RE: @roelandp what did you do with the $3683 you made last week?
@roelandp, if you're looking for great initiatives to get behind with delegation, I'd like to tell you about two. One is a writer's community that is 100% committed to improving the quality of writing on the platform. We have a volunteer staff of editors who happily give their time to other writers looking to improve their craft. We've also just launched a publishing house that intends to compete in the mainstream markets yet compensate its authors with Steem. @thewritersblock is a success from every angle you view it. I believe you met my fellow admin, @gmuxx, at Steemfest last November.
The other project I'd like to make you aware of is @tarc . Because it's an animal charity, often people marginalize it. But the truth is, TARC has been working for years to improve the lives of animals and humans in Central Appalachia, one of the most impoverished and socially stunted regions in North America. You can look on my personal blog to get an idea of the challenges TARC faces. While we are an advocacy group, we are also a hands-on rescue that is registered as a nonprofit in the U.S. TARC has a large network of supporters on Steemit who have used the blockchain to influence more change in Southwest Virginia than has been accomplished in the five years since TARC was established. I believe we are growing a worthwhile presence on Steemit, but could certainly use delegation and support from the larger community.
Thank you for taking time to read about these two projects. I believe each brings a lot of gravitas to the platform and there is no shortage of potential to impact it in a very positive way. I'm happy to discuss this further with you if you have questions.
@roelandp I'd also like to add to what the amazing @rhondak said:
@thewritersblock is one of the most curated communities on steemit. We also have a wide list of published authors and experienced editors. This professional community is dedicated to improving the quality of content on steemit.
On a personal level, I can say this mad group of writers has helped me write a book of poetry which I'm hoping will be published soon.
Gotta say I support The Writers Block and their goals wholeheartedly. It's a rare thing to find a group on steemit and discord that holds to a higher, professional standard of content production in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Harder yet when the content they're producing is eminently evergreen; a year later it's still quality content.
Definitely a bit more valuable than a daily crypto post that's useless 24 hours after its written.
I hate the idea of begging for help--I'd rather people supported what felt right to them--but the truth is, both these could really use some love. TWB isn't just for people who already are experienced writers. We workshop and offer support to those who are new to writing also. We don't currently have the resources for the most desperate ESL people--those who rely on Google Translate or struggle to make themselves understood without tools--they are sent to other platforms that try to offer support for that. But we hope eventually to expand if we can get people to volunteer for it. We already workshop fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and songwriting in English. We have one language-specific workshop--in Dutch--and our experienced team has worked on fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in Dutch as well. We'd like to help increase the quality of posts on Steem so the world at large can start looking at the platform as a place to find quality writing of any genre. We're working to increase our social media presence also and we've actually gotten a number of writers in from off platform who are now working to help build Steem as well.
We're also working to go beyond that--to establish a publishing house and publish ebooks with quality authors whose work could bring views back to the platform in the form of readers looking for those stories and poems and articles we publish here.
Please consider dropping by our Discord server and seeing what we do. We'd love to have you, regardless of whether you want to provide other support than your presence.
As for @tarc, every penny counts. Supporting that is what has made Steem real for many of us. Seeing the difference we could make in the lives of animals has only increased our drive to help build Steem and add value to the platform. It's not just social media. It's something tangible when it can save a life by paying a vet bill or buying a bag of dog food.
As for the witness stuff, I am grateful to all the witnesses with functional servers that don't miss blocks who keep the block chain running. I know there is a big investment in servers, be it hardware or renting space elsewhere, as well as the work to make sure everything is updated and working smoothly. I'd only be concerned about having people remove votes from someone who isn't actually managing the witness job anymore. I am sure some out there are struggling because of the needed increase in server sizes recently.
These are excellent suggestions for delegations. As an author, I'm excited about the publishing potential of the blockchain and Steemit. @thewritersblock is contributing quality content on the platform in a big way.
I'm also a supporter of @tarc, and would like to see someone with more resources get behind this gutsy non-profit that is saving animals, and doing so much more.
As for Steemfest, it sounds like a blast! Events take a lot of work. Good on you for creating a gathering for the Steemit community. Hope I can go sometime.