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Great stuff @haphazard-hstead - I have a format question (might be I am just too stupid for markdown but still....) as I want to give an update on some other trails too on @steemtrail - anytime I try to create such tables it is not working at all, you do them in markdown right?

Yes, I do them in Markdown. Here's my table layout (note: the ~ don't mean anything, they let me show the markdown). The second line is the layout: the dashes, spaces, and colon in the second line are all centering or right/left justification. For the post title, I am doing the usual thing, where I put the title in between the [] brackets, right next to the URL of the post in (). Hope that helps. I'd sure like to know how to drop a little thumbnail in there, too, but I haven't figured that out yet.

~| Author | Post | Payout | Comments |
| --- | --- | ---: | :--- |
| @haphazard-hstead | Paleo Winter Weed Salad with quiz | $2.45 | 47 |~

Thanks so much - I have another question, the posts you curated are these all post from the trail or only the ones that have been #channel-approved in the end @haphazard-hstead ?

These are all the posts that I have curated to the @foraging-trail. So they are all "channel approved". I like these lists because it's a quick reference to all the posts on the @foraging-trail.

But they are not all approved by the upper level SteemTrail. A different set of people that make that determination, based on different goals and criteria. They are trying to highlight the highest quality posts and consider all the trails. Maybe in future updates, I should check each post on the @foraging-trail and note which ones have also been curated by the SteemTrail, too. Thanks for the idea!

ok thanks, just asking - i know not everyone will then be upvoted by all though - thanks again, much appreciated. We need to work in general on a more positive atmosphere on the platform. As you als know tsu you might know we get into a dangerous level now (with really only a few users) before any masses are here, am worried but will not loose hope, with and trust in mankind

Well, foraging and gardening are pursuits of optimists! So I hope the @foraging-trail and @gardening-trail give people a positive atmosphere and place to focus on Steemit, without being caught up in the day-to-day business of Steemit. (Those discussions are important, but people come to the internet for a respite, too.)

I like to remind myself that the underlying blockchain development that is the most important and the source of the market value now. The social platform is just part of that development process. Frustrations and collaborations can each spur ideas for blockchain applications. And no development team could dream up as many ways to stress the system, as when random human beings interact with each other over months and months, especially when money is involved! As long as the underlying blockchain is still being built, like the 2017 roadmap lays out, I think we are fine, even if the turnover is high on the social platform. The key test will happen when that technology is ready.

TSU lasted longer than Steemit has been around, with only a fraction of the financial resources. I think having communities on Steemit will help a lot. People will gravitate to their interests and it will be a lot easier to convince people to join to take part in a specific community -- like the @beer-trail! ; )

Yeah fingers crossed - tsu was a complete different story - and the reason they closed is also a mystery - i know more than i should but it was not as they ran out of money which is the official title lol - Sebastian is smart - glad i did not invest or work there

Your perspective about TSU is so interesting. So many folks would like to know the whole story, just for closure. It was a nice community of people there!

we probably will never know the entire story (some do not wann know, some rather want money back) - i know some unofficial insides - happy to share / discuss when some legal issues have been cleared one-on-one