Reputation Score: 62 - In 27 Days &amp; My Next Steemit Goals!

nonameslefttouse (74) · 7 years ago

I never pay or bribe people to follow, and don't persuade them to do so, I only want people to follow me if they interact and feel my posts are of value to them. As a result most of my followers upvote my posts regularly :)

Since you typically pay for your larger votes and since those larger paid for votes contribute to raising your reputation score and since you neglected to mention any of this in the post, I'm flagging it. I disagree with rewards. You're paying for this reputation score but seemingly acting like you're earning it.

You stated you "never pay or bribe people..." yet you paid for votes to mislead people into thinking your blog is popular and deserving of free votes when in fact you typically pay for a spot on the trending page then act like a popular and successful blogger.

At the end it says, "Thank you!" Who are you thanking? Yourself?

The amount of dishonesty within this post is appalling. You don't need to answer this, but I truly wonder if you actually believe your own bullshit? That would be disturbing.

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calumam (56) · 7 years ago (edited)

Posted this blog into the Blacklist discord group the other day and spoke with another member about the concern for people buying these bot votes and boosting their content without addressing their underlying values.

You hit the nail on the head with what is wrong with this and I hope @markdeheide considers your words and thinks what this type of dishonesty could do to the platform as a whole.

Just to add, a 1-minute video and some rehashed information from self-development books is decent content at best.

I spend a lot of time and effort in all of my posts and videos creating content of value.

Please tell me, how long does it take to make these posts?

also..

If that's the case I guess I must have attracted some whales with high scores because my score has been going up and up!

Yes, vote bot whales.

Apologies to go full on about this, but I think this is crazy when you haven't even learned about the platform before boosting and throwing yourself up onto trending. 27 days....

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@calumam thanks for your remarks, as you know I'm really new on this platform and learning a ton about it especially by replies like this.

So first of all, I spend around 2 hours per post creating outlines, recording and editing my video and writing my actual post.

I've looked up tons of videos on how to do well on steemit and most of them advised up vote bots which is why I have used them, and as far as I can tell this has worked.

Now I notice a lot of resentment and people that don't like the bots. So this is something that I will take into consideration in the future.

I hope you can explain to me though why these bots are on here if you 'are not allowed to use them for promotion'. Or why it is being frowned upon so much to promote your post? Because I see people promoting their posts all the time yet no outrage in the comments.

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ehmkannde (61) · 7 years ago

Well, I dont think anyone has the right to flag you for this....that is the system here, if u have more money u bend the rules to your needs else you remain stuck like us...I write quality post everyday but not even a fly comes to vote for me...if I dont pay bots to vote I will earn 0.07 on my articles. Most of those complaining have delegated out their steem power and they yet they claim to be angels. Man!, do what ever works for you, after all, there are no rules.
If you dont like bots get rid of them completely.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@ehmkannde yeah thanks. I think if people use bots, and then they get flagged. Well, I mean, let's get rid of the bots altogether then. Then it is fair again.

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zoidsoft (62) · 7 years ago

I used to use upvote bots but after looking at the mathematics, I found it contradictory to espouse on decentralization when upvote bots seem to promote recentralization of wealth. So far though, the wealth seems to still be spreading, just a little more slowly with the bots. Being new here I can understand the confusion.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Yeah @zoidsoft. When starting out on steemit of course I looked at videos and people giving tips on growing quicker. That's how I discovered the bots. But apparently with the higher steem price (as I learned on a comment this morning, from someone who actually explained how it all works) it doesn't really help anymore. I would therefore suggest, let everybody be free to use the bots without being a little bitch about it, or get rid of the bots altogether.

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finnian (58) · 7 years ago (edited)

I'll give you the simple answer regarding the bots. This is an open market. Therefore, you get what is most profitable. Bots are profitable to the bot makers, or they wouldn't make them. That's why bots are here.

It is a delicate balance between the use of them and the abuse of them however. Some people have zero money to put into the platform, they do not have quality or valuable content (according to the market, not them), and they get upset over the use of bots.

Frankly, I don't give a damn about trending or hot. I don't even look at them, so using bots to get into those categories doesn't matter to me. Some people with lousy content use bots. Guess what? They never go anywhere.

Yes, if a person with the money wants to, they can make a joke/crap post and get it into trending, etc. to prove a point. What point is that exactly though? Did someone force that person to pay for the bots? No, they did not.

I have no control over what people upvote.

I have no control over how much people put into their Steem Power.

That's how it should be. If a person doesn't like the content, just ignore it. All the drama about the current system is hurting this platform for everyone from low to high SP.

A lot of people seem to think the answer is to control how people with SP and SBD are going to spend their money. Uhm, if you add those types of controls to steemit, people with SP and SBD will leave.

Yes, Steemit is about voluntary charity and supporting the people you want to support directly, but it is also about making a return on your investment.

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imaboss (25) · 7 years ago

great way to respond...face it you can't please everyone. I applaud you ... great job!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @imaboss :)

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jlsplatts (68) · 7 years ago

Well said!! Just throw some $$ at some bots and all the sudden your the greatest thing since sliced bread. It is just sad really.

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massrefugee (31) · 7 years ago

He hasn't responded to your dishonesty comment. I wonder why.

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spiritualmatters (55) · 7 years ago (edited)

lol...literally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've read several posts like his today; and, it seems there's a new dump of marketing 'ads' to bait users to join.....Now, who could be the target for all this foolery. Oh, yeah, the naive person who doesn't know he BOUGHT his rank....lol.....gotta' love it!

And, for making me lol, you get a tip!

Peace.

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tipu (67) · 7 years ago

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Hey, so the reason I haven't answered yet is because I'm probably on a different time zone then you.

So here's the thing, I use bots to promote the post and get it more visible. I don't see what is wrong with that, as long as the content is good.

I also never ask people to follow me, or pay sbd, do follow competitions etc, which is what I mean with bribing people.

