I haven't been around for the whole 2 months, so I only recognised some of these. The others are new to me, so thank you for sharing. I enjoyed how you tied the titles of the works together into a narrative like that.
You've built something truly great here and you're helping Steemit be what it should be. Every time I log into Steemit I scroll through my feed to see if you've posted something new. (I hope that's not creepy. I promise I'm not creepy. Wait, only creeps promise people they're not creepy. Shit!)
I can't help but get nervous sometimes when you go on your rants about how Steemit is broken. As I was reading this post I was almost expecting it to be some kind of sign-off, the way you've been talking... but that's probably just my recent pessimistic outlook that's been clouding my judgement (and inspiration) for about a week now. It, too, shall pass.
Not sure if you saw it yet, but @therealpaul did a pretty great tribute post for you today over on his blog. I found it quite entertaining. :)
I saw @therealpaul's post a few minutes ago. I voted your comment to the top because I know I'll get a lot of views and I hope they go visit his blog as well.
"Steemit is broken.."? You're paraphrasing. I never said that. This is two months of work that probably won't trend because I'm not allowed to purchase votes. How would the other artists feel if I was arrogant and self-righteous enough to decide on my own that my work should be at the top? I can easily afford those votes, but I'm not allowed to buy them. If my work is good, it's not up to me to say so.
You're right, I was paraphrasing. You have never said "Steemit is broken." I don't think those three words are false as stated though. It is broken... in certain ways... but it's a miracle in other ways, too.
I'm trying, with my little vote, to help put you up there. But if you do someday get there, I probably won't notice... because I don't read trending. Because it's full of garbage that people have bought votes on. If enough people think like that, perhaps a negative feedback loop will kick in. After all, if it doesn't mean anything to be trending, why would people pay to trend?
Bingo.