Hi @thedamus why do you pay 2 SBD for a resteem service? That is such a scam. You're wasting your money. Please stop supporting resteem services. I mean I am yet to come across a good resteem service...Your reputation is 64 and you're sending 2 SBD to a -1 rep account for a resteem? C'mon man. Seems you dont care when you make 249 per post but I'm just curious what your thought process is here.
I certainly don't throw money away like that when I can use it to power up and make my own upvote stronger.
Which is the -1? That sounds hinky...
But further, why do you care what i do with my money? I have sent thousands of real dollars to this platform because it is open, and free and non-censored. While it’s true i use boosting bots, upvote services — call ‘em what you like — i have never powered down nor withdrawn a single steem from here. If you’re looking for someone to scold, why don’t you start with yourself for sticking your nose in, then go to the people who only upvote themselves (i am fighting back from sub 20% vp ‘cause i upvote the shit out of replies), from there you can berate people who are, heaven forbid, withdrawing money and spending it on themselves...
But coming around my post and citing my
Big fat 64 with 50 shades of millennial entitlement will not fly very far.
I work hard, i post hard, i laugh hard, i Engelhard, and i don’t enjoy guilt trips. I will however look more closely at the bots i’m using in the future — wouldn’t want to trample on anyone’s pedicure.
This was a seriously appropriate response to my comment! After re-reading it, let me first start by apologizing for coming off the way I did.
It's not that I care what you do with your money, per say, but I care about the Steemit platform. This place is truly great because it's free and non-censored. I am in no way trying to scold you for using boosting bots and upvote services.
The resteem service you sent 2 BSD to: sportic-voice (18) (which was then resteemed through (sportic) (-1). The required resteem price for this is 1 SBD so you totally didn't have to spend 2, but that's not entirely the point.
It is my understanding that there are two ways to contribute to this platform. By contributing quality content, or contributing to the betterment of the platform. My contribution here was intended to inform, not scold, so again I am sorry for coming off that way. I can totally see that you definitely work and post hard, and you absolutely deserve it! I just feel that these resteem services are not only a scam but I feel they hurt the platform. I was wondering how many accounts that are following sportic are actually real humans. So I didn't approach you to scold but to inform.
I don't scold those who use upvote services or anything like that, and I definitely go after those who abuse upvote services and then cash out. I too power up everything I get and I've only used an upvote bot for one of my posts. At the end of the day, what I was trying to do was kindly ask that you look more closely at the bots you use in the future because I feel this particular service is not only a scam, but I also see other minnows using it and as a minnow I feel it is a total waste of SBD. I was not implying you were stepping on my toes by using this service.
With that out of the way, let me apologize again for not properly responding to your post.
I've always wanted to get into precious metals myself but I could never really afford to. It only makes sense for any one in crypto to also get into silver and gold. You are right though, people should get out there and buy now. As for me, I've taken a different approach when it comes to that since I can't quite afford it so I've started scrapping electronics to extract the gold and any other worthy metals out of them. I was surprised to find metal in my old computer mice. It wasn't much, but every little bit counts. I read an article a long time ago that suggests there are millions of dollars worth of gold in landfills because of tossed out electronics.
Great post and I've definitely followed.
Hi bitfiend, i have used sportic a few times, as a low end service — just ‘cause it got sent into my feed or something. Fuck! Who knows, i drink a lot of beer!
I am totally onboard with supporting the good things about steemit and letting the duds lay where they are.
After reading your concerns over a sub-par vote bot i will easily refrain from sending any more loot there until i look more closely.
Thank you for accepting my argument, and clarifying your position. Steem on!
Thanks, I am happy to help. I figured that perhaps it was just an oversight, as I see you are very focused on your work! Steem on!
Hi bitfiend, please help me and flag the fuck out of grumpy-cat...
I noticed what he did... accidentally upvoted the fucker because I was not thinking about where the flag button was, but I flagged all his self upvotes. Unfortunately my SP is very weak. I noticed that he flagged all of your posts. This is fucked. I went ahead and gave him my thoughts, it's the most I can do. I also noticed that I too used the upvote bot that he flagged you for, so clearly I'm probably next.
I'm more or less aware of what he's up to, and I'm sorry that he ended up on your blog. I don't agree with how he is handling the abuse on Steemit because you aren't abusing anything.
Thanks!