I'm testing out the BeBlurt frontend, an alternative to blurt.blog and blurtlatam. And well on the way to my goal of 1,000,000 Blurt Power by the end of 2023!
BeBlurt
I was alerted to the existence of BeBlurt by @nalexadre. Originally, I was using blurt.blog which is the frontend created by the owners of Blurt. But blurt.blog has a censorship function, where certain users can be completely silenced on another user's blog. This means some people can't speak in the "public square" because they have been silenced by major accounts and witnesses. I haven't been dealt such a punishment myself, that I'm aware of, but I simply don't agree with such censorship on a blockchain that is supposed to be censorship-resistant and pro-free-speech. I have an extremely low tolerance for censorship of any kind, no matter how minor it may seem.
So I've been using blurtlatam (latam is short for latin america). But this frontend was abandoned because they didn't like the political stance of certain people using their service. It was then taken over by some other users, I think from Poland. It is VERY slow compared to blurt.blog (5+ seconds load time per page, instead of less than 1 second). And it adds a line of advertising to every post and comment the user creates. I have posted about 1000 of these advertisements now, which add cost to each action, clutter the blockchain, and cause an eyesore for other users. It was also having a major glitch yesterday, where I could not vote on any content, and the current votes were not showing up properly. I'm not very satisfied with blurtlatam anymore.
So, I'm trying out BeBlurt. So far, I find it faster than blurtlatam, and it does not put an advertising link on my posts/comments. It seems geared more toward smart devices, which I will never use (I only use a desktop PC), but that doesn't get in the way much so far. The font it uses is pretty nice. One issue I've noticed is I can't paste images directly into the posting window as I can on other frontends. For this post, I had to upload the image using blurt.blog, or alternatively I could have saved it as a file on my desktop and then dragged it into the posting window. It's a small issue, and perhaps the tech(s) can add this functionality at a later time.
I will see how my test goes, and decide if I want to transfer over my links, bookmarks, and so on to BeBlurt.
Progress to 1 million
I recently picked up some more BLURT, thanks to a spike in the HIVE price causing a trade to fill. As you can see by the above graphic, I just hit 658k BP tonight. I'm progressing at about 800 BP per day, and there are 328 days left in the year.
658 + (0.8 X 328) = 920
If I can keep up my current pace, I should manage to accumulate a total of 920,000 BP by the end of 2023!
I also have about 1000 HIVE left from my days on that platform, sitting in the exchange. If there's another spike in HIVE's price, or a dip in BLURT's price, I will probably make another trade. It should be enough to get about 90,000 more BP... which would theoretically take me to a million by Christmas!
That would be really nice.
Just dreaming now, what if BLURT goes back to its previous high price (from March 2021)? That price was 0.12 USD each. When I have a million of them, that will be 120,000 USD (160,000 CAD). That would be enough for me to pay off my debt, and still have plenty left over. When my debt is paid off, a lot of punishments against me will disappear, like not being allowed to drive, not being allowed to have a bank account or credit card, and not being allowed to leave the country. It would feel like freedom! And it would make life better for my wife and our 2 little children. I would probably even become a better content-creator.
Speaking of creating content, if BLURT was at that 0.12 price (something entirely possible with the coming crypto bull market), my posts would still be pulling in about 800 BLURT per day, but the dollar value of those payouts would be a lot larger. Imagine $100 posts? I used to bring in that much on Hive, before the downvote cabal destroyed me there. I could really handle that. $3000 USD ($4000 CAD) per month? That's real income. I could pay my bills with that.
The idea of having my debt paid off and paying my bills with my content-creation is a very nice one! There are no guarantees, of course, but working toward 1 million BP is something I can realistically obtain as a stepping stone toward making it happen.
Here's a graphic I put together showing the price of HIVE, BLURT, and BTC over the past 6 months:
It shows that these currencies are moving more-or-less together, during the bear market, and now also during the bull market. It doesn't look at all like BLURT is being left behind, so my dream isn't too farfetched!
Thanks for following my blog here on Blurt, for spending your votes on my content, and for making thoughtful, useful, and informative comments. I like rewarding quality engagement on my posts with hefty votes.
Let's see how this BeBlurt post goes! And good luck to you in your goals on Blurt.
DRutter
I used blurtlatam before it was abandoned; It was fast and very effective for what I wanted, but now it's too slow, and I don't have the patience to wait long, so I switched to Beblurt. The details that I have found, I let @nalexadre know by private message, and he kindly answers me how the updates are going. In the same way, it has a tab that directs me to this type of publication and finds out everything I have missed since I have followed the trail since it published its creation.
