An interview with @themarkymark via meet a whale interview.. Episode15

Hello Steemians, I bring to you another episode of my interview in which I get to ask some technical Steem questions and also bring you closer to your witnesses. For this week's interview, I bring to you @themarkymark, A steemian who has a great passion for the Steem blockchain, a steemian who works tirelessly at the witness level, a computer wiz, as well as a reputable witness. This episode promises to be educating, and interesting . Be sure to sit tight and grab a cup of coffee while reading through this great interview!

Meet @themarkymark

Let's get started !!!

@jamesmovic - Who introduced you to steemit and what was your motive for joining?

@themarkymark - I was asked this when I was on the Music and Money show and I don’t remember to be honest. I believe it was when I was in a crypto mining community and it was mentioned. I joined because I was fascinated by it and it has taken a large part of my time since then.

@jamesmovic - How many times do you think its appropriate for a newbie to post per day?

@themarkymark - I recommend twice, as much as four times a day. The number isn’t important, what is important is the quality. We can only produce so much unique original quality content on a daily basis.

@jamesmovic - What communities are you supporting and how?

• Community Casino
• Steem Poker League
• OP Gaming
• STEEMUSA
• BuildAWhale Curation
  *SteemCleaners
• Friends of Gondor
• Donation, Delegation, and word of mouth

@jamesmovic - Can you tell us why you decided to become a witness?

@themarkymark - I chose to be a witness really early when I got here. After a few days I knew I was going to invest a lot of time here.

My goal has always been to get a lot of Steem Power I own and make the place better than when I got here.

@jamesmovic - Can you tell us how your feel about it (witnessing) now?

@themarkymark - Being a witness is an interesting position. I think a lot of users believe witnesses have a lot more power than they do, and don’t fully understand what their responsibilities and capabilities are.

It is difficult to get support as a witness without spamming people for it. The best way to get support as a witness is to do great things and become known for something great. In the end it is a popularity contest where many of the votes are already spoken for.

@jamesmovic - What exactly does “voting for a witness” means to you,and do you think it is necessary for all steemians to vote?

@themarkymark - Although I believe witnesses have far less power than most people think, they are representatives of the community and are genereally involved in a lot of projects and critical discussions.

It is important to have witnesses who are active, passioniate, honest, and competent. Unfortunately witness voting doesn’t reflect this.

I get asked a lot about witness voting, and my typical response is something along the lines of:

Vote for someone who shares the same values as you and you believe will do good things for the community. If you are unable to do that, choose someone you trust that can and use them as a proxy.

@jamesmovic - What are your thoughts on the possibiltiy of there being a new “Steem 2”?

@themarkymark - STEEM is always evolving, sometimes not as fast as we like but it will be different in a year from now and even more different in five. I hope the progress is positive and efficient.

If you mean other platforms like EOS, I am all-in on STEEM and not something I have spent any time thinking about. I don’t know how much capacity I have to participiate at the level I expect across multiple platforms. I have given up Twitter and cut down how much time I spend on Reddit considerably. I rarely even look at Facebook.

@jamesmovic - Is there anything you would like to say on your own, without me asking the question?

@themarkymark - I am approaching my first year anniversary in a little over a month. The journey has been interesting and rewarding. I have met a lot of friends and learned a ton. I am looking forward to see where this goes and what it looks like in a year or two.

@jamesmovic - Any advice you would wish to give to my fellow steemians[ newbies] who are feeling dejected one way or the other due to low upvotes?

@themarkymark - I wrote about this a long time ago and it’s far too long to include here. You can find the post here.

In short, consistency is important. I am no writer, and in fact I hate blogging. When I got here, I made a commitment to post every day at least once. I rarely miss a day.

I also wrote a post You are not entitled to an audience, you need to earn it! that I think is a good read for every new STEEM user.

@jamesmovic - What impression do you have about this interview and what do you feel about it?

@themarkymark - It was fun, I like live voice interviews personally but was happy to answer your questions.

@themarkymark has spoken on the need for all steemians to cast their votes for the witness of their choice. If you truly believe in @themarkymark dream, in making the community a better place, if you value and appreciate what he does as a witness, you can support him, and make his efforts count, by casting your vote for @themarkymark. If you are doing this for the first time, all you need to do is click on the image below, and click the approve button to approve him as your witness.

You can check out my previous interviews with @krnel @someguy123 , and @felixxx by clicking on the name. You can as well read my interview with @neoxian @adsactly @noisy @D-pend @pharesim @ehiboss @ogoowinner @nnnarvaez @surfyogi @timcliff @papa pepper, by scrolling to the bottom of my post with timcliff, and as well clicking on their names.

Below are the names of witnesses I'm currently voting for :

@themarkymark @krnel @ausbitbank @pharesim @felixxx @noisy.witness @drakos @someguy123 @castellano @neoxian @steemgigs @timcliff @lukestokes.mhth and @adsactly.witness . you can also give your support by casting your vote for those names.

Thank you all for taking your time to read through this interview, and also for voting for these witnesses. Till next