Have you considered focusing your energy on making it feel new again? Was your allegiance to Steemit or Steem? I already know, but curious if you do.
Steem is ready for the creative energy of those with vision. You hold your abilities in high esteem. Why not apply them towards building something that feels new and exciting on Steem?
Was your allegiance to Steemit or Steem?
Are you drunk? lol
Allegiance?
I stopped wanting to be in someone else's gang, decades ago.
...it's a flawed system. You know that. (or maybe you don't).
When proof of stake dictates policy, you have an oligarchical system, not a meritocracy.
The two don't gel long term.
It's predatory in its nature. It can be no other way. This is basic human psychology of acquiring resources, and those with stake.
(wearing the mask of 'community').
I'm not here to 'make it feel new again'.
I never was.
'Community' is a facade in this structure - just to sell to the naive.
(I did include myself in that group, btw).
I don't hold my abilities in writing in high esteem - far from it.
I DO have confidence in my abilities to make more success writing off steem, than on.
I don't mind failing, but I do mind not trying.
Are you drunk? lol
No. I was blessed years ago to no longer need that crutch.
I stopped wanting to be in someone else's gang, decades ago.
That doesn't feel right, due to the fact that you have been arguing for quite some time now over the unfairness of Steemit. Your passion sasy you want something from this or you would have just logged out some time back and kicked the dust of this place from your feet.
I have watched you for some time argue with an energy that astounds me. While I have not agreed with some of your positions, and believe your passion at time blinds you I appreciate the care you take to put a humorous spin most of the time.
I know we see Steem differently. The Steem I see is only controlled by Steemit because of a breakdown between programmers, business people and already existing businesses that could benefit. If (I know it might not be meant to be, but i believe it will) just one or two of the right size companies decided to adopt Steem into their business structure, none of the original stakeholders could override them if they decided to purchase a good little chunk sitting at the exchanges. As time goes by, the people that anger you here with the way they use their stake will lose their hold over this, including Ned.
I think you are pretty sharp overall. Why not give them the ultimate F you (the ones who anger you) and help figure out a way to bring in those who will make their power obsolete?
As far as community, it is here right now. Whatsup invited all who are in or want to be in her community when she hit post, and here we are :)
That doesn't feel right, due to the fact that you have been arguing for quite some time now over the unfairness of Steemit.
I committed myself to two years when I started. That's coming to an end.
Not once.
(although several people insist on keep trying to put that word into my mouth)
I pointed out that meritocratic systems cannot work in an oligarchical system.
Fairness is purely subjective.
Proof of stake and the rewards pool is a mathematical model.
Your passion sasy you want something from this or you would have just logged out some time back and kicked the dust of this place from your feet.
(Wanted, not want). I said I'd give the project 2 years...
I'll be staying here for my own reasons, not in any attempt to highlight how flawed the model is. (except for satirical value).
The spinelessness, sycophancy, and political game playing for upvotes, goes against everything I find decent about people.
It's vile.
To thrive (succeed) in a non meritocratic system, always necessitates the use of social politics and manipulations of others.(There are many blatantly 'working it' on here).
I will not go back into the 'social manipulation swamp', just for some upvotes.
I've never failed using 'my own merits' before - in pretty much anything I've wanted to achieve, but it's impossible to succeed here based on content creation alone.
Hence the frustration.
I came into this social media ecosystem, thinking something different than the actual reality.
I don't play in rigged games .
The anger I feel doesn't blind me, not one bit. It focuses my attention.
(Admittedly, it may cause me to express myself 'in the moment', not quite as eloquently as I would like).
I AM using the knowledge that I've gained here though, going forwards and I will take profit from it.
That's for sure.
My profit may well come at the expense of Steemit - which is funny - because the very first line of defenses (or attack, most probably) will be the 'right or wrong', argument....
The moral argument!.... Hilarious - after profiting off not ethical mechanics, for years... lol
'The Steemit experience', has definitely brought out the competitive side of me once more....
(I thought I'd retired from that shit. lol)
Interesting times ahead, matey....