YES! All good things come to an end! In life we need to be flexible! Most of us have heard these expressions but it was time for me to put them into practice.
Announcing a New Reward Program And The Results From June 2017!
For the past 5 months I have been running my program: "The Old Dog is Throwing You a Bone" in which I reward the best comments on all of my posts with SBD bonuses.
Between this, Steemgigs and other gifts I have been able to give away over 1,000 SBD since the program's inception. This month I reached an all time record of 284 SBD as reported below!
Why am I Changing The Program And How Will it Work?
- Hard fork 19 has made my votes have a lot more power!
- I have over 40,000 Steem Power and this enables me to give NICE rewards to my followers who comment!
- Even a 1% vote by me will give you 16 cents but I will give most commenters a lot more!
- All of my comments from those who vote on the post will get an upvote!
- The best comments on my posts will receive higher rewards!
Now, Here Are The Results of My Program For June 2017. Total: 284 SBD
Rewards for comments:
The Old Dog Explains: Where to See Great Live Music! Street Musicians: Steemit Wants You!
3.7.17 5 SBD @edje
The old Dog Celebrates: 33 Years of Marriage Today With My First Ever Open Mic Entry For Week 34!
3.7.17 5 SBD @rockchickjen
The Old Dog Demonstrates: How to Drive More Traffic To Steemit!
3.7.17 5 SBD @everlove
The Old Dog Enters: Tree Tuesday, A Special Bonding Moment With Man And Nature!
3.7.17 5 SBD @pitterpatter
The Old Dog Demonstrates: The Healthy Internal Steemit Economy!
3.7.17 5 SBD @sevinwilson
The Old Dog Discusses: When The Flight Itself is Worth The Trip!
3.7.17 5 SBD @best-pomchi-ev
The Old Dog Does It: I Hit 1,000 Followers! Celebrate With Me!
3.7.17 5 SBD @uruiamme
3.7.17 5 SBD @mk40
The Old Dog asks: What Was THAT Moment When You Realized..........?
3.7.17 5 SBD @jznsamuel
The Old Dog Examines: Space Saving Design. From Two To Ten People In Fourty Seconds!
3.7.17 5 SBD @kalemandra
The Old Dog Describes: Four Ways to Mentor Fellow Steemers!
3.7.17 5 SBD @magick323
The Old Dog Asks: Can YOU Succeed On Steemit Simply By Commenting? Meet @eric-boucher
3.7.17 5 SBD @eric-boucher
The Old Dog's Cleaning Tips: Do Vacuum Cleaners Really Get All of The Dirt?
3.7.17 5 SBD @englishtchrivy
Extra Gifts!
12.6.17 5 SBD @karenmckersie
10.6.17 2 SBD @airmatti
10.6.17 2 SBD @fisteganos
9.6.17 2 SBD @oluwoleolaide
8.617 2 SBD @airmatti
8.617 2 SBD @sardrt
4.6.17 2 SBD @onceuponatime
3.6.17 2 SBD @kwisness
Prizes:
2.6.17 100 SBD @airmatti first prize
2.6.17 50 SBD @tonyr second prize
2.6.17 25 SBD @nba05 third prize
2.6.17 25 SBD @karenmckersie third prize
That's a Total of 284 SBD for June 2017!
What About You?
- Are you enjoying your new found voting power?
- Do you like the changes with hard fork 19?
- Do you notice that you are making more on commenting than ever before?
I hope that you enjoyed this post about "My Own Personal Hard Fork 19!
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
Remember, if you upvote my post and leave a comment I will upvote it with some of my 40,000 plus Steem Power!
very good project, Oldie! this is pretty useful for the community, as the old "bone" project was! :)
Thanks Good Strong Paul!
I am also enjoying the ability to give fellow Steemians a little something with my Up votes. Before HF19, all my votes were 100%. Now I have developed a new strategy that lets me up vote as many times as I want, while keeping my voting strength high.
I am doing 20% votes for posts and 10% votes for comments. I also do either 50% or 100% up votes for the occasional special post. Those 4 slider points make sense for me, and achieve my goals without being overly complex.
It's great that we now have the power to come up with plans like this, since we now have more effect on the reward pool. I've been Very Happy with HF19!
It sounds like you have a great strategy!
If everyone focused on helping each other it would help Steemit as a whole. Sometimes when there is money involved the greed factor takes over. Here on Steemit three are many altruistic members and that's nice!
So true!
Yes, we have to spread love! This is one of the differences between Steemit and Facebook.
The more love we spread - unconditionally, without expectations - the more we get from other people.
