Another day in [blockchain] paradise: Reflection
This song came to mind and inspired me to write a post, yes, we going old skool!
So press play and read. I think most things in life are better with a soundtrack!
What you been up to @kabir88?
Well, I am so glad you asked! I keep getting told by @steem-ua to increase my followers, so I recently created this post:
https://steemit.com/kabir88/@kabir88/why-you-should-follow-me
There were some interesting responses and I think I picked up a few new followers. Happy now @steem-ua? All the way to 950. That's not bad going considering most people can't see my posts or comments. So to all those new users on here with that amazing "25" reputation rating and instant visibility. What's stopping you?
So you massaged your ego, what else?
I recently created the @upvoteplankton account, you can guess what it does and read all about it. I will let you do some digging. It's far more fun to learn when you have to put some effort in
Anything else going on?
Let me see, I will try and capture as much as possible in as few words. Here we go:
We got our OG @fulltimegeek moving up the witness rankings. I am still on his blessed list and now the hostilities with bernie have subsided I am getting a few more votes from his bot army. Go give him a vote for witness if you haven't already!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@themanwithnoname/support-fulltimegeek-witness
Our @dtube super promoter @nathanmars is kicking up a storm with his #dtubesnap initiative. Go take a look and he definitely wants comments this time!
https://steemit.com/dtubesnap/@nathanmars/f6ekzx9c
I recently bumped into @acidyo on the comments section on this very relevant post about comments:
https://steemit.com/thoughts/@acidyo/thoughts-about-comments-in-posts
He (she?) was kind enough to give me a big vote to help me on my way back up to a positive reputation score. Check out @ocdb which is the new not for profit vote bot! What a great idea!! @ocd curators, how do I get on your white list?
https://steemit.com/ocdb/@acidyo/ocdb-announcement
That awesome dude that is @iamstan is working on fighting abuse, if you haven't heard of @steemflagrewards, go take a look. You get to flag people and get paid for it. And you all know I like to do a bit of flagging!
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@iamstan/antiabuse-contribution-for-october-flagging-bid-bot-abuse
This is also another good post about fighting spam on the blockchain. If you plan to be here for a while, why not help in cleaning this place up?
Is that all?
No, there is more...
I saw this post from @hitmeasap, and it just made me want to give him a big hug. It will all be okay in the end, depression and anxiety are tough companions to carry around in life. Go and give him some support, he deserves it:
But where's the drama?
Okay, my second favourite thing after flagging (which is how I earned my negative rep!) is drama. What society is free from it? It's also good to air our grievances in the open and try and get a resolution. It was all hitting off in the Vietnam community, you can see it all here:
https://steemit.com/vn/@bettervn/vietnamese-community-report-on-bad-steemian-behaviour-part-2
Enough with the drama, what about the people??
I met some cool people this week, they are worth a follow if you don't follow them already. Thank you to these people for making my time on this blockchain fun and pleasurable:
@insaneworks - I think this person needs supervision and I've heard they really like being distracted from their work... or something like that!
@eccles - who made a good point about the need to be able to resteem comments!
@hungrypb - who has some serious blockchain credentials and is from India. Looking forward to seeing what he produces over the coming years
@conradt - I think we talked a few times a while back, but it was nice to reconnect!
@mapleleaf123 - who got flagged! damn! but I think he could do with some support. So if anyone fancies it, go check out his blog and give him some support
@barge - made me think about the more important things in life and provided me with this great quote
"Everything unfolds at it's own pace; One may water the plant endlessly; But fruit is only borne in its season" - Kabir (not me, the other one)
Aren't those beautiful words? You can find the discussion we had here (https://busy.org/@barge/re-kabir88-why-you-should-follow-me-20181019t092440801z)
@pjau - I talked to a banana, he's very good with words considering he is a banana
@allseeingewe gave me a pick
Is that everything?
I think it is for now...
See you around. Has the track finished? What do you mean you didn't click play!
A score of 950!? Wow that’s really good. Especially if you look at your rep. ;)
Someday, people will be able to see your posts. Without effort. :)
I meant 950 followers, my steem-ua is 3.5 at the moment :)
Oh ok. But still...it’s quite an achievement! :)
Thanks :)
Uh oh, thank you for the mention! :)
I think I can write serious stuff also, but I just usually choose not to. If I can't bring something new to a conversation, why comment at all? That could be my motto if I had one. But I do understand that my attitude sometimes drives people crazy. That being said, I will now see your oldskool stake and raise it with olderskool.
