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RE: Saving or Spending Money - What is the best lifestyle?
My mother...it's the first time I hear users banned cause a power down...did they thoroughly explain why they power down? Until I know, it's correct to do. What if steemit is their only employment? Consequently, their only source of income. Or their offline job pays a too small salary or there is an emergency.
They can still post but upvotes drop till 0, no contests, not be read, no support no matter how good the content is.
Good question what if this is your income... Perhaps it will be answered although Steemit never said this is a job providing in a salary. To me and many others it never worked.
Perhaps it's better to stay in 50/50 or max 75 and keep your share liquid or in Steemit's piggy bank?
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For many people, especially from the south of the world and especially from Africa and Asia, these online tasks are really their main or their solely source of income. Friends told me people from the poorest countries are in power down mode yesterday, today and tomorrow. Probably, the owners make distincion among countries, so if Jerry from Philippines is always in power down mode, they show concern towards him. If John from Netherlands does the same, he stops to get upvotes. Probably, the reason lies in the binomial Philippines = poor/Netherlands = rich. At least, this is my assumption. Me too, as Jerry, I'm often in power down mode because I need to purchase my expensive drugs due to chronic diseases. And I live in a third world country. Now my husband needs heart clinic tests and they are very expensive. He can't wait next year for the call from the public structure, because a serious heart illness can result in death. Despite steemit isn't my solely source of income, in any way it's the main. No other job pays me the same and my couple can't get rid of this money, especially considering that people of our age in my country, probably won't see any public pension in the third age, until our seventies or older (our Social Security shows many red flags). So my couple needs these money to run after our not so good health and possibly to avoid a third age lacking both health and salary.
Well, if I see pension at all (I am a woman) it will be at the age of 72 and I have to ask for it. It cannot be much. Perhaps one portion of french fries per year.
If you ask me it's more about which contests you join, and which people you know (sc). I noticed how the scs upvote each other.
I never powered down, never spent a dime on me, and this is also not about me but people in Indonesia and not just one. They even feel when they powerdown it affects those they introduced to Steemit.
So I will see if I can find communities where they can post and receive some support without being judged.
If you know some please let me know.
I can assure you rich Europeans will not join Steemit, a few might invest but for sure not write. There's nothing for them to find here.
Italian community. It doesn't condemn you if you power down. It doesn't judge you if you explain your power down reasons (I always did and I always received their support, concern and friendship).
In terms of pension, due to the next changing in the Social Security laws since 2027, my husband should see his at the age of 76, if he'll be still alive and as I'm a woman, probably between 69 and 73 years old, if I'll be still alive (this is the worst scenario, really hoping it won't happen as economists foresee).
You don't need to ask for your pension?
I am sure they hope we died long before :(
For now we have:
Italy
Freewriterd
Boylikrsgirl
Xpilar
Yes, in my country we must ask, preferably through a lawyer, an expert in Social Security lawyer. A lot of times, without a lawyer's job, no pension is guaranteed. Not such a way in my former country. In Italy, receiving a pension it's automatic (if nothing changed since my move).