Hey Again, Steemitizens,
Let's get down to brass tacks and talk, more or less in a meandering path through the last few weeks of my life as a Steem Block Chain Witness.
OK, long story made short...
Yeah, that's not gonna happen. It's a long story.
So where do I begin? I begin with the biggest impacts and work my way down.
I moved. From a 17 acres off grid, no utilities working farm homestead with livestock, to an extended stay hotel in a city, for my company's sake, of which I am an equity holder and co-founder. I am between permanent housing while I learn my way around this area, 400 miles from my former tiny cabin and farm.
During that time, I also launched my new project @YouAreHOPE.
YouAreHOPE Foundation is the first worldwide humanitarian aid focused organization that runs exclusively on transparent steem and steem backed dollars, while empowering Agents of HOPE in economically distressed locales, our fellow steemitizens, to do good acts for the most impoverished people of Earth. All powered by the loving generosity of the steem block chain community. Learn more on our account at @YouAreHOPE or join our discord at https://discord.gg/zkTeKeS
I also built and tested, and have ready to go, a new 24/7 broadcasting audio/video streaming network for steem
I am about to rebrand the formerly YouAreHOPE "radio" station into it's own stand alone entity, which will then become a primary Official Sponsor of YouAreHOPE. There are many reasons for this, which are primarily about increased content flexibility on the radio, mitigation of any potential conflicts of interest, legal protection should the public streams encounter some kind of issue, etc.
I upgraded my server to 32 gigs and 8 cores, from a former 16 gigs and 6 cores
I also missed two blocks during the process because I forgot to disable my witness during the lengthy multi hour back up ,system image, block chain replay and of course, the quick upgrade process itself.
I had a perfect score. I blew it. I was one of maybe 25 witnesses or so that had zero blocks missed out of nearly 1500 known witness nodes running, or so I've heard.
And I let you down. It will never happen again on my servers. I promise you. I will stay way ahead of the expectations from now on, as time goes on.
I made some witness vote changes for myself and the 15 people or so that choose to proxy through my vote choices
I'm often faced with tough decisions. I trusted my 30 vote selections for quite some time, but then I would encounter things like new witnesses arriving, such as @ats-david, and I just feel compelled to vote for them, for my various reasons such as their contributions to the community or their stances on popular issues. It IS a political race to the top when you enter the witness arena after all. And it could be better, but I'm not here to offer a "how", only to feel in my gut that the selection process could be more equalized on meritocracy, versus the current aristocracy. One man's two cents.
I am in 22 discords, and a moderator in something like half a dozen.
And there's that. I am clearly so dedicated to STEEM and the incredibly vibrant and loving community I live in here, that, welp, yep, I live in here.
So vote for me for witness, already. What's keeping ya?
Oh, that stupid PAL / MSP controversy? Meh. I'm over it. Their people poke the bear now and then, and so do I, but that's about what you'd expect in a social media environment, where keyboard wars and mouse wielding warriors find their battlegrounds and enter the fray. We ain't bad people, we're just a little... over tired
[EDIT - ADDITION]
You know what? Fuck it. @Aggroed. Let's call a truce. It's on me to apologize for allowing my broken heart to destroy a vision. Merry Christmas. Happy Thanksgiving. Call it Cain and Abel. Call it bullshit between brothers. Call it off. It's your call.
I hated to love you, and I loved to hate you. Something's gotta change there, because the acid is only eating me up.
Same goes for you @crimsonclad. I love you. Let's find our way to ... somewhere we can co-exist better than this.
@netuoso you are still a dork, but I still win being the Ladies man in SteemDevs
Now, back to our regular programming.
Opinions on recent events
Flag Wars: You guys, cut it out, y'all are just being assholes.
Reward Pool Drain: You guys, cut it out, y'all are just being assholes.
Spam/Trolling: You guys, cut it out, y'all are just being assholes.
Sensing a theme here?
You guys, cut it out, y'all are just being assholes.
Now play nice.
I work hard at it every day. I mess up. I keep going.
You can do it too.
You are hope.
Which reminds me.
Be sure to visit the YouAreHOPE Discord to lend your encouragement, support, and maybe even some help to YouAreHOPE Agents of HOPE, out there getting good done on this big old dirty and wet bumpy rock we call home, our planet Earth, for our fellow humans.
