The only thing all of this makes me aware of is the fact that you don't see this as a collective, but merely as your personal cash cow. You have a lot to learn, and what I find most disturbing is that instead of learning about someguy123, and realizing that he basically created the backbone of many elements in here, you told us a self-serving story about your own suffering. This combined with finding out that you are selling Witness information makes your integrity appear even more rail-thin than it was before. Maybe you need to stick with marketing and not Witnessing.
The fact is I have put over $50,000 on my money into Steem and powered up almost all of my earnings without ever doing a power down. Another fact is the videos I have made and the ads I have done have led to hundreds of thousands of dollars more in purchases of Steem and powering up of what was bought according to the thousands of comments I have read from reactions to videos and new investors citing me as their inspiration to buy in here.
Another fact is I have spent $6,000+ of my earnings on ads for Steem which have reached millions of people. You personally probably have hundreds of followers from the ads I ran and will probably get thousands more over the next year. An additional fact is that I did a post featuring @someguy123 and have linked to him in a lot of posts. I pay him for help every month with my server and have 3 servers hosted with him.
On top of these facts, I have given up filming online courses for two months which also equals giving up $10,000+ a month in income which is much more than I am getting on Steem. When I started here I was producing video courses full time and anyone has a right to write a book or film a video course about anything else in the world including charging whatever is desired for it. My video courses have led to a lot more interest and attention for Steem.
You are right I have a lot to learn and I am obviously not alone in that. I appreciate you having shared my posts before and look forward to meeting you at Steemfest2!
And who told you to put money on Steemit in the first place? Did Someone push you to do it? What you have made is called an investment and you are investing in yourself and your skillset and there's nothing wrong about it; I'ts your call, it's your approach and I respect it. But don't put it as you are mother Teresa and you are doing all of this because you really wanna help people out. You can lie to people but you can never lie to yourself and deep down inside yourself you know what the truth is. My advice to you, if you decide to take it, is to balance things up. In my personal opinion you are here just for the money. Hope I'm mistaken! Cheers!
LMFAO! He never powered down because he's waiting on the appreciation of the asset... DUH! Not like he needs the money, yet. Hell I made around $2500 a month with YouTube and I only had around 3000 subs. I'd hold on to all the steem I made at this point too if I didn't need it to pay bills wtf? That's not some white knight act. Looks like he just doesn't get it.
You are a lier @jerrybanfield. You are not making $10,000 a month on online courses. At one time yes, but sure you got kicked of udemy, and tried the same scam with skillshare. Jerry we have been in the same circle for maybe 6 years now. Your courses are now failing you. You followers on social media are all paid for, so they dont even look at your stuff. This means you need to pay for advertising. it is in your interest. but sure you sell it to steemains like they need it.
lol your video courses, your ways, your scams didn't get the attention you are portraying here. They got you enough attention that you were expelled from udemy at a community consensus.
You have a long and nasty reputation online.
Jeeze I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of you, ouch!
Lol...
Sorry @stellabelle
Frank had to chime in here. :)
And you are absolutely right @sourcebird
Stay on the RIGHT side!
Well put.
You summed it up perfectly
"that instead of learning about someguy123"
Bit of irony with poor optics there...can't argue with that.
"This combined with finding out that you are selling Witness information makes your integrity appear even more rail-thin than it was before."
I feel compelled to respond here.
Is the "selling witness information" you refer to the series of posts I've been writing with Jerry on the witnesses? (If not, ignore the rest of this post!)
If so, how it is selling (there is no buyer and no transaction)?
Also, how is there anything wrong with performing research on witnesses, then posting it?
Are witnesses not a valid topic for posts? Could you elaborate on your objection.
Based on the community reaction to the posts, most users find them valuable.
If you are referring to something else entirely, then carry on, retracted!
PS - Your Steemicide videos were the first thing I ever saw on Steemit...had some good dirt.
Well said @stellabelle. As I mention in my comment below, investors should be treated equally and not receive higher rewards for spamming than those who curate well. It sounds like he is not curating for the community’s benefit, but in a way to milk the reward pool. We need to curate the curators!