You're not done making your point?
Or perhaps you feign dislike for upvu?
I had thought the compromise reached had grandfathered you in, but maybe it stops you from giving more and you wish to find a workaround.
Either way, I stand by my supporting your right to use the service as it's your stake, an unpopular opinion I've advocated for weeks now as this topic has simmered.
And having taken the time to look at Steemit and the profile I've been using there for 8 months, please also take the time to look at the delegations, the accounts I support, the charities I support, the users who needed financial help that I sourced and provided for them (even to the point that I'm a Godfather to a beautiful girl in the Philippines), the competitions I run for the community via that profile and @fpl-gorilla (including the Steem that I give away on a weekly basis) and the repeated comments regarding my disapproval for voting services and self-voting in general. Put the kettle on and make yourself a cuppa, there's plenty there.
That was my vision for my time on Blurt.
So, my subsequent arrival on Blurt. An initial investment of 50,000 and some commitment of time. Full of hope that I could make a difference. Help to make it something that we can all be proud of by helping to fight against plagiarism, writing a nice, shiny new front-end that will make it stand out from its rivals instead of the same, generic looking reskin of Steemit and Hive.
So I join the community, take a look around at the content I'm interested in and think "oh, it's all plagiarised". I highlight a couple of plagiarised users but hang on, nothing's done about it. Nothing can be done about it. So there goes the fight against plagiarism. Fairly quickly, I reach the same mindset that took me 4 months to realise about Steemit - what's the point in highlighting something when there's no consequence? So I change my approach and decide to withdraw my commitment to dedicate time to Blurt. And decide to place the remainder of my investment elsewhere until things get better. At this point, my mindset changes and Blurt becomes more of an investment than anything else, which I want to maximise my returns from. Feel free to also review my timeline of activity here - you'll notice the comments, followed by the timing of my delegation to UpVu.
Delegating my Blurt to UpVu is a selfish act, which will only benefit me and UpVu. But when I look around and see almost every other user self-voting (including those that have been voted in as witnesses), when self-voting only benefits those that vote for themselves then I am no more selfish than them. I'll be sure to vote on a load of other stuff too, then my percentage of self-voting will be 0% and I can claim to be community conscious.
I have become a product of the society that Blurt has created. I have become selfish and self-serving which as you say, is my right to do so. When I first spoke to you and you shared your "freedom" speech, I took the time to read all of your deleted posts on Steemit from 4 years ago from your original account. At some point, you changed too. Actions of others change how we perceive the world around us. In this case, how I perceive and interact with the world of Blurt.
Yes, I will be delegating my entire Blurt holding to UpVu later today. This won't affect the quality of content that I choose to post. This won't make me start posting plagiarised content. And I am well aware that I am a hypocrite for doing so. On Steemit, I'll continue the activities that I had intended to do here, I'll continue my time commitment there and continue not to use voting services.
Yes. Now, I am 100% done 👋
I've just realised my explanation was totally unnecessary, but I'll leave it here anyway 🤷♀️
Thank you for the long explanation. While it was
It was a sign of respect just the same that you made the gesture to me. I'm humbled and thankful for your consideration in making it.
I've been putting off making a post on all of this, as many of the positions taken in the broader scheme of ownership have me upset a little. I appreciate your views, and am hopeful that you can grow to appreciate Blurt and not succumb to the very thing you felt strongly against. I'm doing a poor job right now at verbalizing because I understand your frustrations despite mine not being aligned or centered exactly with yours. However there is some small bit of overlap.
Of course, you're free to do as you wish. But Blurt is in need of leadership, and perhaps with time you might grow to being just such a thing in the area of concern you voiced. I don't expect an answer, but wanted to return your gesture to honor the one you had with me.
I'll be making a post in the coming days as I work to separate my emotions from the pictures I'll be describing, which will still probably make some cliques angry no matter how it is painted. I'm hopeful that when I make it, you might bring yourself to read it and weigh in, even if to tell me you disagree with my views on everything.
I also wanted to let you know that I took the time to find your account there because of our initial engagement. I laugh even now at how dismissive you were over the parts of my exchange that weren't of importance to your point. Laugh in a good way that is. While we disagreed on the responsibility of the issue I respected how strongly you felt/feel about the issue I agree is a real one.
In this very thread I saw you raise points, some that I see that were left on the table unacknowledged as I believe I'm possibly the only one who saw them.
A lot of words I'm saying that can be summed up with while we may disagree somewhat, I have a lot for respect for you overall which is why I took the time to look and also why I hold out hope you will slowly come to value Blurt and become a leader here.
If not us, then who?
Ha ha - I'm pleased that I left it there in that case. Whilst unnecessary, I don't like the feeling that I've wasted effort so I mirror your appreciation of taking the time to reply.
This brought a smile to my face. I appreciate that I summarised what you said with (what I considered to be) an amusing image - I did read what you wrote (I always read to the end even if I don't necessarily agree or cover every/any point in my reply) 🙂
It's only in disagreement that better solutions can be found. By disagreeing, I'm pleased that I highlighted some points that you noticed and others didn't necessarily. Perhaps due to the obvious allegiances that have been built over a long period of time - I've rubbed a few people up the wrong way and towards the end of the "debate", I rather enjoyed this (they should be thanking me for giving them the opportunity of "earning" another 1,000 Blurt), especially being self-aware enough to know that I was being as hypocritical as those I was criticising. Which might even be considered to be ironic.
Although I genuinely believe that UpVu and similar services are bad for the future of Blurt, it's unclear to me what Blurt wants to be. If it wants people to be totally free, without rules (an extreme I know), then that's not what it is and these actions have confirmed that. If it wants to eventually be mainstream, then it's not gone far enough (yet). This lack of clarity means that I don't know if I share its values - its vision for the future. And consequently, the chances of me becoming any kind of leader are slim.
I still believe in Blurt's potential as an investment at very least. Steemit's been going nowhere since I joined (although I've been reliably informed that some upgrades are coming) and although I think that Hive has more quality content that interests me, I've already received a comment telling me that I need to comment more and post less because it's a 2-way street. They haven't replied to my comment telling them that I only have 0.5 HP which is enough to make up to about 2 comments per day if I don't post.
Incidentally, I mentioned in my intro post that you're one of the reasons I'm here - it genuinely helped me to make the decision to join and then offgridlife did the rest. I'll decide whether to thank you or not another time 😆
In the mean time, I'll continue to read and interact with the people that I follow so I'll be sure to look out for your post when you have time, patience and calmness to write it. Whether or not I'll feel like repeating myself against the cliques that I suspect are those that I've recently disagreed with is another matter👋