My Witness Update 💪
Setup New Server + Server Info
After a pain-staking process and figuring out I need over 38 GB of RAM for my server, I finally just went with the $120 64 GB Ram server.
So now I finally have a fully capable, fully operational server.
Here's a shot of it parsing along
Here's a shot of the price feed broadcasting updates
Witness Info
This is my Witness info from SteemPlus showing my active rank: #136, votes received, etc.
You can see I haven't mined a block yet, so that is my next milestone. Also if you happen to see my price feed is out of whack feel free to nudge me and let me know I will appreciate the help :)
What's Next
I'll be working on getting a Steemit account page for my project Witness Communication Assembly (WCA) and growing the project. I will also focus in getting more projects to delegate to, writing educational articles, getting more social buzz around witnessing and witness voting, giveaways/contests to encourage witness voting/polling, and working on my Steemers community.
Next Update
I will post the next update once I've mined my first block or have another major update. Also I want to let you know I'll be using the funds earned from witness updates like these to pay for the server so your upvotes really help support me financially to keep the server going. I'll write another "Witness This" digest soon to cover what witnesses are up to and who I support. Let me know if there is anything you want to see in particular in the comments below!
Every time I post I select 1 random winner from the upvotes, resteems, and comments totaling 3 winners and give them 0.01 SBD each and announce it on the next post! I also send out 0.001 monthly to my followers! I use https://snackaholic.github.io/steemfortune/en/ by @snackaholic
The winners from the last post I made here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@scottcbusiness/lets-talk-about-tags
Were:
@rafaljakobsen
@indiaunited-bot
@friedradius
Note that once I’ve posted a new post the contest is over and this could be subject to any amount of time up to but not longer than 7 days
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Witnessing On $STEEM
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Witness Communications Assembly
An initiative to improve transparency, communications, and overall trust between witnesses and the rest of the community. To start it is a discord server, but we aim to build something much bigger moving forward.
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really? 100 transactions per block? -.-
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
One last thing to note.... I'm curious as to how my monthly more or less informational or just a little boost of gratitude type memos are an issue but witnesses running extremely profitable bid bots who send actual spam promotional messages out daily and sometimes even more than once a day. They know very well and in those situations it's purely spam and purely selfish. Thoughts?
I used to run a service that did what you are doing with mass memos to followers. It was a no self-vote promoter service called @trump3t which I intend to eventually revive. The project lines up with the whitepaper in regard to the prisoner dilemma but I digress.
It's difficult for those of us who rely on no-self voting or not self-botting to be noticed so I understand your resorting to using Steem's messaging. If I may make one recommendation, if you are using scripting to perform these mass messages, perhaps include an opt out option for your followers in the message. I think this may help you. I am willing to assist in scripting that if you need help. Of course, I would ask that I be compensated for my time but I am glad to help.
There are a lot of witnesses that are perpetuating a network with elements that hinder the sustainability of Steem and I do think we need new perspectives. I have been following you and will keep monitoring your progress. Currently, my witness slots are full but that is always subject to change. ;)
Yeah true I'd definitely be open to paying you to help me script that. I do use a script and I figure if people are following me that's the opt in but if you can code a more effective version of that I'd be totally about it!
Sorry what do you mean / what is this referring to from the article?
... 😑
Honestly? as wittness you are responsible for making the network stable.
THATS the opposite. really. this is spamming ...
Once a month I send out a mass memo to my followers. I understand some may view it as spam, but I've made that point clear to my followers time and time again. If you feel you're being spammed you can unfollow me. If you feel I'm misrepresenting the network by doing this when there are actual abuses and issues to fix and deal with, don't vote for me as a witness. I respect everyone's rights and opinions. I personally feel that because I only message my followers, they've opted into this. Given I limit it to once a month I feel that it is a fair use of the bandwidth I allocate with my Steem power. I will make a post opening up mass memoing for discussion and you can contribute to it soon! 99% of people are extremely thankful, it makes their day, and only a very small handful are offended by this from my experience.
