RE: Witness Voting - Announcing @theusersparty
This is a fantastic idea! Witnesses can seem complex and some that can seem important to the community are really only after profit at the expense of others. I had really struggled to find ones I definitely wanted to vote for, I will be signing up for this for sure.
I would love to see crowdwitness in this list, I see they have left their own pitch. They do a lot behind the scenes, offering support, encouragement and backing for projects, trying to keep the passion alive in the community and being part of things, offering time and advice which can be even more valuable. They very much feel like the type of people I want representing me, I am especially grateful for their bananafish support, there are less and less sincere and engaging contests, their backing helps keep this going. Thank you very much for putting all this together, I can tell it us going to be really useful.
Thanks so much @calluna! I’m glad you find it valuable 😊 Also it looks like people are coming out in support for crowdwitness and that’s exactly what I wanted to have this chat for. In the next couple of days I’ll be posting the official announcement from the @theusersparty account(I’ll resteem it here) that will have the final witness list. Thanks so much for your input!
Hello @midlet, first of all I love your approach. The chicken and egg is a well know and feared issue for every start-up or platform. It should be tackled only by adopting a strategy that prioritize a smooth/friendly user's experience. Steemit should have a content coordinated creation vision/mission other than just focusing on technicalities and letting the other side of the Moon, the creative-marketing part, to the goodwill of many worthy community leaders. I totally want to recommend you the @crowdwitness. One year and 3 months ago I started the Finish the Story contest, later evolved in the @bananafish community. I'm a bit apart from Steemit now for family reasons, but I can say that with all the contests and ideas we had, that of partnering with @crowdmind was the best one. @svemirac and @hidden84, their leaders, are between the coolest steemians I ever met. They're switched on, fun, clever (make a screenshot as I wont repeat this twice :-P) and I also like the fact that in their offline life they're real professionals (and don't just stay on steemit 24/7, typing like there's no tomorrow). They helped the @bananafish literary community in a sincere and concrete way, funding our contests and giving us a space in their discord and blog. I believe you and them have something in common as they believe on the power of the crowd and the beauty of synergies born when ppl join their strenght.
Thanks so much for your input @f3nix! You’ll be happy to know I’ve already added @crowdwitness to the list of witnesses @theusersparty is voting for 😊
Also, voting is live so we’d love your support in following the proxy! Every bit helps.
Awesome! Thanks for sustaining them/us 😊 I will surely check the proxy, many of those witnesses are also my favorites. Allow me to invite and welcome you in our discord. Cheers!