The same happens on Facebook, people promote posts and it is shown to more people, which will make more people like it, I don't see what is wrong with that, it is just an option. If you don't like to use the option don't use it, right?

I think investing money in the platform is very good to all users, and then using that money to promote posts and get your content visible is a way to start up quickly.

I'm relatively new on the website and as you can see I had a discussion with someone about where the rep score comes from because I didn't fully understand it until yesterday which is why I didn't mention that.

Anyway I hope you will have a good time on steemit and make a differentiation between people using up votes to promote bullshit posts and actual posts that have been created with the purpose of helping people!

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nonameslefttouse (74) · 7 years ago (edited)

You published a post bragging up bogus accomplishments. You basically went out, bought a bowling trophy, took it home, shined it up real nice, put it on the shelf, invited everyone over, showed off your new bowling trophy, "Best in the world!" Your friends might want to see you bowl someday though. That's the part you don't get.

So whatever, you're "helping" people by pretending to be the best bowler in the world though you've never bowled a game in your life. Here you sit, bragging up your shiny trophy, defending your actions.

"I think investing in bowling trophies is good for bowlers all over the world! They do it on Facebook, which just so happens to be one of the most depressing and useless pieces of shit ever invented, so we should do that here too!"

Moral of the Story: Based on your response, you actually DO believe your own bullshit; and that is disturbing.

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4 votes

jeffandhisguitar (66) · 7 years ago

It's like Trump and his presidency. Farcicle..

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@nonameslefttouse I don't get the whole point. If up vote bots are so bad, why are they allowed on steemit. I mean, I've been here a short time, everybody with reasonably big followings on youtube or here say, invest some money in your account, use an upvote bot to promote your post. That's what I've done, and I get responses from real people actually commenting about the posts.

If this is really so horrible, then why is this still allowed here on steemit? I mean don't get me wrong I don't want to do anything unethical here, but as far as I know, or at least until some people posted here about the bid-bots not being good, I thought that it was simply a way to promote your posts. Like you can also promote posts on facebook.

If that is not the case, please explain it to me because I don't understand the whole concept of being able to promote something, yet when you do people get mad about it?

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dera123 (62) · 7 years ago

It's not about the bots, it's about the bullshit you wrote ... you bought the upvotes but wrote that you attracted some big whales ... so the people don't like that you are promoting lies.
And we all know that you totaly know what you are doing

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Well @dera123 yes of course I promoted the posts with bots, you can see that on the post, and also thanks to @transparencybot but I didn't know that the SP was also involved in the reputation score, I've edited that into the post right now. But yeah I get that point, because apparently the SP does influence rep score as well.

So because most of these bots have low rep scores I didn't think it would influence my rep score if they voted.

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nonameslefttouse (74) · 7 years ago

The majority of your "reputation" was purchased. That's not an accomplishment. It's like buying a goddamn trophy and being proud of it. Who does that? LOL. You.

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cloudbuster (53) · 7 years ago (edited)

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robertandrew (67) · 7 years ago

So here's the thing, I use bots to promote the post and get it more visible. I don't see what is wrong with that, as long as the content is good.

Mark in all due respect your Content is NOT that great. I am being just sincerely honest here. I have watched your 50 second videos and it's more or less fluffy commonsense Content that bring little "new" info. to people. Sorry Iam not trying to be mean. It is what it is.

It's just NOT value from what I have seen. However, I do think you are capable of putting out good stuff. Your delivery is excellent :) But this stuff about being "selfish with criticism" and other videos like how it's "alight to take shortcuts" etc..etc.. is just not groundbreaking.

Your just getting by with Marginal Content at best and then pumping yourself up with inflated Votes with the Bots. And pumping yourself up with a inflated undeserved Rep, Followers, and Rewards etc..etc..

Please look at this as a learning experience and heed your own advice ( in one of your videos you talk about being selfish and utilizing criticism from others). Take a step back and do a self inventory.

I truly think after you have been here awhile you will see this is just flat out wrong all the way around.

I do want to see you around here but sometimes it is necessary to be honest with ourselves and make changes for the better :)

Sincerely,
Robert

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Hey Robert, thanks for a proper presentation of feedback, you see this is something I can work with.

First of all, you are completely right, it is totally not ground breaking, and it is very basic. Yet, this is the kind of information that I notice a lot of people around me don't even know of. Therefore I decided to start with this 'generic information'. Of course, if you have been developing yourself for a while and have been reading books on the topic this must be common sense to you. However, if people haven't this might give them the opportunity to start thinking about stuff differently. That's just a niche that I'm trying to explore, introducing people to self-development :)

I hope that, as followers grow, comments come in etc, I can start to touch more in depth topics, hopefully based on concrete questions coming in from followers, but I will have to see about that.

In any case I fully agree with your opinion about it not being ground-breaking.

When it comes to the bots, I honestly did not know it influences the reputation score, but I do now. I have therefore decided to cut way back on them. I want to use a couple to resteem my posts to get more eyeballs on them. I will though, stop bombarding the posts with votes.

I guess I was mainly influenced by bot owners who gave '5 tips to grow on steemit' or stuff like that, promoting bot services and showing it can help you get traffic. Yet I didn't realise it gives an inflated look and 'undeserved' reputation score feeling to steemians.

So therefore, I'm gonna cut back on the bost and will restrict my daily spending on them, if any, to a minimum.

I'm also new to this niche of doing these types of videos, so I expect to learn a lot as I go along and hope that the value will start to rise above just the 'beginner level' of self-development. I'm mainly strugling with making videos not too long and boring. That is a point I'm concerned about when diving deeper yet I have yet to explore how I can do this anyway without boring everybody to death.

I hope I will learn a lot here and develop myself :)

Mark

robertandrew (67) · 7 years ago

Thank you Mark. Yes, I understand as it is a growing phase here. Really the curve of learning is pretty steep here. Iam still learning a lot myself.

I do not think what you did was intentional. I think the fact that you seem really driven and also open to listen says a lot about you.

