Another day in [blockchain] paradise: Reflection

This song came to mind and inspired me to write a post, yes, we going old skool!

So press play and read. I think most things in life are better with a soundtrack!

What you been up to @kabir88?

Well, I am so glad you asked! I keep getting told by @steem-ua to increase my followers, so I recently created this post:

https://steemit.com/kabir88/@kabir88/why-you-should-follow-me

There were some interesting responses and I think I picked up a few new followers. Happy now @steem-ua? All the way to 950. That's not bad going considering most people can't see my posts or comments. So to all those new users on here with that amazing "25" reputation rating and instant visibility. What's stopping you?

So you massaged your ego, what else?

I recently created the @upvoteplankton account, you can guess what it does and read all about it. I will let you do some digging. It's far more fun to learn when you have to put some effort in

Anything else going on?

Let me see, I will try and capture as much as possible in as few words. Here we go:

We got our OG @fulltimegeek moving up the witness rankings. I am still on his blessed list and now the hostilities with bernie have subsided I am getting a few more votes from his bot army. Go give him a vote for witness if you haven't already!

https://steemit.com/steemit/@themanwithnoname/support-fulltimegeek-witness

Our @dtube super promoter @nathanmars is kicking up a storm with his #dtubesnap initiative. Go take a look and he definitely wants comments this time!

https://steemit.com/dtubesnap/@nathanmars/f6ekzx9c

I recently bumped into @acidyo on the comments section on this very relevant post about comments:

https://steemit.com/thoughts/@acidyo/thoughts-about-comments-in-posts

He (she?) was kind enough to give me a big vote to help me on my way back up to a positive reputation score. Check out @ocdb which is the new not for profit vote bot! What a great idea!! @ocd curators, how do I get on your white list?

https://steemit.com/ocdb/@acidyo/ocdb-announcement

That awesome dude that is @iamstan is working on fighting abuse, if you haven't heard of @steemflagrewards, go take a look. You get to flag people and get paid for it. And you all know I like to do a bit of flagging!

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@iamstan/antiabuse-contribution-for-october-flagging-bid-bot-abuse

This is also another good post about fighting spam on the blockchain. If you plan to be here for a while, why not help in cleaning this place up?

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@steemseph/flagging-comment-spam-is-a-regular-part-of-currion-let-s-learn-how

Is that all?

No, there is more...

I saw this post from @hitmeasap, and it just made me want to give him a big hug. It will all be okay in the end, depression and anxiety are tough companions to carry around in life. Go and give him some support, he deserves it:

https://steemit.com/writing/@hitmeasap/open-letter-to-everyone-or-push-people-initiative-updates-and-more

But where's the drama?

Okay, my second favourite thing after flagging (which is how I earned my negative rep!) is drama. What society is free from it? It's also good to air our grievances in the open and try and get a resolution. It was all hitting off in the Vietnam community, you can see it all here:

https://steemit.com/vn/@bettervn/vietnamese-community-report-on-bad-steemian-behaviour-part-2

Enough with the drama, what about the people??

I met some cool people this week, they are worth a follow if you don't follow them already. Thank you to these people for making my time on this blockchain fun and pleasurable:

@insaneworks - I think this person needs supervision and I've heard they really like being distracted from their work... or something like that!

@eccles - who made a good point about the need to be able to resteem comments!

@hungrypb - who has some serious blockchain credentials and is from India. Looking forward to seeing what he produces over the coming years

@conradt - I think we talked a few times a while back, but it was nice to reconnect!

@mapleleaf123 - who got flagged! damn! but I think he could do with some support. So if anyone fancies it, go check out his blog and give him some support