Hey everyone I just wanted to express the gratitude that I have for every single last one you people. You have changed my life in ways you don’t even imagine by just reading and voting on my content. For someone who finds it hard to hold a full time 9-5 with an anxiety order, I have almost paid of my student loans and am able to save for a future. Words cannot express how thankful you and your support is. I have been trying to write articles every day for the last year, I took a few month break during when the payouts went down to focus on my last semester in college, but since then I have returned and I don’t plan on stopping. Even if payouts in the future drop to nothing I won’t disappear again, I promise that.
To celebrate my 2000 follower milestone I want to start an upvote party and spend all the current voting power I have in this thread! Anyone who comments here is going to get some sort of upvote from me and it might be completely random the %. I will also be giving out double whatever the amount of steem dollars are earned here in amounts of 20 to random commenters when it pays out in 7 days. Please only post one comment!, you can reply to people, but dont just post a bunch of spam or I won’t upvote you. I will also sit down and try and reply to as many comments as I can before the end of today, so feel free to ask me questions or anything else you want to know!
Steemit and the great people here have changed my life and I will never forget them. I thank and appreciate each and every one of you like you would never imagine. Thank you so much for being a part of this !!!
-Calaber24p
Amazing! Thanks for being such a positive influence to this community ♥
awww thanks mr cat
My Pleasure
Congratulations @calaber24p :) Now that you're looking to celebrate, how about you show how much your vote is worth on this comment... * cough* 100% vote * cough *
well played sir. It would be at $4 if I wasnt running the power out in this thread.
Wow!
What a great story one of which is very unique and special to you of course but thankfully is happening all around Steemit!
There are so many people making more money via steemit than they were their 9-5's, some people paying off loans like u, some supporting their families and some even saving to buy land and houses! How amazing is it that we are a part of this together?!?!?!
I have been off Steemit for many months but am super stoked to be back. When I left u were a very popular and successful user and I see that you are even more so now!
I have always focused my interactions here on steemit on bringing real value to the community and using the rewards to improve the world.
Congratulations on your success and may you continue to inspire many!
OK - cynical post here - excuse me!
Im seeing a lot of 'x amount of Followers for me!' posts recently, with a hearty amount of back slapping, high fiving & whooping thru the Steem blockchain.
Nothing wrong with this, its an achievement of sort, but I think people are forgetting that followers does not necessarily mean views. I will be more impressed with the post that gathers 1000 views or 1000 comments than the poster with 1000 followers! I have no idea how many of these are knocking around Steemit, but im guessing its very low.
Remember, its very easy to gain followers, particularly once you hit a certain critical mass of rep, or have a certain amount of Steem Power. It is less easy to get views, and meaningful engagement. I will watch with interest to see how many views this post gets in the next few days, and will compare it with some of the other 'x FollowerS - woohoo' posts I have seen, and run some analysis to try to draw out correlation with views. I think it might be interesting!
Taking nothing away from your acheivements here on Steemit @calaber24p - you've managed to create a lot of value for people and kudos for now making a living from blogging!
Hey stoka I totally hear you and many of my followers probably dont vote so you are 100% right. Its an arbitrary number, I just really wanted to celebrate and give back to many who actually read. I was thinking about putting this post under a random tag, but I figured it would be better for everyone if we have a better reach of the people out there. I have been lucky and whales have helped me out greatly. If it werent for them I wouldnt be here. I am not nearly as big as them, but one day I would like to pass it on and help other people out. This is why I upvote almost all of the comments on my posts. I appreciate all comments even those with criticism because I think it is healthy and provides for better discussion. I appreciate your response, thanks :)
Hey no worries - this was in no way meant to be a personal dig or trying to demean your achievements - just counter-punching the zeitgeist!
i didnt take it as such! Im sure many others share your opinion but dont speak up because they dont want a downvote.
haha - don't fear the flag! Its a great community here, so im not afraid to speak my mind.
You are not the norm. You take comments and criticism in stride. Bravo. More people need to have that attitude. After all, this is life-changing stuff we are doing in Steemit. We all want the same things,,,,,,money, power and happiness :). Well, not so much the power.
Thank you for this! Been a fan ever since you posted some RS material ;)
♥ your name
Also gave you a personal shoutout in my newest RS blog post! Would love if you gave it a read/upvote <3 https://steemit.com/runescape/@itachi/runescape-into-cryptospace
Haha thanks, I actually have been working on a runescape gold fund that is going surprisingly well. Ill update on it eventually!
