Around the world Steem users are powering up as part of an initiative called [Steem Power Up Day](https://steempeak.com/spud/@streetstyle/from-steem-with-love-spud-007-has-over-11-000-in-steem-power-prizes-steem-blockchain-community) AKA #SPUD instigated by @streetstyle. This is the seventh, so it is #SPUD7. I have powered up several times in the last few months as I acquired crypto through things like Coinbase and then I also bought some for fiat via my [Wirex](https://wirexapp.com/r/steevc) card.

Today's addition takes me over 22k SP. I will keep adding when I can and maybe I will make it to orca some day. With the current price it is tempting to just buy a few hundred Steem now and then, but I really do hope the price goes up as that encourages people to post and generally use the platform.

![SP](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/steevc/5IsMH90O-image.png)

There are prizes for people powering up as part of SPUD, but my reputation is too high for me to qualify.

Today is also #FollowFriday and so I will make some suggestions of people to check out.

* @resurgencefilms is an Australian project making a horror movie. It is run by a relative of my friend @hockney.
* Maybe @dougalporteous could act in that movie, but he is over here in London, so it may not be viable.
* @sidekickmatt is a comic strip artist posting a couple of different strips on Steem.
* @bryan-imhoff is another comic artist who is publicising Steem at comic events.
* @coingecko run a site that supplies lots of cool statistics on cryptocurrencies. They are going to Steemfest.
* @slobberchops and his friend @goblinknackers are also off to Steemfest. They may have the best user names there.
* @anyx is a Steem witness who also runs a node that is used by several dapps. I met him at the last Steemfest. Please consider voting for his witness and his [proposal](https://steemit.com/sps/@anyx/proposal-funding-for-anyx-io-infrastructure-recurrent-costs). There are lots of proposals trying to get a share of the available funds. You can vote to decide who gets some.

In the doghouse this week (and possibly forever) is @haejin who happily milked Steem for thousands of dollars for ages before the harkfork that encouraged some whales to remove his rewards. It looked like he might turn over a new leaf, but has instead decided to downvote a lot of Steem accounts. For some reason he picked on me. I did send his some small flags ages ago, but maybe it is because I supported people he does not like. Using his two accounts he can take up to $15 off a post. He was wiping out all my posts, but I have had amazing support from the community to restore some of those to visibility and beyond. The side-effect has been a big boost to my reputation and I may actually make more at times than I might have otherwise.

![Votes](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/steevc/RRluejIm-image.png)

He only seems to support a couple of accounts who are perhaps friends of his and this lets him reap some curation rewards.

![Haejin](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/steevc/2nFNPpln-image.png)

He has blocked me on Twitter, but I have left a few comments on his [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpAXWMbMUv4P5R-15kHYFJw). He has yet to respond, but I see a few people downvote his videos. I think his subscribers need to know what he is like. He may well downvote this post too, but he will not drive me away from Steem.

I do value the freedom we have on Steem. We cannot stop people using their power to downvote others for their own reasons. It is a valuable tool in dealing with misuse of the system to get rewards whilst adding no value and the recent changes have done a lot to improve on that. Mr H may give up in time and I can wait.

Steem on!

<p><b>The geeky guitarist and facilitator of the 10K Minnows Project.</b>
<div class="pull-left"><img src="https://steevc.keybase.pub/steemit/steevc.png"></div>
</p><ul><li>I'll buy <a  href="/guitar/@steevc/steem-for-picks">guitar picks for Steem</a>.</li>
<li>Get a <a href="https://wirexapp.com/r/steevc">Wirex Debit Card</a> to spend your crypto.</li>
<li>Get some passive income with <a href="https://www.mannabase.com/?ref=ej74g43dgi">Mannabase</a>.</li>
<li>Get paid to search at <a href="https://presearch.org/signup?rid=115476">Presearch</a>.</li>
<li>Battle for cards on <a href="https://steemmonsters.com?ref=steevc">Steem Monsters</a> and I will lease to small accounts.</li>
<li>I have Steem accounts to give away to worthy people!</li>
</ul>