See ya there!
Yours in service,
SirCork
Founder: @YouAreHOPE
Steem Witness
Great report, keep it going
Thanks fellow witness! It's always an honor to have other witnesses approve of your work here for sure!
I don't know that I've ever spoken to you, but I see you everywhere. As far as I can tell you care, so if you don't screw up too often (at worst no more than I do) you have my vote. And there is HOPE.
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
I guess I get around, because I care, and there is HOPE, trust me, I'm from the mean lean university of life.
Great comment. Made me smile bigly!
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I adore this update. Thanks for being honest with your misstep and obviously showing you have learnt from it. For addressing anything people might be worried with, as well as being straight forward on a couple of topics others have been thinking about. You already have my vote because of the confidence I have in your ability and care for this platform. Great update.
Thank you so much Kpop!
Grabs the popcorn and anxiously waits for what's about to happen
In all seriousness one of the best witness updates I've seen in a while. YouAreHope is awesome and can't wait to see what Steem, Steemit, and YAH can all do together.
Me either! On all counts. Here. Have some:
Lol thanks for the pop pop as my son calls it.
lol awesome
This was never a war Sircork. We have community standards and rules. You were breaking them. No one wanted to ban you or kick you. We needed the behavior to stop and you needed time to do it.
I call you brother. I mean it, but I'm nervous about your sincerity given your history. This is on my radar. I hope you can tow the line and act within community standards. Do that for a bit and we'll see what happens next.
Thanks for reaching out. It's a good place for a deliberately slow new start.
First off, I didn't call to come back. Also, You never produced the evidence. Third, that standard seems a little different for one certain dethroned senior mod who has "multiple violations" and an admirer with rather new power and a rather subjective point of view. So you can continue to play that card, and there will continue to be a LOT of people who saw it otherwise, for what it really was.
Like the half dozen growing communities I mod in or support or have my project supported by.
Do what you gotta do with the truth. I'm willing to set your incomplete version of it aside. Are you?
Well, that's more information than I've ever wanted to know about a witness and their opinions. Way to be transparent. You already have my vote, and you can continue to have it.
I use-ta do drugs.
I still do.
But I use-ta too.
What a change - from your off-grid farm to the city! I will check out the You are hope discord - I do believe that steem and the various platforms running on the blockchain has a huge potential to even out some of the social injustice.
I am interested to know why everyone here is concentrating their effort to build broadcasting stations. In my opinion, on-demand audio and video is the future. Seems odd to me that a forward thinking group is putting so much effort into streaming....
I don't know much about justice, and sometimes I am not even very social. But there are hungry people and kids without shoes or school supplies. I can hook them up!
So this will be my second streaming build here and I can tell you this much. As 4g and faster techs increase, listening to streams, or watching them in vehicles and anywhere you like, is enjoying a meteoric rise, fueled by the rise of podcasts, even your major media outlets now offer streaming options and plan to increase them.
Smart phones and tablets are already there. Then, in 2018, 90% of cars, are expected to have internet capabilities and screens in their dashes for streams or on-demand. This is the next level of television everywhere and I'm now building my second network to demonstrate and serve its growing popularity.
I guess I am not understanding the technology correctly. Or used the wrong word. I thought you are working on a broadcast set up like a radio station. I am all in agreement that podcasts and such are the way people will consume media in the future.
24/7 live streaming audio and video.
Example of some movies running on my current YouAreHOPE network (soon to rebranded as noted in the above post) currently while load testing:
http://youarehope.org/tv
And the station I built for PAL/MSP and later resigned from:
http://mspwaves.com/home/listen
These are what I mean
I'll check it out. I am just deep in the podcasting conversation and everybody is proclaiming that on-demand listening and viewing is what people want. All good. Thanks for all you do.
I was deep in podcasting too. I dropped out for streams, which do, though, sometimes run pre-recorded material, including syndicated podcasts. so there's that too.
May I ask why you dropped out of podcasting?
This is a start. I’ve worked beside you, am currently watching you, and haven’t forgotten the effects of your reaction to actions or the lack thereof.
Tread lightly, I once said to a friend.
