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RE: My Witness Update 💪
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