August 1st 2017 - - A Redfish is hatched - - - April 11th 2018 - - - A Minnow starts to swim

^{Source, my smartphone} It is still one of my favorite photos that I have taken.

Minnow Status

1,000,000 vest = Minnow Status
490.75 SP = approximately 1,000,000 vest.
I have 1,000,503.638639 vest = 490.82 SP
That's as of today, April, 12 2018.
253 days to get to Minnow Status. (April 11, 2018)

A few other things as of Day 254, (April 12, 2018)

My Rep is - 56.321 - Not sure in the steemit environment of today that really matters a lot. It used to be an indication of longevity on steemit, and of quality work and of honesty. Today it means none of those things. Which is a shame. There is no way to know a good person from a not so good person anymore other than interacting with them, and or doing research on them. Who really wants to do a background check on someone though before engaging them in comments or a chat room.

One thing I do look at is the abuses a person partakes in. Look at the trending page for the tag #introduceyourself, if you see a person on there with a Reputation score of 45 or better, then that person is an abuser in my opinion. No if and or's about it. They are also likely a piece of shit scammer, trying to poach off of the lack of knowledge on the part of new users. Any reason they come up with to justify their using a tag that the Steemit FAQ's page states should only be used once, is only trying to justify the lie they have made to themselves, and should never be trusted. If a person is willing to lie to themselves to justify a lack of respect to a group of users then they have no qualms about lying to you.

So Reputation means very little on steemit any more. It does not even mean the person has a lot of SP. I am an example of that, some how or another I made it to 56 and only have just under 500 SP of my own.

I have - - 881 followers - - - It means nothing ,
per SPECTACLES for Steemit (they run a few days behind) out of all those followers I have 149 Active followers. (that's actually pretty good and I was surprised I had that many active ones).

If I do not comment on any post before posting this, this will be my 6,064^th post. (I have had to change that number a few times already).

And I am following 52 people/groups. I know it is not many to follow, but I don't like a cluttered feed, and I can only get to so many in a day. I have one online list, All the Authors that I read on my master banner post. I also have off-line list so I can find and get to peoples post I like. I often only check my feed once a day, some days I do not even have time to check it.

So Stats completed.

The Thank You's

This is not going to be very easy to do, and I know I will miss a few people. So to start with the person that brought me into Steemit, my wife @shasta. With out her nudging I would not be here. I grew weary of social media over 15 years ago with facebook, and the way things were changing at that time. So getting me here took some convincing on her part, then she showed me some of the Authors and how much was available to read for free on steemit.

So the second set of thank you's - - All the Fabulous Authors on steemit esppecially those I have had the pleasure of reading works from. They, (well most of them) are listed on my Master Banner Post. To all of you thank you for all the entertaining hours you have provided me.

To each and every member of the Newbieresteemday Initiative (Here is, the link to my first #newbieresteemday post. It contains the links to @mudcat36 and @davemccoy 's Newbie Resteem Initiative.) @davemccoy provided me with a little bit of SP to help me get to my own slider, and then inroduced me to @abh12345 who also provided me with some delegated SP to push me over that 500 SP level so I would have the easy slider.

Asher runs the Curation and Engagement Leagues so if you want to keep on top of how well you are doing in voting commenting or curating, just stop by and drop your name in the hat and be added, (just say in a comment "I'd like to be added", or something similiar). He makes his post on Sundays for the results of the week.

Two very great groups to belong to.

Next, is @apolymask and everyone associated with his Information Finding Championship Challenge game competition, especially the judges. They have a very very hard job. This is one of the finest groups of competitors I have seen on steemit, we are all vying for the top prize of course, but we are having so much fun, that winning is no longer the driving force for many players, it is the fun and the camaraderie of the group.

Click to enter the Discord Chat room!	Click to go to the rules page

Remember the IFC is mostly about having fun. I hope a lot of people will give their ideas on what type of contest content they would like to see. As you can see @apolymask has already created several rounds on what people have suggested. As always, if you have any questions just about anyone playing or involved in IFC will try to answer, as best they can. So feel free to ask if you do not understand.

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Final Thank You's

I know I missed a lot, for all the members of @greatersguild and Ashers curation Leagues, and ASAPers, thank you all, and for all the members of all these great places listed below.

<sup>Clicking goes to the newbie games page



A.S.A.P.ers Banner by @shai-hulud</sup>

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Here is the link, to our Newbie ResteemDiscord Chat Room.
And here is the Information Finding Contest Discord Chat Room.

Thanks to @jogreh for developing the #newbieresteemday banner and divider
Thanks to @simplymike for developing the #newbiegames banner
Thanks to @markkennard for developing the #greetersguild logo