Trash Talk with 
will be hosted on the SteemStar Network Tuesday 12 am UTC
I was finally convinced to host an hour show covering abuse topics. I'll also answer questions from the community about 
Join me this Tuesday, February 6th!
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Chat Servers
Discord
I spent yesterday cleaning up the 
#timeout and the role @timeout for those who have been removed from other channels for bad behavior. I almost named it the-dog-house after I used a new account named @mack-bot to test my permissions. 🐶
steemit.chat
I am still on steemit.chat, just not as often. I check in two or three times a day. If something is urgent I suggest contacting me on Discord as I also have it setup on my mobile phone.
Slack
Anyx, Cheetah, and Steemcleaners: witness update -- Running into limits!
If you missed it, check out 
We have also recently hired a Web+DB Developer to redesign our website, steemcleaners.org.
Some great things are getting done behind the scenes for
My favorite furry friend (don't tell 
The second is to let the community know when she finds copied content. She does not call the person in question a plagiarist. There are many reasons that
If you are a curator, take the time to read
If you are a contributor and receive a comment from cheetah for something you copied, just respond to her. Let the community know in a brief sentence why you received the comment.
- Thanks
- Thanks
If
If you don't agree with how
I have someone using the #introduceyourself tag spam generated through queries two or three times a week, sometimes more. I hope to have her here more (she actually comes to my house) when the weather is less crappy. She's also a wonderful person and I hope she'll one day get more involved with the community beyond reading my posts, moral support and helping out.
The comments have met with mixed results with the majority being positive. Lots of community members are replying in a way that indicates to me they didn't understand the use of the tag or that their comments could be seen as spam. I haven't had a chance to follow up yet and see if this has actually changed their posting or comment habits.
Mistakes & Intolerance
"to err is human" as the old proverb goes. What I find disheartening is that there are those in the community that are so intolerant of mistakes made by others in the community. Whether the mistake is made by an individual community member or a community project take the time to consider that we are all human and mistakes happen. Doesn't matter if we've been here on steemit for 5 minutes or 2 years.
Comment Spam
Before lashing out at others with a negative comment or flag. Take the time to look at their comments and posts. Is this the only time the curator left the comment "Great post!" in the last 24 hours? Do they have just a few comments in the last couple of days? Maybe they don't know what to say, maybe they are short on time and think you would appreciate knowing they liked it, or maybe they don't speak English and think they are being supportive.
If you don't have the time to take a look and they are not a constant nuisance consider saying "Hey bud, your comments look like spam!"
Community Projects
If there is a mistake made by a member of the
If someone has made a mistake with a comment or flag, try contacting them or leaving a comment for them to sort the situation out. I don't know about the rest of the community but I don't want to deal with someone who is uncivil or harasses me long after the situation has been rectified.
The comments are left by a human, not a bot, using templates.
The frequent misconception makes me want to set up a bot with a comment like:
I'm a bot! You've been reported to
It might be less of a headache.
Witness Server
I've been asked a few times about my server... It's running smoothly. I've missed 2 (+1 from an old server in 2016 for a total of 3) blocks since it was brought online. The last one was on 11/29/2017. Depending on my ranking I produce between 8 & 14 blocks per day.
I'm currently #60. Last month I lost some ground due to proxy shuffling. 
Someone in chat pointed out that I must be a "bad" witness go from the mid 50's down to 74 in one day. I don't view it that way. I never had
Losing a witness vote or proxy shuffling doesn't always equate to someone disagreeing with or disproving of a witnesses actions or project project involvement. Sometimes they just think there is a better candidate to vote for. Last year 
Witness Voting
You can vote for my witness here.
Wittnesses I vote for and support:
| abit | good-karma | sircork |
| aggroed | gtg | someguy123 |
| anyx | guiltyparties | steemgigs |
| arcange | jesta | swelker101 |
| ats-witness | lukestokes.mhth | teamsteem |
| ausbitbank | neoxian | themarkymark |
| castellano | netuoso | timcliff |
| drakos | pfunk | wackou |
| followbtcnews | reggaemuffin | yabapmatt |
| fubar-bdhr | riverhead | yehey |
Current Projects:
My Delegations:
| Account | M Vesting Shares |
|---|---|
 | 0.832 |
 | 0.83 |
 | 0.409 |
 | 0.211 |
 | 0.206 |
 | 0.205 |
 | 0.205 |
 | 0.205 |
 | 0.204 |
 | 0.204 |
 | 0.102 |
 | 0.102 |
 | 0.051 |
 | 0.029 |