One of your questions is "do I like the changes of HF19." Before I say too much, let me give my conclusion - it is really too early to make an accurate assessment. Ok, now that I have that out of the way,... to be honest, I'd like this place to have a set of parameters that we can plan around. Or another way to put it, I'd like to spending way more time on content and way less time on figuring this shit out. ( Sorry, the 2nd cup of coffee hasn't kicked in yet ). With HF19, there are a completely new set of 'strategies.' Perhaps I should find some entertainment in that, but I'd prefer something a tad more consistency. The overall concept of HF19, which correct me if I am wrong, was a redistribution of power. Don't we have a history book or two laying around that indicates that's not always such a great idea?
To quote @aggroed, from his post Reward Pool is under 1Million Steem - - - "The percentage of the reward pool seems to have increased on the top accounts. Trending is mostly the same faces, but now those faces get an even larger portion of the pool. That can't be good. Like the world needs another mechanism to shove rewards to the highest earners."
Do I enjoy having more 'power?' No, not really. At the end of the day, in reality I'll have the same amount of 'power' as I did before. The reward pool is being drained at an alarming rate. Perhaps before it's over, we'll return to the same amount of power as before HF19, we'll see.
Sorry for the little rant, I 'never' do that - LOL
To repeat my conclusion, "it's too early to make an accurate assessment.
I sense in your response a concern for other members and I like that! You seem to be doing very well with your posts and so a good way to share success is upvoting comments. When I wrote "power" I meant that your vote adds more rewards than it did before. Now go and drink that second cup of coffee! :)
That's funny. Ok, I am the third cup now and all is well
It's a really truth! Great comment @gringalicious! (;
i think you drank more coffee and caffeine hit you but its true that its too early to conclude anything.. let see what will happen..
My....aren't you a generous old dog....I wish I was married to you....oh wait!....I am!!....lucky ol' me!!!
hahaha! What a joker! Lot's of fun traveling through life with you!
You are a very lucky person! :D
Hello! Congrats for the sharing initiative! I personally think that HF 19 has good points as some weaknesses. It's good if we do use for share more and if we give more to those we think they deserve. But if our main goal is auto-upvote or upvote only few profiles at full power we'll consume all the power soon and it remains just the crumbs for the others. In long therm this will be Steem-destructive....
You bring up some good points. A key is to find a niche and then grow a group of supporters. I think that in your case there are many artists that should be able to help one another. Keep up the great work @airmatti
For me the HF 19 was a tragedy! I'm doing steem power down yet, because I didn't gain nothing else with my posts in the last months, and I must have to pay my bills. I see that the big fishs are so more big now, and the little fishs are disapearing (like me).);
Wow sorry to read that! I value you my friend!
Thanks my friend! Me too! Don't worry my Old Friend, for me it's indifferent if I gain money or not, because I enjoy what I do and the Steemit community! (;
You're a great Steemer!
Thanks! (;
Old dog always doing good things. Love it man. Seriously your reaching out to people like this is what makes this platform so amazing. Thanks for being a good human.
What a nice thing to do. I didn't knew about this. I will participate this month as well!
I don't wanna be picky right away though, but shouldn't it be the results of June 2017 instead of July 2017. Typing error ;)
Your right about it being June and for spotting the error you get an upvote at 20% my highest of this thread!
Haha thanks! Wasn't ment for money purposes. Just for a heads up but I really appreciate it! So again, thanks :D
I am new here and struggling beyond belief to understand everything. My conclusion is that I probably won't make anything here but I'LL do my very best to support and encourage my friends. Thank you for helping people. My friends always come before me and that's how I like it.
Hey @guarddog! Wow what a great name! Focus on having fun and helping others and I'm sure that you'll do well!
Thanks, I am!
Excellent advice @kus-knee and practical ways to help. We all do better when we practice those techniques you had cited and use. Thank you for teaching us. I know I have a lot more to learn and I consider you one of my instructors.
Oh, and yes, I have upvoted you 100% and just love what you're doing. Hope you have a magnificent day!
Wow @terrybrock that is a much appreciated comment!
You bet! Hope you have a great day, kus-knee, you old dog you! Cheers!
Congratulations @kus-knee I have been lucky enough to receive gifts from you which I am very thankful for. I am still getting used to my voting power, I don't want to run out so trying to give everyone I upvote something, Its nice to have little extra power now, enjoy your success :)
Thanks so much @karenb54! It's good to see you building something here with your blog!
