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rem-steem (74) · 6 years ago

Thanks for your reply.

Have a great day.

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libert (63) · 6 years ago (edited)

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citimillz (66) · 6 years ago

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jplaughing (59) · 6 years ago (edited)

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libert (63) · 6 years ago (edited)

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funtraveller (71) · 6 years ago

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libert (63) · 6 years ago (edited)

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fact-check (51) · 6 years ago

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fact-check (51) · 6 years ago

I don't understand why there is a difference in delegated SP after a month.

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rishi556 (62) · 6 years ago

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citimillz (66) · 6 years ago (edited)

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adenijiadeshina (66) · 6 years ago

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hlezama (67) · 6 years ago

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cryptoandcoffee (74) · 6 years ago

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hermannsol (63) · 6 years ago

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mcluz (49) · 6 years ago (edited)

libert (63) · 6 years ago

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nonsowrites (70) · 6 years ago

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penauthor (62) · 6 years ago

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ijoel (61) · 6 years ago

josediccus (75) · 6 years ago (edited)

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adenijiadeshina (66) · 6 years ago

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adenijiadeshina (66) · 6 years ago

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kharma.scribbles (57) · 5 years ago

Well, there is the problem of post age, a question/answer will expire from earning 7 days after it was posted, so in the spirit of the blockchain built on creating, re-opening questions is understandable.

Just like on the main STEEM platform, the 4708th post about the same thing becomes a top earner for the 4708th time ;)

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duchessrita (54) · 6 years ago

kharma.scribbles (57) · 5 years ago

I'm recycling my reply which I used to answer this same question above:

`Well, there is the problem of post age, a question/answer will expire from earning 7 days after it was posted, so in the spirit of the blockchain built on creating, re-opening questions is understandable.

Just like on the main STEEM platform, the 4708th post about the same thing becomes a top earner for the 4708th time ;)`

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waliyurrahman (57) · 6 years ago

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hlezama (67) · 6 years ago

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libert (63) · 6 years ago (edited)

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deathcross (77) · 6 years ago

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hlezama (67) · 6 years ago

hermannsol (63) · 6 years ago

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mindtrap (74) · 6 years ago

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niel96 (69) · 6 years ago

chireerocks (72) · 6 years ago

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duchessrita (54) · 6 years ago

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adam21 (8) · 6 years ago

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

I know where this question and discussion are going, and agree with it, but I think it could go a little farther here by separating out the legal definition of an adult, which does include age, and what I think we're actually describing, and that's maturity.

Becoming an adult generally means being responsible and accountable for your actions. It also generally means that there are certain activities which are permissible when a certain age limit is reached that would be concerned illegal or at least frowned upon as a minor.

Which is why an age people can be married at have been set (unless other circumstances exist), as well as a drinking age. However, just because you've come of age, doesn't mean you're prepared, willing or able to except that responsibility and accountability, or responsibly participate in said activities.

So, does the act of turning 18 or 21 in and of themselves make someone mature, and knowledgeable enough to make good choices, as well as being responsible and accountable for their actions?

No.

Which is why being an adult and being mature, in my mind, are too different things. However, the law, and by extension, society, gravitates towards one size fits all kinds of solutions (while heaving every possible exception upon it). The more tidy you can keep it, at least on the surface of it, the better.

A 21 year old who still lives at home, and more or less dependent on his parents, is still considered a legal adult if he is mentally capable of making his own decisions and doesn't have some other impediment (outside of laziness or a general lack of commitment or direction).

And yet, there are teenagers, through emancipation, who obtain legal adult status before turning 18 because they were able to prove that they can function as an adult and, generally that being at home with parents would be worse than being on their own.

Age and adulthood come into play because of legalities and societies, but neither guarantee maturity, responsibility, or accountability. Nor does the designation of adult mean you're totally independent and able to live on your own, provide for your needs, make good decisions, or for that matter, take care of someone else.