Also the fact that you are taking criticism and embracing it and using it for your own improvement really gives you a lot of credibility. As you are definitely heeding what you preach ( in that video about being "selfish " with criticism). It's good to see someone not just "talk the talk" but also "walk the walk"

So that's really excellent to see. Thanks and I am sure you will do really good here :)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks Robert, I mean I make huge mistakes all the time, but what is the point if I cannot learn from them. I really felt that bots is just what the people do here, but I now understand more about why it is bad.

I'm going to wait a bit for steem to come down compared to SBD, flowing most of my SBD to STEEM and powering up as much as possible. Since I won't need the SBD for bots anymore. :)

looftee (61) · 7 years ago (edited)

I'm new here on steemit and I don't exactly understand everything yet!

This line sums up everything.

BTW, it's crazy, it took more than a year and about 3000 comments for me to reach the rep. of 61, but hey, I could have got 62 in just 27 days.

Not only trending page but reputation is also compromised!

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dera123 (62) · 7 years ago

I like the part

I'm new here on steemit and I don't exactly understand everything yet!

Sure, that's why he bought upvotes from 10 different bots to upvote his posts xD
Nobody watches the videos but who needs views when a bot can bring in rewards ;-)

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sambillingham (65) · 7 years ago

:( This post was the first time I realised reputation was ruined too.

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looftee (61) · 7 years ago

Yepp, it is!

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finnian (58) · 7 years ago

Is it any better than a whale could simply spam upvote a bunch of their friend's posts to do the same thing, worse actually, than purchasing bots? That would also quickly raise a person's reputation. There is no easy and simple "fix" for how reputation works.

It isn't just bots in other words that cause the problem.

Also, a reputation even in the 40's is a good sign. It means you've been doing good things. Yes, a person can get into the 60's or even the 70's very quickly depending on who is upvoting them, but would they stay there if they are doing bad things? I don't think they would.

The entire history of their reputation is all there for us to see too.

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looftee (61) · 7 years ago

No they wouldn't stay there if they are doing any bad things, but there are things that are neither bad, nor good.

Would someone care if one isn't doing any good?

There is quite a difference in whales voting someone and bid bots upvotes.

I am not entirely against both or anyone either, I just don't support the idea of bid bot upvoting oneself.

Bid bots would be better if someone gifts a big upvote to others.

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finnian (58) · 7 years ago (edited)

I'd rather have bots than control people. I like the full disclosure bot for this (the one that replies to posts that heavily use bots with the report showing that use).

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ura-soul (75) · 7 years ago

lol

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mejustandrew (58) · 7 years ago

It is definetely awesome how he avoided to answer this comment while replying to the many others. He thinks that the investment in voting bots is a cool idea after all...

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veerall (50) · 7 years ago

He is dumb, he doesn't know what he is talking.. There are many dumb people who have YouTube channels with even dumber followers. Its sad, that there are so many Dumb people in the world.. No wonder the world is heading to the most insane times in history..

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crypto-nella (39) · 7 years ago

What makes you better than him? Posts with one picture steepshot?
Don't call people names when you can't back it up.

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veerall (50) · 7 years ago

Lol.. have you seen my other posts? Steepshot is like instagram, you cannot post there like a blog. (anything that you post connected to steem, will get posted automatically here on steemit, i guess you didnt know that) And if you support reward pool raping, then its up to you. As it will lead to the collapse of steemit.

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robertandrew (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

Since you typically pay for your larger votes and since those larger paid for votes contribute to raising your reputation score and since you neglected to mention any of this in the post, I'm flagging it. I disagree with rewards. You're paying for this reputation score but seemingly acting like you're earning it. You stated you "never pay or bribe people..." yet you paid for votes to mislead people into thinking your blog is popular and deserving of free votes when in fact you typically pay for a spot on the trending page then act like a popular and successful blogger.
At the end it says, "Thank you!" Who are you thanking? Yourself?
The amount of dishonesty within this post is appalling. You don't need to answer this, but I truly wonder if you actually believe your own bullshit? That would be disturbing.

Thank you !!!Just posted a whole Post on my blog two days ago about this new Steemian and what he is doing.. This is what really brings down Steemit. 'Pay to Play' and then people checking our Site for the first time see this on Trending and don't realize this was ALL bought for. It sends the wrong message and was NOT what Dan had in mind when he founded Steemit :(

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hiroyamagishi (68) · 7 years ago

Congrats buddy. What I love on this platform is your really engaging yourself with real people, with real life. We are rewarded by adding value to other people. From the post all the way down to the comment almost 98% of them are adding values. You have a new follower on board. Count me in :D

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @hiroyamagishi :) I hope to see you around here more often and will follow you as well to see what cool stuff you sling into the world :)

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pritam20 (57) · 7 years ago (edited)

Congrats!!!! @markdeheide for the score of 62 in such a short span of time

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @pritam20 :) you're doing good as well man! :) Keep going!

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booster (68) · 7 years ago

This comment has received a 0.28 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @pritam20.

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viraldrome (67) · 7 years ago

@booster you should stop selling upvotes on comments

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pastzam (55) · 7 years ago

“Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Focus on your character, not your reputation.
Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

:) @pastzam nice quote! :)

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cloudbuster (53) · 7 years ago

You put in over $1000 USD + to bid bots for this post. You've made $460 USD.... Are we learning yet?

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3 votes

jfitmisc (56) · 7 years ago

You have come a long way very fast. I think using bots as much as you do is kind of like steroids. Great in the short run, but horrible in the long run. I like your content though and I think it should grow more organically. I like your ambition to hit your goals by your birthday. Best of luck to you.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago (edited)

Yes I think you're right about that, that's why as of today I'm using a maximum of 25SBD on bots. It's all about discovering what works and what doesn't work. And I think it's good to find some balance in using bots or not :)

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ptcmyanmar (58) · 7 years ago (edited)

I fulfill your wish by following you. For upvote I cannot do that because my upvote value is very low. I hope you to stay happy in steemit. Keep your wheels on the track, forget about what others said.

