Witness Update and reminder Witness Chat on Steemit Ramble discord
With my first few weeks of being Witness over, I am pleased to report everything is running smoothly. No problems with the server at all, after completing a block on Wednesday I took the opportunity to complete some server maintenance which included security updates and adding additional security measures. That completed smoothly and I quickly had everything back up and running including the all important price feed. I completed another block in the early hours of this morning, roughly every 68 hours for a block at my current rank.
I would like to thank everyone that has voted for me so far, the response has been overwhelming and it really does mean so much to me that so many of you would take the time to vote for me as Witness. Part of my original plan was to support everyone who supported me with Witness votes, moving forward I intend to do this as part of my usual daily post reading and commenting. I would like to help more people understand the importance of Witness voting - and especially of using the available votes you have. While looking for general information I found this Guide to be a good Witness which is well worth reading through to learn a little more about Witnesses. It also links to this post What do you expect from your Witnesses? the comments on this post help us to understand what the wider community expect from a Witness.
What I have been doing to contribute as a Witness
My main focus remains to stay active on Steemit, commenting and sharing posts to help encourage and retain the diverse range of growing accounts we have. I'm manually curating at present, which I find rewarding and it also allows me to adjust my vote proportional to the content. Comments are an essential part of the engagement on here, I invest a great deal of time making them - although I wish sometimes I didn't spend so long procrastinating over comments - on Witness This post by @katrina-ariel I spent 40 minutes composing the comment and it was not even that long. I am also investing time to learn more about the blockchain, and what we can expect to see from it in the future.
Have your say and learn what is happening at the Witness Chat
@shadowspub is hosting another #Witness chat today at 11am UDT - so basically right now! You can join in at Steemit Ramble Discord it's an opportunity to hear what is happening from the Top Witnesses and also pose your own points and questions. I'm hoping to catch some of it, but being a Saturday afternoon for me in the UK I have alot to do with my family and will be in and out.
Some of my previous posts you might have missed
My first block as a Witness by @c0ff33a
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The C0ff33 Vlog 8th June 2018 |
Sublime Sunday by @c0ff33a ☕️
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Great to know that everything went well nice experience gained in these days all the best for this journey : )
Thank you very much, I always appreciate you dropping by and leaving me a comment.
thanks as always and i hope i don't disturb you much with my comments lol :D
Your eyes on the screen method of curation won my support. 😎
Steem On!
Thank you very much, that recognition is truly appreciated - I checked back through your account and you are a long time member here who is well respected by the top Witnesses. While I am a new witness learning still the technical and development side, hopefully my blog is a testament to my commitment to sharing and curating content.
Congratulations again my friend, I’m sure that you will be a strong witness. Your attention to detail and thoroughness is fantastic. All the best, keep up the good work.👍
Thank you very much, I have a long way to go and plenty to learn - it seems to have started out alright though 😊
Soo proud of you 2 blocks :D Booya ! :D have some tea and crumpets
ah...I mean coffee and crumpets ;)
Thank you, you are so right I’m super proud of every single block I get! I’m just counting the hours away getting more excited as it gets closer to block time. It must be so boring for the top Witnesses getting blocks every few seconds - where is the anticipation 🤣
Tea is my afternoon beverage, I only drink coffee in the mornings - wouldn’t sleep at all over wise! Great picture of Ozzie and Slash
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I feel you man and know exactly what you mean. I've done the same thing ( that's why I laughed :) ) I really get in on a real hot topic at a blog post and before Iam finished with a super in depth Comment..well 30 minutes or more has gone by.
But this is a good thing.
And thank you for the excellent job you're doing @c0ff33a as our Witness. I think your approach and taking the Curating/Commenting and concentrating on developing the Steemit Platform with New Users and retaining Users etc..etc.. is just what the Blockchain needed :)
Thank you, sir :)
Thank you, it really does soak time reading posts and leaving comments - it's probably something people don't noticed because they might only read a couple and then do something else. I can chew up hours on end going through posts, reading and leaving a suitable comment.
Thank you for the kind words, I really do feel the people and the content they create makes this platform attractive and the more that are retained and develop will help to make it grow even bigger.
Hey @coff33a! Great post! I have upvoted many of your posts (via SteemFollower) in the past, and just found out that you are a witness through this post. You seem to be motivated and serious, and since we also have several common interests (ex. coffee, photographer, etc.) I have voted you as witness. I have also followed you on Twitter and added you to the Twitter list of my ongoing "Steemit-Twitter Marketing Campaign", whose current active series post is : https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@transcript-junky/steemit-twitter-marketing-campaign-update-14 if you care to support the effort in any way(s). Good luck with the witness project, and I look forward to your witness contributions nto the future...
Thank you very much, I saw the Witness vote come in and I really appreciate you taking the time to vote for me. SteemFollower is a great service, but it has the tendency for people to upvote through it without leaving a comment - and comments are pretty much how I track people to follow their posts.
I have followed you on Twitter, I like your tenacity for promoting Steemit through it and I will try to share your tweets through my own account - although nowadays all it really does is auto tweet stuff since I am way to busy on here to do anything else.
Thank you for your support.
It's fantastic you do manual curation, and support the growth of the ones you curate. I wish you are a wonderful Witness, as you seem to know the guide how to be one already! Cheers, here is my #SublimeSunday post. Have a great one!
https://steemit.com/beautifulsunday/@nolasco/beautifulsunday-and-sublimesunday-flying
Thank you very much, I try my best although it does absorb a huge amount of my time. Than your for the #SublimeSunday link, I only just got through all of last weeks!
I can imagine, my friend... but is worth, keep going on, we all are grateful to you. Thanks for your support!
Thank you very much, I agree with you in time the blocks will come and I am more then happy with how much support I have already received. Thank you for your kind words.
Resteemed by @resteembot! Good Luck!
Check @resteembot's introduction post or the other great posts I already resteemed.
You got a 6.56% upvote from @emperorofnaps courtesy of @c0ff33a!
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