WOOT! I'm thrilled! It's been 9 days so far that we've had that space open to everyone and we've reached 1,000 unique people that have come through! That's bigger than some of the towns I've lived in. So, I'm officially dubbing this place "Minnow Town" and as it's original founder I don't think folks will mind if say I'm Mayor!
It's a massive team effort between the witnesses that run it @ausbitbank, @teamsteem, @someguy123, @thecryptodrive, @theprophet0, @canadian-coconut (honorary title), the witnesses that visit @neoxian and @acidyo, the delegaters that have helped grow a @minnowsupport community account (shout out to @benjojo (90k SP) and @neoxian (20K SP), and about 1,000 minnows who are constantly in there talking, chatting, posting, upvoting, resteeming, following and making friends.
The chat is now ongoing 24/7. There's almost always a Witness in there, Steemit's biggest author hang's out in there. We have minnows, dolphins, and whales (Oh my!). Whale curators search through some of those posts looking for gems. I toss out bounties and resteems to exceptionally written articles. The result has been staggering. Folks that could barely catch a dollar before are now able to earn hundreds of dollars on a post, and it's as community of people supporting each other that has made that happen!
This has been an exceptionally rewarding experience as I think of this as my Witness Dissertation Project. As a Witness I promise to promote Peace, Abundance, and Liberty, growth hack Steemit, and help minnows grow. To see this social channel break 1,000 people so quickly has been amazing! We're kickin' ass guys and it's showing in your account size!
We continue to fund drive for the main account. So far in addition to the delegation we've been able to accumulate over 1,000 SP that now sits in that account paying out post rewards rewards to people that are in there. The account is giving out approximately $220 in post rewards to users each day, the vast majority of whom are minnows, through more than 1,400 user decided votes.
We have an outgoing message with all of those votes too. You might see it, which explains what the Minnow Support Project is and how others can join us and why they should. It's also a fund raising mechanism because people can upvote the comment and donate a little wealth to the @minnowsupport project account.
We have dedicated groups to languages, countries, and even businesses now. If you have a small community of people we can find them a home in a larger community, which helps all of us network, grow personally, and grow Steemit as a whole.
The bottom line is that this Discord Community is a lifeline and a wonderful community for Minnows and the atmosphere in there is helpful, kind, supportive, and energized. I highly encourage you to stop writing the 5 hour posts that no one reads and don't offer rewards and instead learn about how to grow and get support from this wonderful community. It can be a little overwhelming for new users, so just sit there for a few minutes, say hello, or ask the Greeters (who have their names in orange) for a little help on what to do. You're wallet, your follower count, and your number of friends in the world will thank you for joining this initiative.
If you're not in the PALnet Discord Channel then you're doing Steemit wrong. Period. https://discord.gg/HYj4yvw
If you've benefitted from the Minnow Support Project, the Discord Channel Community Bots, or the Community that takes hours to manage each week consider upvoting the Witnesses that created and run the channel, keep it completely open and free to the public, and support your work day in and day out.
Great work @aggroed and everyone who is helping. I'm glad to be part of those who can help too. I've upvoted and resteemed and I look forward to get even more involved.
It has been a huge success @aggroed. Well done to all involved.
As a treat I release this rare glimpse of behind the scenes footage of one of the #minnowsupport board meetings
hehe there's my "minnow 2 cents" upvote for the smile :)
:D thank you
Thanks Gmuxx. Stoked to have you there helping to lead this community!
Thank you for saying so aggroed, happy to help as much as I can.
Damn, maybe I should start paying attention.
lol
@aggroed No I don't mind calling you the Mayor because you created an amazing platform n it's an amazing place to be in n I got to meet some really helpful people and you had always responded to my messages with utmost kindness. So i would request the readers of this comment to join The Pal community in discord for your own benefit. Cheers!!!!
thanks tams!
Msp has been the game changer for me. The contacts, support and encouragement have helped me to improve my content and better myself as a writer. I'll be forever grateful to @aggroed and the rest at discord for all the help.
Thanks again.
Just stay participating even after you're pure huge. We'll need you as a dolphin donor then!
I'm in for the long term dude to be sure.
I do a fair bit in pm with newbies at the moment that won't stop.
It's a great cause.
Thanks for creating this opportunity.
Congratulations on the milestone. I believe minnowsupport will go on to greater things. Minnows need all the support that they can get.
@aggroed We should get you a Mayor Minnow necklace.. In holland and i am not sure if that is the same in other countries, we have a special chain for the neck of the mayor..
THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!!!!!
It's good to see it growing! You're helping so many people and I'm glad to be a part of it :)
how MSP will make feel!
thank you! @aggroed!
No stopping us now!
minnows united!
Namaste!
And I built my castle in that awesome town. As the Minnow King...err. President. The Minnow President :-)
Thanks and congratulations @aggroed for taking this great initiative to support minnows, this make our community strong.
I am like
Yeah dude. That's about right!
great things you are doing @aggroed to support the minnows. keep it up
OK so I just tried $upvote on # upvote-resteeem. Banjo confirmed!
banjoBOT - Today at 7:44 AM
slays flusterfarm with a rejected FIRE
Upvoted: I'm Mayor of Minnow Town: PALnet Discord Channel Reaches 1,000 People! by aggroed
Did I do this correctly?
