Monday’s Anti-spam Rant Before our Second to last Big Band Rehearsal Before our Second to Last Concert. Jazz kinda rhymes with Spam.

Godzilla Problems:

If you know me, you know I've been creating and sharing memes inspired by my "student parking" woes. Usually just before big band rehearsal on Mondays. 🎺

I'm a little sarcastic about it sometimes, but the truth is I actually should want to pay for this real life practice. For me, reading music is like muscles, use it or lose it. 😐

Yup, it's almost always musically healthy for me to bring myself to this big band. Another unavoidable circumstance... I don't always have the resources/luxury to participate. 😒

That's why I've trained myself to say, "Pay To Play or STFU."

Thankfully, I have friends that would help me if I ask. If I suck at asking, that's my fault. 😊

https://youtu.be/zprxfF5VvD0

Perspective:

When scarcity is abundant, some of us are put into desperate situations with only a few illusionary options that others could regard as abuse.

One could say, "it's all relative." I don't believe that applies for Steem though. Steem is an investment we curate. It kinda requires quality interaction for success. Like life, right? It's like a privilege. If you suck you get "kicked out." (drop in rep, pointless rewards, flagged, lose votes, etc...) That's kinda how life was too until mediocrity started festering.

It sucks flagging spammers, but it also sucks when our greed ruins something that others appreciate.

This social media platform is also an investment that we protect, serve, and benefit from. It's a new concept for me too.

Wanna Fight Spam?

• Upvote anti-spam comments. If you see a comrade speaking out against a spammers practice, please show them your support.

• Resteem anti-spam authors.

• Boycott bid bot abusers.

• Report abusers anonymously here: https://steemcleaners.org/abuse-report/

• Flag comment spammers. If you receive a comment that seems general from an account without a profile picture, you should immediately review that profiles comments. Look for exact copies of the one they used on your post.

• Only flag a spammer if you can handle the retaliation. Be prepared for the consequences of flagging a spammer with large SP. Do it because you're capable of withstanding the stress of retaliation and/or intermittent community support. It's not worth the stress. Say to yourself, "Fuck this money." Do something healthy instead, like pinball!!!

• POST good content. Only support and reward authentic content. I know, it's hard to figure out what's authentic and what is stolen. Most of the social media networks thrive off of spam and plagiarism, so naturally we want to go the other way here. It's not easy, I myself follow way too many people for my own good. I approached it like Instagram. Unfollowing the crap accounts is lots of work now.

Final Thought:

I'll just say that we are the balance in this investment platform. If the spammers never go away, at least we still have incentivized curation opportunities.

Poem:

Maybe it's necessary for us to maintain this balance forever. At least that's better than Facebook which pays out never.

(These images and opinions are my own. They do not necessarily reflect any opinion of others mentioned.)

Big Band BHTS:

We have one dress rehearsal next Monday and then two more concerts. We perform at the college on May 11th, that's a Friday. Three days later , May 14th we will have a concert at the Santa Ana high school.

Songs:

We will play a version of Disney's "Beauty And The Beast" for the concerts. Click here to see me play lots of notes during this rehearsal broadcast on Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/w/bbtQ4TFtTUtQdldZa3lnRUd8MVprSnpWVnptZFhKdg5YziX2gZWbGZwsVTWwZ0l9Z1pPLsuPveG1Pr2Cb6nO?t=24m47s

I only got the "beast" part correctly on that one. I'll be doing my homework.

If you're interested in seeing the entire rehearsal, click here:https://www.pscp.tv/w/bbiUZjFtTUtQdldZa3lnRUd8MVprSnpWVnptZFhKdh1BrAwRWUnWIutjz-6J9FSWdVViO6Ak20BR639vXqtF

I change the camera angle a few times so be sure to skip around. Look for images of the sheet music/paper. I think most of the time I held up the song name for broadcast viewers to see.

NEXT: Pinball Post Relay Challenge! Stupid Game cards For a Ghostbusters Pinball Machine Part 3 of 3.

Thanks for reading and thanks for participating in this journey. Let me know if you have any specific questions or requests. Want to hear a specific song? Let me know. I can probably find it in the broadcast faster than you can and I'll share the link the song in your comment/question. That's kind of fun, right?