crazymumzy - dragonslayer109 - gavvet. Nothing sensational, only the facts.
I am grateful to see that the robinhoodwhale was able to come to live based on watching the trail and errors by other Authors featuring over the past few months. The group actually used their time productively and came up with the robinhoodwhale initiative, another solution helping new authors to stay active on this platform. Will this system be flawless, only time will tell?
Here are the behind the scene info for the sensation seekers:
About 3 months ago my ex gavvet told me about steemit, well I thought, “ok” it is one of those wonderful ideas of his again which will soak up all his time and get him nowhere. Nothing new after knowing the man for 26 years. Then 2 months ago my 19-year-old son came with the proof that steemit actually works for real, after I told him to stop wasting his time and rather concentrate on studying and getting a real job/life of course.
Both him and his dad approached the dilemma steemit was facing of good authors not being recognized by implementing 2 very different ways of getting the unknown Authors articles noticed. Still very skeptical I took a look and sat educating myself reading most of the incoming articles each day for two weeks. It saddened me to see how many authors poured their hearts out in so many articles not receiving a dime as a reward for their effort.
Knowing I was out of my league, firstly because English is my second language and secondly creative writing was never my forte, I approached the big ocean of steemit which was intimidating as it was growing by a 1000 new members per day at that time. I decided that I would also like to be part of this team, giving more authors exposure and that was my main aim thus far.
Yes, my setup was filled with flaws due to lack of time as a mother of 4 children available to spend on steemit. I tried to avoid featuring plagiarized material by taking paragraphs from these authors articles and googling it, I knew it wasn’t enough but that was the only tool I had unfortunately. Well, I got burnt, not only by new authors but also by those who knew better and I trusted, thinking they can become part of this team and we will be able to reach even more unknown authors.
During these past two months I had to sit and look how my son and ex got slandered and it saddened me because no one knows the real story of gavvet and some of the authors he features, I do. As a very protective mother and person, I often wanted to climb in and say something but it was not my call. Today I decided to speak out. Facing being even more unpopular with gavvet as he is a very private person. (Luckily he has to forgive me because I have his children.)
My son dragonslayer109, came up with “The daily pick of hidden gems” when his dad told him he must come up with his own niche to be able to get recognized. This was his baby which he nurtured every day by sitting in front of his computer from morning till night time, scratching for good articles every day to feature. He has to answer all the people who beg him to feature them and then still write his own article or get other Authors articles ready to feature. He also tries to promote his authors work on the chat channels. This takes up most of his time, daily. Is his approach flawed?, sure he is a young man and is doing the best he can and know-how with very little experience. Just like this site being in beta phase so is dragonslayer109.
My ex gavvet might have many flaws but I have always admired his charitable heart (which costs this family dearly). Over the years he has helped many people when he couldn’t even really help himself and got burnt by all of them, so much so that he has nothing today. So if you think he is rich, you are so wrong and he won’t be for quite a while even though you might think he is making a killing here on steemit. He has a few authors that can vouch for this because they know him from church. If you think he is a fraud, go educate yourself please, because all the authors he features are real and some of them have a sad story to tell.
The motto of this story is:
- There is nothing to hide or vindictive about this family, sorry to disappoint you.
- Don’t be too quick to judge, and before doing so go get your facts straight by educating yourself.
- There are still good and honest people in this world who wants to help others.
- One thing you must know: We do not give up this easily, there are too many counting on us.
PS: you will still probably look for ways to find fault, criticize and get your sensation for the day, at least we give some entertainment value to this site, enjoy!!!
Keep smiling, reading, writing and voting!!!