Aww, shame. Im still not sure that leaving is the best choice honestly.
What i dont understand is why you dont just start a bot service and run for witness? Im sure @therealwolf, @themarkymark or a few others could help you set up everything you need.
A lot of people know you here and i know you did plenty good for the platform.
A top witness makes 35k a year which i think you could reach fairly easily.
Why leave when you can make plenty of money from the greed of others?
And you have a lot of advantage over the other bot owners. Fyrst looks like fat Thor from Avengers End Game. Marky and Wolfie dont really show their face.
(Sarcasm aside)
Its actually a funny thing that those that care the most arent those that we are left with. Those that care the most unfortunately, eventually leave not being able to stomach it any more....
What i wanted to say is... I wish you all the best.... Hopefully you find something that will make you as passionate. If you do... Pls let us know. :)
Hehe, that's an interesting idea. If I was here for the money, it could indeed be an option.
What got me really excited about Steem was its original vision of giving value back to those who create value. It was a true game changer, able to turn the whole attention economy upside down. But now Steem has just become like all the other centralized networks, where a few win and many lose.
Back in 2016 and early 2017 there was a true competition for rewards between content creators, and everybody was truly aiming to become the very best version of themselves. Man, THAT very moment when a whale stopped by and voted your content - what a thrill! Now you can just buy the votes and the attention, and the whole game has completely lost its sexiness.
Time to move on and go live a new sexy adventure.
My business in real life is doing pretty well and I'll be focussing on that now. Let's see if I can become as passionate about it as I was as a content creator :-)
Thanks for the nice comment, it's much appreciated!
All the best for you, too. xxx Marley -
@surfermarly I don't blame you which is why I would like to fork this chain. The only thing is how to prevent history from repeating itself. For the time being, I will try to work on improving our ecosystem to fight abuse.
I am with you about giving value to the people. I want to be sure it is to those that are putting in the work. Not just fat cats with money to throw around buying their way onto Trending everyday. That's not the vision I want to build on for too long.
I want it to change.
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Good luck on that, @anthonydavisii! Hope you find some like-minded partners on-chain who share the same vision and help you to build the network you all deserve.