Ask Me Anything - Marky Edition - March 2024

ctrpch 9 months ago

Hi, I want to ask about your experience being a hive witness, how it was when you first started, what you did to get votes and any other tips and wisdom you can offer me as a new witness, just over two months now. I purposely wanted to run my own server and host it here in Adelaide.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I am probably the wrong person to ask about this, the common practice is to spam memos and beg everyone for votes, something I do not take part in nor do I appreciate.

I started a witness the first month I became active on Steem and it took me a while to even break top 100, then even longer for top 50. I think one of the advantages I had was I am a technical person, and personally that's something that is a critical factor in who I vote for personally.

There is a lot less competition now since the split, we have a lot fewer active witnesses and freedom no longer votes witnesses which was a significant factor in who got top 20 and even top 30.

The best advice I can give you is to put yourself out there, a lot of witnesses you only know are a witness because they are on the list, you never see them, they don't post, and they may not even be around outside of making sure their witness is printing Hive.

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ctrpch 9 months ago

I appreciate the feedback, and it’s basically my plan going forward, I am also a tech, sysadmin is my day job.

I’ll add some technical details with my next witness update post.

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tierra-errante 9 months ago

Where to find concentrated information for the development of dapps in the hive and its detailed operation, from the theoretical to the practical? If it exists and is not at https://developers.hive.io. Thanks in advance. I used a translator for the question, sorry

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Hive.io is the best source of information I know of. There is also the Hive Developers Discord, but I don't think it is very active.

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tierra-errante 9 months ago

You are happy?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I think so.

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tierra-errante 9 months ago

Thanks

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filotasriza3 9 months ago

Which are your top hidden crypto gems for 2024? (#notafinancialadvice :P)

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themarkymark 9 months ago

BTC

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sam9999 9 months ago

I have been on Hive for pretty much a year and a half, and I feel like I am pretty much not doing as well as I would actually want to. Can you give some tips that you feel deep down will help me please, even if its just one

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Consistency is probably the best tip I can give you. This is true for all social media. If you post every day, stick with that. People tend to expect the same schedule if they enjoy your content. But honestly, it isn’t as big of a deal on Hive, it is far less competitive than any other social media. Nowhere in the world can you get $100+ for ~40 views and probably about 1-2 people actually reading your content. Just do your best.

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sam9999 9 months ago

Alright "CONSISTENCY !" . Thank you so much for this reply. Truth is, I have not really been consistent, will do my best to change that .

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cjlugo 9 months ago

Who are you?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I’m me of course!

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cjlugo 9 months ago

Why do people ask you questions? Are you famous?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I am a top 20 witness as well as someone who is well known here with a large stake. I am more approachable than most and like to give people the opportunity to ask whatever they like and I will do my best to answer it.

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cjlugo 9 months ago

Good 👍

What do you think of $Hive at the moment? How is the market and comparing it to 2021, do you think it can surpass its all-time high?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

What do you think of $Hive at the moment?

It's underperforming and we are losing money through the proposal system.

do you think it can surpass its all-time high?

No, but anything can happen out of nowhere. Right after I released Hive Punks, Hive spiked from $0.87 to like $3.40 for a very brief period of time.

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cjlugo 9 months ago

Sorry for the delay in responding. It is pitiful the current performance of the Hive honestly. I hope things can change and improve profitability.

Are those Hive Punk still available?

You're going to have to launch a new collection to see if the hive goes back up again.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Are those Hive Punk still available?

Yes but only through second hand market.

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bitcoinflood 9 months ago

What are your thoughts on the VIBES project hive is currently running to "bring people into hive" ?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I can't say I know much about it, but I have always been saying we need to focus on onboarding as we currently suck at it. I have seen a few posts and I think it's a good thing but I don't know much of the details.

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networkallstar 9 months ago

When are you restoring my account to 64 reputation after intentionally destroying it because I stuck up for another blogger here?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Never.

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networkallstar 8 months ago

You suck 8===D

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themarkymark 8 months ago

Just because you do don't assume everyone does.

stefano.massari 8 months ago

Good question, I also read the answers

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dynamicrypto 9 months ago

Why are you an asshole?

I mean the root cause, not the typical answer that you are just sick of idiots yet what was the breakingbpoint or have you always been?