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10 votes

markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

I'm happy here! :) @ptcmyanmar I hope you will do very good here and thanks for following :)

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fproductions (66) · 7 years ago

Congratulations on achieving this goal

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @fproductions :)

anthonyj (58) · 7 years ago

Not exactly sure why some people are mad... Perhaps the earnings are a tad high considering the amount allotted to user daily... but I also rarely see folks with good content utilizing the platform to it's potential. I just recently discovered the use of promotion bots and it's made all the difference. In combination with great content it can work wonders.

I find your comparisons to Youtube to be very beneficial in terms of drawing more users to this platform. Youtube is such a large community and much like Instagram and Twitter it has become a race to get the most fake followers in order to attract a real following. Steemit is still small, thus interactions are much more meaningful.

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dera123 (62) · 7 years ago

Hmmm fake followers to attract real followers on youtube hmmm let us compare that to his steem postings:
He bought a lot of votes to get on trending with videos which got around 50views on youtube, so 50 ppl have seen these videos and he kicked it with money into trending. Where is the difference to bought followers on the other plattforms? The only difference is that he is earning money by doing it. And the sad part is that he tries to act innocent and dumb

I guess I must have attracted some whales with high scores because my score has been going up and up!

sure he attracted a vote bot with the SBDs he is throwing at them ...

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@dera123 so if using vote bots is so bad, why is it allowed here on steemit? Do you also object people purchasing ads on Facebook, and Instagram? What about television ads that get people into stores? I thought bots here on steemit are simply a way to put your posts in front of more eyeballs.

I may be missing something here but thats just what I thought people do to promote their posts? I'm running trial runs with less money spent on bots now :)

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dera123 (62) · 7 years ago

It's not wrong to use bots, but writing bullshit like "I guess I must have attracted some whales with high scores because my score has been going up and up!" when all these big attracted votes came out of your own wallet because you bought them, that is wrong.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@dera123 well the thing is, I thought, as someone told me that you can only go up, if someone with a higher reputation score up votes you. Yet, apparently it also has to do with STEEMPOWER as I figured out now, so then it makes a whole lot more sense. I will edit that into the post.

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cloudbuster (53) · 7 years ago (edited)

See someone agrees with me :)

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powerupme (53) · 7 years ago

wow that is a gereat news,good job and good post.Your post is always different i follow your blog everytime,your post is so helpful.I always inspire of your post on my steem work.Thank you for sharing @markdeheide and follow me

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @powerupme I'm really happy to hear that. Yes I like to keep my posts different and yet always thought-provoking. At least that is my aim :)

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steemero (63) · 7 years ago

congratulation for your success within this short time

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @steemero

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muzammil381 (46) · 7 years ago

this is unprecedented. nicely performed stunner

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @muzammil381

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sunrisela (44) · 7 years ago

That is amazing, FOLLOWING YOU FOR SURE!!! keep up the great work

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

glad to hear you like it @sunrisela and thanks for following me!

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sniper555 (54) · 7 years ago

Wonderful, continue Steemit Goals.

markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @sniper555 :)

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kofibeatz (52) · 7 years ago

Geeeeee @markdeheide! This is unheard of. Well done stunner!!!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @kofibeatz :) I'm really happy with the results :)

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kofibeatz (52) · 7 years ago

Das WUSSUP!

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intellihandling (63) · 7 years ago

Hi @markdeheide, you are so young but you are so wise too, having upvotes of over 400 usd value is not coming only with friends vote, anyway if you got it you deserve it, here nobody give you something for free...
I am in Steemit from almost 4 months, i am industrial automation programmer and just an hour ago i posted my dream post, if you are interested i will put my link as reply.
Anyway compliment, i think your is a record, from 25 to 62 in 27 days...

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@intellihandling Keep in mind I also invested my own money in the platform around $2600 and promoted posts so that really helps as well. :)

intellihandling (63) · 7 years ago

I see it, anyway you are clever business man, i hope you can see my post and give me your opinion...

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modernpastor (66) · 7 years ago

Congratulation :)
This should motivate you to go further. I am not here to ruin the bad mood here. You can trust me, I am someone who tries to lead people to reach their full potential and also if there is something to criticise always in an empowering way.

I saw you the first time where you talked that you earn already more here compared to Youtube.
And its visible that you have an attractive attitude. So for me without a doubt, your current stand is just the beginning.

Let me explain a bit why your reputation increased so fast :)
The reason for that is the bot votes and their weight. You are promoting your post strongly(which I never condemn I use them myself sometimes) with bots and their weight has a large impact on the increase of your reputation. That's the reason why it's going so fast. :)

Again wanted just to explain why it is like that. :)

Kepp up your good work^^

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@modernpastor ah cool! Yeah one of the things I have learned from my youtube history, and I will create a post about that is you have to start by investing a shitload to get to the top soon. I never did that on youtube which is why I 'missed the boat' sort of speak :)

Question, is it then based on vote-weight or on reputation score of people voting for you?

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modernpastor (66) · 7 years ago

Its both. But more important is the Steempower someone has. Means the bidbots have not on generall high reputations, but they have a lot of Steempower and this power affects your reputation in a positive way.

We could say that these bods are whales and this whale power increase your reputation score much faster. You will see a difference when you bid with 1SBD for example or with 30 SBD. The more you put into a biding bot the higher your reputation will increase.

In my case, it was the same :)
But anyway a good rep is a good rep.

And one tip from. Try to increase your Steempower it has a lot of advantages. :)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @modernpastor Yes I will definitely try to increase it asap :)

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kchiny (37) · 7 years ago

what bots sir. how do people use bots

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nc-mgtow (58) · 7 years ago

congratulations

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @nc-mgtow

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harvhat (55) · 7 years ago

Well written (of course) but you forgot a couple items:

Write posts about making money on steemit.
Use upvote bots.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@harvhat yes well I haven't made this post as a 'how to make money on steemit' I mainly wanted to share my happiness. But yeah, I mean I put $2600 in the account and spend a lot of it on bots to promote my content, that surely helps. :)

Yet, most of my content is not steemit related, as you can see on my profile.

