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50k vested / I still ❤️Steem

I had originally planned to write up some thoughts on the soft-fork, but everything I had to say has been voiced and so this one is more about some more personal Steem news that took place today.

Although not really a matter to joke about, I feel an opportunity has been missed to write about the happenings that brought about the soft-fork, something along the lines of......

Hey Ned, it's me Justin, we met at the club last week....

Oh hi Justin, how's things?

Well, I was thinking about what you were saying about Steemy, and its highly decentralized nature...

It's Steem - the blockchain, STEEM, the currency, and Steemit Inc, the company I own. No 'Steemy', save that for the club, but carry on..

I like Steemy, and I'd like to by your company, including all the stake you mined.

You wan't the mined stake? They won't let you use it and threatened to freeze it while I was powering some down last year - what do you want to do this for? I mean, I'll happily sell, i'm bored of Steem and have some other plans for world domination.

tumbleweed

Well Ned, what I'm going to do is test the network. I'm going to put out some news regarding shipping Steem to Tron, I'm going to vote some witnesses in on Tron with my majority stake, and just generally do some shit that will see what these Steem witnesses are all about.

Then I will truly know if this chain is solid, and one I can invest into.

Well crazy horse, that's a brave approach, good luck, 10 mill?

Done.

Yeah so that probably didn't happen... just a thought :)

Anyway, onto the main business of this post. Guess who just bought some more STEEM to reach 50,000 vested earlier this evening?

Brave, stupid, or buying when others are fearful at the beginning of a bull market? We shall see.

There are so many ways to gamify Steem, even in a bear market. Like this one ....

It's called drain your RCs by claiming accounts and see how low you can go. Myself and Taraz have been taking part for a while now, and this is the top score so far.

During the past couple of years I've degated SP to quite a lot of accounts, and all but a couple (curangel, misterengagement) have been without direct financial reward.

adollaraday, amariespeaks, arteem, asapers, barge, bashadow, beerlover, beeyou, binkyprod, blazing, brittandjosie, buckaroo, c-cubed, chireerocks, cicisaja, coinsandchains, comedyopenmic, creyestxsa94, cryptkeeper17, crypto-econom1st, c-squared, curangel, curie, davemccoy, delega, downthehabithole, drugwars-dealer, dustbunny, dustsweeper, enjar, eveningart, foxyspirit, friendsofgondor, fullcoverbetting, gillianpearce, glenalbrethsen, halcyondaze, headchange, helpie, ivoted, janton, johndoer123, leeart, lpessin, lynncoyle1, markangeltrueman, maverickinvictus, melinda010100, melvadg, minnowbuilder, minnowsupport, mirrors, misterengagement, mitneb, moneyinfant, mountainjewel, mrday, naditinkoff, newageinv, ofildutemps, openmic, osm0sis, ourfreesociety, pifc, pruebas, reazuliqbal, rentmoney, spaminator, steemflagrewards, steemitworldmap, stevenwood, themanwithnoname, themobilewriter, thewritersblock, utopian-io, veryspider, yogajill, youarehope.

There are a reasonable amount of the above accounts still active, and considering most of the delegations were made a year or two ago, I think the SP boost early on has helped with retention. Thanks for sticking around!

I've also managed to vote for quite a lot of accounts with my main account and the tribe related alts - 11498 so far, and I hope that number rises in the coming months.

My vote weight history (excluding downvotes) looks reasonable, but I'm not sure without other charts to compare (fancy a pie-chart anyone?). I do think my own account being 3rd in the list isn't particularly awesome, but at least it's not the biggest slice - 'everyone else' taking that by a distance.

The tribes have helped build my SP, and I'm about 5000 STEEM 'up' from Steem-Engine as well as holding a reasonable number of tokens like STEM and SPORTS. I'm looking forward to SMT and hope that some tribes choose to migrate so's to take advantage of things like the steempress plugin, and be able to market directly to sites in which their niche token would sit best.

I want to say thank you to everyone who's still around, those who support my content, those who secure the chain, and those that make me laugh each day.

Onwards!

Ash

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@trendotoken(59)· 2370d
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@chireerocks(75)· 2370d
@abh12345, Congratulations brother. Keep achieving more Success and Growth. My good wishes are with you and stay blessed.

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@wesa(52)· 2371d
bravo....@abh12345 you are really doing a very awesome job...an applause to you.....

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@nickyhavey(74)· 2371d
Congratulations! By my reckoning (and unofficial steemitboard rankings), that makes you a Forca! Full orca motherforca 😀
@sourovafrin(73)· 2372d
Just powered up some today..
@fionasfavourites(77)· 2372d
Congratulations, Asher!

You really are putting your money where your mouth is!!

I loved that imaginary conversation. Oh to be a fly on those walls... Mind you, that would probably be a major infestation....

