OK, well I'm sorta addicted to this Steemit thing. I fully admit that. I run a support group for it called Minnow Support. We meet everyday 24/7 on Discord to deal with our addiction to Steemit. We have just shy of 4,000 minnows in there. It's pretty awesome. https://discord.gg/HYj4yvw
Anyway, I'm addicted to steemit tools too. I check steemdb.com at least once an hour to see what's going on. Mostly, I'm looking at votes and what not coming through, and I also like to see how my witness campaign is going. I start with checking for new votes.
I like to check my total vote count.
and I like to see how I'm doing in terms of over all stake weighted votes for me.
The glee
So, today was amazing because I moved into position 44. Keeping my steady climb going, but that was a surprise to this post and off topic.
What I really like and what I look for most... I like the time periods where I don't get new votes, but the stake weight goes up. I got a lot of minnows that I look after. Many of them choose to vote for me. So, when my total goes up but my vote count stays the same I'm watching the people that vote for me growing their account.
A promise made is a debt unpaid
I haven't made many promises on here. I hold pretty tight to values of peace, abundance, and liberty. I promise to help growth hack steemit and retain minnows by creating a support network around them. My one campaign promise beyond that was to be better than a dead witness.
Anyway, I like seeing that happen because it means I'm holding up my end of the bargain. While it's only a sample of the minnows in "the pond" it's good enough for me to sleep easy. And you can tell by the fact that the Minnowsupport discord is gonna hit 4k by this weekend that we're helping. I'm honored to serve and gleeful to see the minnows growing.
Good times,
Witness 44,
Aggroed
I totally understand the addiction. My laptop is open to the PALnet MSP Discord channel approximately 18 hours a day. I'm fortunate that the work I do allows me to be active online. The growth of our PALnet community is exponential. Empowered minnows are motivated minnows. I've seen very few MSP projects fail. (Come to think of it--have I seen any MSP projects fail?)
Some prominent person in the Steemit community made a statement once that I read. For the life of me, I can't remember his name to give him proper credit. Someone will know, so please make sure this gets the right attribution. He said: "The quickest way to become a whale is to help 100 minnows become dolphins."
Folks, I've got news for you--Aggroed is about to embody that theory. Because if 100 minnows becoming dolphins can make a whale. . .what's going to happen when 4,000 minnows become dolphins? But let me add one more thought to this: that wasn't even the goal. 4,000 minnows aren't swimming in Aggroed's wake because he schemed to become a whale. 4,000 minnows are swimming in Aggroed's wake because his priorities are in order. A direct quote from Aggroed: "It's more fun to give." And it isn't just lip service. 4,000 minnows have watched him live this mantra every day.
I made a post today about how Steemit is a game-changer and life-saver for me. Truth is, this probably wouldn't have been the case had I not stumbled into the PALnet minnowsupport chat and decided to make it my permanent address. I would have taken my toys and gone home long ago. But it did happen, and my circumstances have changed for the better. So yes--I understand the addiction. It's one that actually makes sense.
Rho. You're amazing. Thanks for being here!
I mean she said it all. Plus, I just love ya!
So well written that you received a manual shanehug!
AWWWW! I heart Shane. :-) Thank you!
So well said.
Minnows unite. Great use of the available tools so far. Keep it up.
The work you have done so far and continue to do is amazing.
My constant mocking of you in stories to promote the minnowsupportproject is done out of respect as I'm sure you're aware. Zoolander next!? 😂
Your support and encouragement gave me the leg up I needed at a time when I wasn't sure I'd ever get noticed and won't ever be forgotten.
Real friends dude, that's what it's all about.
Champagne for real friends and real pain for sham friends.
I was finding it cumbersome knowing what minnows are. But it's easier being here.
Good, keep up :)
The @minnowsupport program is really cool, especially for people such as myself who regularly checks the platform. I've met some very cool users and have had the chance to learn more about delegating to specific/general groups to help others out, I think that's a really cool idea.
Thanks dude. It takes a lot of people to make that place run and be awesome. Thanks for your words of encouragement!
wwwwwhhhhhhaaaaattttt??????
My friends always make fun of me because I pull out my laptop and go on here to either post or read through posts! I need this support group! 😂
One Minnow sees what you do. I Fully Recommend the Discord, many hours of cheerful chat and many new friends to meet. One day we little minnows who connect because of you, will be the framework, the core, of the next generation of minnow helpers.
Good work and take all the Peaches you deserve!
I'll hit you with a follow for this. Nice comment. Thanks for being here!
your welcome. and thanks for the follow. If you've got 5 mins my intro post is not terrible! lol See you in discord.
I still don't understand what is witness and why people need to be one ?
we literally assemble the blockchain with servers we operate. Witnesses vote on settings that dictate a variety of functions around here like size per block or the price of the currencies for post reward calcs etc. People also have a variety of projects they work on. Some are like good karma who created esteem. Some are like gtg that manages a lot of infrastructure. Tim Cliff helps in steemit chat for help all the time. Riverhead built steemit chat. I run a group for ~4000 minnows to work together and grow together. If you like their work and their projects than toss them an upvote.
