Time for a break...
7 years ago in #steem by elfspice (-8)(1)
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Thanks, its been a long time since I roasted marshmallows.
I have only recently found your posts but have enjoyed them very thoroughly. I'm going to hate to see you go as you are a great counter voice to help keep people grounded in reality. Best wishes!
I enjoy all I've learned from you. All I can say is that I feel like your presentation makes the information inaccessible. I don't assume wrong intent from any of the people who create this experience for me to enjoy. <3 blessings.
I have to agree. I am more guilty than most of ascribing to malice what is more likely to be stupidity. From doing this a lot, I have learned there's no point in assuming an accusatory tone. For one thing, it makes it much more difficult to get information from suspects.
However, I cannot claim to be certain of malice in this context. I reckon it's possible, and the SEC will sort it out, or at least claim some victims. At this point, CYA should be top priority for them as premined Steem.
@elfspice has made some very good points, albeit with little tact.
recall that the SEC decision to treat crypto-currency as a security is new, and not universal....
I do consider this, and it's relevant. Were the SEC to be considering a new regulation, prior acts would be exempt from that. However, they are just stating that they have authority to regulate securities, and point out that cryptos that perform as securities are subject to their authority.
Steem is, because voting is based on SP holdings. It is a security. Since there is no new regulation, the SEC can apply it's authority to acts prior to this announcement.
That means that premining the Steem and then offering it to the public is a violation of the SEC's rules, and those that have done so remain under threat of SEC prosecution in the USA.
This is an issue that Steemit needs to address, not only regarding premining, but also looking to reduce the entangling regulations that can impact users. I'd prefer to avoid such entanglements. I reckon most folks would too.
this topic definitely deserves a post of it's own.... not sure if I'm the one to handle it. However, if you decide to write an article covering this issue, I will resteem ect. Especially based upon this well written and thoughtful comment
these are concerning issues that elfspice brings up and I hope they are addressed by devs\founders. I plan on being here 10 years from now :)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@benjojo/ned-are-we-on-the-verge-of-a-steemtrain-wreck-steemit-inc-please-address-these-concerns
this is a relevant article to some of the other expressed concerns which ned has responded to...
I actually resteemed that article lol.
While I don't deny that those kinds of pressures have made me lose my cool more than once, that's actually not true.
Nothing, and nobody, can make me do anything. I lost my cool, regardless of what anyone else did. I alone am responsible for my acts and words, as I alone have authority to execute them.
I do not condemn you for anything. I am not your judge, nor your teacher. But I must consider the issues you discuss in the words you use to discuss them, and, believe it or not, it is easier to fault those that have wronged you if you simply state relevant facts, and leave the judgement to the readers.
Ad hominem attacks are something I do not find compelling when applied to me, in fact they strengthen my resolve. I therefore do not find them useful in disputes, because I reckon they do the same to others.
They also clutter technical discussion, which for me is a challenge to wrap my head around.
So, I am not condemning you in any way, but would probably have a better understanding of the particular issues you have raised were there less name-calling and wrathful language.
I too appreciate your activity here, the importance of your posts, comments and replies, your measure of involvement and care, and only became aware of your existence yesterday.
This is still good, since I am now aware of your existence and know how to follow you on other platforms, but worse than if I was aware of your existence since joining, but I guess I had to know you somewhere.
One of this platform's best if not the best, and a must to follow.
This place will deteriorate further if you will leave, and I hope you will not leave, or at least return if and when the problems you alarmed about will be fixed.
Consider this too before and after you leave, in case you will leave:
Your presence here helps you increase your exposure and following on other platforms as well, so in addition to the direct financial incentive, you have more reasons.
I as an example, may have never became aware of your existence and value, had it not for both of our presences here, or I might have found you still, about 35 years later than I did.
I suffer a lot from steemd.com's malfunctioning myself, because I use it often due to its wholistic grasp of the entire information in this platform and timing of votes and posts.
These people are probably bad, but are you sure that your alarms reached them?
Maybe they did not, and in such a case is it even true to call it ignoring?
It seems this might confirm in my mind what you've been saying:
https://steemit.com/steem/@furion/updates-on-steem-python-steemdata-and-the-node-situation
We need you and more people like you in the community, to inform and show the danders... personally, please don´t go !!! ... power down if you want but keep on sharing your views about the dangers you see in Steemit
If you manage to do it, it will be better than staying here.
I will move my account to your new platform when I will know about it, if it will have the same joining requirements as this platform, or better.
Currently I have no PC which can be used as a server.
My newest PC is a laptop Quad Core I3 from 2010.