Witness @reggaemuffin

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Hey there,

If you do not know what a witness is, read this post by @someguy123:
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@someguy123/seriously-what-is-a-witness-why-should-i-care-how-do-i-become-one-answer

Hard Fork 19 is behind us and with it came some problems. Some witnesses had their servers running on 8GB space and with all the new traffic that was not enough so blocks got missed… So I set out to provide a powerful backup witness to ensure that this won't happen again!

My witness node is running on @privex hardware and has a whoppin 24GB of RAM available to the blockchain with enough to spare to increase it even further.

Full witness node specs

  • 32gb DDR3 ECC RAM
  • 4c/8t Intel Xeon CPU E3-1245V2
  • 2x 3TB HDD
  • 1gbit/s network (20TB b/w)
  • hosted in Germany

I want to thank @thecryptodrive and @officialfuzzy for trusting in me! https://steemdb.com/@reggaemuffin/witness

So who am I?

Me

I am @reggaemuffin, a developer and Computer Science Student from Germany who wants to build stuff for steem! I am passionate about the steem ecosystem from a social perspective and like many of you feel that this system has the power to change society for the better. I want to support the good work other users are doing and help onboard many new users.

Why vote for me?

Some values I stand for and whom you support by voting for me:

  • I want new users to get early support
  • I want to promote original content and help users who go the extra mile
    • I already spend hundreds of steem to promote new quality writers and plan to use witness funds for this too.
  • I want a fair and stable blockchain for all users

    • I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

  • I want to stop plagiarism and spam from flooding the platform
    • I educate new users and work with the steemcleaners to stop this behaviour from getting monetarily rewarded
  • I want diversity of content and people living of the posts they write for niche topics
    • I am supporting content creators in niche topics so that they can support others in their niche

My witness settings

  • Account creation fee is at 0.5 STEEM as HF 20 will soon overhaul this system no need to tweak that now
  • Max Block Size is at 65536 but with the intend to soon increase this
  • SBD interest rate is 0% as SBD is already overvalued and needs to go down again
  • I will host my pricefeed with pegging enabled as we need to get SBD stable
  • A seed node is in the works and will soon be available

Some things I did:

  • I manage @welcomebot to greet new users and help them start
  • I host a weekly giveaway to give new users a place to promote themselves
  • Together with @robofox I started SteemPact a weekly charity fundraiser to motivate fellow steemers to do something good with this platform
  • I wrote a guide for new users that helps find many of the awesome tools build for steem
  • I build the current version of whaleshares.net that helps new users make fewer mistakes in using their shares
  • I am the CTO of SteemSports and work with other talented devs to bring mainstream sports (and their users) to steem

To support me, vote for @reggaemuffin as a witness:

If you have any questions on the platform, on me as a witness or any other topic and you want to chat with me, hit me up on discord!

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still have 11 unused votes i think , but i also want to read more about this Witness thing , i used to be hosting servers in 1999 - 2005 have no idea what the market is doing right now when it comes to rack hosting .

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I'll be happy to give you some infos on witnesses :) just ask me your questions here or on Discord

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just told you my vote on discord :) just wondering why go for xeon cpu now if the new amd one is just arround the corner ..

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For this server CPU had a low priority, I opted for enough ram. So it was a choice of options available :)

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Thanks for sharing @reggaemuffin!
I find this to be valuable info.
Is there a way to bookmark a post?

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You can bookmark a post in your browser. Or you can resteem it and later look at your blog to find it ;)

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Thanks so much for all of the time you are investing in steem to make it more user friendly. We are very new here but my children have been vlogging for almost a year now on youtube. We, as their parents, want them to succeed in anything they choose to put their time and lots of hard work into. It was becoming very clear that people were working their guts out and not being compinsated and to make matters worse youtube was censoring our videos and stealing our subscribers and continuing to disregard our ad preferences by advertising inappropriate things prior to our videos. So glad to have a new avenue!😊

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Steem is perfect for that! There is no good video platform yet but `things evolve at a really fast pace. If you need any help with steem to keep your kids safe online you can always reach me on discord or steem.chat :)

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I am just starting here, but the post is convincing enough so you got my vote!
Hate plagiarism :x

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Thank you @dalil, as long as we all start educating users and report those that ignore to the steemcleaners, it will become better over time.

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good work man. I am in your same path.Currently setting up a witness node.Have some plans for steem block chain based developed especially fake news related !!!!

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Awsome man, lets do this. Will connect you in discord

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You gave all the information I was looking for and it seems like you'd be a great pick. My only worry is that you're not deeply invested in Steem but I think I'll still give you my vote. Goodluck!

