Solid move and an effective way to rally the community. This is how it should have been handled from the beginning. I hope the others are watching.
Guess who reached out to jamesc privately to get him to change his witness votes, at which point he proxied ura-soul? Guess who also reached out to 100s of thousands of stake scattered across more than a dozen people, to do the same?
But I'm sure I'm just being paranoid by assuming your comment was directed at me (and probably others as well)
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You're not paranoid. I was referring more to the approach than the specific act though. There are still other options available as well.
I understand - and I just wanted to make sure it was very clear that you can take both (or many more) approaches, and I have been.
I have been speaking privately to witnesses, stakeholders, creators, and people who aren't on Hive yet (including the 20 or so I was in the middle of onboarding when this started) the whole time, coming up with solutions and alternatives - even though I don't really see a point.
And I've been out helping to shine more light on the problem(s), the conversation, and the actions of the folks in power (which they are generally more than happy to put on display for us)
Hive is lost. Steem was lost. From launch.
Basing governance & voting power on $take means it's never going to be decentralized (truly), and that there will always be a large power disparity (which will always favor those with the most power in Babylon to buy stake with.) That inherent flaw in the basic logic of this chain means that it can never live up to the hype/mythology of itself - without a fresh start.
I've wanted to leave Hive/Steem (both to create that better alternative and to get off the computer) for years - and this was the final straw that allowed me to fully release my attachment to this place...
And then I was bombarded by people asking me to stay, asking me to help fight/change things, and thankfully, actually showing a lot of interest in the alternative I've been designing - which is a first :-)
So, I'm pushing forward, and I guess I'm helping lead the rally to decentralize Hive more and get some abusers out of governance roles - but I see it all as simply moving furniture on the Titanic.
I'm just hoping as this becomes more and more clear, that the momentum for a real alternative keeps picking up - and instead of bringing 2 new whales into Hive (they wanted to try to win the stake-battle, but we are way too far behind to ever catch up), we're building out a dev budget to make this thing real.
Creating your own is another valid act, which I mentioned in the comment section for one of your posts. I'd consider how you present it would be your approach, or at lesst at the level I meant(the communication). I'm very interested in such a project.
I agree that 'as is' Hive cannot be decentralized. That being the case, forks/updates are possible to change this. The benefit of this approach is better understanding for the userbase by an ongoing campaign and if successful, starting off with a ready-made userbase.
Growth of a new platform will be very slow and require many to make a new home, which the majority are resistant to, unfortunately. That being said, a new platform further decentralizes the social sphere even more.
I wish you luck and hope to be kept in the loop. Will you be sharing your progress here or elsewhere. Note: I don't/won't use neither discord nor telegram...