What I Look For When Voting For Witnesses + (Steem Witness Spotlight)

theycallmedan (79)in #witness • 6 years ago (edited)

THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE; THIS IS MY JOURNEY. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR MONEY.
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Going to highlight one Steem Witness every show.

Today's spotlight: @Guiltyparties - Back when that 11k Steem was stolen from me, and a villain had gained access to my account powering down the rest of the SP I had, Guilty stepped up and went over and beyond to help me. Learn more about Guiltyparties here: https://guiltyparties.com/d.

What I look for in witnesses I vote:

Reliability
Value-added
Skin in game/ eat own dog food

Not just in servers run but in community support.
How hungry are you to add value to Steemit?
How often do you use Steem and how much Steem do you have? (in portion to your investments)

For backup witnesses, are you cruising by or adding more value then you are currently getting paid for? - I like to see initiative, leadership and the desire to do more than required.

As users of the platform, we should care about witnesses; only 40% of EOS hodlers voted, people invest a little everywhere and don't care.

You don't need SteemPower to make a difference, create content about witnesses - @taskmaster4450
Call out witnesses, hodl them accountable, shine the light on overachievers

Old quote - Apple tree, food out of reach, give up and die?

I'm going to kill it here:
When you buy a coin, it dips low you buy more, the cost of knowing it is an excellent project; to learn a project while at the bottom is magical, to see it before everyone else.

Shout out to @fulltimegeek for giving me the idea of doing a video about Steem Witnesses and why I vote for whom. Also, shout out to @taskmaster4450 for giving me the spotlight idea.

Cheers, Peace.

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6 years ago in #witness by theycallmedan (79)

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guiltyparties (73) 6 years ago

Man I have no words. I found this post an hour ago and been sitting here just dumbfounded. I'm real grateful for your words and more so, knowing that me being around to get your account freed now has sparked this butterfly effect, makes all the time here worthwhile.

I had a similar list in an earlier post, citing witness objectives. C/P: There are a few universal objectives all witnesses should have in common.
-Reliability of the STEEM blockchain
-Longevity of the STEEM blockchain
-Utility of the STEEM blockchain
-Competitiveness of the STEEM blockchain

I don't want to ham it up but I do give a shit and I try to stay positive that others do too. I'd recommend all of the witnesses who replied in the comments here so far: @emrebeyler, @pjau, @therealwolf, @c0ff33a. All are busting their balls making a contribution.

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fulltimegeek (69) 6 years ago

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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therealwolf (76) 6 years ago (edited)

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

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fulltimegeek (69) 6 years ago

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.

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therealwolf (76) 6 years ago

Interesting idea indeed! But good apps take time and I don't see a reason why previous work shouldn't be considered as well.

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oluwoleolaide (70) 6 years ago

An astonishing idea, with that we know we are in safe hands when things go south.

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guiltyparties (73) 6 years ago (edited)

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.

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