It Wasn't Easy
Being cheesy.
Awhile back, long ago, I lost my cool.
I became frustrated and let my emotions get the best of me.
Sure, I'll write up a rant from time to time. When I do that, I try to keep it at least somewhat entertaining. The time I'm thinking of probably wasn't much fun, especially for those I blasted.
I decided to make things easy for new people. Anyone with enough courage to come to my advertisement offering free votes and say they'd be interested would qualify. I also explained how I was looking for entertaining people. I wasn't interested in voting for pictures of cabbage and essays about mattresses. Many stepped up and it was a fun day.
Back then the value was higher; my vote was worth around $5. I had a lot to pass around for free and this was during a time when I could have said, "Screw you guys, I'm going to delegate my SP to a bidbot and you can bloody well pay for my SP if you want piece of that pie."
There was one condition.
If I'm voting for you, I'd like to see you power it up. I want to see you build your account values up organically and in the form of SP.
It didn't take long to notice some were selling off or wasting this support on bidbots. So I felt used; stabbed in the back. Why should I support a fellow artist/entertainer who takes my support with a smile, then uses it to buy votes and push my work down to the point of invisibility? I mean, that's what bots do, correct? People get visibility by purchasing votes that push their work up to the top of the hot list but the only way to get there is by trampling everyone else below.
For some strange reason they thought views and a bought following would build up their accounts. Then they'd take the tiny profit and sell. The following they purchased didn't vote for them then and certainly won't be able to vote now unless those folks decide to build up their accounts.
I didn't want to help someone who's going nowhere, fast. That would have been wasteful...
Especially now that we see how important SP truly is.
So many thousands of people were handed an opportunity.
Please grow organically. This will benefit you in the long run.
Where
was everyone?
Now, quite suddenly, so many are up in arms stating the fact this pay to play model is a terrible idea. Now they don't have enough RC to be able to leave a comment. Not even one week ago, some of these people were more than happy to pay to play in the form of bought votes. So what gives? Now you're feeling inconvenienced and don't like it but had no problems crushing people and stealing visibility from bloggers who had been working hard here for two years?
You're not the only one who's frustrated.
So now, with these changes,
a new member is offered one direction.
Up
Every little thing they do, starting on day one, contributes to their advancement here on the platform. They're climbing that ladder and every rung matters.
People are saying, "They can't do it!"
I'm saying, "Yes they can."
One solid introduceyourself post, once powered up, means they can engage far more than they could the moment they signed up. Everything becomes important. Every little step means they're moving up, and they'll feel it. Not only will they receive a bit of money; they will feel a sense of accomplishment with every tiny push forward.
Part of the reason so many would start and then quit within a month was because they were not feeling as if they were accomplishing anything.
What was once very little becomes more and more.
This is a good thing.
Imagine it's your first day on the job. It sucks. One week later you're already being promoted. Feels good.
I realize a few parameters require adjustment. Steemit Inc. and all of these witnesses must work together and find that sweet spot. Where's the best place to start?
Does the success of a new member depend solely on Steemit Inc.?
All of you folks saying these new members won't be able to get anywhere; is that just a fancy way of saying you're not going to be out there helping?
If a new member spends their valuable RC on my blog, to say something important to me, they're getting a vote. That vote will lead to them having the ability to say more.
These people are only stuck at the bottom if we hold them there.
I noticed some of you out there who are unhappy with these changes have your SP placed in the hands of someone else.
Make up your minds. Do you want to be there for these people or do you just want say you're there for them while collecting a bit of money for doing nothing?
Your SP can and will help these people, so please use it wisely.
I'll continue my ways. Comments get votes and responses. I'll support those I see making attempts to build their account values so they too can support others. Hopefully we don't see desperation; people wasting RC to beg for a pair of eyes. If I sense someone needing help though, and they came to me, and I see they're new; I won't be blasting them for begging. I don't think this new crowd on the horizon will be here to beg. Their efforts will most likely be worth a look.
They can only say so much. One leaves a comment on my blog, then can't respond. I know this so what's stopping me from directing attention to this new member? Nothing. I can vote their comment to the top, easily. Then ask all of those visiting my place to go visit theirs. That one comment from a new member can go one hell of a lot farther than I think many of you realize.
Now
I hope some of you out there can forgive me for getting so angry that day.
All I wanted to do was help, and I'm sticking to my guns.
Have a nice day.
