Stabilizing on Steem, atrophying on YouTube, thriving on Flote!
Welcome to the 91st weekly installment of my series on Steem income and growth!
Income on the Steem blockchain is generated by "investment" (the more currency you have, the more you earn) and by "work" (earning currency by contributing content that adds value). I'm working to earn more STEEM by uploading unique valuable content to the blockchain.
Calculating weekly income
Here's the running tally, including my wife @MediKatie and our joint account @GirlsofGreen:
Week 01 - 0840 (+ ? ) STEEM (+n/a%)
Week 02 - 0848 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.95%)
Week 03 - 0862 (+14) STEEM (+1.65%)
Week 04 - 0868 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.70%)
Week 05 - 0876 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.92%)
Week 06 - 0888 (+12) STEEM (+1.37%)
Week 07 - 0914 (+26) STEEM (+2.93%)
Week 08 - 0929 (+15) STEEM (+1.64%)
Week 09 - 0936 (+ 7 ) STEEM (+0.75%)
Week 10 - 0953 (+17) STEEM (+1.82%)
Week 11 - 0960 (+ 7 ) STEEM (+0.73%)
Week 12 - 0966 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.63%)
Week 13 - 0973 (+ 7 ) STEEM (+0.72%)
Week 14 - 0980 (+ 7 ) STEEM (+0.72%)
Week 15 - 0986 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.61%)
Week 16 - 0991 (+ 5 ) STEEM (+0.51%)
Week 17 - 0996 (+ 5 ) STEEM (+0.50%)
Week 18 - 1032 (+36) STEEM (+3.61%)
Week 19 - 1040 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.78%)
Week 20 - 1045 (+ 5 ) STEEM (+0.48%)
Week 21 - 1051 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.57%)
Week 22 - 1059 ( +8 ) STEEM (+0.76%)
Week 23 - 1065 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.56%)
Week 24 - 1073 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.75%)
Week 25 - 1079 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.56%)
Week 26 - 1091 (+12) STEEM (+1.11%)
Week 27 - 1100 (+ 9 ) STEEM (+0.82%)
Week 28 - 1105 (+ 5 ) STEEM (+0.45%)
Week 29 - 1108 (+ 3 ) STEEM (+0.27%)
Week 30 - 1119 (+11) STEEM (+0.99%)
Week 31 - 1151 (+32) STEEM (+2.86%)
Week 32 - 1159 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.70%)
Week 33 - 1166 (+ 7 ) STEEM (+0.60%)
Week 34 - 1172 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.51%)
Week 35 - 1177 (+ 5 ) STEEM (+0.42%)
Week 36 - 1183 (+ 6 ) STEEM (+0.50%)
Week 37 - 1196 (+13) STEEM (+1.10%)
Week 38 - 1204 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.66%)
Week 39 - 1220 (+16) STEEM (+1.33%)
Week 40 - 1250 (+30) STEEM (+2.46%)
Week 41 - 1264 (+14) STEEM (+1.12%)
Week 42 - 1287 (+23) STEEM (+1.82%)
Week 43 - 1300 (+13) STEEM (+1.01%)
Week 44 - 1312 (+12) STEEM (+0.92%)
Week 45 - 1323 (+11) STEEM (+0.84%)
Week 46 - 1351 (+28) STEEM (+2.12%)
Week 47 - 1372 (+21) STEEM (+1.55%)
Week 48 - 1394 (+22) STEEM (+1.60%)
Week 49 - 1410 (+16) STEEM (+1.15%)
Week 50 - 1436 (+26) STEEM (+1.84%)
Week 51 - 1481 (+45) STEEM (+3.13%)
Week 52 - 1505 (+24) STEEM (+1.59%)
Week 53 - 1517 (+12) STEEM (+0.80%)
Week 54 - 1529 (+12) STEEM (+0.79%)
Week 55 - 1540 (+11) STEEM (+0.72%)
Week 56 - 1555 (+15) STEEM (+0.97%)
Week 57 - 1576 (+21) STEEM (+1.35%)
Week 58 - 1606 (+30) STEEM (+1.90%)
Week 59 - 1620 (+14) STEEM (+0.87%)
Week 60 - 1631 (+11) STEEM (+0.68%)
Week 61 - 1647 (+16) STEEM (+0.98%)
Week 62 - 1674 (+27) STEEM (+1.64%)
Week 63 - 1685 (+11) STEEM (+0.65%)
Week 64 - 1702 (+17) STEEM (+1.01%)
Week 65 - 1714 (+12) STEEM (+0.71%)
Week 66 - 1722 (+ 8 ) STEEM (+0.47%)
Week 67 - 1734 (+12) STEEM (+0.70%)
Week 68 - 1752 (+18) STEEM (+1.04%)
Week 69 - 1780 (+28) STEEM (+1.60%)