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harvhat (55) · 7 years ago

I should have said "write posts about steemit", it seems the "about making money" part isn't needed though it often an angle that's employed. This comment is probably a bit tongue-in-cheek though at this time 4 or the 5 top posts on trending are directly related to Steem (not always positively, unfortunately).

The second point, using upvote bots, is definitely something that should be on the list though and is something that is very confusing for new most people. I doubt very very much you could have achieved the results you are now so happy with if you did not employ this tactic.

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patrickczu (59) · 7 years ago

Inspiring story. Thak you for sharing

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

You're mostwelcome @patrickczu

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tjfire (47) · 7 years ago

It sounds impressive but also doesn't seem fair. How does a poor man like me compete with that? I don't have the money to buy bots and boost my SP to a huge amount. I wish the whales would upvote me too but it's rare.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@tjfire no the system isn't fair at the moment, yet that's how it is. As I was discussing with a few other people here in response to the comments about bots. To level the playing field, why not get rid of the bots altogether? :)

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tjfire (47) · 7 years ago

There will always be bots. Someone out there will have a bot ready, even if it becomes illegal. It just won't be as obvious. It's just like crime. It exists all over the planet. It's illegal, but there are people plotting and planning things in secret. It will continue until the end of the world as we see it.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@tjfire yeah fair point on that ;)

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adamj8 (39) · 7 years ago

Without investisments I think we can't progress in Steemit succefully

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shahin0997 (29) · 7 years ago

All the hardworking people are successful in life. It is necessary to work hard to succeed. carry on....

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @shahin0997 yet hard work is not the only thing that will work. You can work very hard on digging a hole in your garden, and the next day on filling it back up. The work is really hard but nothing is achieved. So better to work hard once you've found something that is actually working for you :)

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abcallen (73) · 7 years ago

I feel that you are very powerful. My current reputation value is 46, but I will continue to work hard. In terms of income, you are also very powerful, so that a short period of time will have so much income. Admire!
I also don't recommend bribing this kind of thing here. The best thing is to spend more energy and time to create your own posts. At @steemit, I'm looking for high-quality articles. Although @steemit doesn't limit the articles, I can't create them. A class of articles, but here I still suggest more high quality health articles.
As long as you are at @steemit, you can succeed and learn to interact with others.

感觉你很厉害啊，我现在的声誉值是46，不过呢，我会继续努力的，在收入方面，你也是很厉害，那么短的时间就能有那么多的收入，佩服！
这里我也很不建议贿赂这种事发生，最好就是多花些精力和时间来创作自己的帖子，在@steemit追求的是高质量文章，虽然@steemit在文章方面并没有限制不可以创作哪一类的文章，但是在这里我还是建议多发些高质量健康的文章。
只要你在@steemit用心去做，你就可以获得成功，要学会多和他人进行互动。

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wf9877 (69) · 7 years ago

You can do the same easily if you spend money on bots.

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abcallen (73) · 7 years ago

Do you mean spending money on robots? How to get it?

你的意思是花钱在点赞机器人上吗？具体怎么弄呢？

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https://steembottracker.com

wf9877 (69) · 7 years ago

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @abcallen Wow that post in Chinese is looking amazing! Or I mean, I think it is Chinese right? I think Japanese looks different. And Korean also.

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abcallen (73) · 7 years ago

No thanks, thank you very much for thinking so. I read your article very carefully. I think it's really great!

不用谢，很感谢你这样认为，你的文章我很细的看了，我认为真的很棒！

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gerishdgreat (32) · 7 years ago

Congrats maaaaaaan!!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @gerishdgreat

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isratjahan (44) · 7 years ago

Congratulation @markdeheide. Keep it up.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @isratjahan :) you too!

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tangera (80) · 7 years ago

Congratulations! Its a huge achievement, keep it up.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @tangera I will keep going as hard as I can here! :)

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tangera (80) · 7 years ago

Welcome would be glad if you visit my blog!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

I'll check it out! :)

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tangera (80) · 7 years ago

Thanks.

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zuckerzombie (48) · 7 years ago (edited)

Wow that's an amazing result @markdeheide, congratulations!!!:-) You are a very extrovert and a likable and sympathetic person, so I wonder if it's possible to be succesful as you for an introverted person like me;-) Though registering for steemit in September 2017 I just got active here 2 weeks ago and I really don't understand much about the steemit system but I try to learn everyday something more. It takes a while to find the right accounts to follow whose messages are in alignment with mine. I like how you spread your messages and in my opinion your videos have a high recognition value. May I ask if you had any help from previously personally known people and did you use bots to support your success? I'm really glad I found you and hope to learn more from you by following your account;-)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @zuckerzombie I still love your name haha! So I didn't have any one on one help but I did watch some videos from @brandfrye he has been most helpful to me. Also @jerrybanfield but I mean he is a little crazy haha :P talking about extravert. I also used bots. Mainly I just put $2600 in of my own money and that has really helped. Also I respond to all comments and try to interact with people as much as I can.

I spend roughly 5 hours per day on steemit, answering comments, writing my posts etc :)

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zuckerzombie (48) · 7 years ago

Thanks for your honesty and humor @markdeheide;-)

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zuckerzombie (48) · 7 years ago

I couldn't find @brandfrye - when I click on this name, steemit says: User /Page not found??

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

sorry that is a typo: @brandonfrye is who I was referring to :)

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onlyprofitbot (0) · 7 years ago

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adamj8 (39) · 7 years ago

Without investisments I think we can't progress in Steemit succefully

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Yeah I think that is how the platform is set-up to incentivise people to invest into STEEM.