I am hanging around just doing the ostrich thing until things settle.
@aussieninja(70)· 2372d
Look at you! You're the 430th best buddy on the blockchain! Well done dude!!
@riverflows(82)· 2372d
I literally just hit the power down button. I don't know why stop stressed maybe about upcoming travels and overworked trying to support hit people here on Steam. I will likely stop powering down later this afternoon. It's a fun game I play where I laugh at myself for being an idiot. Just letting you know I am taking a little break whilst I am in India so those pesky self boats might stick because I won't be around to take them off my scheduled posts. Anyway this is likely bulshit as I will probably be stealing from some hotel room somewhere in Northern India. I have had two people from natural medicine with fairly large delegation take them away this week because they are powering down. I found it a little sad to be honest. You do well with steam engine. I have get to learn a few tricks but I guess I am so busy with other things on Steam that I haven't had a chance to really think about how to run an alt or twenty.
@bdmillergallery(77)· 2372d
Wow! That's an impressive list of account delegations.. And Kudos to you for supporting all of those people who in turn supported others, so on and so forth. Even if I do not get a noticeable return on my delegation, it makes me feel goo that it's being put to good use. Like @curangel. I see what the curate and am pretty in line with that.

Also A BIG THANKS for investing in steem and thus SP!! Being an active participant on the blockchain, it's nice to see investment happening. I feel not so alone on that front now. I appreciate your trust in steem. For what it's worth, I'm right there with ya!

As for the funny stuff at the beginning, I was thinking that this was a pretty good possible scenario. Sounded real good to me.. I laughed at the "Steemy" part. The "tumbleweed" was an awesome addition to the story! I lost it just about then.. hahaha.

See ya around the chain @abh12345 :-D
@paulag(74)· 2372d
great post Asher, it made me laugh. I can nearly hear justin and ned having that chat.

And woot woot, nice work on the 50sp. I hope you remember me when your rich. Actually forget that, I hope we get to meet on steemy island becuase I hope to be rich too one day . Just dont invite Ned and Justin :-)
@robertandrew(70)· 2372d
Congrats on the 50K. Great investment, imho
@coininstant(69)· 2372d
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@oo7harv(50)· 2372d
TYOP halfway through: "you 'wan't'", just FYI Interesting post still! :) *Upvote
@esecholo(65)· 2372d
I have never bought into Steem and I most definitely don't plan on doing it.
@arcange(79)· 2372d
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@mauriciozoch(65)· 2373d
that's a lot of SP! and me thinking that my 500 was a nice number ajjajaajaj
@d-pend(76)· 2373d
Congrats Ash! That is the milestone I've had on my radar forever, lol. I have been picking up and vesting STEEM throughout the bear market, but only little pieces as I'm pretty wiped out from the crypto winter.

I've bought Sooooo much above $2... hell, I picked up plenty of $4 STEEM. And yeah, for a long time I just wiped crypto out of my mind, partitioned it off, as it were, for my own peace.

You mentioned in another comment you wish for more returnees to the community. I do, too. The poetry side of things has always been small in comparison to crypto-related content, and it feels a bit like a ghost town around these parts much of the time.

But, I've made the decision to view whatever I have or don't have in STEEM as "extra".... that is, not to think of it as income but in terms of a gift economy. Actually, I'm not entirely sure that's smart, since I've tended to continuously give away votes, my time, and energy and then get into a position where I can't pay food/rent.

There's being selfless... and then there's being stupid. At the same time, we can't take anything monetary out of this world with us. What's important is experiences, relationships, growth. Anywho, I may be digressing. But congrats again and glad there's people like you who have stuck it out. Cheers.
@arcange(79)· 2373d
And so close to becoming an Orca. Go @abh12345, Go! 👯💃👯💃👯💃
@uyobong(78)· 2373d
Getting this from users like you encourages us newbies to see a future in steem. THis encourages a lot.

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@fullcoverbetting(74)· 2373d
Funny write up! We will never know how it exactly went, maybe the meeting between Sun and the witnesses will make some things more clear! Congrats on the milestone. You are a true example as steemian!

Why are you and @tarazkp claiming accounts? What's the purpose of it besides draining the RC?

I always have been gratefull for the SP you did delegate to me. Probably this indeed kept me out of the retention charts!

Keep on steeming!

Cheers, Peter
@bala41288(80)· 2373d
That was a nice conversation. 😀😅 And, Congratulations @abh12345.

I just realized that I need 44k more SP to reach your total SP. But by the time I reach there, you would be somewhere around 500k. 😉😛
@calisthenicsdrop(66)· 2373d
Looks good I wish I had the chance to have 50.000 SP. Also if you are interested in supporting the Bulgarian community that I’m trying to build can check my video here -> https://3speak.online/watch?v=calisthenicsdrop/aprcyuom

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@glenalbrethsen(71)· 2373d
Hey, @abh12345.

Happy 50,000 SP.

You didn't use the term Orca, though, so I suppose that means you'll make another announcement when you hit that, since technically the bar has been raised to 51,000.5? :)
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@michealb(67)· 2373d
congrats Ash
@forykw(71)· 2373d
Mocking up time 🤣 Funny moments to dabble about. This quite looks like a book to me... when's chapter 23? =)
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@cryptocurator(65)· 2373d
Well done Asher - leading by example - a total credit to the community. Do you know where you stand in Terms of SP Holding Rank? Top 200?

