RE: Camping On Vancouver Island - Unplugging From The Net
I appreciate you taking the time to reply Trudee. Let me say this: I'm here for the money.
I know many people would say they are here to be sociable and that is a huge component of the experience here without question.
I also do not like Facebook. I have not posted once, not a single word on Facebook since the day I became active here - roughly five months ago.
With that said.... there is not a single person on Steemit who I have met in person, or who I know "in real life". By comparison, virtually everyone I know in real life is on Facebook. All of my family. All of my friends. Everyone I ever worked with. Probably every person I interact with here also has an account on Facebook whether they use it much or not.
So.... time will tell, but I am here for the money. If that goes away, so do I. I hope things work out here, but I am not particularly optimistic at this point. I think when Dan starts up his new version of Steemit on the EOS blockchain, this will be over.
Interesting comments Keith and it just shows how much I know. I’ve heard the name Dan mentioned before but I don’t know who he is and I’ve not heard anything about a new version of Steemit. I would however be interested to hear more. I’ve been tying to stay optimistic in the hope that things will turn around and of course that has everything to do with the money because as much as I enjoy photography and keeping in touch with friends I would like to know that my efforts will pay off in the long run.
Dan and Ned are the two founders of Steemit. Dan is considered the tech genius behind Steemit and also Bitshares. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Larimer
Ned Scott is the CEO of Steemit
Dan and Ned had a public falling out months ago - probably before I started here. (All this is public info being on the blockchain, but I don't have dates or references handy - you can look all this up if interested.)
Dan left Steemit to found the new EOS blockchain which launched a couple of weeks ago after the biggest ICO in history - raising something like four billion dollars.
Dan has publically announced plans to start a new social network on EOS which he hopes will address many of the problems currently happening on Steemit. I don't believe a time frame has been mentioned.
The price of the EOS coin is crashing along with all the other cryptos... so that four billion valuation is waaaay down now, and I'm not aware of any applications running on EOS yet.
Let's see.... what else? Oh yes, Ned powered down half his stake in Steemit a few days ago.
Look up @ dan and @ ned. l'm giving you my interpretation of current events based on stuff I read here.
Check out the trending page sometimes and read what the witnesses have to say. I have seen public spats where one witness unvotes other witnesses for talking too much about EOS...
I have no financial advice to offer except that in general if you want to have a million worth of crypto you should invest two million and wait about a week. Steem has dropped consistently from the day I got involved (with a little rally in April/May). Trying to build any value in my account has been very much like pouring water into a leaky pail.
I am currently powering down everything but NOT selling - I want to have liquid steem so that I can react to whatever happens. My current 100% vote is worth about 0.03 - meaning "it's only the thought that counts" when I give an upvote. I don't imagine anyone will care much if my vote becomes 0.02 or 0.01.
If things turn around here I will sell my massive BTC and EOS holdings and power up here! :)
Daniel Larimer
Daniel Larimer is a software programmer. Larimer created the cryptocurrency platform BitShares (2014), was co-founder of the blockchain social platform Steemit (2016), and is CTO of EOS, with the company block.one (2017). Daniel Larimer was also the creator of the DPOS ( Delegated Proof of Stake Algorithm ) consensus algorithm and Graphene technology. In February 2018, Forbes estimated Larimer's net worth between $600 to $700 million.
Why thank you - what a helpful little bot you are... check it out @trudeehunter :)
Many thanks for the info Keith. Nothing is certain with cryptocurrency except speculation by the sound of things. I will continue to do what I have been doing in the hope that things will improve.
I'm certainly not trying to convince you to do anything else Trudee.
Oh......I didn't think that for a minute Keith. I'm grateful that you took the time to fill me in as I'm usually behind with such details......even though I have read different opinions and felt the frustration and disappointment of a few steemians lately.
When I struggle to motivate myself John tells me not to focus on the account details but think, 'long term.' Whether that's the best advice......time will tell and I've stopped worrying about it. He sees my enjoyment of being creative and knows how important it is for me to nurture that and I have to admit, his encouragement goes a long way with keeping me occupied in those things which bring me much joy .
I also think about what I could do with the money which accrues in Steemit....but then disappears and I've come to terms with the fact that I may not end up with a flash coffin (I'm perfectly happy with one made of cardboard if the truth be known, lol) but I have to live while I'm alive.....if you know what I mean and continue to express myself creatively or I will withdraw again and I don't want to do that. Its not good for me or for my loved ones.
I actually relate my present steemit situation to my long term goal of loosing weight. I exercise, eat healthy, I miss meals, and discipline myself but I do not get the results I desire or the results others get when they do exactly the same.
Yes, I give up occasionally but I know my efforts to keep healthy effect my brain and my heart and my sense of well being and I may never reach my goal weight before I leave this world and enter heaven where the last thing on my mind will be my weight. (lol)
So, I pick up my camera before I leave home and head out into the big wide world with a sense of expectation and contentment.
It's people like you that make the time I spend here all the more worth while. Have a wonderful day my dear friend......…..and keep shooting. (: