Reflecting On The History of TribeSteemUp
I've been thinking back over the nearly three years since I launched the @TribeSteemUp account. There have been some pretty wild ups & downs, and the project has changed so much in that time that it is literally nothing like it was when I started it.
For the first 8 months or so, I think our upvote peaked at about $0.10, then less than 6 months later, a full power vote was closer to $125. Since then STEEM has had ups & downs, our delegations have had ups and downs, and the community itself has continued to grow, connect, and flourish.
To All The Tribe Members
An Important Message
I just want to remind everyone that while it's nice to be able to count on the TSU vote, don't grow attached to it or expect it to always be there/the same. At any time things can change. Whether that be the price of STEEM (and thus vote value) dropping by 90% (as it has done many times), our big delegation disappearing, the platform itself disappearing, the smaller drops in vote weight whenever new people are added to the tribe, or even getting removed from the auto-voter.
Anything can happen, and I feel like a big part of the reason that every time someone's been removed they've made a post "calling me out" as Hitler or some such is because it's so easy to come to expect the vote to keep showing up forever, and that's just not reality.
Be grateful for what is, and expect it to change, because everything does.
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The Tribe certainly has come a long way, and is now in the position to help other communities, which is such a wonderful thing. That is something to be very proud of Kenny.
Gratitude is so important , because yes nothing stays the same, nothing is guaranteed and we need to remember that. Thanks for sharing your reflections and even though you have had to deal with some people feeling scorned, what you have given others has far exceeded that. xxxx
And members make sure to ALWAYS stay vegan!
Most of the members aren't vegan, so I don't see what that has to do with anything!
@tonysayers33 I've left alone your libelous attack piece about me (I actually re-steemed it so people can see the conversation), and I really don't care what you post on your own blog, but if you are going to be trolling the comments sections of my posts, you will be flagged.
It sure has; it's so great to see TSU able to delegate out almost 30k SP, and still have enough of its own that nobody's votes are even really affected by it. It still feels a little unreal sometimes, and with a crypto bull-run heading our way, I'm excited to see what things will look like over the next few months.
I feel quite proud of what this project has become, the tens of thousands of dollars that have been distributed through it, and especially the fact that it's all happened organically and voluntarily. No business plan, no "investors", no contracts, no government, no requirements.
Obviously the negativity that comes in sometimes is challenging, especially when it comes in the form of personal attacks and claims about my character, but that's life being in the public sphere. For as long as I decide to put out content, speak at events, and run a publicly visible project, it's going to happen.
Loving you sister!
And thank you for holding the fort when Kenny was busy!
Indeed! She is quite the bad-ass, and we are all so much better for having her in our lives. Thanks for being you @trucklife-family!
thank you Kenny, feeling the love xxx
my pleasure xxx
Maybe you should tag this video in the chat somewhere where people will see it when they join.
I’ve done this thought experiment a few times “How would it feel if Kenny took me off the list?” Obviously it would feel like a punch in the gut, but I’d have to keep reminding myself that you were just a stranger who wanted to make life a little easier for some people who were doing good things and that you don’t owe me anything.
Obviously gratitude is a better response, but it’s also something we have to cultivate in ourselves.
It must be a challenge to get taken off the list, and I think it goes deeper than entitlement. I think it’s about this victim mentality that most of us have been stuck in at some point, and many people feel indefinitely. We’ve all struggled and a lot of times we can’t see what we have gained from those struggles and so many people feel undervalued when there isn’t a clear metric for the value that they add. So when they stop seeing the upvotes, It’s probably more of a “fuck my life” than a “fuck Kenny” but the victim mentality does not leave us with a high capacity for elaborating on our emotions.
Not defending anyone who lashes out or saying it’s fair for us to expect anything from you or Jimmy (not James haha) but it’s a really tough thing to have things working out and suddenly disappear obviously. This would be a good weekly question “How would you react if Kenny took you off the upvote for some reason or other?” 😆
Anyway, thank you for seeing the value I bring, as well as so many other great people and thanks for making us aware of each other! May delegation and tribeians (no autocorrect, not tribunals) remain bountiful :-)
That's a great point. I guess in some ways I see entitlement and victimhood as two sides of the same coin, as they both revolve around a sense that what happens is happening to us, that it's not really our responsibility, but it's what the world owes us (regardless of what we do) or how the world treats us (regardless of the role we played)
I remember how I felt... 13 months ago maybe? Whenever it was that Jimmy sent me that message about pulling his delegation. Not only was I losing the majority of the rewards for my posts (my only income source), but then I had to take that information to everybody in the tribe. Obviously the fact that it was affecting all of us brought us together and seemed to spark a lot of problem-solving mindsets into work, but you could feel the way we all sort of got the wind knocked out of us.
I certainly could have handled the conversation better (and obviously wasn't planning on it being a public conversation either), but overall I feel pretty good about how I communicated. Certainly a hell of a lot better than I would have a couple years ago. Honestly, as the other person goes farther and farther over the edge, it becomes easier and easier to not take it personally and know that the emotional turmoil certainly wasn't about me.
Have you ever read The Voice of Knowledge by Miguel Ruiz? I read it about a month ago, and it's just seemed more and more relevant ever since. Focuses on the stories we tell, the fact that nobody is ever talking about or reacting to us, but simply the character in their movie that we are a placeholder for.
Thanks for dropping in and giving your insight brother!
Victim hood and entitlement as two sides of the same coin....that's a pretty interesting way to understand it that I want to explore. We certainly did get the wind kind out of us. It's really a challenge to get beyond that mentality of separation when shit isn't working out
I will check out that book too!
Many thanks for the add to @TribeSteemUp. I'm honored to be a part of the tribe, have heard such good reports. Non-attachment is the secret apparently, to a peaceful and content mindset. The only constant is change, so let's roll with the cycles of life and steem. The wheel of fortune keeps turning, sometimes we're on top and sometimes the bottom.