Well, it has been an eventful start to the experiment- the free upvotes have been generally well received, with a couple of exceptions, and the Bonds concept has seen some interest, if only one taker at the moment.
The paid upvotes and reSTEEMs are starting to trickle- in, but we still have a relatively small following (350 or so) at the moment, so we aren't at the 1000+ followers that some of the larger upvote/ reSTEEMers have, but we are significantly less expensive, and we are actual humans who read posts- we follow and interact with our customers, and we want to be a positive influence in STEEMIT , rather than just a money- making process.
So far, so good, steady, building, work- in- progress.
The biggest downer? STEEMIT has a handful of very militant 'alpha/ whale' users, one of whom took exception to a free upvote, and flagged our comment, resulting in a big drop in our reputation score. It has been restored now, thanks to a lot of hard work, and being more selective with our free upvotes, but at the time it felt like a major knock, more so than some negative comments about the Bonds concept, which we were expecting.
All of our earnings have been converted into STEEM Power, and we are working hard to generate a good following (we try to weed- out bots) across a broad range of genres, so that your reSTEEM will reach a good audience, and with a decent amount of influence.
We have a couple of new ideas to add to the offering, more on this in later updates, but we aren't resting, the experiment is only just getting going.
All comments/ criticisms/ ideas are welcome.
Keep on STEEMing!