I have been doing #FollowFriday posts most weeks since joining Steem (long before Hive) nearly four years ago. One of the main reasons for doing this is to help some smaller accounts gain followers who will not only vote on their posts, but also comment and make this a real social platform. It is not just about money and if you are not making much then it has to be fun for people to want to stick around. Like everyone I have limited time to read my feed, so I try to fill it with cool content. That can be music and comics as well as blog posts. Most of my voting is manual and I am likely to give bigger votes to posts that are just making cents than to those what already have many dollars by the time I see them. I know a lot of those votes will be automatic.
I do not check on how my votes are distributed, but @abh12345 produced this chart for me and it shows a pretty good distribution. I would like to be supporting more redfish, but they may not be so prolific in posting.
I started the @tenkminnows project to do more to support the smaller accounts with automatic votes. I delegate to this account and it has become a minnow itself. Here are some of the accounts it supports. Some are already minnows, but are a long way off being dolphins.
- @grindle is really into urbex (urban exploring) and uncovers some fascinating abandoned buildings with cool photography. He only has 73 followers so far. I am sure there are more out there who share his interest.
- @normie.fitness posts about exercise and nutrition. He has had his own issues with his weight and writes about what reall works. He should have far more than 44 followers.
- @biggypauls posts a lot of pictures of fish and motorbikes, but he covers other topics too, including music and travel. He has just 127 followers.
- @rthelly is a UK runner with 26 followers. She may inspire others to get out there and exercise.
- @gtown is a fellow guitarist who joined Hive recently and only has 6 followers so far. He is posting about music theory as he tries to understand it himself.
I review the accounts @tenkminnows votes on periodically and will have spare capacity at times. I want it to be using its votes well. I know some others follow the voting trail.
Of course the witnesses and dapp developers deserve to do well, but let us not forget that we all had to start somewhere. Not everyone has money they can invest in Hive, but if they can be persuaded to stay active their HP can grow and help spread the rewards with their votes.
The doghouse
I want to give a special mention to @fersher (aka @stimialiti, @slowgrow) I was one of those who downvoted their spammy Steem posts a couple of years ago and they have been trying to annoy me every since. Even with with a little delegation from @bullionstackers their downvotes are insignificant and of late the kind @saboin can been countering them so that I actually gain more rewards each time. @fersher seems to be trying to emulate the mysterious @dein-problem who hands out 1% downvotes with even less HP in an effort to troll the community. You really should not worry about downvotes from such fleas. They mean nothing. These people do not post, so you cannot retaliate, but it is hardly worth it anyway. Downvotes are a fact of life on these platforms and necessary to control real abuse. Do not let them get you down.
I had a mass of downvotes this morning from persistent troll @huaren.news who has been downvoted to negative reputation on Hive. He controls dozens of plankton accounts that follow his flags, but they do not bother me at all.
I am fortunate to have made a lot of friends here and they support me. I do not take their support for granted and am quite happy if they choose to vote up redfish and minnows like those I listed above instead. I have done really well so far and will gain a few thousand more HIVE as I sell off the remainder of my Steem over the next few weeks. I hope to get to orca level this year. That will enable to me to help even more people.
Hive is still tiny, so let us do what we can to help it grow. Encourage the new accounts, but do some basic checks to ensure they are genuine. There are some scammers who will take pictures and writing by others that they try to pass off as their own. New accounts should be prepared to provide some evidence of their identity. Good ways to do that are in a video or by posting about Hive on other social media.
If you know anyone who needs a Hive account then I can create them quickly and for free. Just let me know.
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Tell you what. Let me take care of all those DV and the one that will follow on the 6th day, which you forgot to mention, with a single upvote. Done!..... Next?
Thanks. I don't let those guys get to me, but I really appreciate your support.
Hi Steve thanks for the big up, i'm made of too sterner stuff to let these trolls bother me, it's pretty sad on their part that they get something from acting like twats. I will make it a point to check out the mentions above, genuine new blood helps us all grow.
No problem. The 'wild west' nature of Hive can put some people off. I see some get upset by even insignificant flags, but trolls can do what they like here. I prefer to have freedom than central control, so we have to live with it.
It's a free world and idiots along with the undead walk among us, I have a strong chin and nothing they do can faze me.
Thanks for the mention! Much appreciated.