Thank you @kus-knee :)
one thing that bothered me after HF19 was some people got obsessed with self-voting, I do that too for my posts, and I don't hold back on upvoting valuable contents at all, if we stop abusing self-voting, HF19 would be a more pleasant change on the platform.
and thank you for sharing your rewards with others.
Yes, you bring up some good points @meysam. Finding a good balance between rewarding yourself and others is important.
Thanks again @kus-knee! Myself and @ionlysaymeep were very pleased to win second place in one of your great contests. :)
You are a fantastic member of our wee community and I have received a reward from you in the past for commenting on another great post. You help keep this place positive my friend and it is very much appreciated by the rest of us.
Thanks again!
I really appreciate your kind words and your thankful attitude helps to spur me on!
Thanks again!!
Yes I am. In fact, I want to learn how to convert my SBD into more Steem Power.
Yes, although I am not completely sure yet. I was getting more votes per viewer before. Are people voting less now? I have been sick and not posting as much, so that could be part of it.
I also earn more when I post about my being a 9/11 responder but I can't dwell on that too often.
Yes, I do. I have told my new friends that have joined to post less blogs and write genuine comments more until they learn how this site works. I hope to bring more quality users to Steemit. I hate seeing new users give up. Commenting might be a way to keep them Steaming on until they (and I) build bigger followings. In 7 weeks I've learned a lot and I thank you once again for being one of the main reasons I am not giving up!
Great to read of your progress and glad that you are better and ready to post more. 9/11 responder wow! Please send e the link as I missed that yone!
Edit: On second thought. Please let me know where I should send you a link. I just woke up and wasn't sure if it was okay to share it on your wall.
40,000+ SP wow!
@kus-knee, you are one of those that when we, the lettle fishes see i this big ocean of communication, we have hop that hard work pays. its about consistency and good posts. i wonder what will happen if 40,000+ SP votes on my posts that are gradually picking up cents... i dere also to imagine what will happen if he resteems and follows :0 speechless. keep up the good work sir.
@arizonawise
Its quite nice to see the Old Dog evolve with the platform. I am enjoying the changes, however many of my fellow Steemers need to avail themselves to tools like Steem Now to manage their voting power better. Use your sliders folks lol. There are so many that are constantly in the 10-20% range!
The new right to vote is a good thing and gives new Steemians more rights. I myself am very satisfied with it. For me and many other users, the HF 19 has been a success.
Good to read your positive comments!
It is too much bitched because some forget that it is not just about money.
I try never to be motivated by money and then it comes.
My english comes from google. What I meant was money is not important. Although I started here to afford the entertainment for my daughter.
You have a great way of thinking
Giving this a shot for the first time! I've been following you, but first time i a while i have seen your posts.. Maybe since I cleared up my massive following list I can see good content again. Looking forward.
Glad you found me!
I once recieved 1 sbd from you. And that was awesome!
And with an upvote on your comment I can do it so easily now!
That's one of the pros of HF19 😉
This is a creative way to get people to follow you. Nice.
Both that and it's a great way to spread wealth around.
Always up for a good cause. :) We need more old dogs. :)
I don't why exactly but lately I have been coming across some amazingly generous people. The people who understand community issues and are willing to help out. And I just found you. I can name many here but that's not the point.
The point is; I believe in Steemit and Steem Blockchain more than ever before. Seeing people like you is a refreshing experience and being a minnow feels less bitter now. Hard fork 19 has caused the community to change in many ways; positive and negative.
I am glad to find you as the latest positive. Keep being awesome and thank you for understanding and helping. My blog is full of issues being faced by the Steemit community but now it is becoming full of solutions and hopes.
Thank you so much! There was no reason not to upvote your post. This is the first ever I saw and I hope to read more from you.
I really appreciate your kind words and what you say about there being many generous people here is right on!
I think HF19 has changed the way people vote. Smaller accounts that haven't achieved 500SP can only vote 15 times a day or their vote power will be sapped and won't recover. This has made quite a few accounts a bit more stingy on upvoting versus pre HF19. I find my posts receiving the same number of comments, but fewer upvotes.
The threshold for the sliding scale needs to be lowered to accounts with 200SP to remedy the situation.
This is a point that I have never considered! I see that you are over the 500SP marker. Well done!
Thanks @kus-knee. It's nice to have quality mentors like yourself in the community.
Amazing to see people investing in others rather than upvoting. Only themselves.
This s a great initiative and id love it to join in othe fun.
10.000 sbd is a lot 😍.
Cheers from me and I hope you continue doing good for this fine community as it really does deserve it.