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duchessrita (54) · 6 years ago

jahzy (55) · 6 years ago

ohmygoodness (64) · 6 years ago

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prechyrukky (66) · 6 years ago

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purpletanzanite (60) · 6 years ago

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jesica3 (8) · 6 years ago

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

Money, in my mind, is a means to an end. There are certain things I need to do—eat and drink being a couple of them, along with have clothes to wear, shelter, etc. I've had a wife and children which I also wanted to provide for over the years, and working for money allowed me to do that.

So, the value in working or having my own business wasn't necessary in the money itself, but in the time, products, services, activities, etc., it has afforded me.

There is a baseline amount of money, different in each situation, which is necessary to sustain life. Most utilities, landlords, stores, banks, or other entities providing goods and services won't take anything other than money of some sort as payment. Unless people are off the grid, supplying their own energy, food and shelter, and are able to barter something of value for something else, money is a necessity.

Which means any job that stops paying, or any business where revenue dries up, no matter how much the employee or owner likes it, will either need to be abandoned or supplemented with something that does pay, simply to sustain and maintain life.

It would be nice if such were not the case, that we could follow our passions and dreams without any care for any amount of money, and still have our needs met. But to date, I'm not aware of such a place. I would love to find it, though, and see how it works.

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duchessrita (54) · 6 years ago

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sm-goldies (53) · 6 years ago

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

I've never been in favor of building a physical wall, especially in areas where private land owners would lose property to imminent domain, but I am all for securing the borders, particularly the southern one, as well as funding immigrant services to make it speedier to become permanent residents or citizens.

Trump is expending a lot of political energy right now by allowing a partial shutdown (about one fourth) of the U.S. government to prolong over this one issue. How many people are being affected by it, to me, is unclear, but that doesn't stop the media and opposing politicians from presenting the worst cases for all to see.

So far, Trump has been able to carry on with everything he has tried to do without major losses, and quite a few wins. His own party has been as much a thorn in his side as the Democrats have. Now that the latter has control of the House, who control the federal purse strings and determine how much and where money will be allocated, it's going to take a significant political win for Trump to get such a bill through Congress.

He has already talked about using military funding to build a wall, declaring a national emergency, but I think he would rather go through Congress, too. It makes it more permanent, more official, and longer lasting. Otherwise, the next president could come in and undo any executive order for this with a flick of the pin.

Maybe that means he has to wait until 2020, hope to be re-elected and retake the House without losing the Senate. Or, he finds the way to outlast the Democrats and get most of what he wants in some form of compromise where he can take credit for securing the borders while the Democrats get some kind of victory out of it, too.

As always, this is mostly a political game, where the doing the right thing is secondary, if not farther down the list, than political points and appearances. What's interesting about all of this is the looming threats of some form of impeachment proceedings. Most politicians would back off there agenda if it meant saving face and retaining power. Instead, Trump has been holding his ground and risking his political career even further.

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jplaughing (59) · 6 years ago

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erikah (72) · 6 years ago

cryptoandcoffee (74) · 6 years ago

erikah (72) · 6 years ago

Thank you.

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adam21 (8) · 6 years ago

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citimillz (66) · 6 years ago

citimillz (66) · 6 years ago (edited)

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chireerocks (72) · 6 years ago

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yacobh (50) · 6 years ago

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sm-goldies (53) · 6 years ago

themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

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jplaughing (59) · 6 years ago

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arunava (76) · 6 years ago

duchessrita (54) · 6 years ago

beercraft (56) · 6 years ago

Im greatful that Steemit is filled with people that appreciate good food. You should crack open a Weissbier and celebrate a great meal.

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michellechristie (62) · 6 years ago

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karamyog (72) · 6 years ago

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jahzy (55) · 6 years ago

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aarohi (45) · 6 years ago

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

As mentioned in at least one other answer here, you can navigate your browser to: https://steemit.com/~witnesses.