As an asshole myself (always been since I can remember, a trait from my father) I feel I can ask this without too much personal feelings getting involved.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I'm actually quite nice, I reflect what is given. If you are an ass to me, I will return the favor, but generally I am quite nice.

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dynamicrypto 9 months ago

Very similar story here, very nice person all around yet also an asshole... guess I just figured you were also one! Thanks for an answer and not upside down curation boss!

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Thanks for an answer and not upside down curation boss!

I don't downvote people because I don't like them and downvotes are just as much curation as upvotes.

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akumagai 9 months ago

Lol

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killerwot 9 months ago

One thing caught my eye while scrolling through the topics.

Why do you hate Red Dead 2?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

The beginning is so damn slow. It's like a grind before you "take control" of your character, and it seems to do everything in it's power to make it a pain in the ass to do anything. At least in the beginning. I plan to come back to it and finish it, and I'm sure once I get going I'll love it, but the first few hours I wanted to throw my computer out the window. I love cut scenes, I love great intros, but I hate long winded tutorials that force you down a narrow path not allowing you to do what you want. It also runs like crap on even the best hardware. If that wasn't enough on Linux it is a big pain in the ass due to the custom loader they keep changing making it harder to get running.

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killerwot 9 months ago

I can see where you're coming from, the intro does seem to go on, but once you get out of the snowy part of the map the world truly opens up and is great to explore and get lost in. The characters are all great, and Arthur is one of the best written and developed characters I've played as in a long time.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

It's been while since I started the game, but I remember there was some other things that really annoyed me. The game looks great and I know I will enjoy it, but the few hours really tests your patience.

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dbooster 9 months ago

Reddit tells me it is the anniversary of John Candy's death. What's your favorite John Candy movie?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I think the only John Candy movie I've seen is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and I just watched that within a year or two because someone raved about how good it was. Ultimately I didn't agree.

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stickupboys 9 months ago

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lambo69 9 months ago

This blog post is filled with enthusiasm and a sense of opportunity. It's great to see you encouraging interaction and engagement with your audience through your AMA sessions! The excitement and positivity you exude definitely make readers eager to participate and ask questions. Keep up the fantastic work, and I look forward to more inspiring content from you in the future!

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stefano.massari 8 months ago

This initiative is beautiful. Then I take advantage of it. In your opinion, what are the three best blockchain-based games? I mean the ones that are fun, but also have tokenomics already working.

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themarkymark 8 months ago

In your opinion, what are the three best blockchain-based games?

Probably not the answer you want, but I don't play blockchain games generally. I play mostly action/rpg/competitive games on PC.

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stefano.massari 8 months ago

Thank you for your answer. I would have taken it for granted that you would have mentioned Splinterlands, but no answer should be taken for granted. Do you still think blockchain games are immature and not fun? or too risky from an economic point of view?

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qfse1pjjU_8

themarkymark 8 months ago

I would have taken it for granted that you would have mentioned Splinterlands, but no answer should be taken for granted.

I am invested in Splinterlands, but I do not play.

Do you still think blockchain games are immature and not fun? or too risky from an economic point of view?

They are just not my thing, I'd rather play this.

and this

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stefano.massari 8 months ago

Thanks for reply.

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gptvoter 9 months ago

I love the enthusiasm and positive energy in this post! It's awesome to see you encouraging interaction and engagement with your audience through an AMA. Your willingness to connect and answer questions is truly inspiring. Keep up the great work, and I'm sure your readers will appreciate the opportunity to engage with you in such a personal way. Looking forward to reading more from you!

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adamada 9 months ago

What's your approach or philosophy in crypto investing? not really asking for a financial advice, just curious about how you see value in the crypto markets.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I use an automated system to identify potential plays which I am starting to work on something for stocks as I get more into the stock market.

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akumagai 9 months ago

What language do you use for automation?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Python / Javascript

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akumagai 9 months ago

Hosted by your own server or thru a hosted server?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Both. I mostly keep anything that is critical offsite so as to not have downtime as we get snow and lose power 0-3 times a year. I do run a lot on my network as well.

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akumagai 9 months ago

sorry being 20 questions Rob here, will there be plans for Ape Mining updates? Improvements? Graphical updates?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Nothing planned at this time.

galberto 9 months ago

The first question is why? @enmy loves you a lot.
Are you fall in love her :)

The second.
Hey, for Steem you created a program that deleted or hid all the posts at once, do you have something like that for Hive? You never know when you might need something like that to delete yourself in case of an emergency. Remember, sometimes you don't know who is snooping around just to find information on how to screw you over. Thanks, I hope you have that tool and if not, please build it. Oh, and give me the link for the one for Steem that I lost. I repeat, you never know when the self-destruct button could be useful. Thank you very much for your support.

