Don't underestimate the importance of getting your hands on some STEEM through 'honest' blogging and powering it up, thus getting STEEM off of the market - and getting other people to do the same too - 'leading by example'.
I'm struggling with this too, I especially struggle because I'm a real content maker (meaning I've been a blogger for 15 years... before I heard about Steem) but I don't feel my real content has an audience on Steem so I'm sometimes not sure what I'm doing here. But as long as I make honest content, make honest connections, re-evaluate my actions (witness votes, upvotes to people powering up vs people cashing out, upvoting development posts so the developer gets some reward for his/her input) I feel I do have a place here - I am responsible for 6600 STEEM not being for sale, for 30 Witness votes I can vouch for, for answering hundreds of questions from Plankton/Minnows who otherwise might still be lost in the Steemiverse, for investing or supporting a few projects, for being a sparring partner to some who are 'thinking big', etc etc.
This all goes for you too - declining payout is not the way to go here, we need you to grow your influence so you can support others so they can do all the stuff that's supposed to be 'really adding value'.
By the way, I'm Dutch, I want to see if these pancakes really deserve that 'label', if they're too thin or thick I will veto you eating those.
Damn you too fine Steemian for making sense!
That's a great list of goodness, I shall refer to this to cheer myself up in future. Thank you, a rose 🌷, or should it be a tulip for you 😊
Those pancakes looked terrible, I think even these will rank higher...
!pancakes
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!pancakesanywhere on the blockchain and we will send you a menu.Yes, now go print my comment and frame it and never again post this kind of 'am I adding value' bull before reading it three times at least :P
Thanks for the rose and digital pancakes, good you didn't eat those nasty fake ones!
Yes boss!
Wait... no printer, errr.. I'll memorise it:
Rosa says my content is bull... something like that 😛
I have my daughter for the day tomorrow, let's see if she wants any FUD(ge) or pancakes 😁
I have now bookmarked my comment so I can simply plug it every time I see unwanted behaviour from you :P
Please let her eat FUD(ge), I don't want her to have bad pancakes :-( Breaks my heart.
Haha, thank you!
I think she'll go for cheesecake.
@abh12345, your pancakes are ready!
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Excellent!
Seriously? lol!
@abh12345, your pancakes are ready!
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I'm impressed after reading your comment. You are really doing a great job for the enhancement of steem blockchain!
Now you're making me feel like a scumbag @soyrosa... :( (joke) I've powered down once (yeah, only once) but have been taking liquid Steem/SBD away from my account. But only because I needed it (in other words: if I didn't I'd be in deep(er) shit). However, I do feel I write (some?) content that matters, engage & comment as much as I can, cast my witness votes with thought (not completely clueless) besides doing whatever I can to keep (myself) things together. I've brought a few people to the Steem blockchain, although some are not very active, but haven't counted them lately. But then again: it's not a competition, is it?
All I know is that I work my ass off at the moment. My time in the day consists of 35% family, 60% Steem & consorts, 5% 'other' crypto trading... It's all I can do at the moment.
But I am not giving up on this platform, or Steem in general, or the people here...The ones who are left are the die hards. We're responsible yeah, and we'll still be here when 'the others' come back when things are looking up again. There, happy face again:) (suits me better)Somehow my emojis are not loading...weird. I think Ned is stealing them lol.
LOL! You're far from a scumbag dear @misslasvegas - you're working your ass off here, I know. Hehe. Yes. We're here, working hard, making it a nice place for when 'the others' return or start their journey here :-)
I know you didn't aim that at me, no worries. 😘 Hehehe, 'the others'...they might always be referred to as 'the others' LOL. As in: where were 'the others' when we were all ploughing on? Hahahahaha.