LOL no way!! I have some gold on RS and a santa hat.. maybe I can trade it to you for some SBD? xDD Lets keep in touch @calaber24p <3
Congrats with 2000 followers !!Well done!!
Congratulation I know how hard it s to get followers! :)
I hope you can make this a permanent career! Keep grindin!
That would be amazing!
Very generous!
not as generous as giving me your time.
Congrats! Thanks for you good content i hope you have more good followers in the future.
Thanks i appreciate you guys reading it !
Awesome!! Upvotes are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!
Forest Gump is in the running for my favorite movie between spirited away. I can quote like half of that movie.
Ahh a gentlemen and a scholar. Fine taste you have good sir.
Congratulations. You deserve another 2000. Your posts are always thought provoking.
thanks! hopefully we will get there one day !
Congrats! Keep up the good work!!!
Congratulations!
obligatory meme
Well done.
WOW 2000 followers.
EXCELLENT.
Congrats on hitting 2k followers, that's a huge milestone! Keep it up!
Ill do my best!
Awesome I have loved following you for about the last year! I also stopped Steeming when the payouts went down to nothing because my wife would get mad at me that I was wasting my time doing nothing. Steem on!
Looks like steemit is the real deal because its helping so many people with life bills like student loans. Congratulations on the huge amount of followers. That's a serious milestone for any social media site, but an extremely awesome for a steemit user. When you get 2000, it's not by accident. @calaber24p, continue with your success and Steem On Dude!
It really is, I cant even stress how fantastic this project has been for me .
That's awesome man. I'm happy that you can earn and have fun on Steemit!
woww great achievement congrlation thats not easy job to cross 2000 followers well done keep posting
Wow 2000 Followers is really a huge number. I just joined two days ago and hope to be able to build such a big network as well one day 😀 Congratulations on your huge success and the many connections you were probably able to build 😊
I'm pleased for your success and hope it continues to grow. Acknowledging creativity is so rewarding I know it truely is lifechanging!
Congrats on hitting 2k followers:)
its always nice to say thank you :)
Congratulations :)
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE MILESTONE,2000 IS A BIG FOLLOWERS NUMBER.THIS DESERVES A STEEMIT DANCE...........
I have enjoyed following you and reading your articles. Congrats on 2000 followers. You deserve it.
Thanks rudy !
Congrats @calaber24p !!
I'm new here (minnow food haha) and definitely look forward to seeing what you post in the future.
:o)
Michael
When you write you are able to lure others to communicate with you, really incredible talents, creative ideas are always easy to find, I'm sure everyone who communicate with you will be affected for what you say, success is always for you, Continue to work my best friend.
don't panic now, but you have one more follower. Congratulations on 2000+
2k followers is really cool. Take my congrats and keep on growing!
Yay! Congratulations! I'm glad you have found security, friendship, and purpose here on Steemit!
Its amazing how crypto changes lives. The steem moon train is gonna chsnge the social game. Keep going
2k is impressive, nice one! As a new follower, I'd like to know - what are you studying mate?
Congratulations, and here is to the next 2000 followers :)
I'm pretty sure the opposite is going to happen, we're only at the beginning of steemit's exponential growth, but who knows.
Anyways, congratulations on your success, 2000 is a lot of followers!
Great news! I had found your posts very interesting and followed you. Good luck!
Congratulations on 2k followers. You have posted on a broad range of interesting subjects, cheers.
Well, seems like you have a pretty good reason to celebrate. Congrats!
Wooohooo!! 2K!!! That's pretty sweet. Congratulations. I guess that's what all that hard work does for you. We should all take a lesson and get our rear in gear and make this community even more awesome than it already is :D
thanks but much of it has also been luck and having a great following!
I think it's a bit more than luck....you have a great way about you and I am happy trailing along in your wake :) Thank you!
Congratulations! I love your articles. :smile:
Very good! I have been learning to heal emotional trauma for over 10 years here - so maybe I can help in some way. In any case, congratulations on your steemit success. upvoted and followed :)
Crazy how fast time moves on Steemit! I bet you were equally as excited, if not more so, about your first 200, let alone 2000! Congrats, man! Well deserved accomplishment for your hard work here!
Nice, man! I follow you since your Bitpay post. You should (if you have time) write another one about bitwala.io
Congratulation @calaber24p. Amazing....
Congrats! I'm very happy you reached this milestone :)
Congratulations! !!!
Congratulations on your 2000 followers!
I like your writing. Keep up the good work!
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