Your effort is appreciated mate and I think the comments on this one shows people are actually reading, just not always commenting. I am still dirty on STINC for taking away the view count because that was always a good indicator of how well read something was.
Anyway, if you need to take a break to stay fresh then please do. The self-voting was always only intended to be temporary and we extended it just so that we could keep all our SP leases this month since the STEEM price was tearing. We can let some of them go next month if the funds are not there and get back to a normal post rate.
PS - I am still staunchly against the idea of a compulsory vote on this account.
Here is a suggestion, maybe make upvoting these post mandatory only for the members that do not contribute any delegation power or liquid Steem to Precious? Try that first before it is fully mandatory for all members, if things go that way.
An average 1 cent vote from 200 members will only yield about 0.75 SBD per day after curation. But it creates an unnecessary tension in 200 minds of missing a vote ...even if you put it on an auto-voter, some issues may arise with the auto-voter or nodes and you may miss casting your daily votes. So not a profitable trade-off.
IMHO, it would be better to increase the liquid contribution rates or let go off some bot's delegation to ease the pressure.
Excellent points @xyzashu. And you too @buggedout. @silverstackeruk is a posting machine, and I empathize with the feelings he expressed in this post and I hate to see him get discouraged like this.
It is good to see the positive response by the community here, so let's roll with it and with any luck we'll figure it out.
Looking forward to the weekend so I can devote some time to this one. Have a good one guys!
I agree, that's why I am not a big fan of mandatory voting for the bot in the first place. This should be a fun place to hang out, and not for worrying everyday about the "did I missed voting for the bot" anxiety...
However, (if there are no better solutions) that is why, I think, making mandatory voting for non-contributing SSG members might encourage more of them to either delegate SP or send in liquid Steem to Precious so that they don't have to worry about the daily voting obligation. I feel that would be a fair tradeoff for everyone.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that being "fair" isn't something that's in the interest of the people moderating this group. I'm done with it.
Greetings to everyone... I just heard about the ssg-community and I can see so far you guys are doing great.
I would love to know more about the community, so I can follow up on any activity going on and also join the community if you will grant me audience.
I just upvoted this post and followed. Please your responses will be highly welcome. Thanks
It is a community based around a shared love for Silver and Gold. Have a read of @silverstackeruk blog for more information on membership requirements.
Okay
Thanks...I'm heading over to read it.