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nicksonreborn (28) · 7 years ago

i new here too, i cant wait to get to understand an master the whole steemit blog site. Thanks for the inspiration

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Hey @nicksonreborn I think the main fact you're here today is already a big plus! There are so many people who are going to join the steemit platform later and they will all start where we did, yet the crowd will be thicker and it will be harder to get noticed.

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fitzgibbon (61) · 7 years ago

Lekker bezig!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks Fitzgibbon :)

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mayennaise (46) · 7 years ago

Wow that is inspiring. I hopr I can achieve the same level of enthusiasm and effort you put in your every post. Kudos

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @mayennaise :) as you can see I'm active on steemit a lot haha :) keep doing great stuff on the platform and you will get better and better :)

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nomvula (56) · 7 years ago

Here is a gift to u
https://steemit.com/dance/@nomvula/you-want-to-watch-this-a-dance-by-nomvula-the-greeninglady

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks! :)

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edensgarden (6) · 7 years ago

Great post!
Thanks for tasting the eden!

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dmilliz (68) · 7 years ago

Going hard on the bots! Ain’t nothing! I should do the same more often! It is thevsustem we were dealt

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@dmilliz yes I have used the bots to promote and that has really helped. I'm going easier on the bots as of today to see how that is going :)

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upmewhale (65) · 7 years ago

You got a 51.15% upvote from @upmewhale courtesy of @markdeheide!

Earn 100% earning payout by delegating SP to @upmewhale. Visit http://www.upmewhale.com for details!

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kchiny (37) · 7 years ago

pls guide on how you did this

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

I used bid-bots to get my post more noted :)

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kchiny (37) · 7 years ago

share some bots with me pls . which bots do you use. do you get paid more?howcome your posts are quite high in price. how much do u have to pay for it

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

well at this moment due to the high STEEM price (I learned this this morning, the SP rewards are lower) and therefore bots are not efficient any more. The only way to make a profit is to vote on a bot that is paying out more than 25% profit, and this is hard because sooooo many people use bots nowadays.

kchiny (37) · 7 years ago

what are some of the bots that pay this

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

you can view bots on steembottracker.com but as I said before, now that the SBD/STEEM price has flipped, and apparently according to the high price of STEEM in general bots are hardly every positive in pay out anymore.

booster (68) · 7 years ago

This post has received a 0.92 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @markdeheide.

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hanae.taybi (30) · 7 years ago

followers upvotes are extremely important to rise your reputation score, and My goal is to get 70... I know it is not easy, but with work I will achieve this number ...good luck for all of us

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@hanae.taybi yes you will! :)

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jeffandhisguitar (66) · 7 years ago

Bah makes the platform look bad ... tripe.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@jeffandhisguitar I don't fully understand your comment.

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khassan (32) · 7 years ago

most inspirational article as well as practical. I like your post

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @khassan! :)

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muhammadddzacky (44) · 7 years ago

Great reputation bro @markdeheide , i hope i can be like you now

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@muhammadddzacky you will be able to reach this as well! :)

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calprut (68) · 7 years ago

5 days in steemit, and i still confused about how to make interesting topic 😫😫😫

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@calprut, I will do a post about finding good topics on Monday or Tuesday so stay tuned! In the meantime you can also earn some steem and sbd by commenting good and relevant stuff on other people's posts! :)

akash789 (37) · 7 years ago

Your post really motivated me.Steemit is a vast oceans so we need to feed ourselves with knowledge for us to survive. This ocean has so much to learn from,about crypto,bitcoin,investing,life... Almost all of the post are trying to add values to their audience and for that reason why I so much in love in this wonderful community and from today you are also in this list of good peoples.I am also new here so want your help in this stage.Thank you and hope to see some more posts from you.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @akash789 well I'm doing a Sunday Series where I teach about Financial Freedom and I will probably also do a steemit special there so you can look out for that! For now just keep pushing and steeming ;)

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akash789 (37) · 7 years ago

It will be my pleasure to be there.Do share some information regarding the stage it will be done.Looking forward to cooperate with you.

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bitcoinflood (77) · 7 years ago

The rep now starts to get crazy hard to get hahah good luck my man! Keep up the awesome content and I appreciate you posting goals etc.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@bitcoinflood yeah I can imagine, someone sent me a calculator yesterday and it is really hard haha :P

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utpal7 (25) · 7 years ago

please upvote me

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minhaz7 (30) · 7 years ago

Nothing impossible . Try hard ,stay tuned . Possible!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @minhaz7 :)

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aaronhydra123 (37) · 7 years ago

but how ?Did you start from 0 sbd and steem or buying them.Teach me senpai

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Hey @aaronhydra123 no I bought $2600 worth of STEEM around $1.75 to get started about a month ago, that really helped :)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

I really believe in steemit so I invested money and time! :)

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aaronhydra123 (37) · 7 years ago

oh well :(

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Whether you invest money or time, it will be worth it :)

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lolanta (44) · 7 years ago

My progress is not very impressive. But I like it here.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

It his cool here right! :) @lolanta

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alageraldine (46) · 7 years ago

felicidades , muchos éxitos mas

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

muchas gracias

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juliabreheny (39) · 7 years ago

Regardless of some of the negative comments, this post was inspiring to me who has been on Steemit for 14 days.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @juliabreheny yeah well haters are gonna hate. I'm new here too, I'm trying different things, trying my best, and if I do something that is not cool I hope people will tell me so I can change it, yet I mainly get a lot of positive responses :)

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retrorewindpod (41) · 7 years ago

Congratulations. Definitely inspiring to hear you get to 60 rep in such a short time! Totally makes sense why you would want to share that during YT time :D. And you are now 1 follower closer to 2900

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @retrorewindpod speaking of planning my time better haha, I released a post about how I plan my time today :)

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maxdigi (50) · 7 years ago

Hello Mark

Very impressive! Keep on doing what you do, I enjoyed your video.

You have another follower. You form a great example sir.