Week 70 - 1937 (157) STEEM (+8.82%)
Week 71 - 2080 (143) STEEM (+7.38%)
Week 72 - 2179 (+99) STEEM (+4.76%)
Week 73 - 2334 (155) STEEM (+7.11%)
Week 74 - 2368 (+34) STEEM (+1.46%)
Week 75 - 2379 (+11) STEEM (+0.46%)
Week 76 - 2424 (+45) STEEM (+1.89%)
Week 77 - 2479 (+55) STEEM (+2.27%)
Week 78 - 2501 (+22) STEEM (+0.89%)
Week 79 - 2517 (+16) STEEM (+0.64%)
Week 80 - 2535 (+18) STEEM (+0.72%)
Week 81 - 2555 (+20) STEEM (+0.79%)
Week 82 - 2567 (+12) STEEM (+0.47%)
Week 83 - 2580 (+13) STEEM (+0.51%)
Week 84 - 2616 (+36) STEEM (+1.40%)
Week 85 - 2692 (+76) STEEM (+2.91%)
Week 86 - 2746 (+54) STEEM (+2.01%)
Week 87 - 2830 (+84) STEEM (+3.06%)
Week 88 - 2840 (+10) STEEM (+0.35%)
Week 89 - 2851 (+11) STEEM (+0.39%)
Week 90 - 2867 (+16) STEEM (+0.56%)
Week 91 - 2900 (+33) STEEM (+1.15%)
Average weekly growth (last 10 weeks): +34.5 Steem (+1.28%)
After a few weeks of shedding our team accounts and investing in tokens and charity, income has returned to a more-normal level of just over 1%. Just for curiousity, I calculated that it would take about a year for me to hit 5000 (dolphin), at the current rate. Hopefully before then, though, my [MAP] project will have completed, and I'll have sent Edgar (the recipient) the 1300 USD worth of STEEM, and my wallet will be significantly lighter. We'll see what happens!
My reputation climbed toward 67.5 this week, and I'm now the 2020th most reputable Steemian.
I'm now also on Flote and Bitchute, and trying to build my audiences there. YouTube's brutal censorship this year has made it necessary.

Flote feels like a personal Rennaissance. I'm meeting high-quality people, learning new things, getting better connections, and so many other positive things are happening all at once. It's not perfect, but it's a free market of ideas and content... like YouTube was in 2006, like MSN was in 2002, like Napster was in 1997. It's a leap forward in how the internet and social networking can be. Can't recommend it enough. If you can give the site an email address and password, you have an account - complete with a free built-in Bitcoin wallet, if you want it. It has features to replace every other social media site, bar none, and it's being upgraded every day. I'm really impressed with the guy who owns it and feel the site has a bright future. It has grown from 1000 to 7000 in just the past couple weeks that I've been active there, and accelerating. See you on Flote.app :)
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I hope things like Flote don't end up going the way YouTube has.
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I've been getting to know the couple who own and run it, and they're as legit as 2 people can be, from what I'm able to tell. I'm really impressed with the code, and every little glitch seems to get solved within a couple days... not to mention nonstop upgrades. It really feels like I can reach people and grow organically again. I've really really missed that.
I don't think Kingsley is a bad guy and he's just doing this to mess with all of us or something. Nah. But yeah, the deep state is huge and powerful, and if things like Flote catch on, they tend to take note. I don't know what would happen in that case. But I'm not going to avoid supporting and using it, just because I fear success. That's just paralysis for no good reason. I'll deal with problems that come, and try to anticipate them, but I'm convinced that we're not defeated before we start!
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