Thanks so much @vangelov!
ill do this too if ever i grow? haha
Give it time and be consistent! You'll do great!
i wonder how much sp to a 1. upvote =D cuz mine give .01 form .6 +27 delegation points
is the delegated points good for a short time only?
I believe that you have only 10 votes at full power. Once you have 500 Steem Power you will be able to use the slider to change the percentage on each vote.
I saw your profile page and you had me fooled for a moment! 100,000 followers!
100000 followers | 34561 posts | 23453 following
me too when i forgot i posted that it maked me troll myself too haha
thanks cuz i wonder how some doing the % upvoting
very nice by the way your dogs are cool
Thanks man!
i want to have one soon =D
Oh yes of course I realy enjoy it
I got 500 SP delicated and can now vote with max 25 cents its great
I love it; liked and followed
Thanks @wiedy
I'm glad that you are enjoying the giving spirit of your more powerful upvote!
Thanks This is really kind of you.
Steemit is an even nicer place when we help each other!
Thats very generous of you
Appreciated!
Q: Are you enjoying your new found voting power?
A: I am new and have a small account still my vote gives 1 cent.
Q: Do you like the changes with hard fork 19?
A: Yes of course, I can see the change in earning of a post by one cent when I upvote.
Q: Do you notice that you are making more on commenting than ever before?
A: Yes, when my comment is upvoted, I get more now than before.
Thanks for your nice answers and say a big hello @mathworksheets and @nba05!
This is really kind of you. This is the reason steemit is such a great place to be. People like you improve and grow the community by helping others and supporting them. Together to the top !
Thee are a lot of wonderful givers here!
that's insane man! Thank you so much! You're helping a lot our community and newbies:D
This place is a lot of fun!
thanks @kus-knee I appreaciate! :D
Just upvote your post. followed and resteemit as well . thanks
Thanks so much. Enjoy Steemit and keep on blogging and having fun!
you are welcome
Interesting work kus 284 it's a great amount
I couldn't do it without the support of others!
Yes man we can get better results working together
these are some impressive numbers-gratulation to your milestone
Let's keep on moving towards success as a platform!
Right after HF19 I was like a kid that had just been dropped off at a candy store and given free reign. I hit everything with a vote. I was drunk with power. Then I checked my Voting Power...40%!!! I killed it, took me a whole week of restraint and minimal voting to get back up. With great power comes great responsibility lol, or at least a little judiciousness with who gets a full vote until my slider came around!
Hahaha nice experience. Yes its not like it was explained thoroughly at the top of every page. We figure it out as we go along!
"old dog is throwing you a bone", i am wondering what exactly are we............
It's meant in a nice way. I'm the dog! :)
Human race which we are part of is in middle of two possibility, top is to be god and lowest is to be an animal, choice is fully in our hand , what we will choose or what we have already chosen just a first step to that destination.
I am also saying this in a nicest way but i really don't care if some one agrees with it or not, because truth is universal doesn't need support.
And please don't upvote this message, just read, feel and ask youself, what is your choice!!!!!
That is all a subjective assumption. All lives are equal with respect to consciousness. And if you really believe in the concept of the God, then all are its own Creation. So humans have no moral right to discriminate among various creatures. I don't know on what basis you consider animals to be lowest. Don't be speciesist. Just spread the love. God can't be so discriminating and nothing of His Creation can be less than perfect.
Love 😍
I am talking in respect of conscious level, god element present in every thing and everywhere. Words have limitation in expressing your true feeling , they can't describe exactly a simple taste properly left alone a GOD.
I am not a speciesist, but in respect of conscious level stones etc comes at lowest level, then plants, blood species like animals or birds, then human and for this conscious level we are on top of food cycle.
Yes love is everything, no denying in that, but i wrote previous message in other context, which is a choice...
so i m not offending anybody and i think my answer to you may clear that....
Agreed, words do have limitations and my expression too is not perfect. Aside that there is a difference of opinions and perceptions.
For me consciousness is same across all beings but they may differ in levels of their sentience. Inspite of all these, humans are not a superior being and they are certainly not on top of the food cycle. I hope you would find following link somewhat helpful:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexberezow/2013/12/03/humans-arent-at-the-top-of-the-food-chain/#5ea3230d386d
P.S.:
No offense meant on any account. Thanks!
Ok, so I just leave a comment and you make me rich. Am I doing it right?
Not quite but we must apply the old adage that "every journey starts with the first step!"
LOL, ya right. And I guess I have taken my first step!!
And your second!
Throw out a boomerang, and comes back a rocket, must be nice :d
What a great analogy!
That sounds interesting, you have got a new follower. I am new here, don't know much about steemit. Trying to learn by following those woh are helping others to grow.
