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Seems Quiet Here: Scroll Through My Blog Someday and Read the Comment Section and Of Course This Title Has Nothing To Do With The Post

NoNamesLeftToUse@nonameslefttouse (77)2624d

^{Damn I miss that, those days, and a lot of you.}

^{I haven't seen so many of you in such a long time.}

That's okay though.

We all need our space, sometimes.

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Get used to saying that.

^"Welcome"

People will start coming back soon.

Don't hold a grudge.

It's been an incredibly difficult time to be here. Not just lately either. For a long time.

A lot of little projects popped up. Some of this community, original diehard "Steemians", as they were called; they left. A lot of those little projects, knockoffs, and clones of what we're doing here, copied some of the same problems or went backwards, or screwed up, royally, in no time.

I won't mention any names of those projects though, and I'm glad I didn't waste any time double posting.

I'm a huge fan of mistakes.

^{Once you make one, and see yourself, honestly; there's the new and improved you.}

I don't blame those people for leaving. Majority of us here are powerless. Doesn't matter what you say, how you say it, where you put it; yelling at the clouds.

Until the ball finally starts rolling again. Maybe I did make an impact. Maybe some of things you said did matter. Maybe they were listening; instead of talking.

Palnet

^{The epitome of perfect timing.}

The answer to so many questions.

Will 50/50 work? Yes. Even though many said, without any proof, that nobody would work for 50%, and even though many said, without any proof, people would earn less; Palnet proved them to be wrong.

People are flocking to Palnet, even though curators take 50%.

And look at this:

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^{Palnet version.}

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^{Steemit version.}

Currently, one PAL is worth $0.16. I earned about $1.40 more in PAL. Forget about the selfishness though. Who cares about me. That post generated $9.12 for the entire Palnet community members who contributed to that post versus the $4.06 placed in the hands of the Steemit community.

Of course I'm happy to be a contributing member of both communities. It's all STEEM. All I'm noticing is how much more value could be placed into the Steemit community under a 50/50 system with more curators willing to contribute. More people willing to vote means more to the content producer, even though the content producer takes a smaller percentage, plus more value generated and dispersed to curators.

Everyone earned more in this example.

If I'm not mistaken...

^{That's a good thing.}

And I'm certain once people begin to contribute again, instead of getting paid to look away, like they do now on Steemit; I have a strong feeling many who left, will return. I have a feeling, they will want to contribute.

I'm not going to hold a grudge. I know some folks aren't going to like me too much, for being so outspoken about a few problems in the past. If people are voting again and skipping over my work if they see it, just because it's mine; that's fine.

I can start again.

Anyway

^{I just felt like writing down some thoughts tonight.}

My humor posts lately haven't been performing too well. I've been experimenting with comedy again so of course I miss the crowds. It was cool though to see a few stop in and tell me I brightened up their day. As ridiculous and obscene as some of those bits can be, the goal is to make someone out there smile. I know that sounds lame to some of you out there but trust me when I say, it's important to me.

Art posts have been doing well but again, the art is nothing without eyes to see it. I think I can do better once the crowds form.

Here's an old one: ^{^{One of my favorites...}}

^{Had a Rough Night}

And the first one who can share the song that went along with that image above when it was first released will receive a 100% vote. Simply place it in the comment section below.

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Credits:

All art and images seen here were produced digitally, by me.

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^{"I think I'll be sitting here for awhile......"}

Comments · 13

@kristyglas(71)· 2623d
Oh well.. Here I am on another platform, this time thanks to you. ;P At least I don't need any new keys here :) Probably wouldn't have joined otherwise. I wonder how this will turn out.
@arcange(79)· 2623d
Congratulations @nonameslefttouse! Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade in the following category:
- Comments - Ranked 10 with 45 comments
@freddio(60)· 2624d
i think 50/50 should work and increase overall the votings. Because Steem gets more valuable to holders.

How things work out exactly, we will see after some time.
@dreemit(73)· 2624d
palnet huh? That must be what @clayboyn was telling me about, a last push by some very dedicated steemit folks. Pal is the only discord I ever hang out on other than just some individual convos. Can you drop the link to me?
@artisticscreech(65)· 2624d
"I don't blame those people for leaving. Majority of us here are powerless. Doesn't matter what you say, how you say it, where you put it; yelling at the clouds.

Until the ball finally starts rolling again. Maybe I did make an impact. Maybe some of things you said did matter. Maybe they were listening; instead of talking."

Haha I hope that's the case.

Part of why I stayed was because I saw opportunity in the loss of users. I was new and they made room for me by leaving. If anything, I should thank them for giving me a chance.

"My humor posts lately haven't been performing too well."

I like your humor posts. A ton of people are here trying to be serious all the time and I think we need more comedy.
@kansuze(69)· 2624d
Reading the comments is often as much fun as reading your post. I'm late, busy painting a deck.
@preparedwombat(79)· 2624d

Who cares about me.

More than you might think. I for one am glad that your hiatus has ended.
@c0ff33a(76)· 2624d
Excellent point, very well made. I have not had chance to look into Palnet yet, but your example just proves what I already believed that the changes in the next hard fork will have a positive effect on the Steem Blockchain. But I think it is just human nature to perceive receiving less in the short term without considering the long term gains.

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@minismallholding(75)· 2624d
On the whole, I think most people are more concerned about free downvotes than 50/50 curation.

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@marcusantoniu26(68)· 2624d
Although I am not very optimistic about 50/50, I really hope it works. What matters is a strategy that attracts more accounts
@elmundodexao(67)· 2624d
Good morning @nonameslefttouse, your publications are strange, welcome back or something, errors help us grow but the same mistake for the second time is not an error, it is a decision that is consciously under our responsibility, happy Saturday.
@sardar-sani(60)· 2624d
it very very bad time here many people are leave this blockchain but it does;t matter because many of people like us are still here in the hope for better future
@tarazkp(86)· 2624d

That post generated $9.12 for the entire Palnet community members who contributed to that post versus the $4.06 placed in the hands of the Steemit community.

And more interestingly, it created 13.18 for both communities combined.

When distribution is decent enough, 50/50 will work well enough and better than it is now on Steem. Most of the big stake is non-voting so it will put more in the hands of creators and active voters. Those that don't deserve it in their hands, ,it will be up to the community to adjust, not whales. People like to talk about community when placing votes, they shy away from it when they have to do the dirty work.

I just want to add in regards to some comments I read ...

Fuckity, fuck, fuck.. fucked up fucks.

Keeping it family friendly ^