Crickets.... Crickets... Well he must not be seeing your comments because I have never seen a response from from this guy.... Hmmm... weird... welp see ya later.... or not...
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Crickets.... Crickets... Well he must not be seeing your comments because I have never seen a response from from this guy.... Hmmm... weird... welp see ya later.... or not...
Yes!
Should he get some votes for cross-posting on STEEM? Yes. Should it be $60, no.
Downvoting.
@oracle-d, @theycallmedan, @threespeak, This should be $20 at best IMO. He should get a boost to $60 for mentioning STEEM and participating, not being over-rewarded in the silent hope that he does.
You should also consider recruiting over @gardeningchannel, this individual has 200k followers, actually interacts on STEEM, and mentions STEEM in his videos.
G... I feel your being generous but I have never watched one of his videos nor do I care to. It’s just not my thing plus the fact that when people “attempt” to interact... they get no response... that to me is a little bit of a slap on the face. Yet again that is just me. You know given this user’s “Rep” and all. Have some respect for the platform and the people trying to interact with you.
Josh I think you're being totally unfair. I don't comment very often, but I upvote all thoughtful comments on practically every post. I've made loads of videos talking about Steem and telling people on YouTube to follow me here. I'm directly responsible for hundreds of people joining this platform. And I've posted exclusive content over here that has never been posted on YouTube.
Between creating content on a daily basis, when am I supposed to find the time to respond to all the comments on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Steemit? Am I allowed to find time to sleep and eat and do regular human stuff?
Thanks for your reply, and it was a fair response. I will just state that the reward pool is a shared resource. Many people work hard on posts and get far less for their efforts. I personally value interaction here and vote appropriately. That doesn't include drive-by posting of videos that get between $50-60 a pop. My disagreement is with the rewards and nothing else. I understand if you don't have the time to comment, but you don't need to be rewarded as if you are taking the time. It's a community after all.
On top of that, all of these big votes you are getting are getting liquified into steem and dumped on the market, during a bear market no less. What does that say about your support for the platform, being such a savvy crypto investor?
I am getting large rewards, which I'm very grateful for, but I'm also putting a ton of effort into creating regular content. Daily video content takes a lot of work. And as mentioned - I've helped support the platform plenty - I have videos on YouTube telling people why I love Steemit that have more than 20,000 views. 50% of the rewards go to curators, so it's more like $25-30 going to me.
Content creation is what I do for a living. I wish I could sit on all the crypto I ever earn, but unfortunately I have living costs to fund (and taxes to pay on earnings - so I'm legally required to sell 20% of what I earn).
If a social media platform wants people contributing regular content, then that has to be funded somehow. No different to the miners that need to be funded on Bitcoin.
I think it's dangerous to start policing what people do with their rewards. You never know what people's intentions are. I might have a bunch of money sitting on the sidelines ready to invest in Steem when I feel it's bottomed against BTC. As a "savvy crypto investor", it makes sense to hold onto BTC while Alts are in a bear market in satoshi terms, and sell BTC for alts like Steem in a confirmed altcoin season.
If supporting steem means feeling compelled to hold onto an asset that's lost 90% of its value, then it's doomed to fail. Steem should succeed regardless of the actions of individuals and what they decide to do with the rewards they earn. Again - I feel the same with Bitcoin and Ethereum and their miners too - nobody should ever feel guilty for selling. They're providing liquidity for those who want to buy.
You have given me food for thought though about how my actions are perceived on this platform - thank you :)
If a currency is only there to be sold, then said currency is most likely not going to be very successful.
I don't think anybody would expect of you to keep 100% of all rewards that you're earning (due to taxes & co.), but seeing your constant power-downs, it does give the impression as if this is simply a way for you to gain more satoshis. #freeMoney
Now, I get your points about being in an alt-coin bearmarket, selling for BTC, etc, but comparing Bitcoin miners to your activity as a content creator, is not really accurate.
Miners have costs that are 100% produced for the single purpose of mining Bitcoin. They're not mining ETH with those machines as well. At least not at the same time. So if they want to continue to mine, they need to sell or have other means of income generation if they want to bet on a bull-market.
As a content creator, you're recording your own videos, which are then published primarily on youtube and then either linked inside a Steem post or re-uploaded on 3speak/dtube. Now, if you were only uploading them on Steem interfaces (3speak, dtube) and were attracting viewers to them exclusively, then I would agree with your point about your costs needing coverage. But since most people are probably watching them on youtube, those costs are not exactly the responsibility of the Steem reward-pool.
A way to solve this dilemma would be to create Steem exclusive content; either whole videos or longer videos, where the last 20% of the video is only going to be released on 3speak, etc. Longer videos could be advertised at the start of the videos, similar how Logan Paul's podcast "impaulsive" is 10 or 20 more minutes longer (roughly) on Spotifiy & other podcast providers, in comparison to youtube.
That way, your actions would be in line with your intentions of helping the Steem ecosystem by bringing your own viewers to our wonderful platform.
And don't get me wrong: I appreciate your videos and they bring valuable insights.
The irony is, if you check out this guy's social blade, he makes far more posting his videos on STEEM then he makes on YouTube, yet he frequently comments and engages there.
https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCpceefaJ9vs4RYUTsO9Y3FA
You're welcome. Thanks for clarifying your position.
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It is important how people perceive us and our content. Negative feedback is an important part of the learning process. With New Steem it is important to demonstrate that your contribution is worth the reward. If the perception is that it's not, the downvotes will soon follow.
I don't respond to every comment, but I make sure to up vote every thoughtful comment. I figure people would prefer that, and it saves me time.
I do respond to comments. It's difficult keeping up with comments across several platforms.