Sorry I’m late to the conversation . I’ve been trying to read other people’s opinions first before I try to write my own.
Kudos for everyone who got involved and voiced their opinion and thank you @world-travel-pro for taking the initiative to help resolve the issue in a well-manner.
As one of the persons wearing mostly a developer’s hat, I (and what @kamranploy and others have said here as well) can say that building or developing software is not an easy task .
As one of my mentors have taught me:
- There are those are willing, but not capable
- There are those who are capable, but not willing
- And there are those who are both capable and willing
For those who have been in human resource recruitments know how difficult it is to find the right people.
Anyways, all I just want to say is that devs who are working on Blurt are not employed and are somehow seeking something back to develop something. And the most obvious reason for that is to be compensated on Blurt and of course to see the community grow. However each one of us has an agenda here. Personally I believe Hive is already overcrowded by developers. Blurt needs developers to move forward (and marketing, etc.)
To attract developers, they need some compensation (right now Blurt) with the speculation that Blurt’s price will eventually go up. These funds may come from a centralized entity, but I think the community prefers to have some control or say into where these funds go. Yes, @megadrive can control this, but as what he have shown, he let the community decide. This takes some discipline and restrain on his side and I’m glad he opted to let the community decide.
Although it’s already late for me, i would have voted for 2 (the longer route), but I’m happy things went to 1.
P.S.
I’m writing this on a phone so pardon for any non-cohesive thoughts
Thank you so much for the kind words and taking the time to write this from your phone! ;) Also thank you for the witness vote, much appreciated. Having been a witness for a short while and having access to the private witness chat I must say from a perfectly neutral stance, I don't see any funny business going on at all. In fact I see a lot of dedicated people doing all sorts of tech related stuff that I personally can not do.
And it is true, megadrive has reeled it in quite impressively as of late, as the below statement can not be denied. I'm all for second chances and looking upon people with a fresh set of eyes, that goes for lucylin, ctime anyone really.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts!