This is indeed a good point of discussion and soul searching for steemit community (all of us) and the witnesses. I do like @jesta a lot and started using his / her apps on steemit when I was new and loved it. @good-karma is head of esteem (I guess) , @timcliff is a real gent, @blocktrades is the wallet and exchange guy...lol , and many more. Some do add big value here but not all. Thanks for sharing
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And WTF is esteem?
@blocktrades is more than a wallet guy - he runs a ripoff exchange - please do your due diligence before using his site
Having to use blocktrades to make a round-trip trade out of and back into steemit makes me think it would be more fun to grab a pile of money and just burn 30-40% of it in a bonfire on the beach and try to make some revenue back from uploading videos of it. At least there's a chance I would recoup some of the cost.
esteem is a mobile STEEM application people can use to access the site. You know, like the one that Steemit Inc claimed was a priority and hasn't delivered.
Thank you, editing post.
What is the main issue with Blocktrades website , in your view ?
It’s a ripoff.
From a price quote while conversion perspective ?
Have you already written a post about this topic ?
Really? You've been around this place for how long and you don't know what eSteem is?
3/5 stars in the app store with 37 reviews, enough said.
I don't think those stars are representative. @good-karma has the highest witness votes count with 12,161, second is @jesta with 10,332 and @blocktrades comes third with 9,104. If they're that popular, they must be doing something with a high impact for users. Don't you think?
You can do all kinds of stats sorting by clickin on the column headers at https://steemian.info/witnesses
You're combining worthwhile witnesses with those who I don't feel are. I'm not going to argue with you just to argue. My opinion on them is above.
It's worth noting that good-karma votes for almost the largest number of accounts of any user on the Steem blockchain - every week, as you can see on steem ocean. 3467 accounts voted for in one week. I don't think it's fair to note that he has 12000+ witness votes without taking the full picture into consideration.
I'm not picking on him (or anyone), just adding a data point.
Esteem sometimes gives automatic upvotes (0.20$) when someone post article using the app. One of those upvoters is good-karma. That is reason for that high number of accounts he upvoted and probably why many of witness votes for him are coming from users of eSteem app.
BTW Esteem app is full of bugs. Tried to use it, but because of number of bugs I don't use anymore. Few people told me same story.
Awwww Bernie , I always use @blocktrades for exchange purposes because it is fast and almost no fees...guess we do not have any other option here. Thanks for sharing
I'm kinda new to this but have heard bad things about Blocktrades. It's endorsed by Ned / Steemit Inc. as the main link when we sell / buy. How do we go about not using it and something else?