An interview with @krnel via "meet a whale" interview... Episode 14

Hello Steemians, I bring to you another episode of my interview in which I get to ask some technical Steem questions and also bring you closer to your witnesses. For this week's interview, I bring to you Hive account@krnel, A steemian who has a great passion for the Steem blockchain, a steemian who works tirelessly at the witness level, a philosopher, as well as a reputable witness. This episode promises to be educating, and interesting . Be sure to sit tight and grab a cup of coffee while reading through this great interview!

Meet@krnel

Let's get started!!!

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Hive account@jamesmovic - Who introduced you to steemit and what was your motive for joining?

Hive account@krnel - I saw a Facebook post by the Dollar Vigilante from Steemit about how he made money, and decided to check it out. Then I started posting to give it a try.

Hive account@jamesmovic - How many times do you think its appropriate for a newbie to post per day?

Hive account@krnel - 4 times a day for anyone. Post and get content out for people to be exposed to it and see the content. Once a day is good. If you can do more, go ahead. One a week is a bit too little to get noticed among so many posts flying around.

Hive account@jamesmovic - What communities are you supporting and how?

Hive account@krnel - Philosophy, psychology, veganism, information about the world.

Delegating to some projects like:

• Hive account@abh12345's The Curation and Engagement Leagues
• Hive account@apolymask's Information Finding Championship
• Hive account@informationwar's Information War content, #informationwar
• Hive account@whatamidoing's Catalyst Project, #nobidbots, steemitzombies

Hive account@jamesmovic - Can you tell us why you decided to become a witness?

Hive account@krnel - To help with keeping the blockchain up and running and be a force for positive change on the platform.

Hive account@jamesmovic - Can you tell us how your feel about it (witnessing) now?

Hive account@krnel - I missed the opportunity to stay high in the witness list and dropped by 40 spots over the past year as I lost favor with many people on the platform. I still have the server to witness blocks and maintain the blockchain integrity, but I along with others are easily repalceable.

Hive account@jamesmovic - What exactly does "voting for a witness" means to you, and do you think it is necessary for all steemians to vote, most especially for you?

Hive account@krnel - Voting for a witness is many things, but for me it's to support people who are helping to bring Stem in a positive direction, not negative.

Hive account@jamesmovic - What are your thoughts on the possibility of there being a new "Steem 2", lik if someone decides to clone steem?

Hive account@krnel - Anyone can take the code and make another blockchain, but getting financial support will be hard to pay for the hardware infrastruture to support many users. Someone would have to add something that Steem isn't doing.

Hive account@jamesmovic - Is there anything you would like to say on your own, without me asking the question?

Hive account@krnel - Stop using bidbots everybody. You will see a better system when whales and other accounts go out to get their curation rewards by supporting content themselves, rather than you having to pay them to get a vote and they get curation rewards as well.

Hive account@jamesmovic - Any advice you would wish to give to my fellow steemians[ newbies] who are feeling dejected one way or the other due to low upvotes?

Hive account@krnel - Write content that you know about if that is what you want to do without concern for rewards. If you want attention and rewards, put out content they want to see and interact on you with. Comment on other people's posts with relevant info that adds value, and you will get more people to do the same on your posts, in time. This all takes time, and paying your way to popularity for rewards or attention is not the honest way to go about it.

Hive account@jamesmovic thanks for honoring my invitation

Hive account@krnel you are welcome.

Hive account@krnel has spoken on the need for all steemians to cast their votes for the witness of their choice. If you truly believe in Hive account@krnel dream, in making the community a better place, if you value and appreciate what he does as a witness, you can support him, and make his efforts count, by casting your vote for Hive account@krnel. If you are doing this for the first time, all you need to do is to head down to the witness page,and follow the procedures written in the image below, by typing his name in the box provided and clicking the vote button.

You can check out my previous interviews with @someguy123 , and @felixxx by clicking on the name. You can as well read my interview with Hive account@neoxian Hive account@adsactly Hive account@noisy @D-pend Hive account@pharesim Hive account@ehiboss Hive account@ogoowinner Hive account@nnnarvaez Hive account@surfyogi Hive account@timcliff Hive account@papa pepper, by scrolling to the bottom of my post with timcliff, and as well clicking on their names.

Below are the names of witnesses I'm currently voting for :
Hive account@krnel Hive account@pharesim Hive account@felixxx Hive account@noisy.witness Hive account@drakos Hive account@someguy123 Hive account@castellano Hive account@neoxian Hive account@steemgigs Hive account@timcliff Hive account@lukestokes.mhth and Hive account@adsactly.witness . you can also give your support by casting your vote for those names.

Thank you all for taking your time to read through this interview, and also for voting for these witnesses. Till next time