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enmy 9 months ago

👁👁

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themarkymark 9 months ago

The first question is why? @enmy loves you a lot. Are you fall in love her :)

Huh? She was pissed I voted her post because it meant appreciator wouldn’t vote as well and he voted for more than I did. I got tons of threats and complaints from Rutablockchain group back then crying I was such an asshole for voting them because I didn’t give as much as appreciator. It was pathetic and disgusted me. Never will I vote or support anyone again in that community.

Hey, for Steem you created a program that deleted or hid all the posts at once, do you have something like that for Hive?

I don’t think it works on Hive but I believe it was from @engrave. I believe there are two that were made and they may not even be up anymore.

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galberto 9 months ago

Wow, I thought all votes were always welcome. It's the first time I hear of someone being bothered by being voted for, but oh well. I do remember that incident, it was quite funny, that's why I asked. That's why I left all kinds of groups and decided to operate alone, so everything that comes is welcome.

It's a pity we don't have the self-destruct button, it could be very useful. Thanks for answering my call. I'm still planning to buy the Pi Network computer.

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engrave 9 months ago

I only built it for steem and you can still access it here: https://steempruner.engrave.dev/

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enmy 9 months ago

Tienes que saber más del asunto tan divertido que terminó en un actualización de la cadena. 🥰

😘

Nadie se puede destruir a sí mismo si defiende sus ideas, así vaya contra la corriente.

Que tengan un bonito día... 🥰

enmy 9 months ago

Este es un mensaje muy tierno 🥰
Ya pasó mucho tiempo, buen momento para saludarte ... 😇

Y eso no es como lo dices... pero, si la gente quiere saber que investiguen 😘

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https://peakd.com/@themarkymark/i-am-the-wolf-in-sheep-s-clothing

themarkymark 9 months ago

You are right, it is all public, except for the hundred private messages on Discord

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enmy 9 months ago

@galberto Jajajajaja... quieres mi atención o la de él, me da mucha risa que me uses para caerle bien. Tengo bastante tiempo en este ecosistema y "por algo" (razona un poco) sigo aquí.

Quizás puedes lograr tu cometido con inteligencia 😅

Como te dije, investiga más y no en nuestras Publicaciones, lee las actualizaciones de la cadena, lo que significa una curva de Curación y los intereses de los inversores. Ya tienes pistas.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

@galberto Jajajajaja... quieres mi atención o la de él, me da mucha risa que me uses para caerle bien. Tengo bastante tiempo en este ecosistema y "por algo" (razona un poco) sigo aquí.

UVBG is the only reason you are here.

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enmy 9 months ago

Me gusta leer las palabras que se pueden traducir.

Quizás "UCDM" tampoco lo entenderás 😇

De verdad que está chévere esta conversación, pero todavía no te pregunto nada 😅😅🤣🤣

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themarkymark 9 months ago

LOL, yeah ok...

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enmy 9 months ago

Ahí no dice mi usuario por ningún lado, créame que yo si guardé nuestra conversación, pero soy una dama y mis conversaciones privadas son mías.

Jamás pensé publicar capturas de mi chat, eso que usted muestra seguro es de alguien más que hace arte digital, yo intenté hacer arte digital pero lleva mucho tiempo y de verdad no tengo tiempo para eso. Solo hago arte tradicional en mi tiempo libre. Cuando quiera le envío una muestra 😇

Cuando publique una conversación y salga mi usuario de discord la comunidad y yo le creeremos 😇😇😇 sin ediciones por favor 😘

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enmy 9 months ago

@themarkymark creo que usted está muy confundido, quiere pasar un rato hablando cosas sin sentido conmigo. Pero este no es el lugar, normalmente tomo un café con alguien para hablar tonterías 🤣🤣

Si tiene un chat conmigo, muy extraño que no las publicó. Porque eso que está ahí no es mío. 😇

Y una pregunta interesante: cómo funcionaba la curva de Curación antes y cómo funciona ahora. Usted debe saber muy bien eso.

