An interview with @themarkymark via meet a whale interview.. Episod...

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@themarkymark, A steemian who has a great passion for the Steem blockchain, a steemian who works tirelessly at the witness level, a computer wiz, 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 Hive account@themarkymark

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@themarkymark - I was asked this when I was on the Music and Money show and I don’t remember to be honest. I believe it was when I was in a crypto mining community and it was mentioned. I joined because I was fascinated by it and it has taken a large part of my time since then.

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

Hive account@themarkymark - I recommend twice, as much as four times a day. The number isn’t important, what is important is the quality. We can only produce so much unique original quality content on a daily basis.

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

Community Casino
Steem Poker League
OP Gaming
STEEMUSA
BuildAWhale Curation
*SteemCleaners
Friends of Gondor
Donation, Delegation, and word of mouth

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

Hive account@themarkymark - I chose to be a witness really early when I got here. After a few days I knew I was going to invest a lot of time here.

My goal has always been to get a lot of Steem Power I own and make the place better than when I got here.

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

Hive account@themarkymark - Being a witness is an interesting position. I think a lot of users believe witnesses have a lot more power than they do, and don’t fully understand what their responsibilities and capabilities are.

It is difficult to get support as a witness without spamming people for it. The best way to get support as a witness is to do great things and become known for something great. In the end it is a popularity contest where many of the votes are already spoken for.

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?

Hive account@themarkymark - Although I believe witnesses have far less power than most people think, they are representatives of the community and are genereally involved in a lot of projects and critical discussions.

It is important to have witnesses who are active, passioniate, honest, and competent. Unfortunately witness voting doesn’t reflect this.

I get asked a lot about witness voting, and my typical response is something along the lines of:

Vote for someone who shares the same values as you and you believe will do good things for the community. If you are unable to do that, choose someone you trust that can and use them as a proxy.

Hive account@jamesmovic - What are your thoughts on the possibiltiy of there being a new “Steem 2”?

Hive account@themarkymark - STEEM is always evolving, sometimes not as fast as we like but it will be different in a year from now and even more different in five. I hope the progress is positive and efficient.

If you mean other platforms like EOS, I am all-in on STEEM and not something I have spent any time thinking about. I don’t know how much capacity I have to participiate at the level I expect across multiple platforms. I have given up Twitter and cut down how much time I spend on Reddit considerably. I rarely even look at Facebook.

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

Hive account@themarkymark - I am approaching my first year anniversary in a little over a month. The journey has been interesting and rewarding. I have met a lot of friends and learned a ton. I am looking forward to see where this goes and what it looks like in a year or two.

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@themarkymark - I wrote about this a long time ago and it’s far too long to include here. You can find the post here.

In short, consistency is important. I am no writer, and in fact I hate blogging. When I got here, I made a commitment to post every day at least once. I rarely miss a day.

I also wrote a post You are not entitled to an audience, you need to earn it! that I think is a good read for every new STEEM user.

Hive account@jamesmovic - What impression do you have about this interview and what do you feel about it?

Hive account@themarkymark - It was fun, I like live voice interviews personally but was happy to answer your questions.

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Hive account@themarkymark 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@themarkymark 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@themarkymark. If you are doing this for the first time, all you need to do is click on the image below, and click the approve button to approve him as your witness.