This video practically explains why my prices are so cheap, and not really related to upvotes. The upvotes are bonuses, not the product itself.
I didn't want to work with whales, and I didn't want to sell upvotes.
The problem is that I am a lot less popular thanks to that, and I actually earn less money because of these upvote bonuses. (Because I don't have the free SP to upvote my comments)
This is also why have the newbie promotion.
Users with < 30 reputation only need to pay 0.001 steem or SBD
I was a newbie as well, and know well how hard it is for new users to start.
I wasn't knocking your upvote. :) I just thought it was ironic that this was the post I get randomly selected. HA!
I like your bot concept of helping the new folks out as opposed to "give me one dollar and I will give you two even if what you are saying is garbage." @resteembot lets the power stay with the people.
I love human bots! Good to speak to the person behind the mask. I can tell you that @doctorcrypto specifically asked me about your service, because he (obviously) uses it. I told him that I approve :) I used resteembot for a while myself, and I thought the way you set up the requirements and pricing structure was very elegant. There will inevitably be a lot of spam in the feed of a service such as this, but some very minimal hoops to jump through cuts down on a lot of that. Resteem.bot didn't have those requirements and was a pure "pay what you want" service but it was absolutely crammed full of junk.
I think a service like this isn't even really in the same category as selling upvotes. There is no limit on resteems that I am aware of, except for the limits of your willingness to bury your own content in your feed and your willingness to inundate your followers with resteems. Honestly I see a service such as yours which kind of takes on these negative aspects while resteeming your post to a wider reach as a nice service to the beginner on Steem.
I want more newbies to use my bot. People with almost no money, who just started steemit. People who can basically just use the 0.001 given by @bottymcbotface and start using resteems immediately.
// I'm even considering changing the program to return this 0.001 after they send it, but... I'm a bit afraid of spammers.
It's a win-win-win.
Users win, because they get a very cheap (practically free) service
SteemIt wins, because new users start more easily
I win, because when these users grow, they will still like me, and start paying the normal fee.
That is a good question!
And i'm not sure I have an answer.
Other than the same way everyone else tries to gain notice on steemit. posting, commenting...etc.
For new people there is such a learning curve that you don't want to overwhelm them.
One more thing.
I didn't realize that until now, but thanks to your videos I know it now.
My bot is good for experienced curators.
The curator finds a post, gives it an upvote and a resteem, and then resteems it with @resteembot as well... that would make the post more popular and eventually it could earn the curator some extra money, right?
// Not only that, but curators can also find newbie posts in my feed of resteems (posts that might not be upvoted yet)
Thank you for your videos!
I guess I'll start thinking about marketing to curators as well...
Those are two great points.
#2 "Not only that, but curators can also find newbie posts in my feed of resteems (posts that might not be upvoted yet)"
Very True. I'm going to give that a whirl tomorrow.
Yes, at least theoretically. Although the more likely scenario is a handful of extremely low weight votes come in as a result of the resteem. Not that this is a bad thing - I hadn't actually thought of using resteembot as a way to resteem posts that r-bot and humanbot upvote, but I will do this going forward. I don't like to resteem posts on either of those two feeds because I want visitors to be able to see the relevant blog posts which tell the mission statement and progress reports. This would be an easy way to increase visibility on some of those good posts that are upvoted through humanbot and r-bot.
In the beginning @resteembot actually had an upper limit for reputation. Users with more than 45 reputation weren't allowed to use it.
You also weren't allowed to resteem somebody else's posts.
The idea was to limit the abuse from whales and spammers.
I changed that when I realized that experienced users could give resteems to minnows, without polluting their own blogs.
The post deserved a vote. It is a good post.
This video practically explains why my prices are so cheap, and not really related to upvotes. The upvotes are bonuses, not the product itself.
I didn't want to work with whales, and I didn't want to sell upvotes.
The problem is that I am a lot less popular thanks to that, and I actually earn less money because of these upvote bonuses. (Because I don't have the free SP to upvote my comments)
This is also why have the newbie promotion.
Users with < 30 reputation only need to pay 0.001 steem or SBD
I was a newbie as well, and know well how hard it is for new users to start.
I wasn't knocking your upvote. :) I just thought it was ironic that this was the post I get randomly selected. HA!
I like your bot concept of helping the new folks out as opposed to "give me one dollar and I will give you two even if what you are saying is garbage."
@resteembot lets the power stay with the people.
I love human bots! Good to speak to the person behind the mask. I can tell you that @doctorcrypto specifically asked me about your service, because he (obviously) uses it. I told him that I approve :) I used resteembot for a while myself, and I thought the way you set up the requirements and pricing structure was very elegant. There will inevitably be a lot of spam in the feed of a service such as this, but some very minimal hoops to jump through cuts down on a lot of that. Resteem.bot didn't have those requirements and was a pure "pay what you want" service but it was absolutely crammed full of junk.
I think a service like this isn't even really in the same category as selling upvotes. There is no limit on resteems that I am aware of, except for the limits of your willingness to bury your own content in your feed and your willingness to inundate your followers with resteems. Honestly I see a service such as yours which kind of takes on these negative aspects while resteeming your post to a wider reach as a nice service to the beginner on Steem.
there is a limit to resteems as well.
If I do too many, my followers would leave, becouse I'd flood their feeds.
I have to balance them.
Maybe I should put in a big bid to a bid bot and get this puppy on the trending page, huh?
Heheh Nah. Gotta walk that walk. :)
Hi @carlgnash, @doctorcrypto.
Please read my comments in this post and give your opinions.
Actually - maybe you can help with some advice.
I want more newbies to use my bot. People with almost no money, who just started steemit. People who can basically just use the 0.001 given by @bottymcbotface and start using resteems immediately.
// I'm even considering changing the program to return this 0.001 after they send it, but... I'm a bit afraid of spammers.
It's a win-win-win.
But... How do I reach all the newbies?
That is a good question!
And i'm not sure I have an answer.
Other than the same way everyone else tries to gain notice on steemit. posting, commenting...etc.
For new people there is such a learning curve that you don't want to overwhelm them.
DM me on steemit.chat @carlgnash
One more thing.
I didn't realize that until now, but thanks to your videos I know it now.
My bot is good for experienced curators.
The curator finds a post, gives it an upvote and a resteem, and then resteems it with @resteembot as well... that would make the post more popular and eventually it could earn the curator some extra money, right?
Thank you for your videos!
I guess I'll start thinking about marketing to curators as well...
Those are two great points.
#2
"Not only that, but curators can also find newbie posts in my feed of resteems (posts that might not be upvoted yet)"
Very True. I'm going to give that a whirl tomorrow.
Yes, at least theoretically. Although the more likely scenario is a handful of extremely low weight votes come in as a result of the resteem. Not that this is a bad thing - I hadn't actually thought of using resteembot as a way to resteem posts that r-bot and humanbot upvote, but I will do this going forward. I don't like to resteem posts on either of those two feeds because I want visitors to be able to see the relevant blog posts which tell the mission statement and progress reports. This would be an easy way to increase visibility on some of those good posts that are upvoted through humanbot and r-bot.
In the beginning @resteembot actually had an upper limit for reputation. Users with more than 45 reputation weren't allowed to use it.
You also weren't allowed to resteem somebody else's posts.
The idea was to limit the abuse from whales and spammers.
I changed that when I realized that experienced users could give resteems to minnows, without polluting their own blogs.