LOL, I appreciate the sentiment, @Kubbyelizabeth, but I will continue to stand tall, enough people know the truth of things even you were never privy too, that I am neither confused nor worried about where I stand. I owe @aggroed an apology for some harsh words, but I wasn't wrong when I said them, only the delivery was too much. Actions taken however or NOT taken by others are still what really demand an apology to more than just me, but several of us. In the end, even YOU took up the fight I was wrongfully punished for, and congratulations, apparently you won that fight.
But I will not "tread lightly" for anyone who plays silly games and can't fess up to whole truths. I will however, forgive and forget, if they manage to own their own accountabilities as well.
"I work hard at it every day. I mess up. I keep going"
Hey again @sircork
You know, unless you are hiding something, you are only human, right? I can respect the fact you are essentially owning up to your shortcomings, even if some of them are only perceived. It is pretty clear to me your are passionate about steemit and the you are hope project also proves you havd a heart. I'm going to dm you on discord about something i think could be useful for steemit, witness related.
Resteemed and, again welcome to the east coast. I hope you are adjusting well.
Well, Ive lived all but one year of my life on the east coast, at one point many years literally on the sand, on the east coast of Florida ;) But thank you all the same for the warm greets!
DM away, Im nearly always here, except for the power nap here and there at random a few times a week lol :D
How dare you take time for a power nap?
(Kidding)
Don't worry I haven't forgotten.
Just been keeping the roads between Maryland and Pittsburgh hot for a quick t-giving trip. I'll hit you up quite soon
Keep the shiney side up and the rubber side down on that roadtrippin'.
I'll be here. I'm always here. :)
Mission completed
Also i just hit up up so hopefully you're the only sir cork on dcord
I am the only sircork ANYWHERE :D
Well, clearly, I got the right one and glad to know that! =)
Love the post - humorous! <---- good thing spell checker caught that. Upvoted!
Thanks! I wasn't entirely trying to be funny, but funny how that works... ;)
you got my 3 big yeses and a golden buzzer hahahahhaha
Thanks very muchly! :D
Well, before we say yes... Tara Banks flies in front of us and hits the golden buzzer hahahahaha
I was REALLY hoping for Gwen Stefani
also be cool to kick it with Ce-lo
hahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Thanks for attending Pimp Your Post Thursday @sircork. I have written a post to share your featured post. Just stopping back to let you know that you can see your name in lights right here. (Just kidding about the lights :)
It appears that you are indeed human, and a top notch one at that.
Everyone makes mistakes, but you my friend take the bull by the horns and man up. :-) Well done Sir. You now got my vote, one of four I voted for. I am very choosy with Witness Votes. You have a wonderful evening. :-)
Thank you very, very much for the trust. I'll give it my best for the future of the chain.
All the support!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Likewise man. I am some kind of madly humbly apologetic for the trail incident. I hope it's fixed all around now. :( So dumb of me.
I liked that you cared enough to flag a content you thought was stolen from me. :)
Things all good.
It's ugly behavior. And nobody is ugly to my friends, or anyone undeserving on my watch anymore. Not like that anyway. I care a lot.
Thanks.
Namaste!
I recognize the spirit of you and in you as well!
Hoping for bright and shiny futures for all.
Keep on keeping on.
Me too. :crossed_fingers:
love the update, nicely done and good on your for being the bigger man and putting out the olive branch.
It was up to me to extend it. I'm the one that broke it.
then good on you for admitting your grievances. Way too many people are pigheaded about this sort of stuff. Owning the mistake/accident/offence is the best way for everything to get better.
Giving it a shot. So far, it's crickets. :|
NOM NOM
That is a beautiful and such an open statement from you.
I guess that's what it's all about, enjoying the open community, having fun, and helping each other out.
Again best of luck on yourarehope !
Annnd I kinda feel how bad it had been to miss some blocks, perfect records always feel different, but hey we are all human ;)
I liked my high score :(
Oh well. Onward and blockward. Awkward.
Thanks for the kind words my friend.
What an awesome guy you are..I mean that !! I hope you are not missing those wide open spaces too much, I'm sure living in the city now and coming from that environment would definitely short circuit my head for a while. I pray the hand you have reached out in peace comes back full of blessings
I do miss them. This was a rather sudden business need, so here I am though. Short circuit is exactly the words for it. Thank you for the prayers.
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