RE: Solving the Problem of URQC (unrewarded quality content)
I really hope I'm not seen as some party pooper.
I certainly don't see you that way. I agree wholeheartedly with Geke's post and with everything you said here, @jrhughes. This sounds hypocritical coming from me, someone who found herself nominated in a contest based on popularity vote. I'm going to go along with that to show my support for the MSP Community and other moderators, with no expectations whatsoever of winning. The kind words in the nomination posts meant the world to me, so there's already a takeaway.
However, I'm totally on board with you when it comes to wasting no more time chasing contests. I don't need to win this one to feel validated for the work we've done in the Fiction Workshop. All I have to do is look at you and at @Geke and at the powerful, professional, literary quality of your writing and what it brings to the Steemit platform, and I know we've already won the most important challenge of all. We're putting in the time, doing the work, and paying the dues. At some point I believe we're not only going to reap financial reward for our contributions to the blockchain, but from royalties made off book sales in the mainstream. So I'm willing to be nominated for a contest. I'm also willing to lose that contest, if winning would require me to pull my focus off the long game. I think we're on to something big here. And I say let's keep going full STEEM ahead.
You don't sound hypocritical at all, Rhonda, and nobody expects you to spurn a kind gesture. That would be silly. But I always like to bring a little economic sobriety into every situation. 😊
I agree with your future predictions, btw. Share them completely!
100%! I'm even going to do a post myself, because it would be super cool if Rhonda got the delegation and because I know she takes hours and hours of her own time out for the workshop. She must never ever sleep! But now my cards are on the table so going forward my stance is of record lol.
Thank you for your kind words. I am so on board with what you've started there and I truly believe along with you that it will pay dividends down the road. And even now, the friends I've made, the fact that I'm writing regularly and improving... it's already such an incredible boon. I can be very patient, because to me, priority one is not losing sight of the original vision you had. Priority two is not overtaxing you or anyone else to the point that the road to that vision is disrupted. Full Steem ahead, @Rhondak Spamhamner!