WHAT HAPPENED TO STEEMIT CHAT???

in steemit •  7 years ago 

Ok so this morning, I go on my usual routine to read my messages from steemit chat and this is what I get. At first I thought it was a mistake, but it isn't!!

First of all , I didnt even know @riverhead ran steemit chat, but I know him and he is a really amazing guy! I met him on my first steemit festival in a lift, so I don't really know what happened and why he was fired! But can we please bring him back and get the steemit chat back up too? 

Also I didnt know that top 20 witnesses get paid so much! wow :O

The Steem blockchain is run by paid witnesses. As many know witness positions are highly coveted as pay at current prices is around $200,000 - $500,000+ per year versus around $50k - $90k for the 21st position and dropping sharply after that. There is a HUGE difference between the top 20 and backup witnesses. As @klye mentioned the other day, "These are the rockstars of witnesses". 

I kinda want to become a witness now :P hahah just kidding! 

I see that @riverhead has been moved to place 23, so I strongly recommend you vote for him. Some names in the top 20 I recognise and I know what they bring to the community, others I don't. But it is because I dont know them personally! 

Sooo I guess it is up to @followbtcnews to get the steemit chat back working? 

What sad news to wake up to, I love steemit chat!!! 


Thank you @riverhead for providing it to us all this time!!! 

What are your thoughts guys? 

Alla x


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      ·  7 years ago 

    4 days ago @riverhead posted this saying he was done managing steemit.chat which as he wrote is his main project for being a witness https://steemit.com/chat/@riverhead/steemit-chat-migrating-to-new-management.

    After posting this announcement, several big voters removed witness votes which we can guess is because @riverhead shared this announcement ending his current project without suggesting any replacement project. @riverhead also removed his own witness vote which is a big one.

    The I am fired message on steemit.chat is therefore confusing because it appears that @riverhead quit and even unvoted himself as a witness.

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      ·  7 years ago 

    ok i see, yeah it said he was fired and that he wasn't appreciated, i guess we wont know for sure, oh well lets hope someone will make steemit chat work soon!

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      ·  7 years ago 

    Ouch, thats too bad :( I used to go to the Steemit chat once a week or so and catch up with wathever people were into. Guess its now just the Discord chats (MinnowSupport, MinnowBooster, etc)

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        ·  7 years ago 

      Well steemitchat was nice....was it worth $500,000? Probably not.

      Honestly what I have seen is that witnesses while not only important are actually ESSENTIAL to the steem blockchain. No denying that. With that being said I think they are ALL over paid. For what they do (Steemit chat for example) that is NOT a $500,000 operation...... Nor are ANY of the operations I see witnesses doing....

      So Yes i hope chat comes back on but no its not worth $500,000 we can use FB or Discord for FREE........

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        ·  7 years ago 

      Yeah, there are many options for running chat rooms online for free or very close to free. An online search for "free chat rooms for my site" yields a variety of interesting results. But Discord is probably the way to go for this.

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        ·  7 years ago 

      yeah i know what you mean, its true.... i guess most of them in top 20 are overpaid massively!!

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        ·  7 years ago 

      Why would they even do that.. Steemchat is obviously an integral part of steemit, whatever the issue is, i hope it is resolved.

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        ·  7 years ago 

      yeah i dont know , it is really important!!

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        ·  7 years ago 

      restmeet done dear....

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          ·  7 years ago 

        😊😊

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            ·  7 years ago 

          Good post.

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              ·  7 years ago 

            👍

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                ·  7 years ago 

              Hey could you please tell what is a witness and how do you become one? Just upgrading my steemit knowledge as a newbie :)

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                  ·  7 years ago 

                Becoming a witness is a huge objective. First off you need to be sort of popular on Steemit since the witness position requires votes. There is also a very technical requirement involved as well, as witnesses kind of operate as nodes (like the Bitcoin nodes) that keep the platform stable and secure. It also involves learning many commands that can be issued to the system to achieve different things.

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                  ·  7 years ago 

                Oh now I get it. Thankyou for telling! :)

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                    ·  7 years ago 

                  you cant just become a witness, its about making the platform better and stronger!