Upvoted and resteemed! :)
Welcome to Steemit. Read, write, comment, engage, learn and earn!
Thank u so much for the suggestions :)
Did it
I see that!
I have been blessed by your generosity on multiple occasions, which is a huge bonus on top of having the opportunity to get in on your engaging posts. It's fun to see all the comments on your posts. Just reading them all and commenting is quite an investment...and then you bless us more!
I like to make a lot of comments and share my power around. It's great to have risen to a place of actually seeing a difference when I push the upvote button! I particularly like making a well-thought out comment over a "great post" kind of generic comment, and I love that you provide the opportunity to interact.
When I read "JULY" on your post I thought I had missed a month already--I'm often in my own little world and I lose track of how fast time goes by the calendar count. WHEW!! It's still only June! Thanks for the jolt! EDIT: NO WAY---it IS JULY!!! I'm lost in the vortex!
Thanks also for the recent bone your threw my way. I appreciate your contribution!
Thanks for the visit! Yes writing July was a brain cramp by me! Another member pointed it out and I've corrected it! :)
So we're not the only ones who let time fly as it may. It's unbelievable that half of the year is over!! Wow!!
Your generosity is amazing, @kus-knee! It is people like you who create an amazing and genuine community here... what makes Steemit so much more than just "a collection of blogs."
The voting power thing is cool... what I have mostly found is that the wider range has inspired me to do far more "curating for quality" than I used to... using the slider to sometimes reward truly exceptional content with a well-deserved 100% upvote, "good" with something less... and "better than an empty space" with a couple of percent. That's a big plus. Of course... not as viable for our new arrivals... although I hear a rumor that the slider will soon become available at 125SP instead of 500SP.
What's also different is that I can give more meaningful upvotes to those who comment on my posts... everyone can get at least a 10c boost without my voting power burning out.
The ratio of what I get for comments vs. original posts has definitely changed.
Thanks for your valid input @denmarkguy. Yes the slider is a very interesting and helpful feature. I especially enjoy using in to reward comments! Still figuring it out though!
Indeed... and my brain is not as sharp as it once was, so upvoting a comment also leaves me a trail of little blue circles to occasionally remind me "Oh, I've been here before...." :-D
No, not kidding. It has happened.
We certainly need more project like this. Yes, certainly with HF19, noticing I am commenting more. However, I suspect that the days of HF19 are limited...
The only constant with these hard forks is change!
Sounds like a good change! Your vote has a lot of effect now huh! Mine increased nicely too, though nowhere near as high as yours yet :-)
I'm still trying to find a good balance between voting percentage and keeping my VP up. I'm erring on the side of caution for now. My 1% upvotes give atleast $0.01 now, so I can show a little appreciation to all of my commentors (except for the "Nice post, plz follow me" ones).
I don't make a lot more on commenting though. But I guess that's also because most high ranking members post about things I know next to nothing about, so I can't really contribute to their posts.
I have noticed a decline in the amount of votes I'm getting though. I still have no clue what brought that on (except for maybe the sheer number increase of posts).
You point to some interesting data. I really think that we are all still trying to figure this out!
I think so too! I've written a little something about it this morning and many people are pointing towards the HF and the fact that voting power drains much faster now. Newbies don't have the voting slider, so they're reluctant to vote as much as they used to (understandably). Others are still trying to find a good balance.
Good to note some changes in the reward program and there won't be any more bones on the plate. However the program has changed now, I'd like to let you know that this is my first comment on your posts and I don't wish to get rewarded with any bone from the old dog ....I'm a vegan, You know!
But yeah, Steem Dollars are hot! 😆
Thanks for your nice comment! Funny as well!
From me and my 9 months old giant malamute with love, send you the warmest regards and all the best things in life. :) we still have a long way to go! He's just 9 months. More fun and laughter to share. :)
By the way, he's name is Kobe. :) i sleep with him, eat with him and walk with him almost everyday.
Wooof!! Wooof!! Woooooof!!
What a beautiful dog! Thanks!
Youre always welcome. And thanks for sharing as well. :)
Well done @kus-knee upvoted and resteemed!!! This poem for your good mood:
Maybe who offended you, friend?
Lost something? Not formed relationship?
You do not find the strength to be courageous
And there is no pain in salvation?
Do not give up! It's not the time yet! Too early!
The sun will rise at dawn.
And I was bad in my life,
So appreciate every good word.
Thanks @bugavi poet!
Great project! Wish I could also do one like these in the near future!
If you have the desire you'll make it!