unfair.A beautiful post, @dreemit. Just beautiful. I'm so sorry for all the loss you've suffered. I recently (about a year ago) had a loss in the family where the accident was deemed said family member's "fault." It doesn't help anything. Makes it worse in a way. I don't know. There's no "good way" to lose someone you love. Even if it's rational, predictable, consequential... it still feels so
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To everyone who complains about the shortcomings of this platform--I'm sorry but did you conceptualize this incredible idea that has taken flight? Could you? You wouldn't have the luxury of the whining in the first place if not for what Ned and Dan created for you. Let that sink in. And once it does you have a choice- you can keep bitching, that's your right. Or you can take this gift and run with it, create and marvel at the love shown to your creation.
Preach. However, we needn't centralise our thanks and reverance at those who conceived of and built the platform. Everyone else who joined and contributed their content and curation are the reason it is such a success today. The credit should be distributed and weighted according to contribution.... hmm... this idea seems familiar somehow :)
I look around and I see the negativity and the "unfairness" that people are fighting about and I understand why those people are bitter. But sometimes we focus so hard on the badall-time favourite quotes of his goes like this: things, that we don't notice the miracles directly in front of us. Steem is a miracle. I'm a @NoNamesLeftToUse fan myself, and one of my
Today, an artist revealed his latest offering to the world, free of charge. A patron of the arts was given a token of appreciation for the appreciation. The artist has done the exact opposite of selling out.
A busker sits on the street and strums his guitar while throwing change in everyone's hat. He goes home with a full stomach.
This changes everything. We've revolutionized the arts and entertainment industry.
I understand constructive criticism as you mentioned-- and we all have our ideas about how Steem could be better. But how can people look at this amazing platform and do nothing but bitch about it?! How self-centred can one be?!
The majority of people I have found doing this are the people who came here for the wrong reason. The people who are trying to take from the platform rather than give. This does not work so well on a platform that is built on giving freely. They don't get it, and we don't need them to. We'll build the collaborative social economy of the future, and they'll be left behind.
I'm sorry to hear that, with Dana's death there was a lot of blame being thrown around between some members of his family and it was awful. Definitely did not help anything, just caused bad feelings during an already terrible time.
As for the gratitude, I have done a ton of posts expressing how grateful I am for the people I've met on this journey- I know that it's not just Ned and Dan who are responsible for this place being great, just as they're not solely responsible for its issues. I made a point about them because it still is true that without them we wouldn't be here. You see my husband has been 'the boss' of a few businesses, so I have some insight into the grumbling of those who think they could do things better meanwhile they never could have got it up and running, it's not in them to run a business etc.
I truly am all for constructive criticism that offers practical solutions though, I just get frustrated with all the negativity and complaining. If I were to sell my books on Amazon for instance- which I do plan to do, so will be able to confirm this- I wouldn't have a chance in hell of doing as well starting out as I have here. And I also wouldn't have opportunity to develop such personal relationships with my readers which is a very cool aspect of this place.
I know things aren't perfect, I have difficulty imagining they ever will be since so many have different ideas of what it would take to make that happen. I'm happy to be a part of whatever will make things better, but I just don't see much value in simply complaining . You get that I can see ;)
Yes, I know you're an @nonamesleftouse fan, have seen you there! He is an integral part of my own journey here, love his art and humor, his intelligence and wit- he's a friend at this point and I adore him. Many of the connections I've made that have become important to me started with him, whether we met in his comments or he referred me to them and vice versa. I call his comment section the rec center of steemit lol. Actually, I haven't been using it that way recently, I should be though, you should see some of his sections from last year they are a ZOO of people all commenting to each other haha!