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Thank you for that concern @travelersmemoire. I'm a student so I don't have that much money to invest into steem. But I am deeply invested and don't plan on leaving ever! So witness me getting more and more (monetarily) invested into steem ;)

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I'm not saying you need money invested but a low Steem holding means you haven't created as much content either or you've sold earned Steem.

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Well, I'm on steem since the start of this month and I already created valuable content and powered up 100% of that reward :) But I give away a big chunk of my earnings to other users I feel bring value to the community.

I invested over 100 STEEM on my first days:

And I delegate a huge chunk to other users I want to boost:

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What happens when you delegate to a user? I received it but I don't what it does. Sorry for the stupid question.

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It means someone is lending you steempower. They can always take it back, but for now it is completely yours ☺️

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On what conditions take the witnesses the delegated steempower back. And what can one do with the delegated steempower. I'm new so I'm just trying to grasp how things work here.

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Some may delegate steempower to new users. So, when a user is not so new, the giver of the steempower might take it back to distribute to a newer user.

As for what you can do with steempower, it boosts the rewards for curation, making your upvotes worth more.

Hope this helps.

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Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by Kostronor from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, and someguy123. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows and creating a social network. Please find us in the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.

If you like what we're doing please upvote this comment so we can continue to build the community account that's supporting all members.

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You have my vote. Newbie question. I have 30 votes, can I vote for someone more than once?

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Thank you very much - I wish you success in your studies and have a good rest on vacation.

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I'm new to this,still learning how to use everything ,I'll get there eventually any further tips all help will be much appreciated

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Look at my guide for new users, it has many links to useful tools that help you here ☺️

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Got my vote, young bro. Good luck and thanks.

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Great information.Very informative hope to get more post about you

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Like I just told you in our chat, it sounds like you have what it takes to be in the top 50 - I've cast my vote for you!

Hope to see you make it, it looks like you do a lot for this community, especially for the short amount of time you've been here. I need to find a way to contribute myself!

Good luck man.

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Thanks man! You are already going places, too 😉

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Welcome to the witness club my friend! I wish you all the best! It is an honour working with you.

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Kann grad nicht, mach ich aber fix! Weiter so!

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yes some helpful tips for keeping kids safe on steemit would be much appreciated!😊~TexasMom

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I checked out your channel and I think you are already doing good! I like that you do this with your kids together so you can somewhat shield them from mean comments and put things into perspective. If there is anything on this platform you are not sure about in any way, just ask me :)

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Cats definitely do matter!

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They may not always care about it but they matter ♥

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@reggaemuffin. We meet again 😊. Another awesome post. This time a link to learn more on witness.

Just voted for you on the witness page. You are already everywhere on steemit man. Thanks for all the good work you are doing here.

Now that are a witness, please enlighten us as how do you produce a block on your server and the price feed?. Could you post a pic of it?

Anytime, anyday, you need any help that is within my means, just ask. It is yours.

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I am already preparing my first weekly witness update that I will probably post on friday. I haven't produced a block yet but will soon do and tell you guys about it :) The more votes the quicker it happens ^^

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Can I be a witness even if I don't know how to code or do complex coding? I have a feeling that I will be a witness soon. :D

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You can definitely be a witness without knowing how to code. But it may take a weekend to set things up ;) I'm happy to help btw!

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how much does it cost to host what you need to be a witness?

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It takes a server that costs at least $30 per month or so, with cost increasing the bigger the chain gets

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Thanks. It all sounds interesting and I am glad that there are smart young people like you who have the brains and energy to do it @reggaemuffin!

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great initiative! it's refreshing to see up and coming steem influencers support niche or non-steem related content. i have to admit, that as someone who rarely writes about steem, it can be hard to build or engage the audience. i notice that my steem related posts build so much more traction! but i don't want to stop writing about my passions and experience.

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Thank you :) I totally agree. For steem to become mainstream we have to get diverse and allow people to make a living here.

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I like young people wanting to help their community for a better future. Your initiative is great and you should be proud. I will certainly vote for you. Bright blessings from Belgium.

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The theme of my girlfriend is interesting.I wish you a happy day possible support

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God blessed u

( My brother please vote on my page for your vote great honor )

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I tried to vote for you but, it did not work, any extra info??

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What did you try? What happened when it did not work. I'm happy to help but need more infos.

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You are the first witness I ever voted for :) saw you helping in chat and read some of your posts and it all sounds good to me. Good luck!

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regie Im pretty new here and thank you for your posts and would love an upvote and follow! Cheerss mate

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Great. Based on all the things you're doing for the minnows you deserve our vote.

