Everyone please vote for backbone.riverhead - his IT delegate is now live and set at 10% pay. He will be providing extremely valuable security services to fellow delegates.

!  This should go in "about" and definitely needs to be more visible than the blog on bitshares.org!

I think this should go in its own section called "BitAsset Whitepaper"; whitepaper.bitshares.org

Calling it a "whitepaper" gives it more perceived value than simple "about".

Vote for you as well as for the other 2 (svk and toast) 100% pay delegates... as expected my stake did not make any of them active delegate but I do hope it helps.

Every amount counts Tony. Thank you everyone for the support, confidence and trust!

Quote from: MeTHoDx on November 23, 2014, 10:15:44 pm

What will this delegate be spending its diluted funds on?

• Buy targeted reddit ads in /r/BitcoinMarkets and /r/Futurology - give away small BitUSD and BitGold samples to redditors with high karma and aged accounts.
• Give “Bitcoin royalty” some BitAsset samples.
• Buy a front page ad on coinmarketcap.com
• Good community ideas that get support will have access to funding.

- Buying "ads" is far too vague. I will vote for a marketing delegate when there is a clear and documented plan.
- Delegates using pay to give away funds is legal grey area and without a very clear policy is at best wasteful and at worst fraud.

How about publishing a website? Sharing your real identity? Uploading a business plan document?

If you spend some time around the forums, you'll discover there is nothing vague about anything I'm doing. For the marketing plan please go to nullstreet.com.

Quote from: sparkles on November 23, 2014, 09:22:18 pm

Sparkle is fully honoring AGS/PTS in recognition of their support and belief in many 3rd party DACs.   BitShares will not be honored because of their view of everything else as competition.   

This makes a lot of sense to me. I think this will be positively received in the Chinese community too.
You obviously understand the market and marketing. 30/30/30 as you mentioned later should work too.

Regards the name, Sparkle sounds quite feminine. Have you considered just 'Spark'. That sounds more masculine and impactful. Spark a fire/revolution/idea etc.

 'All you need is a Spark'

  I like this. Just 'Spark'.

My delegate is now live and everything is set to go.

• It’s hosted on a DigitalOcean instance in Singapore.
• Price feeds will automatically kick in once elected.
• Riverhead has secured everything. It’s a fortress.

What will this delegate be spending its diluted funds on?

• Buy targeted reddit ads in /r/BitcoinMarkets and /r/Futurology - give away small BitUSD and BitGold samples to redditors with high karma and aged accounts.
• Give “Bitcoin royalty” some BitAsset samples.
• Buy a front page ad on coinmarketcap.com
• Good community ideas that get support will have access to funding.

Obviously the end goal is for everyone to be using BitAssets, even mom and dad. But at this very early stage in BitShares history, targeting “smart money”, knowledgeable investors is the obvious first target. With the recent nullstreet marketing initiative, our community will have the funding necessary to make shit happen.

• All marketing initiatives will be open for community participation.
• All creatives will be open sourced for anyone to use.
• I will keep shareholders up-to-date on all marketing initiatives.

The great thing about paid delegates is there no longer has to be a “top secret” marketing effort going on in the background. When delegates make promises, they can be held publicly accountable by the community of shareholders that pay for their efforts. I plan to set this example for other delegates who campaign in the future and make it a part of the BitShares culture.

Voter Apathy

One of the major issues with DPOS is voter apathy. Everyone thinks “other people” will vote for good delegates and that type of thinking results in extremely few votes actually being cast. Please don't rely on “other people” and take action. Don't be a stereotype.

The geek in me is really looking forward to this song.

I'm not sure if I approve of invite only or not.

Why is invite only necessary?

Nonetheless, I'm about to sign up. I haven't been as active lately but I do still like to follow this stuff.

I think the general fear is that competitors will find out what we post so therefore it should be private. Personally I don't think anyone is paying attention to BitShares but if it makes people feel comfortable it is what it is. I think the important thing is to get some traction and actually get some stuff done.