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erikah 9 months ago

Where's your famous No. 1 Punk? Why aren't you using it as your profile photo? 😜

And which one is your favorite Punk, or most valuable (valuable according to your own values)?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Where's your famous No. 1 Punk? Why aren't you using it as your profile photo? 😜

I've grown to love that punk, and was using it for a while, but I changed to deadpool a while ago just for a change of pace. I think it was originally to help test the NFT profile feature with PeakD team and I just stuck with it.

And which one is your favorite Punk, or most valuable (valuable according to your own values)?

I like Doug, I gave him a backstory and I kind of grew attached to him as well. I did a giveaway with him as well where I hide some money for users to find.

I also loved this one, I though the name, job, and look came out to be a very great combination.

Funny thing, I looked for someone who would be a perfect wife for punk #1, and got a hold of them.

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erikah 9 months ago

Funny thing, I looked for someone who would be a perfect wife for punk #1, and got a hold of them.

This is funny indeed and made me laugh :D Nice choice, Elsa is nice and would be a perfect match for Punk No. 1! Should I look for a husband for mine? 🤔 Would be a fun game.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Should I look for a husband for mine?

I thought it was fun and interesting. I know one person who was collecting all the Red Scarlet hats.

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erikah 9 months ago

It would definitely be fun. At the beginning, I was planning to collect all the Santa hats as that was one I minted, then these crazy red heads, but some are listed at ridiculously high prices I'm not willing to pay.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Yeah, I have noticed people put insane prices on their Punks thinking we are on ETH.

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brofund 9 months ago

Two questions from me, because I'd love to hear your thoughts on them.

As you know, a lot of people are getting hacked off with the DHF - is there any way we as a community can make a positive change for the better? Or is such an action "pissing in the wind?"

Also, we've held on tightly to our Hive Punks. Will you be doing anything with them this year? Or is that something that I'll just keep locked away for longer? :)

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themarkymark 9 months ago

As you know, a lot of people are getting hacked off with the DHF - is there any way we as a community can make a positive change for the better? Or is such an action "pissing in the wind?"

I don't believe there is much that can be done, you can't downvote proposals and some of them are approved with very few votes so there are few people you can try to convince otherwise. This is one of the main reasons I am running the @buildawhale burn posts to try to counter at least a small portion of the sell pressure from the proposals extracting 10x than they provide. Even burning $14K+/month is just a drop in the bucket compared to the typical $400-800/day proposal.

Also, we've held on tightly to our Hive Punks. Will you be doing anything with them this year? Or is that something that I'll just keep locked away for longer? :)

I am not sure I am doing much of anything at this point. The plan was one or two unannounced games, but for various reasons I am just not sure I am up for it.

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brofund 9 months ago

Yeah I hear that. I don't think you're alone in these thoughts. I just wish for them to at least re-invent how they are done.

As for punks. Okay, I'll just keep ours for longer then :)

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trumpman 9 months ago

What's the worst thing you have eaten

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themarkymark 9 months ago

What's the worst thing you have eaten

I once had shrimp that was put in Pork Fried rice by accident. I refuse to eat anything from the ocean as I hate the smell/taste of seafood.

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trumpman 9 months ago

You weird 😂

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I've been called worse.

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daveks 9 months ago

Do we exceed our ATH in this bull cycle? When does the Hive bull begin.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Do we exceed our ATH in this bull cycle?

I don't pretend to know what the price will be in the future. There are so many variables.

When does the Hive bull begin.

I'm not sure there will be one.

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daveks 9 months ago

What are your feeling on "the state of the Hive" at the moment?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Not many people know of Hive, fewer investing in it. We pissing away a ton of money on proposals extracting 10x of what they are providing. Our onboarding doesn't work a lot of the time and we have virtually no marketing. We have good technology but that on it's own isn't enough.

daveks 9 months ago

Are we slowly moving in the right direction or are we just spinning our wheels?

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I think things have gotten worse, we are spending millions per year on proposals that are not bring in new users, we have a tiny user base with lots of sell pressure. We don't seem to be doing anything about it, and in fact it has been getting worse.

daveks 9 months ago

Thanks for your honesty.

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learn2code 9 months ago

Perfect timing! I am fairly certain you are the one to ask about this.

BYTE token will launch at the end of this month. Do you have any objection to pairing STEM with BYTE on TribalDEX when we set up our first BYTE diesel pool?