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@revisesociology(82)· 2373d
Base 10.

Congrats.
@galenkp(84)· 2373d
I'm glad you're on steemy and also that I am able to confidently say that I made it somewhere into the grey section of the chart through gaining some votes for you.

Cheers mate. Keep steemying on.
@geekgirl(80)· 2373d
Congratulations! Well played!
@ragnarokdel(60)· 2373d
Oh, how I wish I could claim accounts for my friends, community and family. Maybe one day. In the meantime, I am doing what I can with what I got
@johndoer123(68)· 2373d
My friend you davemccoy and simplymike are 99 percent of the reason i stayed. you are an amazing community member... as for the conversation above...that is a very interesting take on it...and you may be right. rich(successful) people are generally preety smart....and that scenario may well be very correct.
@cyberblock(65)· 2373d
It's too bad steem is dropping like a rock :( Sucks
@gingbabida(67)· 2373d
The convo is hilarious, but made me think! Hmmmm.. 🤔

Thank you for sticking around and for being brave when everything seems shaky. And for supporting many brave fellows as well.
@darrenfj(62)· 2373d
If it didn't go like that, it totally should have..
@shanibeer(74)· 2373d
Well done 😊 Must feel good!
@enjar(79)· 2373d
Gratz! Cheers to many more fun and interesting years ahead.
@abitcoinskeptic(75)· 2373d
Congrats Mr.Orca! You have done very well around here. Certainly well deserved.
@bashadow(70)· 2373d
I'm still around, and your delegation helped me to get to 500SP minnow status, and now I am well on my way to dolphin, slightly less than a couple hundred off from 2800SP, I know things seem uncertain, and I am not real happy with current events, but still here. Stuff changes, people either grow or mold. I still think FUD is fun.

Ah yes Hard fork 19 and everyone will be able to create accounts for free. I am still glad I did not believe it then and got my two free accounts before the initialization of the HF. One year later, and I still can not create a free account. At least I am half way to being able to do so.
@azircon(79)· 2373d
That conversation was cool! I think I picked up something similar from somewhere : Here goes: ~~

"Sunday, we soft forked to freeze your stake from voting. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"And we'll be using our own native smart media tokens for communities, so make sure you don't plan to integrate anything with Tron."

"Yes."

"Now, you are under no circumstances to impose any Tron bullshit on our ecosystem, tokens or otherwise."

"Yes."

"OK, has anything that I've just said confused you?"

"Yes."

"Goddamn it!"

~~

Also reminds me of a famous series :

Hey! I am still here :)
@toofasteddie(77)· 2373d
Hope you are not thinking to stop posting man, your "thank you" seems like a bye bye ;-)
@karinxxl(76)· 2373d
Ahhh...shush you!!
@pardinus(75)· 2373d
50k is a milestone, congratulations!
@smasssh(67)· 2373d
(almost) Orca coming through!? Buying more, despite the controversy. Brave move. Good job mate, congratz.
@katrina-ariel(69)· 2373d
Okay, first off, that imagined conversation was hilarious. Well played. Also, I'm glad you're still here. (((hugs)))
@stackin(78)· 2373d
Such a damn boss right there! 🙌🏼

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@meesterboom(81)· 2373d
Hot flaming donkey shit!!! Are you an Orca now? HAve you joined the ranks of us who must not be named?? :OD

Awesome biscuits dude!
@gillianpearce(67)· 2373d
I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . thanks so much for that SP in the the early days. It made a huge difference, along with the engagement league to having a fun experience here.

I'm not active in the way I once was but I'm still here, waiting to see what happens next.

Whatever that is it's been a fun ride and I've enjoyed all the great people (yourself high on the list) that I've met here. 💙
@tarazkp(86)· 2373d
I don't think I an beet the low RC score....

Congrats on the 50K! but remember you need 100K vested to be an Orca:

You think 10 Million for Steemit Inc and an ill-gotten stake?

I have delegated to quite a few also, but unsure how many are still active, especially among those that I onboarded. Galen has done okay though :)

I think when it comes to lifetime voteweight, I might be pretty high on my own list, but then I haven't SV'd for near on a year I think now.

Congrats again on the great milestone - see you at the top of Steem School!!!
@yonnathang(75)· 2373d
Congratulations. That's an interesting number. I'm sure you have a lot of good things ahead of you. I hope you can continue to contribute in the best way to the chain.
@alexvanaken(68)· 2373d
Nice Steemies bro
@chekohler(76)· 2373d
50k bay bay! I hope they freeze your stake, don't you dare think of powering down. We clearly need more big dick swingers around here to flex on the chain and shape it in various directions and not only in a few peoples vision of what this place can be.
@amico(67)· 2373d
@tipu curate

A huge hug from @amico! 🤗

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