I guess I will be claiming some of your time aswel in the near future ;)

Kind regards!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@maxdigi please do! I love interacting with people here!

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reformedmedia (43) · 7 years ago

Congratulations to you:)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @reformedmedia :)

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cellomusic91 (50) · 7 years ago

Congratulations! I am also new here and I like to run into this type of publications of people who share their testimony about their experience on steemit and their desire to help others and provide good content.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @cellomusic91 I hope you're going to have a good time here on steemit!

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hotmess247 (26) · 7 years ago

Pretty cool! Congrats!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @hotmess247

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minnowvotes (2) · 7 years ago

You got a 3.98% upvote from @minnowvotes courtesy of @markdeheide!

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kimstar (57) · 7 years ago

That's awesome! Congrats!

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

You're most welcome @kimstar! :)

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azroel (42) · 7 years ago

great brother.! Succsess..always.. your content very extraordinary

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @azroel! Glad to hear you like it!

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ozumba (44) · 7 years ago

Wow that's a nice one.. You are so much lucky. Mine wasn't like this. I believe each and every one of us has different blessings in life.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @ozumba keep in mind though I invested money in my account as well.

rayhan02 (40) · 7 years ago

Congrates . I think you are mostly enjoy in steemit

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@rayhan02 yes I really am I love it here! :)

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rayhan02 (40) · 7 years ago

I am also. ## YOU CAN JOIN OUR

YOU CAN JOIN OUR

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cherylsonty (61) · 7 years ago

My goals for the month of march:

i hope to reach reputation 55
Have atleast 100sp
organize atleast two contest.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@cherulsonty you mean May right? :)

What is a contest?

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cherylsonty (61) · 7 years ago

Yes dear, May I mean, context is a sort of game or competition where by the organizer gives a task for people to do and rewards the winners with a price.

For example I can make a contest post and ask people to write a story on how steemit has helped there lives and I Will give prizes of 10sbd to 3 winners.

I gave rules they must follow or no rules depending.

Then the make their entries as a comment on my post or make a post on it and drop link yo their posts for me so i could read.

I can decide to be the judge or with some people, we check all entries out and select the winners then reward them.

Contest comes in different ways.

Sorry for the late response.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Ah okay @cherylsonty :) thanks for explaining that makes a lot of sense! :) I will check it out!

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cherylsonty (61) · 7 years ago

Ok dear, i hope to be part of your contest!

I can give you ideas if you want too 😊

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ireneblessing (66) · 7 years ago

congratulations @markdeheide that is a great stone to your goals am roughly two months old on steemit and my goal is to introduce as many people as i can to steemit because it has really changed my life a lot and am grateful

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @ireneblessing :) How are people responding to your stories about steemit. Are they also getting excited? :)

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ireneblessing (66) · 7 years ago

yah the people are excited @steem-ambassador is doing its best to help

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

ah nice! :) good to hear that :)

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papanic (54) · 7 years ago

I empathize with your writing. You are the one who makes steam worthwhile. I hope that these values will be shared among all steam members

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @papanic :)

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salauddinrc (29) · 7 years ago

Dear cheer thanks for good information. go ahead -_-

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@salauddinrc You're most welcome :)

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salauddinrc (29) · 7 years ago

Hi, I like the way you write articles. I will follow you, I hope you will follow & vote me, as we are interested in one topic. Let's increase the power of Steemit together!

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krisfaction (38) · 7 years ago

I'm new as well. I have no idea how this all works but I really like the platform. I'll definitely give you a follow.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @krisfaction :)

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veerall (50) · 7 years ago

"Reputation Score: 62 - In 27 Days"

Coz of paid upvotes bro.. Im sure you know that.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@veerall yeah well actually somebody explained the whole uprooting/reputation to me yesterday in a comment. I thought it mainly had to do with the rep score of people voting, yet apparently it also has to do with the STEEMPOWER someone has in their account. I didn't realise that.

Anyway, doing trial runs with way less promotion on the posts now to see how that goes :)

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veerall (50) · 7 years ago

try posting something without using any bots, to know where u actually stand..

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aqeelshehzad (49) · 7 years ago

Wow that is motivating. I hopr I can accomplish a similar level of energy and exertion you put in your each post.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @aqeelshehzad I hope so too! :)

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aasisrana (49) · 7 years ago

i hope to soon i have active users as yourss..

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

I hope so too! @aasisrana :)

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ayerz (53) · 7 years ago

Very inspiring post! I'm also new here and still keep on reading everyday to learn more about the platform. My friend advised me invest to use bots but I'm still thinking about it. I hope I could also get more followers and high rep score. Congratulation anyway! I hope you earn more followers and upvotes.:-)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@ayerz thank you! Happy to hear you liked it. Well bots work but only if your content is good.

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carpgoth (50) · 7 years ago

Congratulations. And thanks for your good quality shares/contents. I'll regularly follow you.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @carpgoth! :)

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nayeem01 (42) · 7 years ago

Your success was inspired me. I am in steemit more than 4 days but my reputation was 25 .YOU ARE A LEGEND.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @nayeem01 :) I hope you will increase your success here soon! :)

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viraldrome (67) · 7 years ago

I think the main reason I've attracted a lot of followers is due to a couple of things:

1 I spend insane amounts of money on bidbots and people follow me to score on the curation of that

*Fixed

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@viraldome this is possible for some people, yet based on the interactions I've had with people replying I cannot conclude otherwise than that there are also many people who value the content, and actually read the post :)

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viraldrome (67) · 7 years ago

People reply on big posts in the hopes you will give out comment upvotes.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Ah okay! Yeah but here's what I don't get. The whole way steemit seems to work is that people get upvotes for producing good content, or interacting. So then it is okay if they leave a comment in the hope for an upvote right? I mean that was the whole point, to give people an incentive.

And I don't mean replies like: "Hey well done"

But actually replies that contribute to the topic at hand?