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                    ·  7 years ago 

                  I was just asking what a witness is. I don't want to become one! 😂

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                    ·  7 years ago 

                  They are kind of "server admins" around here. They also help maintain the STEEM blockchain stable and working.

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                    ·  7 years ago 

                  Follow me back

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                      ·  7 years ago 

                    Done.

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                        ·  7 years ago 

                      Me to...

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                          ·  7 years ago 

                        Done. Follow back

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                            ·  7 years ago 

                          some are asking for advice on people who better understand steemit. there yes g asking at upvote.

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                              ·  7 years ago 

                            Nice @allasyumadra👍

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                                ·  7 years ago 

                              Thanks for sharing the good news

                              @allasyummyfood

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                                  ·  7 years ago 

                                have you even read the post? its not good news!!!

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                                    ·  7 years ago (edited)

                                  Oh my god !!! :o I didn't know steemchat was down !!!

                                  I will vote for riverhead !! Steemchat needs to be there man and riverhead was doing pretty good !!!
                                  Thanks for the information Alla.

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                                      ·  7 years ago 

                                    yeahh i know!!! he was really good!!

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                                        ·  7 years ago 

                                      A nice post

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                                          ·  7 years ago 

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                                            ·  7 years ago 

                                          I didn't realise @riverhead ran Chat either and was really surprised to see this message when trying to log on yesterday. I'm glad you say he's a nice guy, and I'll be doing what I can to support him, and hopefully he'll get his position back... he was doing a good job, I love Chat! I'll be voting for him, thanks for encouraging us all :-)

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                                              ·  7 years ago 

                                            nice

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                                                ·  7 years ago 

                                              I think it's the easiest thing to say to each other...

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                                                  ·  7 years ago 

                                                Maybe it would be a good time to think on change of technology in the chat...
                                                Rocket is cute, but it would be awesome to use something like riot.im, which is looking like something of future.

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                                                    ·  7 years ago 

                                                  It's funny they said 'fired' while like last week i read an interview from the guy saying he stepped away or down. Whatever it is, i remembered saying he left just when i was about to register on Steemit chat. Witnesses get paid but i really didn't know it was that much too, but they keep the system running smoothly for us anyway. Don't worry, i will look you up when i registered and it is back running. Haha🙈

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                                                      ·  7 years ago 

                                                    yeahh i know :) hahha oh well shame ! there is always #steemitdrama!

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                                                        ·  7 years ago 

                                                      Hahaha no doubt. Load of it. Waiting to have my mouth drool with your yummy food soon.

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                                                          ·  7 years ago 

                                                        heheh yep ew recipe already uploaded :P

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                                                            ·  7 years ago 

                                                          Hahahaha seen. Thank you. ☺😊

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                                                              ·  7 years ago 

                                                            omg steem chat down, I'm sure will definitely rise again

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                                                                ·  7 years ago 

                                                              yeah we will hope so!!

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                                                                  ·  7 years ago 

                                                                What an amazing info @allasyummyfood , I didn’t know nothing about how witnesses are paid. $500k is not a bad number ... hahaha.
                                                                Best regards 😄

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                                                                    ·  7 years ago 

                                                                  yeah i know its pretty crazyy!!!

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                                                                      ·  7 years ago 

                                                                    Nice post, Alla. I followed them.

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                                                                        ·  7 years ago 

                                                                      What is this witness thing about??..help needed

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                                                                          ·  7 years ago 

                                                                        These are not good news, the steemit chat was used by so many of us, how are we going to comunicate now?
                                                                        There are others alternatives, I know, but the steemit chat is kinda sacred...

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                                                                            ·  7 years ago 

                                                                          yeah i know ! hopefully it will be back up!

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                                                                              ·  7 years ago 

                                                                            beautiful Article

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                                                                                ·  7 years ago 

                                                                              I don't know. I went on this morning and saw the same and wanted to ask but I had other posts to work and c'est la vie. Then I went discord. nope, nobody was looking for me. :-)

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                                                                                  ·  7 years ago 

                                                                                yeahh hmmm :)) hahhaha!

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                                                                                    ·  7 years ago 

                                                                                  good friend

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