Howdy sir Glen! well if I was an artist and could do characters I'd try to get into that game. I know the artists who get their attention have it made. But I'd think writers would be in high demand too, good ones anyway?
How's it going there, are you doing alot of offline work like I am?
Holy moly did you see that post that I resteemed today about MEOS? I'd love your opinion on that!
Hey, @janton.
There are a fewer writers, like there are a few artists, who make names for themselves, but there's plenty who just grind out stories. At least they're getting paid to do it. :)
re: offline work
Not really. Some of the downtime I've had was because of the new grandson being born, and wife being home, so there were some yard chores that got done. The rest of the time I've been fighting off this malaise that comes and goes. It doesn't help when people make you think there is a community voice, but there really isn't a community voice. But a lot of people like to think there is, so they run around all gung-ho only to find out things aren't all what they thought they were.
re: MEOS
Quillfire has a flare for sure. The way things seem to work, however, is there will be plenty of fanfare, and there will be quite a few people drawn to it, and then the proof will be in the reality of how things work the first sign of trouble. Will the same things that plague STEEM show up through MEOS, or whatever it's going to be called (that's actually a pretty decent name).
I doubt that EOS will be given 1:1 to STEEM users who jump ship and open an EOS account, and at current market value, my stake is worth just over 360 EOS, a far cry from what it is in STEEM. I suppose if EOS moons, then it would be good to have even that, but it's more likely after all this build up that something will disappoint, rather than live up to heightened expectations.
We'll see. Only a few days left now to see what the actual announcement is. And to me, it sounds like something that will have compatibility on multiple chains, whatever it is, and however that might work.
Howdy sir Glen! Yes it will be very interesting to see how MEOS(presummably) works out. I know that he got quite a bit of blowback on the post so I'm going over there later to read some of it. Should be some good opposing views.
Malaise doesn't sound very healthy. What form does that take? Or what are the results of that?
re: malaise
Well, I was thinking of terms of not being so comfortable with how things are proceeding here on STEEM, especially when people who can't really know what's going on start speculating about it.
Anyway, it's probably not healthy, but I am still here, despite my wife's wishes, and at some point it would be nice for all of this to take off, despite the best efforts of some to make it their own personal ATM.
Howdy today sir Glen! Do you think the whales selling steem all the time is keeping the price down?
I don't know. I don't know how much STEEM is powered up versus all the STEEM out there. I suppose it can't help, if they're actually selling it. Putting it out on an exchange doesn't necessarily mean they've done anything with it, and there's quite a bit of STEEM just sitting around in people's wallets, too, so I don't know. Only those who got their STEEM for nothing or next to nothing could afford to do anything with it now, so I don't understand the sell off. Unless they're truly trying to redistribute STEEM.
I think it's more likely that people don't know much about STEEM, and what they do is negative. Other chains do a better job of marketing even though they don't do much, and what they do is more valued than social media. There needs to be more going on here than just a bunch of people constantly obsessing over the platform, themselves and the price of STEEM.
Howdy tonight sir Glen! There sure is alot of obsessing going on. What do you think needs to be getting done? You're like a business analyst. I was really encouraged by seeing the Elizabeth Powell video from last week or whenever that was.
re: obsessing
Well, it kind of breeds and takes on a life of its own. Millennials are pretty good at it, but so are some of the 40-somethings, apparently.
re: Elizabeth Powell
I thought it was amazing that they were able to drop the monthly of those nodes, etc. from $220,000 a month to $35,000. Just with that, no wonder they were bleeding cash. Moving the office from downtown to save on rent, I think it's great. In my mind, that's a great sign of a leader, but I'm sure it's not what Powell wants to be known for. You'd rather be the growth person, so hopefully she gets a chance to do that, too.
re: what needs to be done
Well, the community needs to stop putting all their eggs in the social media basket and start coming up with other ways to connect existing business to STEEM. We keep pointing at the value and saying no one's going to want to do that, but that doesn't mean people can't start up their own businesses, and it doesn't mean people have even tried to invite business.
It's a lot of work, though, and so I'm sure there's that, too, that people are seeing. But seriously, there's no reason why whales should be hanging around the social media side of things trying to influence what happens here so they can increase their stake this way when they could be coming up with their own non-social media ideas and doing something they're good at. :/