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dlivepromoter (46) · 7 years ago

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big.ock (49) · 7 years ago

Upvoted but im not sure thats how reputation works. I have been on here for 2 days and made a few quality blogs but i have zero exposure and i have got zero upvotes. that being said. My reputation score is still going up. I have no idea how or why this is happening. I just know that it is. I'm searching steemit trying to figure it out myself. I am also trying to figure out how to get people to my page so I can get my first upvote. I'm not one of those people that feel comfortable running around begging for them either. I want to get followers the natural way

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Yeah I still don't understand all of it @big.ock people say something, and then someone else is contradicting in statements about reputation score. I've searched youtube and google but people keep contradicting each other I honestly don't know anymore but it must have to do with people's score who are upvoting you and their steempower this is what I hear the most!

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mamuti (34) · 7 years ago

Felicitaciones!! Excelente contenido a[un cuando el ingles no es mi idioma, me gusta leerlo para seguir aprendiendo. Espero puedas entenderme jejeje. Yo también tengo poco tiempo en ésta gran comunidad y sigo creciendo. Más adelante escribiré en mi blog sobre tus preguntas interesantes. Éxitos y bendiciones.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thans @mamuti I understand a little bit but my Spanish isn't that good :P

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elvielins (61) · 7 years ago

wow!!!! Awesome.. im a month old on steemit. lol.. u took over me... haha😄😄 love and upvoted u @elvielins

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @elvielins! :) glad to see you out here again :) Ow you will catch up ;)

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josefpius (51) · 7 years ago

Congrats @markdeheide the is a clear affirmation that hardwork pays i love what you said here

I never pay or bribe people to follow, and don't persuade them to do so, I only want people to follow me if they interact and feel my posts are of value to them. As a result most of my followers upvote my posts regularly :)

Genuine content and interactions is the key to making it hear this i have learnt in my short steemit journey. Thank for inspiring us coming up it can only get better. Keep growing brother

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @josefpius! :) yeah it takes a lot of time to respond to all comments but at least I get to see what everybody's thoughts are. And, in turn, I get to learn from what people are saying :)

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majid92 (25) · 7 years ago

First of All Congratz for this big goal which you achieve in short time and there is no doubt your articles are attractive God Bless you

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@majid92 you're most welcome :) Hope to see you out here more often :)

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dylen (46) · 7 years ago

jeez in just 27 days and have 61 reputation scores I'm wondering If you can give me some guides on how to do it without spending too much..Cheers

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@dylen well I've also used up vote bots to promote the posts, and I didn't know this until today, but the high SP of the bot also increases your rep score apparently. I was told it only happens when you get up votes from people with a higher score than you, but apparently it also happens when a whale votes your posts.

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arcange (73) · 7 years ago

Congratulations @markdeheide!
Your post was mentioned in the Steemit Hit Parade in the following categories:

Comments - Ranked 8 with 199 comments
Pending payout - Ranked 7 with $ 461,81

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vjoel (33) · 7 years ago

Congratulations I hope I could be you I'm just new here in steemit wish you goodluck and earn more

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

thanks @vjoel :)

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miss-j (57) · 7 years ago (edited)

im new here too, and learned a bit about using the bots- still not sure why some rip you off more than others and why there isnt natural campaign of steemians who expose these bots, but in any case I have to say, my first impression reading this was tuckerface.

You either have zero self awareness, or you just naturally sound kind of conceited. This self congratulatory pat yourself on the back post for no other reason except to tell all your followers and upvote bots that you love that they love you.

as another steemian pointed out a few times, you actually lost more money than you put in on some of these posts of yours. I was wondering about your thoughts on that?

Im at the same point where I am trying to figure out if I just lost money on a post I worked really hard on to source properly.... but I am going to continue using the bots because for now at least, until I can be here long enough to grow a proper following and feel a part of a community, I have to use the tools available.

Anyways, you might think about making another post in retrospect now that you have learned that your reputation was not some unknown whales who like and adore you, but rather your own gambling votes that paid for their services. It might actually be a good enough post to garner some organic attention.

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che-nie (50) · 7 years ago

wow amazing congratulations!I hope me too I will serve you as my inspiration doing this techniques

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Thanks @che-nie :) I hope you will do well here on steemit! :)

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dailyupvotes (50) · 7 years ago

You got a 10.92% upvote from @dailyupvotes courtesy of @markdeheide!

Please upvote this comment to support the service.

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adamj8 (39) · 7 years ago

Without investisments I think we can't progress in Steemit succefully

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applelex (57) · 7 years ago

That is really impressive . Im also here for quiet awhile now but Ima not so active like you do.

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Well I also invested my own money and used upvote bots to promote the posts that also really helped of course. However as I found out this morning the current price of STEEM is too high for bots to be profitable.

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applelex (57) · 7 years ago

That is really impressive . Im also here for quiet awhile now but Ima not so active like you do.

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lpreap (67) · 7 years ago

Congratulations, seems like a healthy and achievable goal! I’d like to get there as well :)

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

@lpreap yeah I mean it is like 5x haha but because I'm gaining around 30-40 followers a day I hope it will work :)

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adamj8 (39) · 7 years ago

Without investisments I think we can't progress in Steemit succefully

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peacarey (29) · 7 years ago

I just joined steem a few days ago, I just posted what I'd like to be doing here, which is relationship/love life related.. We can't all be nerds n computer geniuses. And I really want to leave d '25' lol

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markdeheide (67) · 7 years ago

Yeah I also don't like to post about 'nerdy stuff' because I simply do not know enough about it.

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finnian (58) · 7 years ago (edited)

Edit: Well, the bot arguments continue...

I reserved my account in September of 2016. I didn't use it, stupidly, until August of 2017. I posted a ton of stuff, there was some witness drama, and I got burned out because of the combination of the two.

My current goals have almost all been accomplished. I was looking for 5000 SP and 2000 followers. Next I will start writing again, and I'll work towards 10000 SP and 5000 followers. I have no control over my reputation either, but my hope is to get it at least into the 60's by the end of 2018.

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