RE: Contructive Criticism on Joe Parys' activities.
I'm only 2 weeks in to being here and I was invited in by a whale(friend of mine) so maybe I don't really have enough time here to really have an educated opinion but, it seems to me that, this isn't difficult if you put in the work and care to understand it. I feel like I've moved up pretty quick in that amount of time and it's all due to the genuine care that I put in to my posts and my comments. So I think i understand your point. This type of promoting advances disingenuous actions in the steemit community for the sole purpose of making a profit. Now, we all want to win and earn money and expand our portfolio but there is a balance to be made with the community to be real with each other and to be genuine in our interactions. People can recognize BS a mile a way and thats why I think that despite his "training", those buying in will not achieve his level of success without doing the things he had to do to get where he is. I think this community will spit those people out in the long run. But what do I know? I'm just a fishy. lol
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This. I see people complaining all the time about how hard it is on Steem, but as far as I can tell it is easier to do well here than anywhere else I've ever seen. You don't need to work hard, you need to work smart. Like you said, you need to take the time to understand how things work here, and you'll do just fine.
Welcome to Steem. Happy to see people like you on the platform.
Well thank you for the welcome. When I started to see the potential I was so excited about this and now, for me, the goal is to remain steady and active long term. I've done it before on other platforms but this is a completely different animal.
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I was visiting Meno and noticed you stopped in. I never did say thanks for that accidental vote that day. I went on vacation from social media and in life the moment I published that post.
Thanks for that.
you may be two weeks in, but you are pretty much right on track cowboy... right on track!
I don't understand? Well, actually I do. So you've been on the platform 2 weeks and your reputation is 54. I joined back in April 2017 and flogged my guts out trying to post at least every day and the best I could achieve was a reputation of 55! I took a few months off because I felt like I was going nowhere and my account bombed through the floor. I'm back giving it another try and I stumble across this post and see your comment and thought "54 reputation? After two weeks?" The accusations I've seen on Steemit over the last two years are clearly true then? "It's not what you know but who."
Hey, I don't blame you, good luck to you I say but wow this platform is most certainly is skewed in some peoples favour. LOL
Well, I don't know if you are accurate there. I do think that whale account upvotes can bring up your reputation but in my case I post every day, sometimes 2 times and 3 times a day, I comment almost everything I read or watch and I'm honestly genuine about the things I say. My friend only upvoted my first 3 videos at first, which wasn't much considering his voting power. I think I got like 5 dollars on 1 but since I've been posting on dtube the dtube account has upvoted me 20 plus dollars on quite a few of my videos but heres the thing, my support is my community and my drive is my community. If I never move past my current ranking I will be fine. I'm not here to blow up. I'm here because it's better than where I was on YouTube. Do we all want to move up? Sure, but my actions aren't hinged on quick success. I don't know, maybe it's a difference in our values. I truly enjoy doing this so even if I only made pennies I'd be happy. In fact I made a video about that as well. I'm sorry you aren't happy about the process but I believe if you work hard you'll get to where you want to be. Good luck!
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Well that's not strictly true, is it? It's true that a whale vote on its own cannot improve your rep but what it can do is draw people to you like moths around a light bulb and we all know The brighter the bulb, the more the moths the hope is that seeing as you have a whale as your friend maybe the whale will be their friend too.
So your profile says:I see you've been delegated (+652.176 STEEM) and have 226.466 STEEM of your own. I too had a delegation of around that figure before I took a slight hiatus. My STEEM currently stands at 544.612 which is a difference of 334.03 not massive by anyone's standards
And my profile says:The amount of difference in posts is massive as is the followers so I still say that begs the question how come in 2 weeks your Rep is 54 and mine is stuck rigidly on 55 and has been for over a year? You and I have done and are doing absolutely nothing different?
If I was paranoid I'd scream: "I smell a rat!" BwahahahaHonestly I think it's the value in your work is what it boils down to. I was delegated 777 steempower by @nathanmars because he believes I bring value to dtube and I spend most of my time and effort on dtube. I actually made a video about variety and maybe you should check that out because theres a point to that as well. Do new things till you find what sticks and what works.
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Ahaha did you just try to teach me how to suck eggs?
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/31566/etymology-of-teaching-grandma-to-suck-eggs
OK, Ok, enough's enough. Given you 0.4 cents and a follow so I can keep an eye on you. The minute you jump to 60 Rep I'll be all over you like a rash. LOL
Lol I'll see you in a week then.
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Ah, good idea. Lay Low for a week and let the heat die down. :-)