Just a couple points of clarification:
1) I wouldn't charge tonyk2 5% to give IT support. My post was partially in jest.
2) tony2k would solicit my advice on a hosting solution, compiling/running the client, and setting up some basic monitoring scripts.
It can be setup so my access can be terminated and someone else granted access (simple change to .ssh/authorized_keys) in the event tony2k either wants to fire for whatever reason (maybe he feels this is easy work and doesn't need to pay me or he's found someone to do it cheaper).
This isn't a lot different than what alt is offering with PAYALT. The biggest difference is that I'd be a contractor on retainer while he offers fixed units of work.
All pie in the sky right now. Just spit-balling ideas on how to make this all work.
I was simply bringing up a point
I honestly think that right now we have VERY few people even seeming to care to vote...so for all the talk about unfair, if they aren't even voting yet we have bigger problems. And that is getting a proper representative delegate slate in charge. I do not think we are yet at the point where any of this corruption stuff is going to matter.
As for gamey. It's not a matter of want. It is a matter of time. I am pretty sure if I devoted all my time to running delegates...I could do so. I MIGHT even be able to swing it when bitshares reaches the billion dollar marketcap--if that is all I spent my time on. It would become my career...and that would be great. But let's face it, with respect to lowering barriers to entry, BTS Delegates are not it.
As I see it, delegates are businesses. In the real world, businesses advertise with people who are proven trustworthy or well-known. IF I am considered these things, I see no reason I cannot compete to get my delegate slate voted in. I also see no reason why others can't compete in a similar fashion.
I mean...to me, that will give people who are not technical gurus like our boy Riverhead here the ability to spread their peacock feathers and work to gain the support of shareholders. And the best way to gain that support is to advertise them in a way that directly benefits the BitShares Ecosystem (and as such, increases their marketcap...and grows their funding).
As far as Pay. It is partially that, but it is more to point out that everyone's situation is different and that there are MANY valuable traits that people in this ecosystem have that do not necessarily fit in one nice neat little box.
I'm trying to get people to think outside the box as much as I am trying to get paid (though if bitshares became a net gain for my "vault" it would be nice.)