Overwhelmed and a Few Thoughts
Thursday I announced I will be delegating 1000 SP to a small user who is willing and interested in building their own account, who manually curates and is engaging with other users.
At the time I posted it, it felt a little awkward and I wondered if it was enough to matter. The response was overwhelming not only with those nominating other users and themselves, but those who jumped into support others and especially to @drakos and @irreverent-dan who both jumped into match my offer. That means 3 people will receive 1000 delegated Steem Power to not only curate with but to grow their own account!
Thank you to everyone who nominated and the post received the 2nd highest number of comments of all the posts on the site yesterday! That is amazing. There is no way I can select everyone I want to and the choice is pretty overwhelming! :)
Also, there was a lot of questioning of my requirement that whomever gets the delegation will self vote. I want to clarify why this is important to me.
We do not have enough stakeholders! Think about the growth we have had and the growth we want to see. There are VERY few dolphins and Whales and the minnows think we should be able to support every content creator. We can't. I didn't do the math, but let's say it is 1,000 minnows per dolphin or 10,000. I don't know what the numbers are but there is no way we can support the platform's growth. We need to create more stakeholders and also to adjust the expectation that dolphins and whales are able to support new growth. We mathematically can't. The minnows are going to have to support each other and we need more people to step up and hold some stake.
Whether you agree with self voting or not, my goal is to encourage the young accounts to be smart and build their stake so that they can support new users. Giving a 100 people dust votes isn't building the user base. I am not asking you to accept my vision, unless you want to accept my delegation. That's all there is to it. :)
It is fine for many different people to hold different visions of what things the Steem blockchain will support. I like to share my view, in case it makes sense to someone else. I am completely fine with you disagreeing with me and using your stake and your voice to do it. In my opinion that is what we are doing here!
Also, per my original post the announcements will be made on Friday the 22nd. I wanted to give time for the post to get around, I know I have plenty of people to choose from and I thought about just picking one to get things started, but I like to stick to my word. So, it will still be Friday before I announce the selected individuals.
Thank you everyone, I was literally overwhelmed with the reaction.
The original post is here
https://steemit.com/curation/@whatsup/looking-for-a-future-dolphin
The best way as a minnow is to Power Up all the time and like this to grow the Steem Power... at least this is what i am doing!
Solid advice - thats exactly what I have been doing, and watching my SP slowly increase.
It's really neat to see initiatives starting to emerge that are all about intelligently fueling growth. Lots to think about here.
I've been a fence-sitter about self-voting. I don't do it as a rule because so many people are against it. But I will say that I am willing to add a post link to my signature that shares a solid pro or con.
Regardless of which approach we might feel is the moral higher ground, at the end of the day it needs to be about stability, about growth, and about supporting others (which circles back to fueling stability and growth). Your argument makes total sense. If self-voting helps to build your account, you are then able to turn-around and pay it forward. Which means the very thing that appears to many Steemians to be a selfish, self-serving move, is actually possibly one of the most magnanimous things one could do. Mind blown!
Giving is good! However, if you give more blood than your body can make...
:) I know it is dramatic, but I often use this as a filter. Can you sustain the behavior. If yes and it makes you feel good, DO IT. If not don't.
Everyone has to find their own filter and we are all learning. Try things and see how they feel. Also be tolerant of others. Requirements of Freedom in my opinion. :)
I am happy to hear it makes sense to you.
It does. And I agree with the philosophy you’ve just summarized in your comment. I especially agree with the statement about tolerance. There is more than one right way to achieve the goals. (Referring to growth of the platform.) No one really has the perfect answer. And people bring a wide range of gifts and talents to the table.
Pick me!!! So I can help take Steem to the Moon! lol
I might be paying 50% APR for a blocktrades delegation soon. :(
How come you don't self upvote?
https://steemit.com/buysteem/@mysearchisover/steem-is-not-social-media-eos-mithril-to-the-moon-160
I self upvote nearly every post I make. I no longer upvote my own comments but I did when my account was smaller. I quit when I hit about 5000 sp
Awesome, thanks for the update! Anxiously waiting for the announcement after tossing my hat in the ring on the last post! I know whoever is picked will be able to do good work manually curating deserving authors and supporting their own account/content (I read your self vote reasoning), so it should be epic. Stoked for the announcement on Friday
@whatsup,
If they use it right way, this is the pretty good way to build up! Excellent thought and congratz for all the winners!
Cheers~
It's great to see that at least there are some dolphins like you @whatsup, thinking about redfish and minnows and for the good of everyone in the steemit community. That's how we will grow by helping each other, by keeping ourseleves as equal to each other. "It's not about ME, It's about WE". Imagine if 80% of the accounts will have Sp above 1,000. That will enable majority of us to truly get independent yet will able to effectively help each other in unity.
I'm so glad to have seen this post, because truthfully, I've been thinking a lot about your original post and the reasoning behind the self upvoting, so let me say that if I am lucky enough to be chosen, I will of course "follow the rules" of the experiment. Growth is after all, a common goal for both of us, and yes, I totally understand the need for a "middle class" here as well.
I also have been back to that post a few times and realize that you really have your work cut out for you just deciding on a recipient :) It is so great to see that @irreverent-dan has jumped in too!
Thank you again for doing this, and regardless of the outcome, I appreciate your motives and intentions very much! This platform needs people like you :)
I'm interested but am new at this so don't know what to do, or how..
https://steemit.com/curation/@whatsup/looking-for-a-future-dolphin
Oh I can't wait to see the results. I agree, steemit needs more stake holders, thanks for this initiative. I hope the winners can grow themselves and become agents of change here
Congratulations to those that managed to catch your eye!
I really would have loved to participate myself and hopefully I will be able to in the future when my time schedule is a bit clearer.
Yeah I am the same - the timing couldnt be worse for me as we are going on summer holidays so wont be comitting enough time to Steemit
Starting a new job on monday will do the same for me. 8-9 hours of working + 2x 1 hour of travel time will be harsh. No more 100 comment challenges within the week, that's for sure.
Yeah sometimes life just takes over!
Life may take over today, but tomorrow is mine.