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To everyone who has followed me already: Thank You! I am grateful to SteemIt for a lot of reasons. It has been great to blog on the blockchain. Meeting so many interesting people has been even better. SteemIt has helped me to "come out of my shell." This is in no small part because I did an #introduceyourself post here: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@nonlinearone/hello-world-physics-ph-d-with-a-love-for-particle-physics-code-hiking-and-blockchains-here
I've been posting information online for at least twenty years, but that was new for me. Doing the #introduceyourself made me reflect and put myself out there. I realize now that being "kind of" anonymous online was not working for me. It was getting me nowhere.
Note that I believe that the ability to be anonymous is still important, but it's not a great way to build a personal brand. Unless you're Satoshi Nakamoto.
In any case, I'm glad I tried SteemIt. Thanks again and to say thank you I'm giving away 5 STEEM DOLLARS (with which you can buy an oven mitt at KMart or something) to my 200th follower. Please only follow me if you like the stuff I post. I'll wait for this post to "pay out" before sending the $5.
Update. To hopefully solve the "you go first" problem, I'll pay $1 Steem Dollar to follower 196, $2 to follower 197, $3 to follower 198, $4 to follower $199, and follower 200 will get the $5. No extra giveaways after the 200 ( for now ;) ).
As @lemouth and @transhuman have pointed out, this isn't really fair to existing followers, who are the people I really want to thank the most. If you already follow me just leave a comment here. I'll pay one Steem Dollar to anyone who follows me already (prior to when this post was made) and does so. You must already be following me to be eligible.
p.s.
I'll also send $5 to the person who introduced me to SteemIt, https://steemit.com/@morpheustitania
You should follow him too. Thanks Morpheus.
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https://steemit.com/blockchain/@nonlinearone/i-m-starting-a-newsletter-about-blockchain-technology
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Bryan Gmyrek lives in sunny Arizona with his wife, three sons, and two golden puppies. He earned a Ph.D. in physics for his work at Fermilab and also enjoys computers, nature photography and blockchains.
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Sure, I'll take 1 SBD for posting that I've been following you for a day or two now. Hope you can make it to the mumble session tomorrow:
https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@faddat/noobs-look-here-pipeline-to-the-heart-of-steemit
https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@officialfuzzy/guest-signups-beyond-bitcoin-hangout-173-9-16-16-rsvp-to-friday-s-hangout-refer-projects-for-rewards
Thanks!
Oh, wow lol. I was just reading that you introuduced @morpheustitania to SteemIt - that makes you like my "referral grandfather" or something. Awesome. https://steemit.com/borg/@morpheustitania/the-government-is-ransomware-for-your-brain#@brindleswan/re-morpheustitania-the-government-is-ransomware-for-your-brain-20160723t214850072z
Does it count if we unfollow / refollow?
(joking)
Lol, no :p I'll send you a Steem Dollar anyway when I get around to being on a computer with my active key.
Don't feel obliged :)
Does it count if we unfollow / refollow?
(not joking)
Lol, no. But ... you and @lemouth have made a good point. If you already follow me just leave a comment here. I'll pay one Steem Dollar to anyone who follows me already (prior to when this post was made) and does so. Note that you must already be following me to be eligible.
Woo hoo, it paid out :) I have to take care of some stuff so can't figure it all out and do the payments right now, but hang in there. Just don't drive off with my church (if you didn't get that, watch the YouTube video).
The Giveway Is Complete! https://steemit.com/giveaway/@nonlinearone/follower-giveaway-rewards-announcements
I followed you. I hope I won ! But if I didn't check out my article on ripple! :)
Long time follower here! =D
Thanks for the upvotes and the 1SBD for flower research. May I have another, please?
Hey, I just followed you. Turns out I'm number 199!
Woot @4sbd!
Hey I upvote the people I follow alot, for normally a big 1penny!
So good marketing campaign
Awesome thanks @generation.easy :)
Following you for quite a long time.
I want to thank you for all those posts I enjoyed
Thanks @rigel!
I wasn´t sure if I wanted to write a comment but I really like your posts so...sure I'll play ball :)
Thanks for the kind words @onthewayout :) I am more than happy to share the Steem Dollars with followers at this point so thanks for commenting.
:) I'm 197
Right on @sulev :)
I was already following you. I look forward to a Steem Dollar.
Ohhh you're just 3 followers ahead of me ;)
I did it. Follower #200!!!
Here is the raw transaction:
follower 200
Awesome but sorry it doesn't count because you had already followed me 5 hours ago, and asked if you could unfollow/refollow and I said no (in another comment here).
https://steemd.com/tx/d953c94088d7afa4ecc49781cc0af0fbbf5c69fc
You'll still get at least one Steem Dollar though.
I've been following you since before the August MeetUp at the pizza parlor off Cave Creek. I live in Phoenix and will probably see you at future MeetUps. I recently unfollowed to cock the trigger for a coup de etat on the throne.
I'll step down from the throne to make it easier for another and get back on board later...
Cool, thanks. Looking forward to seeing you!
Welcome to the Steemit Community!
For my reference, when this was posted I had 195 followers. I will start counting followers from this transaction on steemd.com https://steemd.com/tx/1f78afc15551d22f987d8296452f43acc0d25f8d. You'll need to be the 200th follower as of the time this post's first pay out. Thanks for playing.
Just realized I can't seem to see "follows" on https://steemd.com/@nonlinearone
I guess one can only see when one follows someone else.
Instead I took a snapshot of my followers as of right now and will figure out who is #200 based on that plus figuring out who the new followers were after #196 and then figuring out when they started following me based on their steemd profiles.
Either that or I'll write a script ;)
If anyone already has a script which could help with this please let me know.
My how times have changed. Steemit is long off the radar and Hive is now the one everyone focuses upon. That is where the development appears to be taking place.
HBD is always really lining up to be a powerful stablecoin. It is small but was overlooked for so long that it is now getting the attention it deserves.