a witness or not.
Hey @themarkymark, I'm interested! What sort of initiatives do you do to help steem?
I run @buildawhale and our Curation Digest. I go into details about this here
I am currently in beta phase of a tool to help smaller witnesses like myself be notified of a witness failure before missing blocks. It currently works, just doing some code clean up and possibly adding other features.
I am working on getting a full node up and running, which should be available soon.
I am following in @drakos shoes of hanging out in #witness and #witness-blocks and providing help to other newer witnesses.
I have a few other projects I am working on but nothing public at this point.
This sounds very important. You have my vote, friend :)
Yes I removed votes for each witness above because each removed votes from me hours before and appeared to not want support from me as a witness voter. If I am wrong about that, I am happy to make votes again.
You also removed a witness vote from me before any of those votes and asked me previously in private message for 10,000 Steem to be an advertiser on your project which I rejected because I do not believe we should endorse paid sponsorships links within Steem. These are very much like ads and could run the user experience.
Yes I did remove you as witness, because I dont believe you're acting in the best interests of new steemians.
As for asking for sponsorship it was a lifetime spot, AND I'm asking people who actually have resources, not the newest, unfunded individuals seeking a new opportunity. So If I'm wrong for that, then so be it.
You made a fair point and I added @drakos back today because he has helped me a lot with witness questions.