Matt608, I'm encouraged by your answers. I'm thrilled that you're doing some marketing work for BitShares; I'm still not quite convinced on this 100% delegate.
The 3-month plan sounds good on paper, because none of us can foresee what the needs will be at that point. Flexibility is wise. Nevertheless, I'd like to see what you are interested in + capable of doing beyond that three month period. The reason is that once you're in as a delegate, 100% is a high rate, and I think we'll be "stuck with you" (for better or for worse!) for longer than that. This BitShares delegate voting system is not nimble enough to turn on a dime and get rid of an incumbent delegate who is not performing. So as a buyer, I want to know how you are justifying that 100% pay rate, not only for the next three months, but beyond. If I'm going to support you, I'd like to maintain that support for more than a few months.
We only have one marketing delegate. He was just voted in. That 100% delegate was a stretch for many people in the community. Personally, I'd support a dozen marketing delegates or more if I think they bring adequate value. And I'm close to supporting you, but I need to know more about what you're capable of delivering. The "hired by the blockchain" posting was very high quality and I'm sure that has brought you some more support from this community...justifiably so.
If you want to get enough votes as a delegate, I'd suggest you cover some more possible ideas for what you could or would do. Again, the flexibility beyond three months is an honest approach. But a lot of people will look at this and think, okay, so we vote in another 100% delegate, and this guy's going to write us some articles + somehow focus on Argentina, but the latter only once his delegate fee is paid off, which won't be for several months. What ELSE would you do? What passion would you bring? I see solid dedication in your postings and I think your idea of taking just $200 a month is very selfless to begin with.
Here's what you're being compared to (or compared against). Methodx came in here and started posting comment after comment of what he thought BitShares should do. What the marketing folks weren't doing and what he believed BitShares needed YESTERDAY. How he had experience with startups and the marketing followed a certain plan of progression for increasing name recognition and lighting a spark, etc. Over time, I think everyone reading his material became pretty convinced this guy knew his stuff and could be a big help. Methodx was a 'thorn' in I3's side for months, yet he was respectful and deferential, never the pompous sort of high tech-promoting marketing airbag (we all know that sort), always positive about BitShares, recognizing that the BitShares marketing team was forced to wait for a functional client before hitting the trigger on their plans, etc., even while pointing out what could be done better as far as selling it. Go back and look at his posts; he was frustrated, trying like hell to get BM and I3 to let him crack the inner circle and adopt some of his suggestions. And since the I3 folks largely have their noses stuck in Github, trying to do their crucially important part in getting us a good product, he was continually frustrated.
With BitShares fully decentralizing, Methodx realized he didn't need I3's blessing. Delegates are the only institution left in BitShares and he could become one of them, do his own thing, promote this on his own terms, even while the BitShares Marketing team is going in other productive directions. And as soon as he started that thread announcing his intentions to become a 100% delegate, one of his first supporters was Bytemaster. Plus a lot of others. I'm pretty sure there wasn't a single person reading Methodx's posts who didn't want to see most of that stuff happen that he suggested.
Matt608, you don't have to take the same approach he took. But if you seek a 100% delegate, people are going to be comparing you with what Methodx brought. They're going to be looking for more than three months' worth of articles, etc. You've gotten a great start here already and helped us nicely. But what else would you bring? What are you capable of doing? What other facets do you have once you've written articles on the most useful subjects? Show us your passion. And some ideas for what you would (or could possibly) be spending that 100% on, after the first three months.
Give us that and I'll go "all in" on endorsing you for a 100% delegate.
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