I am clearly one of the stupid ones. Phished first, and then sucked in by Jerry Banfield. I cannot begin to say that I understand the finer details of this, but the broad brush strokes I get. Somehow, and I don't recall how I came across him - possibly when I was phished - and was vulnerable. That said, I had a funny feeling about him. Call it a sixth sense, intuition, whatever, but I voted him as a witness and now wish I hadn't! How can I unvote him?
I used to think I was quite savvy. Some of my encounters on @steemit are showing me that I am just a babe in the woods, never mind a red fish!
Thanks though for this: found it because it was re-steemed by @therneau, founder of the #teamsouthafrica discord server. I, too am going to re-steem.
Thanks and much appreciated - to you and all who commented. Enlightening....
Thanks for the mention @fionasfavourites :)
I did a post many moons ago on Jerry. Had to go scratching through the dusty archives to find it ;)
I'm sure you and @meno would appreciate it.
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@therneau/the-show-is-on-jerry-banfield-parry-duck-block
Please feel free to check it out.
Crypto is still the wild west, and honestly everyone needs to just to their best to stay safe and always be skeptic.
Don't put yourself down either, at least you recognize there was something fishy about it.
And, you are now here, you are learning and moving forward... so all in all, you are winning.
Yip, it does seem a little like the wild west and mostly unfathomable. I do have to listen to my little voice more - in the virtual world. I listen to it in real life, so why not, here?
Anyhow, I am learning all the time and wrote about my experience having been phished, hacked and recovering my rep and hope that others will have learned from that.
Thanks for the encouragement and yes, I do get the sense that I am winning - one little step at a time!