Thanks Fluster. I normally skip the bot so the minnows get the power, but I'm grateful.
OK good I wasn't sure what "slaying with a rejected FIRE" meant LOL
lol, the bot just has some silly phrases he automatically says when upvoting someone ^^
Time for me to check out how to get involved!
I just registered! Brand new to all this stuff and especially cryptocurrencies... talk slowly so I can understand LOL upvoted & resteemed!
I am present on this Discord since before yesterday and I adore it. The community is brilliant and responsive. I will follow you because I love this cat and you do a good job
Thanks for being there!
Congratulations on the success Mr. Mayor! I know you have what it takes to lead this town to a peaceful and prosperous eternity! Cheers!
I can say I benefited from MSP project. Finally able to get more than $0.50 per daily post. I have already redirected 2 of my friends to MSP, and many other minnows as well. And yes, Palnet is becoming a full town. Maybe soon it will outdo China also!!
Great work @aggroed! I must say it does feel a little overwhelming in their, especially for a girl. Anyhoo, keep it up Mayor!
What can I do to make it better?
hmm.. I think that is a tough one due to a lot of males together on a chat tends to just end up like that. I will try give it some thought but the other crypto discords are pretty much the same. Perhaps a channel moderated by a female for females to band together and feel more empowered?
That's pretty easy to do. Wish granted.
Ok, you're channel mod. You have complete authority in there. Go make this place better for women. Tell me what support you need and I'll help. Be sure to connect with @canadian-coconut with what you're doing.
One requirement. You have to get an icon/avatar :)
Oh wow. Ok, thanks @aggroed. I will hop in there in half an hour or so and get myself more comfortable and get my avatar uploaded.
Please reach out to @Superona too. She just created a store front. Could be good to connect.
You sir, are awesome!
thankx for new opportunity me...
Aggroed, Every time a new member signs up.
Scene from The Wanderers ?
warriors you mean. love that movie.
Yep that's the one
Made you something :
Hope you like it .. See full screen version here : https://steemit.com/steemit/@melkay/melkays-guide-to-minnow-town
You see the bounty I was doing? Put this in a post and make a user guide. Highly likely re steem.
I did not see the bounty. Will look into it. Thanks.
Done : https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@melkay/how-p-a-l-net-can-help-you-have-a-better-life
A great Initiative for beginners like me :)
Glad to be one of them. Thank you @aggroed for the 3SBD. Big thanks!
Great work aggroed. I registered today, looking forward to growing with the supportive community you started. I'm always drawing and brainstorming. Writing is not my strong point. Art and graphics are, if the community needs something let me know. Steem on!!
Please do a more easy to follow step-by-step guide for how to use the features, bots, etc. - at least I hope I'm not the only one who is not sure how to fully participate in #minnowsupport . .
Thank you for the vibrant community and congratulations on the success, the kind of success that empowers others is the best success of all! :-D
Thank you for supporting. Much appreciated.
HFis giving as minnows a hard time. A significant drop in voting activities.
Or is this only my feeling?
What will your small little town will mainly discussing?
YAY, so happy to be one of that crowd! Thanks for all you do Mayor!
Great post. Check out my profile if you have time :)
Mayor can you please help me with resteeming :) Steemshop is up at @superona
Yes please, me too - how do we resteem to involve the bots?
That is not working quite yet.
Ok, thank you for the info :)
Congratulations For PAL ! As a pal user i was very satisfied with the service , Thanks 😂
Thanks Mr Mayor for creating this opportunity. Your hard work is appreciated.
Thank you for this fantastic project. I've registered just yesterday and already received vote support from @minnowsupportproject. As a newbie I can say I was overwhelmed with the number of channels and possibilities on Discord. I would appreciate a kind of guide to this new world and would be glad to contribute to it.
https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@minnowsupport/minnow-support-project-announcements-governance-policies
here's teh big guide
yo, mayor we respect you. And this is turning out to be very helpful and successful. thanks.
#minnowsupport.
Well i tried to download the discord app, but with no wifi I couldnt do it. Ill have to go into town today. I must really like you aggroed :0) All kidding aside, youre doing a great job and all the time involved is appreciated!
Thank you for organizing this project! I am not good in language, but really really thanks!
Great job. We are growing fast!!
AWESOME effort @aggroed
Thank you everybody who has been involved into creating Minnow Town.
Great things are bound to happen. For sure.
Cheers,
your.little.minnow
@arrliinn
Yea... lets go minnows!!!
I am amazed at how much bigger the steemit universe is than I first thought. I have a question and will be over there pronto, thanks (Mayor) @aggroed
sweet! congrats on setting it up, not got a lot of time to 'converse' in there but i'm signed up and registered, still finding me feet in the different channels.
thanks great work success
Still a great fan of the project :)! ♥
This minnow says thank you!
Just so that we're on the same page Mayor...
In my operation, open source and competition are key.
I imagine there will always be 5 Mayors working in THIS
Town that I'm Scheming and Meming about ; )
community and we'll likely get to 10,000 peeps in a year ; )
by end of year! 6 months or less!
Now that Minnow Town is a town and not a village does that mean I can stop being the village idiot? Do I have to be the town idiot instead? :P