Hey Blurtians, how has your day been? I'm working my way toward 1,000,000 Blurt Power by the end of 2023 - thanks for joining me on the way up! This is an update on my progress, followed by a quick question about the "new and improved" Blurtbooster curation bot.
First off, some good news: Since my last update 8 days ago, I've gone from 635k to 642k!
As you've probably already calculated, that's a gain of 7000 BP over 8 days. Solid effort! (That includes post payouts, comment payouts, curation rewards, and interest on investment.)
As @Nalexadre pointed out in his post What Happened in January on Blurt, I am the second highest-paid Blurt content-creator who doesn't buy votes, behind only @Hangin! That's a real honour. Thank you to my readers and curators.
A bit of math
I'm at 642k, and currently gaining 7k every 8 days, and there are 334 days left in the year. At this rate, where will I end up at the end of 2023?
642 + (7/8 X 334) = 934
In other words, if I keep working this hard, and nothing crazy happens with the platform or my awesome supporters, it's possible I could have 934k BP before the year is up.
That's not quite a million, but it's awesome nevertheless. I would be happy with that. But passing a million would be even better, of course. Is that possible? Well, I can't exactly work any harder than I already am, considering my wife and I have health issues and we're raising our baby and toddler. But I have a couple ideas how I might start to earn faster, without putting in more time:
- My wife and I are about to finally take possession of the entire house we've been living in (not just a portion of it), meaning our lives should get better and more efficient, which is good for creativity and output.
- Blurt is going to continue to grow, bringing in more readers, and more curators. I will continue to gain followers, especially if I manage to stay on Trending as I have been.
- The coming crypto bull market will probably bring more Blurtians back from their doldrums, increasing sentiment and engagement on this platform. When prices go up, people visit their favourite blogs more often, and are more likely to expend their votes.
So even if I can't put more time into my Blurt, I can remain consistent with my high-quality original content, and benefit from the growth in the platform and the coming bull market.
1,000,000 BP is still within my reach, and I'm going to strive to get there!
Blurtbooster?
I've been critical of Blurtbooster in the past, mainly because it was rewarding many low-effort posts, often by bots or people gaming the system for easy payouts. This drained the reward pool and left less for honest people like me who work hard to share a message they're passionate about, pour their knowledge and skill out, and create something people find useful and valuable.
But because of criticism like mine and many others, a change has come over the @Blurtbooster account. The prominent witness @world-travel-pro announced here the manual creation of a white list of users that will benefit from Blurtbooster in the future. Anyone can be added as long as they are "human with a human moral compass that still functions most of the time"!
Without knowing any details, I find myself with a few questions:
- When does the "Blurtbooster Singularity" begin?
- How exactly does it work - will accounts not on the list no longer get votes from the bot?
- Will the white list remain open forever? In other words, can more real humans who aren't spamming to drain the reward pool be continually added?
I have a feeling those responsible for Blurtbooster will be reading this post, so I invite my other readers to check back and get involved in the comment section. You'll likely find the answers to the above questions, and hopefully also get a chance to suggest more real humans for the white list (yourself included).
Let's continue to grow Blurt, especially for real humans adding real content!
I also want to thank the curators who carefully manually vote for quality original posts and comments here on Blurt. I won't name you directly here, but you know who you are. Thank you.
DRutter
Great post buddy. Congrats on doing so well.
Basically Blurtbooster has been re-done with a white list of trusted content creators. Votes will ONLY go to people on the white list. If you delegate to upvu or have been blacklisted for something then blurtbooster bot will not allow you to be put on the white list. If you feel that has been done in error you can easily message my self or any of the top witnesses for review. If you are not receiving blurt booster votes but feel like you should be, just send me a message.
Also since the account is rocking over 40 million blurt power and often votes under 20% per post....yes the white list has room to stay open basically permanently.
The goal eventually would be to to accumulate enough "real users" posting for real that the blurtbooster vote power begins to get significantly drained, then we can cut the list down based on quality and competition among the best content creators themselves.
Hope this helps. Keep up the great work!
