I think you're doing well. Yes, the time you spend off the blockchain doesn't directly grow your account, so it's important to be aware of how much time you're spending there. Overall though, if you're doing productive activities and you're networking with people, you should be getting at least small incremental gains.
But time spent on the blockchain is probably the most directly beneficial way of spending your time.
Well, I'm glad to hear that someone else thinks the same way about activity on Discord as I do. You would have to be benefiting on platform from the activities off platform for it all to be worthwhile. Reach people you couldn't possibly reach otherwise. And frankly, a lot of what I think goes on there, unless you're on equal SP footing, comes off feeling like begging. Look at my post, please help with this cause, please delegate to me.
I'm not saying that it is begging. I'm saying it feels like it. It feels like bowing at the feet of the higher SP or the greater connected, and I'm just getting too old for that. :)
I get what you're saying. I don't like thinking that people might think I'm coming off as begging. Sure, I wouldn't mind getting votes, but I don't connect with people on Steemit just for votes. It's because they're talking about something that I want to talk about.
There was a discord group I found before Steemit was gave you points (and maybe crypto) based on your interaction on the discord group. I never really got into it though.
I was thinking about that this morning why someone hadn't come up with a messenger app that allowed you to earn STEEM. I'm not sure how that would work. There's a potential for hundreds of thousands of messages a day, and that's all people would ever do, but hey, it would probably cause STEEM to go through the roof.
The amounts per message available would have to be pretty small, I would think. Or maybe they could create rewards based on CL! Yeah, that's it!
Yeah, so I don't know. I don't want to sour anyone on the use of Discord. I mean GINAbot is extremely useful and it's on Discord. And I do occasionally talk to other people via direct messaging. I just don't think it's where I want to spend my time. Of course, if everyone is there instead of here, no wonder we have a visibility problem. :)
It seems like they should be able to work something out for that, but I am not sure if it would work. Even if it were just a small amount of Steem given out, there would still be people who would just type "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" (you get the idea) to get more Steem fraudulently. Maybe someone could come up with a safeguard against that.
Ha ha, that's true.
I don't think everyone is there all the time. I think it's more just to check in. Ginabot is super useful. I think she's sick right now though. None of my notification links are working.
I had that happening briefly with GINAbot on my end, too but it seems to be working again. At least I got through on one of the links. I'm typically replying from the Steemit reply page and only follow a link from GINAbot if I'm mentioned. Which, since it doesn't happen super a lot, it's a big deal, and I need to get there right away to find out what's being said about me. 😁
Well, see, in the ongoing theme of we can't have nice things, there's always going to be the folks who want to, need to, have to, can't do anything else so might as well, game the system. If the system permits, then it must not only be legal, it must be acceptable. Otherwise, the code wouldn't allow it.
That's why we can't have something where everyone lives within a simple framework of rules and more or less behaves because they want to, because they've bought in. No, we have to have people spitting out "AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" on endless loop in a messaging app.
I don't know as I'm advocating a messaging app that pays per se, as acknowledging the fact and floating the idea that someone would probably make some decent STEEM if they were to develop it and make it a part of the Steemit app experience. Then, I would hope that said makers would be smart enough to wargame and figure out as many ways that someone would game the system (mainly because they have practical world experience, personal, observed, 10-year-old son does it, whatever). KYC, number of characters, filters for repetition or auto messaging. Can't build between owned accounts. All the things we probably should have here.
I mainly use ginabot for the mentions as well. It's one of the areas that steemit/busy should add so you don't have to use a 3rd party to find when you're mentioned. Oh, well.
There will always be people trying to take shortcuts and game the system. It's how it is. People don't realize they're part of a larger community, so they don't care what happens to "the others." They're looking out for themselves.
I can't say I blame all of them as some are in desperate need, but others who are making plenty of money and still keep doing it... that is just frustrating. Nothing that I can do about it right now though, so I'm going to just go about my business.
Apparently there are ways you can do something about it. It's called freeze the blockchain! All you got to do is find that unexpected action that will cause the blockchain to shut down entirely in seven days after you do it. If the blockchain is frozen, no one can do anything. A small price to pay for preventing others from gaming the system.
Okay, I know what you're thinking. You'd rather take a less "drastic" approach. Well, boy do I have the deal for you!
You've heard of the old adage, "If you can't beat them, join them." That's right. You too can game the system in every way possible, but, instead of it being just for you (don't worry, you'll still profit silly), you'll be doing it for the "community." You'll be the white hat to those horrible, selfish black hats.
See, it doesn't matter what you do, it's why you do it! As long as your reason is as pure as the white driven snow, it's okay!
100 upvote bots? No problem. You're doing the platform good sucking in all that SP and sending it out to folks who always post "quality content."
Rage against trash on trending?
No problem! Post an image without any context and vote it up with your own accounts, plus seven bid bots and watch it trend! Read all the accolades you'll get in the comment section because your bad actions are well intended, and really, all you're doing is taking the ill gotten rewards of others and redistributing it to someone far more deserving—you! If you don't reward yourself, who will? Besides, who knows best how much you deserve it? You do, of course! So, get out there and start spamming so you can save the STEEM platform!