I also ran into the image problem and solved it by dragging the image from Google photos (where I keep everything) and dropping it in the space I want. However, after discussing it with his developer, he told me that this and other issues will be fixed in the next update.
Regarding the censorship of blurt.blog, to which to refer, I think that there is no censorship in the "public square". Anyone can post what they want, and if it is of very low quality (mainly plagiarism) it is added to a list and marked with a safety triangle; Despite this, I can see what you post, and it is my decision whether to vote for that article or not. This is the reason why I do not believe in censorship as such because I am the one who decides if I have to silence a user so as not to see what they write. Still, I have to respect your position, even though I haven't censored anyone on my blog and I don't think I've been muted either.
Following your countdown to get 1,000,000 Blurt, I think the pace you're at is wonderful, and I always pray that you receive more and better votes, that is, that there are more whales curating the content with a good weight of voting power; I'm sure you'll make it because whoever draws up a plan will reach his destination.
Hi Ray, thanks for sharing your experience and opinion! So, are you using BeBlurt or blurtblog now?
The reason I say there is censorship on blurtblog is the update that was done in July, introducing "self sovereign blogs". This allows anyone (including management/foundation/owners/witnesses) to permanently stop any account from being able to comment or reply on their posts. The mute feature does not stop people from commenting, it only stops the muter from seeing those comments (everybody else can still see the comments). But the "self sovereign blogs" (on blurtblog only) makes it so that the person can't even comment at all, and affects both the commenter, and everyone else on the platform. This was done so that management could stop certain users (like lucylin) from being able to speak on community issues. I don't want to support a frontend that specifically creates and endorses that kind of mechanism of censorship. I find it very unfortunate that it is the main (and most popular) frontend that is doing so.
Luckily, there is competition for frontends, and I hope BeBlurt (and maybe others) do well and thrive.
EDIT: I am having a lot of trouble posting this comment on blurtblog. I am also having trouble voting on comments and posts. This has been happening to me for a couple days, including on blurtlatam.
EDIT2: I finally managed to get this reply made, using BeBlurt. When I went to edit it to leave this note, I found that BeBlurt does not allow editing of comments. In fact, it has no commenting section at all! Nowhere to look over your own comments, or replies. Many aspects of the frontend appear to be completely missing. I guess they are still working on creating it. I am now trying to edit this reply using blurtblog.
Like you, I'm using Beblurt, but when I need to do something else that isn't available here yet, I use blurt.blog.
Last night it was quite difficult to post, vote and comment. In fact, all the frontends were like this since the RCPs were down.
I'm not really familiar with Lucilyn's problem, although I've read quite a bit about it. It seems to me that these are problems that come from long before I started writing on Blurt, however, from my place... far down the chain, I try to contribute ideas that benefit the platform and all of us as constant users.
I am confident that all differences can be resolved cordially, and I always try to understand all parties.
What I'm talking about is the censorship on blurtblog, not about any particular person. I will not use a frontend that promotes censorship, that's all.
Thanks for the info about having difficulty posting and voting. Maybe it's fixed now.
I wish you the best buddy, life haven't been funny. I pray you are able to pay off your debt quickly so you can have the good life you desire.
Life has been very hard on everyone
I wish you the beat in life and i hope you get to pay your debt. You will be fine
I think I will check if beblurt works well here too
There are times that blurt.blog will not be accessible
Thanks!
You're right, it's good to have alternates in case of glitches, downtime, censorship, etc.
Let know how beblurt goes for you please.
So far, I find it is missing a lot of important basic features, but I realize it is a work in progress.
Yet you freely use the function. Perhaps -
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
Some animals have less reading comprehension than others...
I am talking about the "self sovereign blog" function, only available on blurtblog, which stops an account from being able to comment/reply on any of your posts. Blurt's owners put this in place so they could stop certain people (like lucylin) from being able to express an opinion on community issues. It has nothing to do with the mute feature, which doesn't censor anyone, or stop anyone from saying what they want. I have you and a few other pointless trolls muted to improve my own experience on the platform, but it doesn't stop you from being able to say what you want, and doesn't stop everyone else from seeing your nonsense. As you should be able to grasp, you're still able to comment on my posts. Normally I don't see you, but I'm currently testing BeBlurt, which apparently doesn't have the "self sovereign blog" censorship option, nor does it even support the regular muting feature. I doubt you were able to understand this, but here it is for other readers.
It is hard defending the indefensible so I understand why you are tying yourself in knots trying to justify the blurt brand of mute censorship.
I don't think you grasp it at all.
But what can you expect from a man who can't organise a simple flight? Moronic.
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