8/27/18 - Project has the green light!
We have a green light for our test project. Thanks to a weekly lease at the same price I was expecting to pay for a 12 week lease we are able to get this started right away. So effective as of 8/27/18 this account will be used only to self vote and sell votes to see if it's possible to make leasing a profitable way to build up the different level accounts needed to fulfill the @minnowbuilder mission.
My thoughts are there will probably be around 10 accounts to make this mission work. That will hopefully mean 100 people at any given time being supported by minnowbuilder accounts and moving along in their growth. So figuring out how to go about getting these accounts some base SP without asking everyone to dip into their pockets yet again seems to make the most sense. Just hope this approach proved viable. If so I will set up 10 accounts with 1200sp each and get the ball rolling. Will be a massive 600 steem investment, but willing to make it to help the community.
Will post at least weekly with an account update for the progress of the test. Also will post at least 1 comment or post each day to self vote helping to grow the account faster and make better use of the leased SP.
interesting idea.
Not 100% sure how it will play out. For sure it will require self voting to work, but will need to play with how much of it will be required.
Well, it should be at least interesting to watch.... watch and learn.
Let's see how this plays out. Meanwhile, I've decided to follow your advice and I'll ditch Blocktrades. I've bought some Steem directly and I've sent it to Minnowbooster to try and get a lease at a much better rate.
Let me know what rate you end up paying.
I'm finding the sweet spot to be closer to 20 people per account to get all the votes out. Unless you want to vote comments, in which case it might be less.