Recently I became aware of a site called Steem Whales, thanks to @cryptos. And the name is suggesting that it is all about 'whales'. In Steem terms meaning the Steemers with most Steem Power. This is in effect 'Census Suffrage' based voting, like in stockholder based companies. Allready wrote an article about this, so I won't go into that specific subject again, for now. And because our hairy meowing companion decided to wake me way before 6 in the morning, I decided to have a look at the site called Steem Whales.
When to get your Fruit Of Work {FOW} out?
And I have to say big kudos to @heimindanger who did a great job there. Sites that are easy to use, just from the first time you visit them, that's how I like it. In result it gives a deeper insight in the Steem statistics. Fun detail is the little piglet icon behind some user names, and when you hover over them with your mouse it shows how much that one is powering down and when the next payment is. Made me think too, because I'm still holding on to my Steem Power and I'm still building it up slowly. Even though I could have started a Powerdown a long time ago. But I'm not that good in making financial decisions. Allthough looking back now I see where I went wrong. So to speak.
But moving on, sometimes I'm almost like fixated at things that become so dazzling that I seem to lose sight of important stuff. Things like to start a Power down when Steem is at over 4 dollar for example? Or was it lucky by accident that I kept it all where it was, safe in Steem Power, only the future will tell. But when I look at those 'big Whale' names then I see that most of them are in fact powering down. And that can be a part of a strategy, where you power down, no matter what, but when you have no need for the Steem that week, you just power up again. You could even have a 'bot' take care of that, emailing you when the power down payment is done. And then you can send a message to the 'bot' to power up again, or sell your Steem. At least, that's how I can imagine it.
What track to choose, runaway train, or the long distance one.
Somehow this feels kind of bad, or it is the effect of getting not enough sleep
When we played 'roulette' with friends, just for fun, I always made a lot of fake 'money'. Do not know why, but I just knew how to place my bets, taking huge riscs. But that was maybe because it was not for real. Never went to a real casino though, because that would not be no fun anymore. When I look at the part of Steem on Graphene, the motor of SteemIt, I can see a kind of gamble part there too. So, when I want to have fun at posting, I should not consider it to be too real. Because otherwise it would become like going to a real casino, and I know that it's where things go wrong, because then it needs to generate a profit. And with SteemIt I have at least some kind of influence on the outcome. Try that in a casino and you will be kindly asked to get out.
So I won't look at those figures too often, maybe not even for a long time. Still think it is great for, future, Steemers and those who want to invest in Steem, for instance. It can give a good insight in how the stats are. In that way it is a truly great Steem App. For me, it was good to see that the way I just described here is reflected in the statistics. I'm ranking best in reputation, not at the same level as my Steem Power, but that is actually fitting the pattern. And I think it really is the lack of sleep of the last couple of days that is having a side effect on my mood. That and the dark cloudy way this day started, while I was expecting sunny summer weather.
A beautifull open road ahead, time to put my walking shoes back on.
And I'll keep doing it the way I am, because it is who I am
Which way to go? Well, I like being here at SteemIt, and so my cat waking me very early this morning turned out to be another inspiration to get behind the keyboard and write yet another post. Outside the weather is crap anyway, so no harm done by staying inside. Won't complain to much about Summer in Nederland, because that is what it is, it is our kind of weather pattern, gives us something to talk about.
Today I'm reaching one of my next personal Steem goals. And that has to do with the magical Steem Power number, for myself. After that, will I power down of leave that gate closed and follow my own unique path? Think it will be the latter, it is the fixated part of me that makes me keep it that way. And then for me it is relative too, when I started at SteemIt the value of Steem was somewhere at 20 cents. Thus the way I see it I'm still having way more then I had before I got on board. And allready put the SBD, I earned so far, to some good use. So I have a lot of reasons to smile, even though I know that lucks sometimes does visit a fool, but never sits down with him. And I really need to get my sleep pattern sorted.
Will I open the Powerdown gate? It looks beautifull there, but where are the other paths leading?
Doing well in this cooperation
Tried to get others from my local social network to join in here at SteemIt. Wrote at my other blog about SteemIt and how Bitcoin can be accepted by local merchants quite easy. They would like locals to buy at their stores, but when I offer them another easy payment solution, they do not respond in any way. Would like to use my exchanged SBD to BTC to buy in my local community. After all that is investing in my local economy. But the only thing that accepts BTC as payment is a Home food delivery service. But I don't want to order out that often. More like seldom to never.
Thought about starting a campaign to promote SteemIt and accepting Bitcoin while getting Euro on a bank account. But I'm not feeling too sure about how this could take off here in my community. Even if I'd offer the solution, helping local entrepreneurs to accept BTC and others as payment, while getting the right price in Euro. Belief there is still a long way to go there. And maybe it will never catch on here in Oldambt, not even in the merchant city of Winschoten. But I think in a student town like Groningen there is a better chance for things like SteemIt to catch on. In the meanwhile I keep going the path I've chosen. Writing my thing on SteemIt.
In lake Oldambt there are no whales, and that is where I feel right at home
Moving on, Steem ahead, but I'm not a whale, and that's okay
So, today I'm reaching the 3K in SP, that was my goal set, for the beginning of september. And it's about half of the average in Steem Power, at least that is what the statistics told me at the Steem Whales site. And I'm almost at another point in reputation, wanted to reach 62 before the end of august. Measured against what, you might ask, well, as a limit set for myself, even if I know there is quite a bit of luck involved. For me it is something that helps me decide if investing time and energy in SteemIt is usefull for me, or when it might be time to move on to other things.
And also the amount of fun, which is hard to measure in stats, is the most important factor for me. Do I still like to write posts and replies, do I still enjoy reading other Steemers their work, is it fun to build, and expand, a network at SteemIt. And how is the community getting along? Will there ever be a Steem meet and greet in Nederland?
Don't think I will ever be a big whale, that is not my incentive. And I'm more like a lake person, while whales live in the ocean. And that's okay with me.
Thanks to our insistently meowing cat, I got up extra early and was inspired to write another post.
Have a nice Steemy day!
Note: All photographs are made by me, taken in Oldambt Nederland, and can be freely (re)used under Creative Commons BY SA license