A couple of days ago, I made a post celebrating the reach of a personal goal I had set for myself ever since I became part of the Steem family back in January 2018. And that was reaching the "orca" status before the end of 2020.
To be honest with you I didn't expect people to care. I mean we often see these kind of posts left and right from people who are celebrating all kinds of stuff...A unique card while playing Splinterlands, or, their latest tweet that went viral...and so on, right?
That particular post has almost 100 comments from people who just read the title of the post and dropped by to say bravo. I couldn't believe it. Really. Thank you all.
What that means is that people around here DO care...and you know why?
Because we are still really few compared to Hive's potential. That way we build stronger bonds with each other by the day.
A)We are Hive's really early adopters. In a couple of years people will talk about you the very same way you talk about those who were privileged enough to be part of the Steem network during the early days of 2016. Mark my words.
B)Because unless there were people like Blocktrades and all those brave witnesses and devs who had been working on this for quite some time, when they felt that Justin's threats were 100% real, you / we wouldn't be here now. So every HIVE token you are holding is a bonus. But people usually don't appreciate as they should what was given to them...for FREE. So treat your Hive tokens with respect.
C)And finally because you have the chance to purchase HIVE tokens at a great discount from the exchanges. You should hurry up though...it's just a matter of time before HIVE outperforms STEEM if you ask me.
With that said, the reason I am writing these lines isn't to brag about my accomplishment, but to motivate others to grow their accounts the very same way I and many others did since Hive launched.
I know that many of you are patiently waiting their weekly payment from their STEEM powerdowns and convert it to HIVE, which is great.
Yet not everyone is willing to kill their STEEM investment at these low prices. Remember...people kept investing in STEEM while its price was at .50$...1$...3$...
...then go out there and buy some HIVE while it is still cheap. Put your money where your mouth is. Don't just talk the talk...but also walk the walk.
Don't expect everything from whales and bots...do your part. By growing your accounts you instantly help towards an even better distribution model.
I've seen some great initiatives run by Dan and Blocktrades week after week and while my upvote value is nowhere near to theirs, I've decided to:
Give a 50% upvote to every user that will make a post providing proof that they purchased HIVE from the open markets and reached minnow status --> 500 HP.
Give a 75% upvote to every user that will make a post providing proof that they purchased HIVE from the open markets and reached dolphin status --> 5000 HP
Give a 100% upvote to every user that will make a post providing proof that they purchased HIVE from the open markets and reached orca status --> 50000 HP
Whales don't need support...so they are excluded. Ha!
You can drop the links of your posts to the comment section of this post, till this post pays out.
PS. Don't expect to become rich or anything of the sort...after all my upvote is just a few cents.
PS2. Whales / orcas are more than welcomed to jump in and give me a hand.
PS3. Don't hesitate to celebrate your achievement on Twitter. The more eyeballs on Hive and our community the better. You could use tags such as #newminnows #newdolphins #neworcas.
That's all fellas. Give me reasons to drain my VP will ya?
Wanna see Hive thrive? Then do your part :)
Have a good one...and stay safe.
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Cheers.
