Bernie, I may well be fucking blind, and I also have no idea what it actually entails to run a gig like Steemit as a decentralized venue; since you run a witness, you know more about that than I.
What I observe is that everything here seems to take 10x longer to implement than anyone thinks it should. I have no idea who to "blame" for that. Ned? The dev team? Or is "working by consensus" simply more time consuming than a conventional structure?
You're no stranger to being a target. For every person thinking "Thank God for @berniesanders, he'll save Steemit!" there's another who thinks "That @berniesanders is an asshole who will DESTROY this platform!" You're a public figure with influence in this ecosystem; that makes you a target. Is that "fair?" Does it matter? Maybe not. But is it accurate to make you the target for a bunch of flying shit? Nope.
So what does Ned stand to gain from running Steemit into the ground? Or is he just a blind "Dan Fanboy" getting ready for Steemit 2.0? Those are sincere questions...
I do know software development and I assure you, what they have done over the past 2 years is laughable and those kids will have absolutely nothing to show on their resume for their time spent with STINC. Most of them probably aren't even trained developers, that's just a guess though.
Ned is at the top, he is the ONLY one to blame for lack of development.
I catch a lot of flying shit, it's just part of the gig.
I don't think he's doing it intentionally, I think he's just ignorant and inexperienced. Not his fault, but he absolutely is running Steemit and Steem into the ground. Is he a Dan "fanboy"? Highly doubtful given what I know.
Appreciate the response.
I guess for the time being, all we can do is pop popcorn and watch the show unfold. And hope others with significant skin the game can help mitigate the disasters...