Voted, Resteemed. Witnes-voted

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Thanks for the info @acidyo so i need to contact @reggaemuffin,i have a good pc sat here not being used ,so i would like to contribute anyway i can,thanks bro

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I would like to see if you would like to assist us www.asc.ai

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Hit me up on discord and tell me where I can assist :)

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You are doing a great work mate
I really wish you can accomplish all your wishes on steemit
I am your new follower
Best Regards Andrei

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Best of luck, reggaemuffin. You are a good dude. You got my vote!

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I like your story, upvoted and appreciate your work by support you as a witness

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Woo, go muffins!

I think I saw a witness page with someone having 4GB of RAM..

Voted you for witness.

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Well that guy is probably not a witness anymore. Currently needed are almost 10GB :D
Thank you for the support!

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I sure hope so.. :D

Go for victory!

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Am I the only one that feels overwhelmed about all this. I am Not an it/computer guy, but just seeing all this potential... wow

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What do you suggest a new person do if they see plagiarism. I saw some yesterday and didn't know if I should flag it or not, being new I don't want to start off alienating anyone so I just moved on, but I don't like plagiarism either, and I feel it cheats the system and devalues those with original content. I figure you are the person to ask.

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Put the link with an explanation why it is wrong here: https://steemit.chat/channel/steemcleaners-linkdrop
Some users with more power will check on it and eventually flag the person :)

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Good job, I am a computer scientist too! Voted and upped! :)

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Thank you for the energy you have put into this platform. Your efforts make it a more graceful integration into this community.

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reggaemuffin, That is the cool work you have done.

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Thank you, hope you'll enjoy the weekly reviews,
Steempower AngryBirds

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upvoted, and unable to Vote you as witness. an error message reading account name @reggaemuffin is invalid. please advice. i am new to steemit

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Really Happy To Vote For You!
Thanks for being so involved. People like you make steem a place where I feel comfortable posting and being open. Thanks for being a part of it.
Yay. Cheers

PS I followed you obviously because you're awesome!

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I'll vote and followed you

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Okay, so I read your page, and then I went over and voted for you as witness. Good luck!

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Semoga terus berjaya....

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I voted for you and resteemed

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Wow, thank you for all you do to build this community and support the learning curve of those for whom this platform can feel complex, overwhelming, or like swimming as a minnow in murky water. Is that a whale? Is it a shark? Feeling grateful for the resources curated by members like you.

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Hi @reggaemuffin!

I found you through your welcome bot. Nice job! I've voted for you as a witness and followed 😄. Great job!

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M new here, how can i be part of the witness, seems you are really doing a great job @reggaemuffin

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Liked your content !!Followed and upvoted you Dont forget to check my blogs too @rushikesh23 follow and upvote

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I have just voted for you for witness. Steem Turkey supports you :)

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I like that the bot you created is to help exposure for newbies (not fake accounts, votes, followers). Also like that you want to help keep plagiarism and spam out of this platform. All of that is the reason I found STEEMIT so valuable. Thanks for your hard work. Got my vote.

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fantastic 🏃🏽‍♀️😊

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I think your welcome bot should check if it has already welcomed a user. Some of them do lots of posts using the introduceyourself tag. Just my opinion

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Very cool stuff. Thank you for helping the community so much! I am new, and I found this post very informative :) Thanks Reggae! Check my profile out please if you get a second, I only have 2 posts. I am new steemer, but experienced cryptodude! Followed and upvoted you!

-CryptoRock

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I had no idea what witnesses were as you were one of the first to welcome me~ Thank you and I have voted for you and am following!

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Followed you, voted for you as a witness, upvoted your post. Very nice to meet you @reggaemuffin! Thanks for all the information. It is making more and more sense every few hours here! LOL

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Glad that I could help :) if you have any questions, please do tell!

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@reggaemuffin I am newby but I have created my account 10 days ago and today have discovered my pasword I printed out in paper to savekeep)) so I could write my first post only now. And I have realized I am late for newby support( Can you advise?

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Just found out about bandwidth, searched infos for it and found your explanation on other posting. Thank you for that!

Supported you as witness just now and gonna follow you for sure as I am only 2 weeks old give or take, on steemit, need to learn more, and already panicking due to bandwidth 😅😅😅

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At the current moment you would have to do some really excessive things to hit the bandwidth limit. Like doing a few hundred comments each day 😉 if you have any questions about how parts of steem work, just let me know!

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I hope we can be good friends here

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Thank you for your support :)

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you are welcome boss
hopefully we become close friends :)

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I have designed a logo for you as a greeting introduction
hope you like it, i'm very happy if you appreciate my work @reggaemuffin :)

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Voted you as a witness.

Wishing you success and an amusing day!

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Also meine Stimme hast Du.
Ich habe gerade mein Vote für Dich abgegeben - mein 1. VfW überhaupt.
Ich hoffe, ich habe die Prozedur erfolgreich durchgeführt.
Kann ich das irgendwo überprüfen oder einesehen?

