I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. Not all of them good and I’m ok with that.
You can’t please everyone and not everyone will agree with your goals or actions. You either continue focused on your path or you give up.
“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
- Harvey Dent (The Dark Knight 2008)
Almost a year ago I started to become more public with my anti-abuse efforts. My goal with @buildawhale was to help good authors gain visibility while making it difficult for spammers to abuse. This initially started with the daily @buildawhale Curation Digest and continued by the on going anti-abuse fighting and finally the Global Blacklist API.
I have and a lot of die hard fans while fighting abuse. One went so far to make an hour long YouTube video about me and it is truly majestic.
It’s been a while since he has been around but arguing with a rock is one of my favorite past times. Luckily there is no shortage of entertainment on Steem.
”Arguing with an engineer is much like wrestling a pig in mud. After a bit you realize the pig likes it.”
Below you will find a video from one of my biggest fans. It is an hour long and I understand if you don’t watch the whole thing. (It would require multiple tubs of !popcorn and many of us are still getting over Thanksgiving)
If you don’t watch any or all of the video, let me highlight some of my favorite parts.
“@themarkymark has the magical ability to manipulate the blockchain directly.”
Personally I feel this is my greatest accomplishment since I joined Steem. Most people think @gtg is the only wizard here.
- Hagrid (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2001)
A few minutes into the video he quotes a famous person in saying something along the lines “small people talk about other people, intelligent people talk about events, and really smart people talk about ideas”. He then spends the next 50 minutes talking about me. Check and mate.
Wearing a “computer wiz” t-shirt in his mother’s basement while spouting so many inaccuracies about the Steem blockchain really sets the mood. Good play on his part.
I could go on but I would hate to spoil too much.
I would like to nominate @berniesanders and @fulltimegeek for next weeks @comedyopenmic.
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wait... you can’t magically manipulate the blockchain???
but...but...
Surely producing a block on your witness is "manipulating the blockchain directly", or are we talking some Neo/Matrix level shit here?
This to be honest.
Hmm.. I doubt it is in the basement.
It sounds upstairs.
And the angle on the wall behind him would also point to mom's roof.
But am am not an expert.
And for sure no wizard!
You are a warlock!
I knew you were magical Mark.. i just knew it!!!
At least no one can say he'not committed....damn, a whole hour. lol
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so i got through half of the vid. as a judge...your post is funny in an ironic way and perhaps a pointing out the dummy kinda of way.
i guess i dont really know enough about you to judge the actual content this guy gives out. to call someone a pshyco path via voice recordings.seems a bit much. i would like less spam on steemit. and i am happy that some are engaged in this mission. i just dont know if you are doing it honorably or not. the list he speaks of doesnt sound awesome..though i like the idea that you are some cock wizard python.
thanks for jumping in our little contest....gotta love the fans!
Have a look at the list and see for yourself.
https://github.com/themarkymark-steem/buildawhaleblacklist
well. i wanted to be methodical. so i started with A. holy A-holes there are alot lotta A+ spammers. Decided to work through the B's make sure none of my Butt family made it on the black list. My butt is cleared.... so thank you for your effort fine sir.
marky puts turd burglars on the black list for a long list of shitty behavior on steemit ranging from plagerism to bid bot abuse. Wierdos get pissed when they get hit with blacklist shit.
Hahaha this good😂😂
I made it 6 minutes in before I wanted to stab myself in the eardrums.
HAHAHA!
Wow, The markymark can be moved.
What great fiery magic from the snake.
A true renaissance man.