Look, you do a lot. Your previous response that many things are priceless was enough of a response.
I've seen the work you do and the effort that you put into Steemit. It's extraordinary.
With all of the controversy around Steemit about reward pool concerns, I was stating that a 100% upvote (with 80% voting power?) for yourself doesn't give off a positive perception, especially when you have so much delegated SP.
If I wanted, I could find who is delegating the SP to you and for how much and possibly find a post where they describe why they're doing it. But that doesn't accomplish anything. The gesture of delegating you the SP tells me that people value the efforts that you are doing and want to help you with them.
My examples.. Well, yeah, they needed to be extreme because I was getting responses from people other than you about something that they could not control or know the answer to. They aren't you, so they can't answer the original question. Oh, and they were jumping on me like I just punched a child, simply because I did something as simple as asking a question. That's unacceptable to me, and I decided to give them some life lessons that they apparently were lacking.
That's the thing, I don't see you as a culprit. I was just asking for more information. And the comments that I received were not as courteous as the message that you sent. So I responded with less courtesy. Respect is not simply given, it is earned. Your tone (consistently) has earned a respectful response from me.
I'm not going to say what your post should be worth or how much you should be taking from the rewards pool. My humble suggestion would simply be to take smaller amounts more frequently. It looks better "perception-wise" than taking $200 in one shot. And considering the real world "Fiat" value is something that all of us should consider, especially with a rising value of Steem/SBD. It's an important time to keep track of that type of value.
I wish you the best of luck with your efforts.
Yes i understand. My posts have a responsibility to it and many times are triggered by events for the most part and except i decline payment, it requires visibility as well. Apart from rewards on posts there is so also visibility which is very important in this case. As for smaller votes, i don't post several times and i don't post daily and if you look at my posts, they are for specific reasons and for many reasons behind the scenes. Posting for me at this point is more of a responsibilty than rewards. My comment section shows this as well.
My point as regards the reason behind the delegation is "many things happen behind the scenes". It was by Ned too, so there was no post about it. And the communities and nations i cater to is large. Ofcourse, this is a community and my ways can't please everyone. I do hundreds of comments as well; i dont vote these except in very few cases when it is essential etc When you say take you should emphasize the give just as equally. My interface the will be on surpassinggoogle.com to fix content curation and discovery is a give and there are many gives. Now the steem is 6 usd, i didnt increase post frequency and nothing has changed with me. I maintain my responsibility as i have been since minnow and if steem goes to 100 usd, i will be this same Terry, so its not about rewards for me. I dont pursue money because there are bigger things than that. So rewards on my posts have way bigger reasons than the post itself
Your comments to the others where all directed at me as well and if you don't know these things can hurt really bad and in places where i am from even wreck especially when you can have been wrong but there are many bigger things to life than these things.
I understand community and steemit and i so know about perception and a reputation model and paradigm, so i keep that in check even with my posts and votes. My focus for votes is sp for more good down the road because i have a responsibility for the communities i cater to and have catered to since my minnow days i large and growing. I have the responsibility. I am not in position to post frequently with all i do. The alpha for steemgigs will be ready soon etc, i am looking at bigger things than posting for rewards. I take all this to mind though and i will ofcourse learn from it but ofcourse i regard the needs of many too and the bigger picture. Ofcourse i respect you too as others will hurriedly do posts about this and so boldly defaming me, using very limited info and even go report me different steemians even passionately. I respect how you took my response as well. I am very responsible and if you see me, i dont have a dime etc but i wont shake at the opportunity to earn big cos i will not purse after money as it should be the other way around
Yeah, there are definitely some accounts who report community members for small "infractions"? (not sure if that's really the right word), when they could simply have a conversation with the person they're complaining about first. At no point have I intended on, or considered doing that for this post. I posted on here to speak with you "one-on-one", and discuss your intentions.
In any case, I'm not going to "report" this post. Nor do I believe that your post deserves any "flags" or to be reported in any negative way. You're doing a great service to many communities.
Let me discuss why I agree with this statement. You are responsible to the community to provide clear, clean, organized, and useful posts that will benefit the community. While potentially useful, this post has none of the other attributes.
To quote a cheesy comic book: "With great power comes great responsibility".
The way I see this post, and why I originally commented, is because it is not exactly organized (which you did admit at the beginning of your post), and not exactly a "valuable" post. I have been on Steemit for 7 months and have seen posts like this literally hundreds, if not thousands, of times. As such, a value of $200+ from a self-upvote looked suspicious and suspect to me. I would say this about ANY account with a post having these attributes; I am in no way trying to single you out.
Here's my suggestion: No matter how busy you are with comments and voting and re-steeming community members, you still have the responsibility to share a message in a directed and organized manner. You've been on here for a long time, and that's amazing. I do honestly believe that you're not here for the rewards. You work way too hard for that to be true.
But for the people who are here for rewards ... which there are many ... if they read your post and see all of the disjointed information and screenshots and poor structure.. then they look at the post payout of $200+ .. they may get the idea that "Steemit is EASY MONEY. All I need to do is post like @surpassinggoogle does and BOOM, I'll be a MILLIONAIRE!" ... and that's the last thing that we (Loyal Steemians) need.
Again, you're doing amazing things for many communities. I don't think that anyone can deny that. I would just ask that you take a little extra time to present yourself, and the communities that you're representing, with a more deliberate and organized message.
Please take this as constructive criticism, and not as a hateful message. My intent is solely to assist you. I am not trying to discourage or put you down in any way.
Hahaha i understand but don't worry about that. I know the tone in which i speak and the communities i cater to and these they may not look concise contain info about life underlying "no books" involved and that"s what i am about, so no worries. My posts are deliberate and organized and the essence of my statement about is to instill "read between the lines and what's underlying" and this has been my tone since day one and where my voice lies. Not everyone will value this style but when friends come to ask "how do i become like you" my answer to them is, "to be like me, you will have to stubbornly be the awesomest version of you". So no worries. I took it constructively and learned from it. As for time, i put a ton of it, a piece of me and lots of love in it. I dont want people to read, i want to feel and be moved.