I think there are too many attempts to equate real life experiences and knowledge with what happens on Blurt. This is why I am always laughing at how serious people are about what they believe is going on here. And I witnessed the same thing on Steemit, only on Steemit I took the company seriously because they are indeed a bona fide company. So my commentaries were a bit different in that I would try to help people understand how to deal with an authentic, legal company running a cryptomedia social platform. I see Blurt as a private project until proven otherwise. This is why my commentaries and my humour is so different here.
I truly imagine this place like an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) in which we earn tokens for the roles we choose to play. So I have nothing against calling the leadership's squad The Blurt Foundation because for me it's like when you form an alliance in these games to win more tokens, take power and role play! 😊
I see it as more than that myself. Since I first stumbled onto Steemit years ago, I quickly fell in love with the economic model that would allow someone of my meager means to be able to help someone else financially, and further get rewarded for such an action. That here at Blurt they took away the flag downvote that could erase such an intent.
While I have had my doubts over the last several years that this endeavor will ultimately ever change my status economically, while I wait and see it gives me satisfaction to see firsthand that my actions can still be of benefit to another. Especially those who are under harsher economic boots than myself and despite the low valuation it still has an immediate impact in their corner of the world.
I'm a pretty serious person, possibly the most serious many will cross paths with. I despise the masks so many wear, and believe that in my years on these forms of platforms have met others who are of similar mind.
This I appreciate very much! And I learned this while on Steemit. In fact, it was the Steemit Team who in responding to one of my comments, shared that insight with me. I was suggesting that their efforts to seek out developers would be fruitless because the value of STEEM was around $0.12 at the time. They responded by saying that they were recruiting developers from places like India, Africa and South America, where that $0.12 goes a long way. So I honor your objective, and in that context, a slightly higher valued token would be terrific!
This is why I have always enjoyed following you from day one... and your upvotes are nice too! 🤣 😉 🙏
I remember when I first got to Steem. I was (and still am largely) skeptical of crypto. But Bitcoin had recently hit 20k and was beginning its descent and I was curious enough how something as worthless as Bitcoin could have folks paying so much.
It didn't take me long as I poked around Steem before I started seeing it.
There was a young man from Africa whose post put it all into perspective. He was showing pictures of his new shoes, and eatign at a restaurant with his friends. He was thanking Steem, as before his life was one where one didn't own new shoes or eat in a restaurant. His story humbled me as I realized this rare opportunity I had stumbled on to help others get their shoes and meals.
I was blessed to be part of one group who helped many less fortunate, ones targeted by a corrupt law system and who struggled to buy food and basic necessities.
Underneath all of the games and masks that take place in these systems there is an underlying realness that forms real bonds and the lightening of loads on some shoulders just not possible for many elsewhere. Struggles and heartache that for many seems no one cares, no one is coming to help, and yet here of all places we see that some do.
I can ramble on this a lot as you can tell. Even if and when this shit all folds, very possibly before it would make any personal financial difference for myself, there is much to be said of being able to look at our brothers and sisters toiling away just to tread water and make that shit lighter, even if just for a day or a few years. Regardless of how this unfolds, I've been blessed and have seen many others blessed. Heroes such as Mr. Cornell, Canadian-Cocanut and so many others of lesser means that together are able to make miraculous things manifest.
Thank you. :)
I appreciate often how your mind works.
I agree! 💯
I want to back up a second and clarify that when I mentioned that people take this shit too seriously, I was referring to those who are so adamant about believing their false assertions and fantasies concerning the roles they play. I'm also a serious person who enjoys relevant humor.
That said, I wanted to ask for your help with something. In trying to boil down what's happening, and more importantly, what the real problem is for those who care about Blurt, I have deduced that Double-U simply wants revenge, the other actors simply don't like Megadrive and the remaining clueless mob just followed the pied piper. So the real problem remains The Weaponization of the Power Down.
That is the title of one of my upcoming smartcasts. I like to come up with titles for my shows, and then reflect or do research. But I don't know a lot about this concept because I haven't been here as long as you, nor have the vast insights into Blurt that you have. If you feel inspired, could you help me put some meat on this concept in one of your future posts? Thank you! 🙏
The power down by itself is harmless and indirectly benefits the other stake slightly.
It's the manipulation of the markets that is causing the issue. One can literally wash trade a few hundred to a thousand dollars worth of Blurt and manipulate the price up or down and only incur the fees for the trading.
Or just dump a shit ton of it eating into the buy orders to push the price way down, then wait for the desperate hands to race to the bottom in their need for quick liquidation and scoop those up cheap and make up the difference there to possibly a profit.
This can also work in reverse, buying the sell orders eating up the list driving the value (at least in appearance) higher.
When you see our daily volume is usually a few hundred to one thousand dollars a day it is quickly understood how easily price manipulations become. The one day shortly after this current drama started and the price was falling fast, I noted that on that particular day we had over 3000 dollars in volume, 3x the normal high we had been seeing in velocity.
Thank you for those insights. You gave me a different perspective which I will reflect on as I prepare for my smartcast. 🙏