No problem. Looks like I gained you some followers, which was the point.
I've been getting downvote on every post that is older than 4 or 5 days from the two accounts lately. Hey, I'm just a little cat account.
It's right not to worry, but for smaller accounts such strong downvotes can be frustrating. Coincidentally I get more upvotes at the moment, so I'm not at 0, so it's ok, but can you always expect that? I can't understand such downvote actions.
I see he gave you a positive vote on one post. Let me know if he gets too annoying and I'll send you more votes.
Yes, I don't understand that, but I just got a 100% downvote from him again. I think the upvote was accidental :) Thanks to you and also thanks to everyone who just gave me an upvote. Too bad that you have to deal with such unnecessary things.
I can accept some retaliation as I will take action against those abusing this platform for selfish reasons. @fersher is an odd one as they have decided to persist with this whilst making very little. All they had to do was be a better member of the community and I would leave them alone. There are much bigger fish to deal with, but the abuse is not totally out of control like it is on Steem now.
BTW You don't need to vote on my comments. You need more HP to generate rewards. Better to vote on posts really.
We'll see what happens in the future.
Oh...thx for the delegation 😊 That was not my intention when I wrote the post.
You are welcome. I was removing delegations from some inactive accounts anyway. I like my HP to get used.
Very happy to see you’re keeping up with @tenkminnows project.
I followed them all five minnows that you mentioned on the post and I’ll try to add value to their HIVE journey.
Hope you and your family are doing well.
Ps. I’m back to HIVE full time now after a long break
Any time a real community builder comes back to us it's a cause for celebration, so welcome back! It has been a while. Wishing you all the best.
Thank you Steve. I truly appreciate your trust in my ability!
Ahh thanks for thinking of me Steve :) you’re a goodun!
No problem. Happy to help.
I will definitely check out the 4 users you mentioned, I already know @biggypauls :)
I know it can be hard time to them to get noticed at the starts and for curators to find them. Would be sad to see good users leave discouraged.
Thanks! :)
Good to hear it. I have made lots of friends here. Just have to find those who share your interests.
I agree :)
I just checked that accounts (giving them a bit of "love" ^_^ ) and wow, they are really interesting ! Thanks for this "follow Friday", dear Steve!
Well, you have gone and done it now. Years more torment for you, with vote weights of 0.5% complete with massive stashes of powered up HIVE.
Let them flag me forever. Don't know why they do not even post on Steem as nobody will care what they do now.
I don't know.. I may flag him even on STEEM. Exceptions can be made!
My vote distribution turned out to be almost completely equal which i found suprising.
Deffo giving a follow, anything fish related I'm all for!
Equal share for everyone!
That's an interesting distribution. Maybe spare a little more love for the small-fry ;)
lol, the fleas :)
dien-problem, what a waste of time.
Anyway, good stuff Steve, always one for getting some support for the smaller accounts.
I hope they benefit from these posts. We need the small-fry.
I have been going back and forth now that the price of Hive is higher about whether or not I should start doing some self voting. I think I spread my vote around pretty well that it wouldn't be a big deal if I voted my posts up every now and then. Like I said, I am still on the fence about it. Nice collection you have put together here!
I try to avoid self-voting. For what I would make it is not worth it to me. I still make something voting for others and I like the nice zero on the engagement league table :)
That spot on the table is the main thing that has been keeping me from doing it too.
Trust me .... You are the best!! There is no arguments,i give it to you, you area very considerate man
This is what i have been hammering on for days. Personally, i don't need support to get HP. I believe in hive so I will definitely get enough hive to engage at least. The problem is how do you tell someone to join the netwwork when a new account only allows 3 comments? What will you tell them to motivate them.
You have ssupported me so far and i am so so grateful.
If you delegate a few Hive to a new account they can do a lot more. We have to help them out in the early days.
But how many hive can a red fish like me delegate???
Even 5 or so makes a difference. Just until they can make that much for themselves. If you can sign up a really good content creator then let me know and I will consider delegating more, but I already support a load of people.
I will inform you
Yay!
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That's great work there Steve👍👍
Just out of interest, do you consistently upvote your selected accounts for a period of time?
I have Hive Voter set to give them a vote or two each day by @tenkminnows and I follow the trail with smaller votes. I have no fixed rules on how long they get support.
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hey man... thanks for the mention. It is truly appreciated :)