Dear @blocktrades
At this point, it seems like most of the community is in agreement on one thing: they don’t want Justin Sun here.
I wouldn't be so sure about it. I've read hundreds of comments and posts written by small size users (like myself or even smaller) and majority seem to believe that conflict between witnesses and Justin is nothing more than fight for power.
At the same time those users seem to be afraid to speak out (myself included) in fear that we will become targetted and downvoted for expressing our thoughts. I really am afraid that this comment will put me again on the radar of some powerful stakeholders, who will threat me (just like I was threatened already in the past).
Majority of people out there seem to hope that our witnesses and Justin will find way of working together. That's reality.
Unfortunatelly narrative "us versus him" is so very strong already, that it's hard to still have any hope :(
Personally I can find it very difficult to imagine any product/project being succesful, knowing that major investor/stakeholder (marketing guru) and community build around project are in open and very public conflict. It's hard not to feel that we're in serious trouble.
Before long, we will launch a new coin that is essentially a re-branded hardfork of Steem, airdropped on all Steemians, without airdropping to the Steemit stake.
I believe all the economic value will move to this new chain and the chain with Justin's stake will ultimately just die
I'm failing to see how new chain could hold any value. And I'm really trying. Also what would make people keep their steem and sell all aidropped tokens, bringing price to it's knees with no time? Wealth cannot be just doubled like that.
Good luck with whatever you guys do. Obviously people like myself have no other choice but to watch how it's all unfolding.
We win by fighting, not by compromising
Sometimes conflicts cannot be won. Just like trade war between US and China. If compromise cannot be found - then there are only gonna be dead bodies and loses on both sides. Unfortunatelly.
I hope I will not regreat speaking my mind.
Yours, Piotr
We understand You have concerns and I hope you are not treated poorly for them... perhpas the group of users running the new chain will respond with reasons why you should re-consider instead of any threats.
The value isn't in the token, it's in the community. I hope that post helps clarify some things a bit.
As to this point:
I have raised this issue as well. It's unfortunate that some here on Steem have no concern for cussing others out, attacking them personally, or flagging / spamming them because I do think it has a silencing effect. I don't know of a solution to this other than communities where guidelines for participation can be clear and those who don't want to follow them are excluded. I hope that everyone is free to express their views and they will be respected, even when people disagree.
Your comment is especially funny. Steem. It has been based for the last two years on an exclusion system that is based on power, not on wanting to participate.
Good joke. That you especially say what you say.
Are you referring to rewards distribution or witness voting or both?
DPoS is based on token distribution. Those who have the tokens make the rules and influence how the rewards distribution happens. What do you suggest that is better than DPoS that isn't easily sybil attackable?
Justin came here to earn money, and he doesn't care about Steem as a blockchain or Steem as a community. The mobilization during the "fight" showed that we are a unique community in a crypto world, and the value is where the people are. Even if the price of a new chain's tokens will be lower for some time, I can't imagine a situation when the old steem wins. Justin does not own a community, and since a few days, he doesn't have developers that could introduce any changes to the blockchain itself.
I'm excited about the new chain and its possibilities to grow and evolve without Steemit baggage.
If you're so afraid, why not simply send/spam this message to our wallets like you always do?
Speaking of which. You agreed to stop spamming my wallet after I told you the cost is now 10 SBD per memo. You owe me ten bucks. ;)
I rang the warning bells on that guy months and months ago. One of these days people will start listening to me... . . 😂
Fortunatly with a HF you don't have to guess, you could think of it in terms of a "back-up" in case Justin Sun destroys the current version. The real community (the humans that make the real STEEM) can't afford to risk not having a HF.