I'd recommend all of the witnesses who replied in the comments here so far: @emrebeyler, @pjau, @therealwolf, @c0ff33a.
What are they doing that's so special? [serious question]
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I'd recommend all of the witnesses who replied in the comments here so far: @emrebeyler, @pjau, @therealwolf, @c0ff33a.
What are they doing that's so special? [serious question]
I hesitated for a second replying under you, @fulltimegeek, because it's a bit awkward for me. But I'm working on getting over these things. After all, it's my job to put myself out there - it's part of the gig.
I've been writing quite a bit on the matter recently. What my focus is, what I'm working on and most importantly why I'm focusing on Steem: https://steemit.com/steem/@therealwolf/witness-application-therealwolf-updated.
Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm special. I started out with nothing, like everyone else, but I knew that in order for me to have positive impact I had to build myself up first. (I can't give, what I don't have)
And now, I've gotten to a point where I can give back and the post I shared, details all my efforts and contributions towards Steem and it's people & communities.
With that said, thanks for caring about STEEM as much as you do, @fulltimegeek!
Cheers, Wolf
Witnesses should start doing a battle of the brains to show off their dev skills ... We can ask the community a simple app that they want and the first witness to produce it wins.
Interesting idea indeed! But good apps take time and I don't see a reason why previous work shouldn't be considered as well.
An astonishing idea, with that we know we are in safe hands when things go south.
I'm going to reply strictly from the top of my head because the deeds of a witness should be known without having to be looked up (I didn't read the replies here before typing this up). This is an incomplete list of achievements for that reason.
Here goes nothing: @emrebeyler built Dpoll, a way to add polling to steem. He's also got a lot of python contributions, the exact name of his repository escapes me but you can pull it up easy. @pjau built the steemcleaners blacklist api, spends a ton of time catching phishing and plagiarism, and works with the steemcleaners. He also built a guessing game. @therealwolf made Smartsteem and with it introduced a whitelist model to the community (I believe that's over now). He's also an active contributor on github and was instrumental resolving the post-hf situation with his cli tools/assistance. @c0ff33a is the partner of @derangedvisions, the both of them organizing quality engagement opportunities for new users while contributing to a whole list of projects.