It's NO spam when sent as a token of gratitude. I have been following you for a while so i know a transaction coming from you isn't spam. Coming from another "resteem" service yes but you no!
Thanks for sticking up for me haha, I think it's important that we don't deter people from using memos at all given they basically are the only form of messaging. I'm sure this whole thing can be solved with communities or a native chat etc. in the future
I'm not following you. but I've seen the load you've produced
The problem is not that you write messages with transactions. Its the how you do it. you run your script like a squirrel on lsd. Instead of thinking, "hey how can i not burden the network so much".
You want to be wittness, think about how to stabilize the network, how to distribute the messages. Distribute your messages, instead of 100 every second to 100 every minute.
You want to be a good wittness? Then stop stressing the network. Again, the problem is the how, not the what.
like I said its like for a few minutes once a month. It's the program that I'm using written by another witness lol. If you can point me to a better script I'll use it, but considering you're the only one who seems to have an issue with it and everyone else is asking I don't stop. I'm not trying to stress the network, but honestly it's hardly the issue. Like I said there are many bots owned by many witnesses that send tons of messages unsolicited daily.
i am not the only one, in the discord were some comments. if this happens more, you will get more comments.
Just pay better attention please and learn how to program. If you can't do that, hire one.
I guess I'll have to, I've done this for months. I didn't see anything, in what discord?
@scripture-union supports your vision and has given you voting proxy. Best wishes!
Thanks so much! I will use your proxy wisely and with care :)
For anyone having voting issues I'll reshare this from my signature
If you believe in me as a witness kindly vote for me by going to https://steemit.com/~witnesses and voting for me at the bottom by typing in my username ‘scottcbusiness’ or click on the link below
Vote for @scottcbusiness
Click the above text to vote for me!
You got my vote man. Just voted for you. And thanks for posting inspiring and informative content about Steemit all the time. I got your memo too, thanks.
Thanks so much for your support! I noticed I don't have your vote yet, so just wanted to double check that you meant to vote for me :P
Hey this is really great! Congrats on your powerful server.
I resteemed this post to all my followers!
My witness vote have tx e005628bfd605d88d635ca1509c391780b50e995@22525805 and is iIncluded in block 22,525,805, an I hope YOU mine that one!
I also sent you a friend request on Discord, which has been my second home lately.
One day I hopefully upgrade from my small vps too :)
Seen!
Thanks so much. I hope so too haha, will go accept your request
Received your witness memo. What could you do for our @travelfeed curation project?
My main focus is on educating people about Steemit and improving relations and communications between witnesses and end users. In the future when I have more delegative power I will definitely help support curation projects :) Upvoted your last post on it
Thnx for your monthly payout and Provide me the witness voting link here,
So I can make vitness vote for you.
In my signature it has the links and shows you what to do, just type in my username 'scottcbusiness' at the bottom where you vote on this page: https://steemit.com/~witnesses
You can give him the steemconnect link to vote for you as a witness then he can just click on it.
Ah nice
https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=scottcbusiness&approve=1
This makes it easier: https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=scottcbusiness&approve=1
Yah done
I just voted for you as witness @scottcbusiness
Thanks but I don't see you on the list, may want to double check :)
Is it that i didn't do it well or something. Lemme go back again
Not sure you just go to the bottom of https://steemit.com/~witnesses
And type in my username and hit vote
This was what i did.
Maybe unvote and revote for me? I'm really confused as to why it doesn't show up for me
Just checked your account and you maxed your votes. That's why.
Also roadscape and steempty aren't active witnesses anymore. So feel free to unvote them and vote for me instead :P
Thank you for your support
Right back at you :)!
Voted u. Thanks for the 0.001 sbd
Of course :D Thanks so much for your vote I really appreciate the support!
Good job, keep the good work up👍
Thanks! You know I will haha :D