@yabapmatt's June Witness Update
I’m guessing everyone here knows what I’ve been up to recently (unless you’re living under a Giant Roc), but there’s also some other things I’ve managed to find time for outside of Steem Monsters and I’m overdue for an update!
SBD
I have recently removed my price feed bias since SBD has fallen back much closer to the intended dollar peg. It seems to mostly be moving with the general crypto market, and while I expect it will have its ups and downs in the short term I expect that over the long term it will eventually settle back around $1.
I very much look forward to the day where we can sell Booster Packs for 2 SBD and not have to worry about price feeds and conversion rates and all that nonsense.
I fully understand the value and benefit of having increased rewards for content publishers as a result of the higher SBD price, and I myself have been a beneficiary of those increased rewards; however, I would much prefer that those higher rewards come from an increased STEEM price and have SBD once again function as the stable currency it was intended to be.
Post Promoter Curation Initiative
This started a couple weeks ago but I haven’t had time to post about it so consider this the announcement! A portion of my earnings each day from running the @postpromoter content promotion service are now going towards rewarding great content posted on the Steem platform through a manual, human curation process.
The posts that receive an upvote through this initiative are not posts that have paid to use the Post Promoter service. The initiative is being run through the @postcurator account, so you can follow that account to see what post has been chosen each day. The @postcurator account will reply to the chosen posts with the following comment, and purchase a vote from @postpromoter for the post.
Congratulations! This excellent post was chosen by the new curation initiative of the @postpromoter content promotion service to receive a free upvote!
This post exemplifies the type of great content that we at @postpromoter enjoy reading and would love to see more of on the Steem platform. Keep up the good work!
Of course, finding the best, undervalued content on the Steem blockchain can be like finding a needle in a haystack day in and day out. Luckily, I have some help with that. I would like to formally introduce @crystalhuman as the lead curator for the Post Promoter Curation Initiative! In addition to his great curation work he is also a great person and a valuable member of the community. I highly recommend giving him a follow in addition to the @haveaheart account that he runs.
Spreading the Word
In addition to the regular monthly #steemphilly meetups, hosted by the amazing @hypnopreneur, I have also been asked to talk about the Steem platform and the advantages and opportunities it provides at two other blockchain/crypto events in the Philadelphia area over the next week.
First, I will be hosting a Steem table at the Blockchain Bash event this weekend in Conshohocken, PA. It looks like it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest blockchain events we’ve had in the area so it should be a great opportunity to spread the word about Steem!
Second, I’ve been asked to talk about the technology behind the Steem blockchain and the opportunities it provides for developers and content creators at the June Philly Blockchain Tech Meetup next Thursday evening. For that I’m going to have to prepare a 20 - 30 minute talk with slides and the whole deal, so hopefully I will be able to find the time to put that all together!
Thank you for your support!
I want to sincerely thank everyone who has supported my projects and voted for me as a witness. I love the fact that this is a collaborative rather than competitive environment in the sense that we are all working towards the same goal of increasing the value of the Steem platform which helps all of us who share a stake in it.
My primary focus is going to be on the Steem Monsters project for the foreseeable future (in addition to promoting Steem at local events), but feel free to reach out on Steem Chat or Discord if you ever have any questions or need any help and I will do my best to respond as soon as I can!
Banner art by the amazing @nateaguila!
Very good job on taking some of your profits and moving them to a curation mechanism to help the community! You are setting a perfect example for others to follow and I hope people start to do so!
I think you have done an amazing job on Steem Monsters and I very much look forward to what that game can do for you and the steemit community is general. It is cutting edge and can really show people how the blockchain can be used to increase the functionality of the games and thus create increased value that we all will benefit from!
Great job... and I'm happy to be one of your witness voters and also to let others know you are a really good guy!
I think @postcurator is an absolutely great project exemplifying your contribution to the community. I’ve witnessed your low-key support to others like the fundraiser event for lynncoyle1 and briancorteau and the “Welcome to Steemit” rally by abh12345 (and for many other small fishes you come across on your feed). For many, it’s not as obvious and I’ve always felt there was something amiss with people not knowing. There is now the @postcurator account that others can witness your way of giving back to the community!
