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How to private message you? LOL. How ironic this question in the context of the above. Anyway, you know how to private message me.

Actually i might also add a link to my Discord to my profile. I registered with it for the only purpose to be able to communicate with some Steemians :-) This messenger seems the most popular among them. (Them? Us? Hmm.. an interesting thought about self-identification).

As for cloning Steem... Why cloning? I would redesign it from scratch with different rules. I might even connect it to other crypto currencies and blockchains. Maybe even more than one!

As for blogging society i am torn apart in my thoughts between the best approach. I know that extreme approaches do not work. But i still cannot find the perfect balance between capitalism, socualism, democracy, dictatorship, maybe even spice it up with elements of communism lol. Ok, jokes aside it is a very serious question actually, the fundamental for the platform.

As for funding... I just invested in 2 large projects. Well, very large on my litle scale. Although it would be enough to redo Steemit from scratch without any third party fundraising. If either one takes off (for real) i might be able to fund the development myself. A bigger question is - do i really want to get into it? How risk analysts looks... What kind of ROI can it bring? Are the benefits worth the risk, hassle and expenses? Would this project be any better than others that i had in mind? I am not the best mind for social platforms. Well, maybe that could actually be an advantage to build something from scratch with a clear fresh mind?

Too many questions, too little answers so far. You caught me off-guard with your idea to juts make it properly. For a moment i even thought "why not"?

Anyway, mental exercises are great. But I am not jumping into anything without proper research and analysis.

Maybe we can talk more in private.

Good luck anyway, regardless where it leads us :-)

p.s. i have some ideas for other blockchain technologies where I think it is worth more to invest than in a social blogging platform...