RE: My Witness Update 💪
He has always given this amount of money to all of his followers every single month. This amount of money may not seem much to you. But it does help a lot of people. You can call it spam or whatever, but @scottcbusiness is helping people by doing this. So what if he attaches a message saying that he is a witness now, Like I said he does this every month and has been for a while. Quick question, my dear friend, when was the last time you gave any of what you have away? I promise that I am not trying to be mean or spiteful, I am just trying to let you know that he really didn't mean to be spammy. This is just his way of trying to help everybody out. If this is something that he is not supposed to do as a witness, he was probably unaware, or he wouldn't have done it. In any case, I hope that you have a wonderful day. And I send you and all of yours all of my love until we meet again. And I also asked that our creator bless you all. ☺
Thanks for sticking up for me and clarifying. You are exactly right, there was no malicious intent and considering people are in control of whether or not they receive it I wouldn't have classified it as spam.
I don't find it annoying frankly. I see your small transaction as a message more than an enticement to support you.
Thanks :) And I agree, if projects like Steem Messager are ever going to work, we have to be very open to using memos as messaging. It's the only form of native messaging atm.
Correct - is it the proposal that a message will cost some sbd to send? If so, I expect it will not find much traction. There is another issue I think - if there were more granular control available over the trending page - if it worked more along the lines of other platforms, I think people would not have the need to send out messages like a bulletin as users would be more likely to see whatever they consider to be relevant. For the moment though, using the memo as a bulletin board is just par for the course - as much as the complaints are I guess. I can see the outcry coming from higher powered accounts were the memo/wallet page is crucial to their lives on steemit. For me though, the transactions are less frequent. Still, I think it is a storm in a tea-cup and most likely motivated by other reasons than concerns about spam. From where I sit, it needs to be explained to me how this is spam - and then I shrug my shoulders because spam doesn't bother me in the main. What bothers me more is bullying and economic terrorism where sharks try to keep others from coming up in the ranks.
Yeah I 100% agree and currently because we use memos as a bulletin, deterring that is just another way to shut us down from coming up the ranks. As long as it is blatant and I think you shouldn't just message anyone (as that would be spam for sure) I think messaging your followers is more than reasonable. And it's not cheap either lol
It worked on me, firstly it drew me to your page & it still could have went several ways, Then the post was actually decent so it earned you an upvote, On further reading I found out that you're a witness with something to offer & I didn't have to find you because you found me, well played that got you a witness vote. Then I read on in greater depth & saw how you had been helping newbies on the platform. You wouldn't of known that I'm on the team of @newbieresteemday & that was going to earn you a resteem.
Marketing strategies work, well played Scott.
Wow true, that's awesome! I was a marketer before I was a witness :P But again like you basically said it comes down being genuine too. It's just like on trending, if you see a post that's got a huge payout and it sucks, that seems wrong and sketchy, whereas if it's really quality, then it seems fair. I appreciate you voting for me and resteeming and giving me your support! I'm about to drop a discussion post about memoing soon! :)
I prefer supporting up and coming witnesses in the hope they will bring fresh approaches to the platform and listen to opinions beyond the large sharks that dominate things at the moment. We support you today, don't forget us tomorrow.
Yeah I guess that's always the issue eh. Well I rely on all your support and I will not take it for granted! That's why I make so many posts about educating minnows and trying to represent the little people and bring that fresh take you mentioned
0.001 SBD helps people? That'll only help him right now ;-)
He wants to be wittness (or is currently), then he should also be careful not to spam the network. These are clearly spamer tactics. he could have just written a post or build his community in other ways.
This tactic threatens the network, you wonder why your bandwidth is going down? because of such actions. this also concerns you, too and all of us. he's wittness, then he knows that.
I mean the difference is, it's spam if it's unsolicited and unwanted. That is what spam is. Because you are in control of receiving it by unfollowing me. It isn't spam. It's like you subscribing to a newsletter by following me. I honestly don't think that once a month these transactions threaten the blockchain. It may not extremely "help" people, but it positively impacts a lot of people and yes it helps me share my content, HOWEVER... most of my content is written to help and educate and I am mostly targetting minnows so I'm not profiting or doing it to be malicious. I've done this ever since I started and only you and one other person have ever complained. This leads me to believe the sentiment towards this is positive. Like I said I will make a post where we can all discuss it and if people make it clear that this is an issue I will stop. You can make your case on that post.
I've personally never had a problem with bandwidth. I don't think I've ever seen mine below 90%. And personally AND HUMBLY, I believe, if this tiny of an action threatens the network, I'd say what a weak network to begin with. I do see your point, and I understand where you are coming from. I guess my question is... Was it okay when he did it before, just not now specifically because he's a witness. I am still relatively new here so I ask questions not to anger anyone, but just to learn. Over the course of the last couple of weeks I've really had my eyes open to alot of the problems Steemit has. At first I thought it was this wonderful Community that was going to usher in the future of social Everything...any more, half the time I seriously consider abondoning ship.😞
That's rough man, I think if we stick it out and help impact and influence it like I'v been trying we can make it something amazing like we envisioned