Frustrating Witness Update

After a painstaking trial and error update to my server, it is all better now. Have people noticed this past week that Steemit and it's mirrors and children have been real slow and non-responsive? It's because the vast majority of the witnesses have been upgrading their servers. We have had to go from 32GB to 64GB of RAM because the blockchain has more information stored on it these days. To keep that speed we love, it had to be done. I know it was a headache, but should be 'all better now'.

Dead witnesses need to be cleared of stale votes. Another lesson I learned recently, is some of this bullshit is rigged. I had a talk with a few people and asked them why they are voting for dead witnesses. Their answer was basically to keep other people from moving 'up the board'. Seriously? I have since stripped my voting down to bare bones as I will no longer support people like that. Not like they really need my vote anyway. I strongly urge people to MAKE SURE none of their votes are being wasted. I highly suggest NOT using proxies as you should take your votes seriously and only place them where you feel they DESERVE to be. Are they doing good for the platform? Are they approachable? Do they actually care? Are they active here on Steemit? Ask yourself a few of these and evaluate your witness voting at least once a month.

Again, I wouldn't be able to do this without him. So I sing this fellow witness and family member's praises today. I did ok without him getting it initially set up, but missed a few things and went out of order so missed a few blocks. I was anxious to get it up and running, lesson learned! He went through the entire process for me again and found the hiccups. Love that guy. Go vote for him, seriously, he wants to see people succeed just as much as I do. Stop in and read his recent update and you'll see I'm no liar.

What's this? Well, good old boy @jatinhota developed it. You can read my review if you click here. It's basically an app that allows you to trade across multiple venues and gives you up-to-date price feeds via Coin Market Cap. You can also set it up as a watchdog for your favorite coins! My favorite part is the size of the app itself and its user friendly interface. Go check it out! Big props to you Jat! Thanks again :)

As the pow-wows went down yesterday, my main point on the agenda was to get everyone's opinions on whether or not we should collectively back a new organization. That being @tarc. The response was overwhelmingly unanimous and in favor of doing so! So, #thealliance now supports @youarehope and @tarc! The Tazwell Animal Rescue is doing great things and needs your help so go visit this post and give @rhondak and @tarc your love too!

Wow, just...wow. I love the passion over here. Not sure how long it will remain because of a meeting that took place on Friday. There was some discrepancies about the ownership of @phelimint's bot - @silvergoldbotty. He had built her and coded the beauty. That takes work. I don't think anyone actually sent @phelimint money personally with a note attached saying they wanted their 'investment' back after X time. I donate resources to organizations and bots frequently, even run @a11y. I think with the fall of STEEM prices, people were getting a lot less than they had hoped for and to spread the love across new members, votes had been lowered. Panic set in and they tried to find a way to recover. Unfortunately, that caused a 'fork' in the road for SSG. @silvergoldbotty will move forward, so will #steemsilvergold. I support both personally.

@ameliabartlett is on fire over here! Why do I support them so heavily? I like it when women burn their bras...those things are just a hassle to deal with anyway! Bwaha! Really though, this platform is predominantly male and I think that needs to change. The more women that step up to the plate and face the gridiron, the better this place is going to get. Emotion is a key to any social network and let's face it, aside from anger and lust, guys are just business robots pretending they understand what romance is. Read this delicious latest edition from @ladiesofsteemit and you'll see what I mean.

I love the @spl, not going to lie. Do you need a reason? Then go read this and maybe I'll see your happy ass at the tables one of these days. I also support #steemusa and have their witness on my list. I am American after all! Not that being an American makes a big difference in such a diverse ecosystem LOL! #teamgood, you know I got mad love for this thought process. The more people associate with me, the more they understand why.

This past week has been just a roller coaster of feelings and excitement. From winning yet another silver round (post to follow) to the falling out of friendships, the Ides of March seemingly took their toll on everyone. Such is life, am I right? Keep STEEMING on my peoples, the best is DEFINITELY yet to come.