The idea WAS great but hijacking an already established brand to give more power to your event is just disappointing.
It just makes me feel bad because for once I agreed with something you come up with (i dont agree with your bot nor your youtube videos, i dont like your witness approach)and some of the ideas behind the event are cool but there is only one steemfest and it is organized by @roelandp, you know this and still decided to go for it?
Why not making your own brand?
Why not wait until Roeland replied?
So many why's, i guess in a few hours we'll see a post where you explain this behaviour but...
Now after this, sadly all i can say is i wouldn't even think about attending an event organized by you man, this is unacceptable.
I fully agree with all you wrote!
Hijacking the SteemFest name without authorization is a shame!
I do not think one could find any valuable excuse for not waiting @roelandp's answer.
Despite the idea looks great, I see all of this as self-promotion and empowering.
In this post, I counted no less than 19 references to Jerry himself (names, associated websites, ...)
@roelandp has organized 2 amazing Steemfest without ever asking something for himself. He never put the spotlight on him, but on the event and its sponsors, helpers, participants, ...
For this, @roelandp always got my full support, as I clearly demonstrated at the closing dinner of SteemFest 2.
With what Jerry just did, I'm not sure I'd ever do the same thing.
@anomadsoul
I wish on a platform like Steemit, with its noble values, money didn’t talk so loudly. This in a sense is what we escaped from in other places, real and virtual to try and pursue an ideal experiment, here.
I wish, too, that bots were seriously looked into.
How can content providers or artists like myself, who might have talent but no money, compete with money-hungry, unscrupulous folks who buy votes & upvote themselves, regularly, to the top of trending lists?!
Also, witnesses, who are handsomely rewarded for their efforts, should be looking out for our best interests & not campaigning to make even more money off our backs, by climbing in a higher position.
I know the world is not fair, and I don’t believe in complaining, but I believe in the promise of Steemit and have only been here a few months & hope to stay & grow.
Here’s hoping this is a learning experience & things work out for the better, for all involved,
Yahia (Egyptian-American writer)
I suggest deviding bloggers from developers and witnesses. A new interface could do this. Would provide less misunderstandings. And maybe also a seperated bot area.