Thanks bud.
One advantage of this concept is that it can be a selling feature for Blurt. For example: "Move your blockchain home to Blurt, have yourself added to the Blurtbooster white list, and get a boost on your quality original content!" If people know they'll be supported here if they bring their creativity, knowledge, and effort, we can use Blurtbooster to boost Blurt itself.
I got an 18% vote the other day, whereas I think the biggest I ever got before the "singularity" was 11%, so something has changed.
I do wonder if cutting down the white list based on human subjective opinion will cause some ruffled feathers, but I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
Thanks for this info! I hope your Thai adventures continue to be exciting and rewarding.
#letsgrowblurt
Congratulations to you and your wife on taking possession of the house that you live in.
Congratulations to your one million blurt in advance.
Thanks! It's a rental, so "possession" probably isn't the best word I could use... but we are finally able to live in the entire thing, meaning we will have enough room for ourselves, our children, and our belongings. We are making it our home, after 6 months of turmoil and uncertainty. Looking forward to a better 2023!
Good morning bud! I am optimistic that you will break the 1 million Blurt mark in 2023! 🙏🍀👍
I can't answer the Blurtbooster stuff, as I am not involved there... Maybe WTP has a few minutes spare to explain... 😉
Yeah, I know he's busy, but he always makes time for the Blurt community.
I appreciate your ongoing support! And all the laughs :D
So glad we landed here! 🙏🍀
I was just on Dtube and had a look at Jerry Banfields video... I was curious how his account is doing on Hive after those downvotes, so I took a look... This idiot MarkyMark is still downvoting him...
I have no idea as to why he is still posting there... 🤷♂️
Oh, the Hive cabal turned on JerryB? Was that before he joined here, or after?
Fuckin' scumbags... they think they're gods of their tiny little corner of the internet.
It is working good for us. I think he gave Blurt a chance because they nuked him over there...
Bro, I think you're right! In fact, when I did some digging, I found this post by JerryB on Hive, 4 months ago, where he announced he has been downvoted off the platform! And you showed up to invite him over to Blurt! Had you forgotten about that?! Congrats... you (along with @wil.metcalfe and @world-travel-pro) are why JerryB came to Blurt!
And @offgridlife! Don't forget him! 😉
He was mentioned here, but I didn't see the three of you recognized for being the first to invite him to Blurt. And I think Tom (outofthematrix / networkallstar) totally forgot he'd been involved, probably because it was a while ago, and he does a LOT of advocating for Blurt all over the place :)
Thanks. Much appreciated guys. @wil.metcalfe
I have to agree with @wil.metcalfe... @offgridlife did some serious persuasion there...
Yes I remember that post.. This dumb DH nonamesleft... 😂
Good luck on the road to 1mil Blurt. The changes to BlurtBooster seem good if it is checking for avoiding those low effort farming posts.
Adding a human touch will likely bring both pros, and cons... but excluding farmers and vote-buyers is a great change, no doubt about that!
Thank you for sharing your journey towards 1 million BP! It's inspiring to hear how motivated you are and to learn more about your story.
I wish I hit a reasonable amount of blurt power too someday. I believe someday I will write how I started from nothing to having 50 million Blurt power, smile I love aiming high and having a positive mindset. So help me God. My goal for 2023
Congratulations to you. your hard work paid off. you will get 1M.
Thank you @drutter for the mention I didn't even know about this analysis nice to know you're not that far back from me and would not be surprised if you're on top of the list sooner than you think and heading nearer to that 1 million blurt.
Thanks man, keep up the great content!
#letsgrowblurt
Thanks, buddy will do my best :)
Need some BUBI! A blurt squirt couldn't hurt.
Happy journey with your family.
I am also waiting for the answer
When does the "Blurtbooster Singularity" begin?
Answer: Already started
How exactly does it work - will accounts not on the list no longer get votes from the bot?
Answer: Only whitelisted accounts get votes.
Will the white list remain open forever? In other words, can more real humans who aren't spamming to drain the reward pool be continually added?
Answer: Yes
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