If the current culture shift we have seen in the past couple days remains moving forward, in the long run, I’ll remain optimistic. If in a couple weeks things slide back to how they were I’ll just adapt and make changes.

Downvoting Pool

I’ve been downvoting a little bit not fully using it as of yet. Since I’m a little guy I need to still be smart about it. The great thing is hiding in numbers. There are still some posts I’d like to go flag but I’ll reframe from doing so as they are a bit more high risk.

It was interesting in the first couple days after a few giant posts went down for bid botting how more hesitant the market seemed and the lower barrier to entry was to get on trending. People seem to have more confidence in trying their luck again and it will be interesting to see how that plays out.

This was at least for now exactly what the platform needed.

Content Creator Shift

This year I’ve made some big changes, lots of trial and error, and got into some communities that were focused on similar goals as my own. Many people did not. I’ve had a lot of failures in getting to the next step but I expected it to be quite a long road and worth it when I do. We have known for a long time this HF was coming.

I think it’s a little too early to tell about the recent HF will be in the long run. I’ve been blessed so far under the new HF. I’ll admit better than I was expecting. If I end up earning around for the author portion where I was before or a little less I’ll feel like I’m heading in the right good direction.

There are some content creators out there I’ve noticed are not so happy. Truth is they been in decline for quite some time. They never adapted to using tribes. They are not in communities networking. They don’t promote others. They don’t promote their content outside of the Steem ecosystem. They don’t keep “some” SP. They want to be a “blogger” but I’m not quite sure they understand what that really is. Let alone being one on this platform.

I have not fully deployed my HF plans overall since we are still so recent into it. Some of it will take many months to build out as I have been for quite some time now. I am confident regardless that those plans will help ensure I further reduce my content costs, increase revenue sources, and remain completive in the market.

Overall I look forward to seeing the HF at play. Heck, I’ve even sold off some digital assets and power up around 500 SP on top of my normal post-earnings over the past couple weeks. If we lose some content creators along the way then tough we have been bleeding them for quite some time. I want people around who can adapt. Tot those who expect it to be easy. We need team players to boost each other and the platform up.