A Self Serving Post

in steemit •  6 years ago  (edited)

I have been around Steemit now for almost two years, I have seen friends (and enemies) come and go. I have written about a whole range of subjects which to new friends and followers are not very obvious unless they scroll down and down and down ….



I was enthralled to come across the Bird Lady of NH recently, and a few of her followers who were also amateur ornithologists. Whilst doing my daily ‘walk the dog’ activity this morning I decided I wanted to share some of my bird stuff with her and her followers.

Republishing a previous post is frowned on here, and the ever watchful bot Cheetah usually comes along with chastisement so I was a bit wary to do that although I thik one could get away with it if you give yourself credit and explain it as a repost?


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me …… because this post is about me

Then I had this brainwave (yes, only one…. I have a small, very preoccupied brain) to ‘advertise’ my Steemian career to date, publishing highlights of what I have done in the past twenty two months. Full of enthusiasm I opened my blog and started to scroll down … and down…. and down

It soon became abundantly clear that deciding which are ‘highlights’ was rather onerous and time consuming, so I decided to give links to some of the categories I have written about. Certainly for me my favourites are ‘Music Legends’, ‘In the Kitchen’ and ‘Dining Out in Cape Town’, but photography and music in general feature rather frequently

So like the little Cape Wagtail below …. Get your feet wet and go check parts of @themagus journey. I would like that and I promise you will have some fun.

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https://steemit.com/photography/@themagus/moon-shots-and-moondance
photography and music…. NH witch will appreciate {nudge nudge wink wink… no pink}

https://steemit.com/nature/@themagus/knysna-birds-the-feathered-kind
Birds

https://steemit.com/photography/@themagus/streets-of-milan-part-three-milan-cathedral-art-gallery
Travel and Photography

https://steemit.com/music/@themagus/music-catharsis-after-a-slump
General music post

https://steemit.com/welcome/@themagus/welcome-introducing-some-new-steemians-4 Steemit Community service

https://steemit.com/food/@themagus/dining-out-in-cape-town-cattle-baron-the-grill-house
Dining Out in Cape Town

https://steemit.com/garden/@themagus/garden-adapting-to-the-new-climate
Gardening

https://steemit.com/life/@themagus/a-donkey-tale-or-is-that-a-hide (part one)
Social Conscience - part one
https://steemit.com/photography/@themagus/karoo-donkey-sanctuary-saints-at-work
Social Conscience - part two

If you only going to read ONE, then read these TWO above {grin}

https://steemit.com/music/@themagus/music-legends-featured-artist-tom-waits
Music Legends

https://steemit.com/food/@themagus/in-the-kitchen-morrocan-lamb-stew
In the Kitchen

I am going to promote this post to the maximum to see if I can garner a few new followers, and would ask you all to resteem and mention in the comments…. And I shall reward you with a 100% upvote on your own post. If you do not have time right now…. Bookmark my post and read the various categories at leisure.

Your participation in this little project is much appreciated and shall be rewarded with humble gratitude (redeemable at your local post office)

As always ...thank you for reading !!






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  ·  6 years ago (edited)

You are right.... I have seen friend and enemies on steemit

starting shot for the next 22 months! ;)
Always kind of surprise what your next post will be about but always a pleasure to read - of course resteemed. Keep on writing!

Thanks my friend ....

how are you, this is a great life, hopefully you are always healthy and successful friend yes, best regards from @marlisa, hope you can help me, I will restem

Wow, almost 2 years have passed here. I congratulate you on this date. I hope that my resteem will help you find a few new subscribers. I like your blog, it's always sincere thoughts and interesting photos. Good luck on this journey!

Thanks Anna-Mi .... you are one of the friends I spoke about.

a story of your life is amazing amazing, hopefully you always successful friends, I will restem for your good, hope you can also help me @themagus

really your trip very diverse at steemit, I will read your posts one by one. Thank you for sharing

thank you for sharing a life you, may you always successful friends yes, I want to be assisted by you @themagus,I will restem

Beautiful

2 years? I think my brain just cramped! Holy cannoli, Batman - that's, like, 99 years on Facebook!

Bird Lady of NH, eh? Who is this chick - sounds like someone I'd get along with... mostly... LOL!

Since you're all like, an Ancient Steemian, you probably already know this, but there's apparently some kind of zombie initiative that aims to raise posts of interest from past post payout purgatory.

https://steemit.com/steemitzombies/@whatamidoing/steemitzombies-guideline-proposal-zombifying-your-deadposts

Great snowy selfie shot. A few days ago (when temps were 30sF/3C) I was so sick of seeing the white stuff, but as we've suddenly hit a heat wave (yesterday was 80sF/30C and today should be the same), this looks invitingly chilly.

OMG! That little Wagtail is ALL THE THINGS!!!!

I'm off now to peruse your old offerings. And while I'm not nearly as ancient as you (in Steemit terms - I think I might have you beat in human years), I might do a similar post somewhere down the line.

Fair warning - I'll be back at random times to comment here on what I find there... 😊

First up -

https://steemit.com/photography/@themagus/moon-shots-and-moondance

photography and music…. NH witch will appreciate {nudge
nudge wink wink… no pink}

LOLOL! Though the moon 'tweren't pink, appreciate I did as you did think.

Awesome pairing of music and lunar loveliness! My only complaint is that you only had 4 photos! Even with my long perusal of each magical moon shot barely got me to "And I know now the time is just right." More posts/shots like this, please and thank you!

Although I haven't done it, I actually think it's ok to repost old stuff, maybe with a new intro. The new people won't have seen it, and anyone elderly (like myself) can always choose not to vote a second time. [Elderly in Steemit terms that is.]

I did do a couple that I thought were good and really unappreciated initially. Alas , they were also unappreciated the second time. It appears I over appreciate my own writing skills :(

I think we're all getting less appreciation than we deserve at the moment.

I stay away from the trending page as it makes me want to throw in the towel.... I just keep telling myself I do not do it for the money ..... but I did want to use it as a supplementary income when I retire ...just for my bad habit spend. Ah well, there is always Mithril ....

I never look at the trending page. Though I did look at the #steemit tag, under Trending and New, to try and find out why our posting options have disappeared. But there was so much other shit there that had nothing to do with Steemit, that I couldn't find anything useful and got very cross, and wanted to beat them all with a stick.

Go check out @traciyork ...she's a witch. maybe she can put a curse on them...'downvote curse 101' ...LOL

I've been here a year (in 3 more days) and I know that my older posts didn't get many views. Recycling is always good!

Thanks for stopping by .... I am working on a quick post around the voting patterns vs rewards from the early days. Just as an interesting exercise.