Steem was dying. I was never much attracted to voice once I heard the intention to identify it's users. Once you make a list of folks, someone's going to use it to thin that herd IMHO.

I am glad you're back. You've always had a strong voice in this community, and I hope you'll raise it to rally our defense against Tron. You could well be right about this takeover. As you said, Steem was dying. When Sun tried to kill it off, we are all surprised at it's desperate struggle to live.

I am encouraged, because I have always seen something unique in Steem's proposition to combine free speech and crypto rewards for authors that potentiates free society in a way nothing else might. I want it to live, cast off it's financial shackles, a burden it bears for overlords, and set humanity free.