I looked up the Blockchain Bash you mentioned. Definitely too in-depth for me. The June meetup, sigh, too late on a weekday. Maybe when steemmonster is officially launched we can all help with a monster sign-up event that occurs on a weekend. :)
It's a pleasure and I am honored to serve the community here on the steem platform.
Thank you for the opportunity @yabapmatt, this "job" is by far the most enjoyable one I've ever had.
Which reminds me, I made a meme around the time I first joined steemit about 3 months ago..
Seems even more fitting now that I am an Official Curator. :D
I'm really glad you're enjoying it, and I'm extremely happy to have you on board! I love the meme too! I haven't actually seen that movie...maybe I should watch it one time when I need a break from Mischievous Mermaids and Frost Giants and Fire Beetles (oh my!).
yes @yabapmatt u must have to watch this very nice movie and i like all ur articles and upvoting u same expected at yu side thnku
As much as I hate to admit it, I really enjoyed the movie. I like watching the dad kick the crap out of the guys that abducted his daughter. Haven't seen the second one yet, but I've heard it's good too.
Really enjoying Steem Monsters, just having them in our collection is exciting, we are both looking forward to the tournaments like a couple of little kids about to get ice cream.
No breaks for you! We need games! :D
Hi Yabapmatt! Really love your projects and time taken to give to the Steem community that we all are here for. I'm wondering since you've been a developer for most of your life, what advice would you give on how to start and manage new software projects and how do you verify that you've achieved your original goals? Also whats your team management method that works for you?
Voted for you for Witness! Keep it up.
Those are all pretty involved questions and i'm not sure I can adequately answer them in a short comment, but i'll try my best!
Starting a software project is easy, finishing / releasing it is hard. I try to always make sure I'm realistic about what I can accomplish and what time and resources I have available so that I don't bite off more than I can chew. Also I like to stick to languages and tools that I'm familiar with and that I know will work since it's easy to get distracted with the latest new fancy things which often wastes a lot of time.
Verifying if you've achieved your goals is easy. Just write them down when you start and you can easily check if you've achieved them or not.
As for team management, typically I find that the better the team you have, the less management is needed. If management is becoming an issue then it's an indicator to me that there are issues with one or more of the team members.
Hope that helps, and thank you for your vote!
I know its impossible to cover such topics but really thank you for your brief but great insight! I've always been in the IT field and enjoy using a wide variety of skills and technologies. I always find I enjoy too many hobbies/technologies and rarely find the time to finish side projects or get particulary amazing at any one.
I'm currently juggling Node JS and Django projects and going to stick with these for the time being :)
What are your favourite frameworks or guilty passions? (Mine is a inhouse app built using Paradox off a trial CD that pretty much ran production)
Really enjoy SteemMonsters and wish it is even more successful once the fighting/trading is out! :)
I think when the SBD price becomes low, it will be very difficult to power up, because the Steem price is always higher. Thats what I have noticed as a newbie here.
I'm not disagreeing - it's definitely good for content publishers right now. But it will also be just as good if the price of STEEM goes up instead. Though you may not be able to power up as much, what SP you do get will be worth more.
Ah OK I got it 😀 I am new here and still learning. Hopefully everything works out the way you planed.
PostCurator sounds like a wonderful project- i have followed and am really looking forward to discovering fantastic new content creators through it.
Hope you have a brilliant time at your events and sending you lots of luck for your talk- you'll ace it.
Brilliant to meet you here.
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Hi @yabapmatt
maybe you are not aware but steembottracker.com is promoting a scam:
the bot "promobot" show a Min / max ROI of "-2% / 2.5%"
but the reality is "-6.5% / 0%", as explained by promobot here
the estimated ROI in the details section are also totally wrong for this bot.
You have to remove it from your list
That explains a lot. I remember when bot tracker was uncensored. Miss those days. I loved having many bots to chose from instead of a select few. But now I see why.
Just show all or none. Don't be particular. Offer a service that reflects what you claim it to be. Many bots not on your list now, I can only guess why. Include all because some of us rely on you to be honest.
Hi @yabapmatt,
(if we logged) Could you please save our Favorite bots on your server.
When chrome updated we are losing all.