Or, if you're already on steemit.com, you can click or tap the three three lined tab in the upper right of any steemit page and then look for the link to the witness voting page in the pop up box. Witness voting is down towards the middle of the list.

Once there, you will be given the usernames of witnesses who are currently in the Top 100, which will include ones that are temporarily offline or permanently disabled. Those will have their names grayed out and lined through, along with how long they've been offline.

For those who are in the Top 100, it becomes a simple matter of clicking the upvote button the left of their names. For those not on the list, you will need to enter in their username in the first text box provided at the bottom of the page.

There are other places you can vote for a witness. These other places will require a key that allows for upvoting, so you might want to be sure that's what you want to do before choosing somewhere else. One such place is steemworld.org. Once you've brought up your own data page, scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Tools section. It doesn't show its contents by default, so you may have to click on the line first to open the section. Then click on the witnesses tab (it's the last one in the list to the left).

Doing so will give you the same list of Top 100 witnesses. You will then be prompted to enter your active key to vote for a witness. I've never done it this way (I've always used the steemit witness page), so I'm not sure if the key gets stored, or if you need to enter it each time you go to vote. My guess is, it's available for the duration of the session, and then needs to be retyped after the browser is closed/computer shutdown, if you want to go back to vote for others.

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xplosive (62) · 6 years ago

erikah (72) · 6 years ago

jlordc (69) · 6 years ago

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libert (63) · 6 years ago

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jeson50 (43) · 6 years ago

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

There are topics floating around on Musing that I am not particularly fond of, or find no value in discussing, but I'm just one person. What I find of interest or relevant may very well be considered boring and immaterial by someone else.

Discussion, however, is healthy. If beliefs were to be imposed on others against their will, or things were to break out into a war of words like it has elsewhere on STEEM, where the comments are less about the merits or the pros and cons of an argument than they are about how idiotic or insane the other person is for thinking in such a way, I would say, don't take away free speech, but let's have some decorum.

Name calling isn't productive and only brings ill will.

Open conversation, getting to know what others think and why, and perhaps providing a different perspective based on experience, logic and knowledge, provides a healthy forum for debate and transfer of information. Squashing that rarely helps civilization to advance, grow or progress.

Rather, it puts the power, wealth and resources in the hands of the very few.

If it were decided that free speech should be curtailed here, and that some questions/answers should be altered or erased, the next question becomes, based on what criteria? Which means, whose belief system or morality is going to be used to decide what stays and what goes? Will consensus of the users be asked for and reached, or will it simply be imposed?

I think there's a whole can of worms that gets open any time we start talking about restricting what can be said, even when it's hurtful, erroneous or threatening. That kind of speech can be condemned, but if it's banned, the feelings and motivations tend to manifest in other ways, often violently. I don't know if that translates to questions and answers on musing, per se, but why limit free speech when it can just as effectively be countered by people who think differently, or ignored, because it's not worth a response?

As I mentioned above, I see all kinds of questions that I'd rather not see. I'm not sure what motivates people to ask those questions. Maybe they genuinely want people's opinions. Honestly, a lot of questions could be looked up on Google if it were just to gather information. People want to engage, even here. They want to know what people are thinking. They also want to attract attention to their question, so even otherwise salacious topics can be in order.

Whatever the reason, I would much prefer allowing the users to determine in which topics they will engage in and which they won't, rather than some form of limited free speech or soft censorship be practiced. Let the market, or in this case, the sensibilities of the users, decide.

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josediccus (75) · 6 years ago (edited)

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hlezama (67) · 6 years ago

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hlezama (67) · 6 years ago

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erikah (72) · 6 years ago

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nancybriti (70) · 6 years ago

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rem-steem (74) · 6 years ago

cryptoandcoffee (74) · 6 years ago

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omegagamerow (51) · 6 years ago

I believe you misunderstood the question, I meant not to say examples of hard things to do, but to mention examples of activities that seemed hard, yet they are actually a piece of cake.

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hermannsol (63) · 6 years ago

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