Just so you know, I'm an excellent worker. Dad lets me work a bit in the garden. But not on Monday, definitely not on Monday. Today is Friday. Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Dredd.
Omg! Where did you dig that up from??
We should do a steem time capsule, #steemtimecapsule to record what we are doing on this day and create a smart contract to unlock it in 5 years!
You better get back to your gardening!
First it was in my head and then I found it from YouTube. It truly has everything you need.
#steemtimecapsule it is then! I bet I haven't learnt anything in 5 years. Should we also place bets on your rep 5 years from now?
Actually, I don't like gardening, it was a sorry attempt to quote something with slight differences to the quote. But if we would continue with this quote thing, the question is: Who am I? The second hint is: I'm good at counting cards but I like Wheel of Fortune!
:)
Want to start a time capsule project @insaneworks? I am on discord. Same username as here
Would be cool to get people to write a blog with #steemtimecapsule2018 and then we can come back to see where everyone ends up in 2020. Would be a great initiative coming to the end of 2018.
We could then link to all the posts in one single post and resteem it in 12 months?
What do you think?
@allseeingewe might find this interesting?
@kabir88
Ps. I need more clues, do I already know you? :o
I've been trying my best not to start anything new that could take too much of my time, but I'm not totally against it. :) So I probably don't have the time to do anything else than use the tag. That's why I haven't been in discord, I'm trying to draw the line somewhere so that I can manage with the things I really do have to do daily and weekly. But you never know, I might surprise people some day and come to discord.
But that being said, I think it would be interesting and I definately could manage to write at least one blog post with the steemtimecapsule2018 tag in it.
P.S.
I don't think you know me. What I was trying to do is you to guess which movie quote I used, and that way guess the character in that movie. I changed the moviequote in that way that it can't be found using google and copy paste method. :D But I failed! Miserably. Buuuuuut, if you still want to guess the movie and the character, and you do not hate a small quiz, my next clue is: rhymes with rabbit. So, who am I? :)
P.P.S.
Now you're thinking: "Says that doesn't have time... and here we are talking shit and guessing movie characters!" :D Well, I think a good conversation should always be rewarded and as @acidyo mentioned (somewhere) that conversations have decreased a bit. I'm doing my best to comment like I've commented before. As my small talk generally is very... small. :)
Gambit? Please let it be Gambit, he's one of my favourite movie characters!!
#steemtimecapsule2018 has now grown by 100%!
Amazing! I wonder if there is a way to encrypt the messages and only reveal them in 2020?
@anthonyadavisii might know?
That would be cool if we could send all messages via an encrypted memo to a wallet in an account and it was automatically set to decrypt and publicise them in a year!
No. Your guessing days are now over. Oh wait, that sounds bad... I mean, I will now make a post about this and you are of course welcome to join, but there might be Steemians who kick ass at movie trivia and quizes, so this no longer is meant exclusively for you.
Now you can relax, I will no longer harass you with this. :D
That would be AWESOME! What an excellent idea! #steemtimecapsule2018!
Thanks for the mention @kabir88, I appreciate it. Words like these are encouraging and I'm thankful for the support. Mental illness really sucks, and even though that's far from my only problem right now, I hope it'll work out shortly.
It took me a while to even realise I had mental illness! But with time, I am doing better.
Sometimes it's okay just to be.
Damn straight. 👍
Bananas are not straight... 😝
Next you'll be telling me the world isn't flat.
The earth is curved... Like a banana!
Despite your negative reputation you are quite popular it seems , judging from the upvotes. Great
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Well, I did buy a few from smart steem as j decided to make my posts visible again
I don't see any changes in the negative score. Will it change to positive one? Eventually?
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Great update! It’s great to see your resilience and engagement on the platform as you continue to share your experiences with the community. I hope we all continue to come together to make this a great place to share and grow!
Thanks dude! Would you like to join the @upvoteplankton curation trail via steem auto? Your SP would make the upvoteplankton vote a little more significant
I still have yet to join a curation trail because I prefer manual curation but I will consider it and look into supporting as much as I could. Thanks!
I joined my first one the other day with @helpie and steem auto. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be as you still keep a lot of control. Worth exploring
Thanks for the mention @kabir88 - keep up the good work - I love the #upvoteplankton idea :)
Im sure you will be in positive rep in no time :)
@upvoteplankton seems like a great initiative. Also, good luck getting your rep back. Here is my small upvote to help youn with that. :)
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Thanks @zemiatin
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