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My wife's cousin @robrigo was one of the earlier adopters and he was running a witness node for a while. He was in the process of powering down when he got me onto the platform. It's too bad too because he had a pretty big account and it would have given me a good boost assuming he had voted for me. Instead I had to do it all the old fashioned way! Probably makes it a bit more sweet, but those early upvotes would have been nice!

I remember him! Getting the attention of the whales was the difference between success and obscurity in that first six months. There were account-holders working with the whales to actively scout out talent that they felt might give the platform visibility. It's good that we have more of a meritocracy and rewards are evenly distributed now.

Yes, it is good that things are a little different now.