I really need to look into what witness is apparently, I had no idea idea it had to do with stuff like this, lol.
@witness 44 ! I just voted for you! You are doing a great job. Thank you very much.
Thanks Peter! You're awesome!
That is a great channel you have there on discord app. I have joined it some time ago and It really helped me alot to mix up with fellow steemians.
Being a minnow is very hard on steemit because you never get noticed. We need exposure and without it our content is as good as dead.
I am actually working with some minnows to start a voting bot which would freely vote on minnows posts. I just hope everything should go as expected .
A bg thumbs up for your work @aggroed.
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You are doing more then great job, as a part of that 4000 people out there I can say that I wouldn't get anywhere without help! Thank you again.
P.S. I have no clue how to vote for witness, anyone around to explain?
I don't understand it either, you can make someone your proxy.
I did that so with some one I trust to use them right.
they have 4000 minnow following them... ;-)
namaste!
steemit.com/~witnesses
click the button next to names or type them in below the list of 50.
If you're looking for minnows to support checkout minnowsupportproject.org for the leaders page.
yesterday i just added all the witnesses on my account from minnowsupportproject.org...
i only had ausbitbank so far
thanks a lot for your dedication,hard work and support here on STEEMIT
Rock on URS! Thanks! Hopefully this project helps you grow faster!
thank you,i still have to join you guys there....read a lot of good stuff about it....
im still very busy with our new house.....
i spend more time on Steemit than I should,so my work falls behind.....but its all good fun....
So just gave you one tiny vote 😉, thanks for the explanation!
Are you a full-time Steemit blogger these days? Big fan of Minnowsupport and I'm using it daily :)
No, I wish. Steem has to reach $5 for that to happen. Hoping by december.
I hope Steem gets there as well, and beyond.
Awesome! Thanks for all you are doing for this community. It's really amazing how much heart and soul people invest in fellow Steemians. Onward and upward!
nice
Help @aggroed
The black hole is sucking me in also ;)
It can do that for sure!
so...I think I have had farts last longer than the gift card idea ;)
I LOVE MINNOW SUPPORT!!!
Thank you for your effort and humor, we are benefiting from your addiction, so if you need enabling just ask ;)
That's great feedback! I'm glad it's working well for you. Always happy to say hi in Discord :)
:D
@aggroed Your minnow legions will propel you to victory! I was here at rank 53 and I'll be here when you're in the top 30 and beyond!
well, hopefully it helps all the minnows in the pond too! Got a lot of newcomers to the witness pool. We're putting up a fight for representation.
Nice post.
I just got on there, shout out to @isacoin for the invite.
You have a great and worthwhile project helping steemit grow day by day. As always, upvoted and resteemed!
I like the 44 as a weapon, but we think you need to be top 10! ,and a lot closer to number 1 !!!
Thank you for all you do!
I learn from you ,and minnow support a lot.
I learned about growth and vote weight affecting witness strength today, thanks to this post.
This site is a little complicated for a non tech monkey like me,but I have to many issues w/ f---book ,so I guess we build jesse2you and learn to network ,and how to use this thing.
Thanks Again for all you do!
Namaste
Hi! I am still a newbie on this community and taking time to be familiar on steemit. Hope you could help :D
What is a minnow here? Is that just a Steem term, an investing term, or crypto specific? I know I can look it up by searching, but it comes up so often here that I figured by now I'd have learned it but I haven't yet.
Are minnows non-whale users? Are they anti whale? Does it have anything to do with whale at all? Am I a minnow? Do I want to be? If I have to be upset with other users, whale or not, then no thanks.
Are there minnows on other sites? Are democrats the minnows of USA? I'm more Republican than Democrat. I like and respect whales. I don't know if I like and respect minnows here. Seems like complainers or hopeful organizers of others, but I don't really know yet.
Maybe I am a minnow or love minnows. Maybe minnows are another word for Steem user? Maybe I just like to write late at night when im not making much sense.
Minnows are the posters here with less Sterm Power. Some people define a Minnow as under 1000 Steem Power. At the opposite end are the whales: they havd huge amounts of Stedm Power. In the middle are Dolphins. I've heard these terms used outside of Steem, but they used often here because it makes much more in terms of the influence you yield.
A minnow is a steemit user that doesn't have very much steem power in their account.
that nice post aggroed
thanks for sharing
Good for you that you are doing good, the @minnowsupport program is helping a lot of people. I am not able to join discord anymore, everytime I try I get the message that the invite is invalid or expired. I think it has something to do with me accidentally copy-pasting a link to my post in the wrong channel. Is there a way to undo this?
I love your campaign slogan lol great post I did vote for you by the way pretty sure I did anyway??
Great post!
I know the minnowsupport is meant for us minnows to grow and flowrish but I cannot be much active on the discord channel due to my job. I will try my best and interact with people whenever I get time but I cannot commit myself.
Normally an addiction is bad for the pople you love. In your case @aggroed it is good for the people you love (us!! - if u had any doubts).
So please continue with putting too much time in Steemit ;-)
Aaaaand voted for you as witness. You do fantastic work, sir, and MSP is such a fantastic and valuable initiative. I look forward to growing along with this community. Keep on truckin'.
