When you sign up to steemit you're given a strong Fight Club style warning about your password:
Take a close look at the sixth rule: Do not tell anyone your password.
Seems obvious, right? Well, this is the rule that I accidentally broke when I pasted my steemit account password into #postintroduction on steemit.chat:
Mind blowing isn't it? What makes it worse is that I didn't even notice (multitasking is a myth ladies and gentlemen). Thankfully, my hero @pfunk came to my rescue and notified me:
I'm quite sure my heart rate went from 70bpm to 200bpm in half a second; this pretty much sums up my reaction:
Now I know that $230 isn't all that much money but I wrote some nice posts to earn that and I'm proud of it. Plus, it could have been more. Think of this post as a warning to you all and the introduction of a new password rule:
The eighth rule: Don't copy and paste your password.
Use a password manager. Don't be an idiot.
That moment when half of us had simultaneous heart attacks, and the other half were trying to log in... Close one, lesson learned, and CHEAPLY too!
My keys were hacked and I lost about this much, it's a very very disheartening thing to happen!
Anyway I'm glad you still retain control, best of luck with future posts mate!
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That sucks that you lost some money, but good to hear it wasn't too much. Totally get that it was disheartening. We live and learn.
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We certainly do. It's only made me stronger, smarter, and a hell of a lot more patient, so I really can't complain :)
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And if you don't have or know how to use a password manager ... insert plug here ... https://steemit.com/steemit/@gikitiki/usine-keepass-to-secure-your-wallet-with-strong-passwords
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That's a burn!
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I burned myself bad. Facepalm style.
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What's the best password manager ? Last pass ?? I am worried I loose that generated key and can never log in anymore . I still keep my old password I can remember 🙈
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There are a few password managers out there that offer an auto-fill feature (for example, 1password). Maybe some other steemers can weigh in on other options.
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Thank you so much
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What's the chat that you mention in the article? Is it a good place to promote content? I'm looking for ways to promote my content further, feeling discouraged at my lack of views. Thanks for any advice you can offer - Azas
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It's a Slack-like platform but using the open source rocket chat software that's been setup for steemit. You can create an account at steemit.chat. The #postpromotion (I wrote #postintroduction in my article by mistake) channel is for promoting.
Some people say they get maybe 4 extra upvotes from it. I have no idea if Whales pay attention. It's a nice platform though, allowing you to engage with other Steemers in realtime.
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Man that sucks! :(
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