Delegations Helped Me And I Know Many Others

Today I contacted my two big delegators (500 SP each from Hive account@abh12345 and Hive account@swelker101) and told them they could take back their delegations due to the drop in Steem and the hit in income they are taking personally as a result. I feel for them because their earnings have plunged, and I can understand that removing delegations might be a tough thing to do (so I made it easy for them).

The reason I bring this up is because I think it should be known what some people "give" to help out the blockchain, and in particular Steemit. Many people give out delegations, and do without that income, in an effort to help people like me to grow. They "sacrifice" their own incomes to build a community and hopefully to help foster a sense of "this is a great place".

For this I want to publicly say thanks to both Hive account@abh12345 and Hive account@swelker101. I also want to thank all the delegators to everyone else too. What you all do has been essential to keeping people like me around for sure!

The Most Undervalued Steemian

Hive account@abh12345, aka Asher!

I particularly want to bring light to Hive account@abh12345, aka Asher. I know most of the people in my circles all know him. He is one of the biggest reasons that I am still here. I also know firsthand that is the case for many others too. The reason is simple, Asher has been prominent in not only engaging the minnows and newbies, but he has also been an active delegator to that same group. He has given people "power" when they had little to none on their own. He has followed the "pay it forward" teachings and lessons learned from another great Steemian Hive account@fulltimegeek.

While 50 SP or 100 SP might not seem like much to someone with 10,000 SP to 500,000 SP, it makes a huge difference to the newbies and minnows that I swim with. Asher has not only helped me, he has helped 50 to 100 others over time (that I know about). And he does so week in and week out since I've known him.

On top of this, Asher has encouraged engagement with others through "Asher's League of Excellence", and he has also promoted the noble messages of not self-voting and limited use of bid-bots. Asher has always thought about developing the "base" and on this mark I give him an A+++.

Message To Large Steemians, Help Asher (and people like him)

As Steem goes lower and people wonder what happens next, I can give you my thoughts if you care to listen.

First, the retention rate here on Steemit is terrible. People can be ostriches and ignore it, or they can wake up and do something about it whenever they want. And by people, I'm referring to the class of people that can actually make a difference, the 1%. The large Steemians like Hive account@ned Hive account@freedom and others with literally tens, if not, hundreds of thousands of SP. I doubt any of you will read this, since you always seem so disengaged, but maybe just maybe you will just this once. I hope so, because you CAN do something and I will tell you how in a minute.

And to Steemit Inc, while you have been focused on building the tech side of the business (which is pretty awesome), you have let slip through your hands some seriously good people. People that you should want, that could've been a foundation to really grow the platform in the future. I know because I have been involved and seen many of them leave as they feel they have no chance to every impact the platform. Put simply, you must know that you are top heavy in distribution, so at a minimum you should try to make people feel energized and hopeful.

This is where Hive account@abh12345 comes in. He should be getting a massive delegation just to duplicate what he does naturally. And I'm not talking about 1000 SP, I'm talking hundreds of thousands of SP collectively between you. Frankly, he should be on your payroll because his actions prove he "gets it". His model should be replicated many times over, and if you lend him your power (SP), then he has shown already what he will do with it. He will help you with your pathetic retention programs and actually find ways to make people want to stay! Isn't that of any value to you?

If I was a large stakeholder of SP, then I would ask myself these questions:

How is NOT delegating to major retention-minded Steemians working out for you?
Has the income you've earned in the last 6 months by keeping all your SP covered the 80% loss you've experienced in market value?
Have you learned that the "masses" care about more than just technology (ie they also care about the social aspect)?
Finally, why not give it a try? Delegate 100K SP or 500K SP to Asher and give him 3 months.