We're starting the Learn to Code tribe and BYTE is our tribe token.
https://peakd.com/hive-163521/@holovision/learn-to-code-tribe-and-byte-token-will-launch-march-31
If you have any objections that's fine. We'll pair BYTE to another token instead.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

I have no problems with it if you want to do that.

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learn2code 9 months ago

Thank you.👍

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asirq 8 months ago

If the same post is made by someone else you would downvote him. It is a clear case of reward farming. Stop this nonsense @themarkymark

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themarkymark 8 months ago

Huh?

asirq 8 months ago

You are allowed to farm reward? Why don't you burn this post? Just copy-pasting same thing every week and farmin good money. You are the fucking reason hive is behind and it is not growing. People join and left because you mother fucker flag them for no reason. And then you make this kind of shit post for reward farming. @themarkymark you mother fucker leave this platform so this will start to grow. All the coins are increasing but not hive just because of you motherfucker.

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themarkymark 8 months ago

The last one was posted over a year ago, that's reward pool farming?

asirq 8 months ago

Yes, it is reward farming. what in this post??? nothing. Stop this kind of shit post and leave the hive so it will start growing.

Well, What is your current age? I think you will not leave but I want to know your current age so I can speculate when you will die. So this platform will start growing. Until you are here nobody will join this platform because you will just flag them for fun.

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themarkymark 8 months ago

Yes, it is reward farming. what in this post??? nothing. Stop this kind of shit post and leave the hive so it will start growing.

The post is all about the comments, this post has more engagement than the entire first 3-4 pages of trending combined.

Well, What is your current age? I think you will not leave but I want to know your current age so I can speculate when you will die.

I'm 26 and I'll probably outlive you. You seem very angry, must have high blood pressure. Steem not treating you right?

Until you are here nobody will join this platform because you will just flag them for fun.

I don't flag anyone for fun. I don't enjoy flagging despite what you think, if I did, I'd be flagging far more people and for no reason. Seems you got your wires crossed.

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asirq 8 months ago

You are just 26 ? so sad you are younger to me so I am gonna die first. But I will pray to god to kill you first as I want to see this platform grow. So nobody will get fucking downvote by you. Hivewatcher is here they downvote for some reason but you downvote for your fun. And everyone knows it. People are engaged here because they are scared of you. They are in touch with you so you don't flag them for fun.

If I have commented it from my main account then you will have started downvoting my post. lol

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themarkymark 8 months ago

If I have commented it from my main account then you will have started downvoting my post. lol

Which of your 200 or so accounts is your main one?

asirq 8 months ago

Hive is getting visibility because of splinterlands and splinterlands is not getting visibility due to being stuck in this chain. I wish splinterlands would move to another chain. Then you are left alone here and keep farming rewards after making this kind of shit post.

And because of @themarkymark mother fucker hive is behind. Neither hive is growing nor splinterlands.

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michealb 9 months ago

how come noone is buying my NFTS? 😆

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memess 9 months ago

I can buy it in like 300 years if you wish just gotta grow my hp a little

michealb 9 months ago

😄

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Might be a little high, but who knows.

por500bolos 9 months ago

I wonder why you didn't make this AMA post a burn post? Or that you would have published it with the option to decline rewards? Or that you would have selected someone else as the beneficiary of 100% of the rewards before publishing it? ¿Huh?

Anyway, I guess you still will have enough time to do something different in seven days and donate the 100% of what you raise in this post to someone who asks good questions like me. };)

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themarkymark 9 months ago

Why would I do that?

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por500bolos 9 months ago

Why would I do that?

Simply to please a few members within your lineage club who usually recommend these same ideas to others who they consider inferior to them. And well, maybe just to do something unexpected from time to time too.

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themarkymark 9 months ago

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networkallstar 8 months ago

You don't, coz u suck 8===D
;)

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themarkymark 8 months ago

Don't forget to post your curation report today, hate for anyone to forget you voted them for 2 cents.

networkallstar 8 months ago

At least I have one on BLURT you dumb DH xD

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themarkymark 8 months ago

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networkallstar 8 months ago

You're obsessed with BLURT buddy! xD

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themarkymark 8 months ago

LOL wtf you talking about, that place is a shit show. I can't wait until you try to sell and realize you can't.

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memess 9 months ago

Then, why don't you put me as a benficiary on your next post 🤔

Maybe because every author is free to keep its reward as long as other users think its worth the payout it get.

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