Weiterhin viel Erfolg und überhaupt: Du machst einen guten Job hier!!!

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who are you always giving me bad grades to my brother

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don't go in random discords and spam your unrelated posts, that is really easy

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I'm new to this and I really need you to help me.

Thank you for the support you give to people

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Держи бро голос)) и еще если тебя не затруднит напиши пару хороших облачных майнеров.

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Hi, I have voted for you... I am a new user on Steemit, for about 10 days now... How can these minnow projects help me? What do I need to do? My page is https://steemit.com/@ablaze/feed

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I voted for you! I hope it's the right thing to do!

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He @reggaemuffin,

Schön das auch ein paar aus Deutschland kommen von den Witnesses... hab für dich gevotet.

Viel glück für Dich

Marcus

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voted √!

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I have known you a few months ago, but I just read this post yesterday. So I was about to ask, What kind of postings you promote. I look forward to your answer. So I can explain to the stemians in my community.

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Wie gehts ist dir? Mein Deutsch ist schlecht.

Welp, this post is 8 months old and I didn't even know about steemit 8 months ago... but I just voted for you as witness because of this post!

I know you're supposed to upvote a post when you leave a comment...but I read that if it's more than 7 days old you wouldn't get the rewards (is that true?!?) so I don't want to make my voting power weaker for no reason.

If I'm wrong, I'll give you my upvote as well as this comment! Don't get too excited...it's only worth about .04...for now hehe

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Hello @reggaemuffin , just stumbled on this post whilst researching and wow! It is like you have made a really useful data base for new users. I will be spending the weekend going through your links here.

I thought I would try and contact you directly by a reply. I am not keen on people messaging me out of no where on discord or steem.chat

I have only been on here 3 months to date, but wow this community is amazing and there is so much potential. I even traded steem for hot sauce and I got it sent to me here in Peru.

My main project here on steemit, apart for my passions of food and surfing, is to make a Steem forest in Peru. Basically I plant native trees here in Peru. I do this by donating to a local not for profit which has a reforestation program here. I donate and they give me a lot of tree saplings in exchange. How do I raise funds, well I make a post and people upvote. All of the SBD raised goes to the Steem forest initiative. I keep all raised funds in my savings wallet, which I invite all to see. It is growing strong, but I wish to get the word out some more.

Tomorrow I am toying with the idea with doing a steem giveaway (amount of steem divided by no. of participants). I will call it "Steem forest Sunday". Where I ask people to plant a tree where they live, take photos and write about it.

If you have any advice or ideas, please feel free to message me.

@intrepidsurfer

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You are very cute! You have a face so tender, you do not look anything like the avatar of your account.I will definitely vote for you
By the way, if it's not too much trouble I wanted to invite you to read my posts. I would greatly appreciate if you take the time to read them, and in case you like them, I would appreciate it if you would give me a vote, a comment, or a resteem.
You have my vote, and I stay attentive to your next publications!
P.S. If you need some kind of design for your account, I'm at your service ♥

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Only just heard of you, and your initiatives. And i think you are running a great cause promoting newbies. Honest to say, I am still not so conversant with this witness thing, but i will just quickly vote you the same?

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You've got my vote for witness as well as my follow. I especially like your view on helping new users on Steemit. Keep up the good work!

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hi Jah man,
just voted you as a witness. keep helping others and you will not lack helpers when you need them.
Jah bless

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Mein Vote hast Du schon für das T-Shirt!
Ich hab nur das "Echte Männer haben Katzen".

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Hi before I vote for you, like to know any update from your servers. thx

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@reggaemuffin, I am not sure if you will see this but I think your account is great and I love what you stand for and what you think is possible with this platform. I know this post is way old but I just came across your page and I think it is fantastic! You have my witness vote! I hope it isn't too late.

I don't know much about witnesses (I am still kinda new to Steem) but I do know they are influential people that have the power to help this platform improve and grow! If that is the case, you are perfect for the job!

Cheers! :)

And obviously a follow from me!

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@reggaemuffin , I just read your article right now. U are such a amazing good thinking, knowledgeable mannnn. Thanks for sharing.

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Voted for you brand new user and you are one of the first few I give my witness vote to. Meine stimme hast du, musiker/artist aus luxembourg, freundliche grüsse an dich @reggaemuffin :)

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Coole Sache! Vielen Dank 😊

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Ganz Gerne :) Wenn du chille mukke magst guck gerne bei mir vorbei, ich bin musikproduzent und mache chillige instrumental tracks, trip hop style beat mit eingespielter gitarre, vun desert rock riffs, bis akkousitsche gitarre und chilligere atmosphere, bis hin zu electronic music mit synths :)

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