Thanks bad! I appreciate it!
I guess @aggroed was the first person to whom I gave my witness vote. @minnowsupport is not one of the best but the best project for minnows. Not asking for any Steems or SBD and helping minnows to grow on this platform. I have one suggestion though. How about creating a similar project that will resteem the posts of minnows to increase the reach/views of a quality post?
Well done bud. Fantastic. An interesting take on the changing stats too. Very satisfying. I hope you get into the top 19 this year.
Thx bud. I'm coming up on my 1 year anniversary on the platform. Minnow support is still under two months old. I'm just happy to have broken 50 still
All right, now I have serious fomo that I'm missing out on the fun with my fellow minnows on the discord channel!! As if I'm not already on steemit too many hours of the day... ;) thanks @aggroed for supporting us wee babes!
yeah. Well, I keep saying if you're not on Discord you're doing steemit wrong.
Rut row rorge. Here I Go!!!!
Been at it for about seven weeks - it has taken over a large portion on my life. Not complaining but maybe I should look at minnow support. We all have a tendency to get addicted to anything that releases dopamine.
you working great here helping all you are very good to be honest.
Being new to steemit and just learning about crypto and still trying to grasp just how large of an ocean this blockchain is like diving down the rabbit hole into wonderland, since I have not made a intro posting yet, how would being a part of minnowsupport benefit me @aggroed (I am looking to grow the community and less interested in making funds off it)?
It's the largest community going. Simply being a part of it, making friends, and helping this place
Is there a link to it to walk me thru getting in?
Click the link in the post to Discord.
went in and chatted!
I am here on Steemit just under 1 Month now, so I do not understand how to "Vote". Could you comment on how? I will be making you my 1st Witness Vote ever cast! - Love, Peace and Hair Grease!!
I'm on a mobile. If you go to my profile there is a Steemit link to witnesses. Click on that. It'll bring you to a voting page. Simply click the upvote icon next to the names of people you want to support. If you don't see their names type it in below the list of 50. To see all the people that help and support the min ow support project go to our website at minnowsupportproject.org and click on leaders.
Thanks bud!
I just voted for you. Thanks for all you do.
Steemit is addictive, and the more I learn about Steemit, the less I think I know. I do not know what a witness, and now I might end up spending a few hours learning what it actually is.
I have joined the discord channel, will try to learn from your guys.
Always appreciative of what you do for the Steemit Community. Novice question: You mentioned "stake weighted votes", what exactly does that mean? Is that a vote from accounts with higher SP vs newer people like me voting?
Yeah. You can't value it 1 person = 1 vote because it's rigged. That's true in the real world, it's worse in steemit cause of bots. So, it's stake weighted voting. If @freedom votes for you it's a massive vote. If a newbie does it than it has less impact.
ok thank you... and that seems appropriate - freedom is a good thing ;-)
Great
Yeah, it's a problem. I may really need to start doing steemventions after all! I'm on steemstats a lot as well as steemdb too.
Hey dude. There are a lot of things I want to ask you about the PAL initiative but for a while I was worried that my legitimate questions would be tainted by the inevitable bitterness that came from not winning your weekly contest and receiving your resteem despite being on your honorable mention list three times in a row and embodying the values of peace love and abundance more than some of the winners. (That was a long ass sentence, yeah?) This was further aggravated by seeing you reach rock star status on the platform around the same time. Now that I'm over it, I feel it's fine to ask.
I'll start with this, and feel free to direct me to any posts that fully answer this question (don't link me to something that kind of sort of maybe answers the question please). Aside from contests, what does PAL do to promote quality posts? I feel that loyalty to PAL and to you pays off much more than quality at PAL and I'd like for you to prove me wrong here because you do seem like a decent guy and there's no doubt that you have worked hard to benefit the platform, I just want to see that hard work be fully effective.. PAL feels a bit too much like a fraternity to me which is why you haven't seen me around despite my busy activity during the first few days.
There are multiple curation programs within the group. There are writing workshops, fiction workshops, and mentors all over the place. We're building shows to help with that too. So, the framework is a big social umbrella. You're right about that, and it's up to you to connect with the groups in there that help with the curation and quality part of the mission.
Always the bridesmaid. Never the bride. You gotta leverage your network. Its decided by votes. Get people to vote for you.
I guess it all feels a bit centralized to me, and a bit more of a popularity contest than a focus on content, but I guess I respect what you are trying to do. Maybe I'll head in and check out some of the other rooms and see what their about.
Hi Hi! Is there a link you can send me so I can vote for you? :) Want to keep you running up the ladder.
I know the feeling... I'm on here 24/7 too!
Also, I just made a post on beginner acroyoga poses. I know you wanted to try acroyoga, why not start now? Let me know if you have any questions on the poses and I can try to explain and clarify. :) Have fun!
Thanks for your commitment to us. Minnows swim best in a school! 🐓🐓
I am new to the community and i fully understand it this addiction. I keep looking over and over the site multiple times a day,, That feeling when you get a successful post is soooo satisfying ...Inspirational post !
It's all been said, but, I still want to thank you for all you do and represent.