Thank you for the long explanation. While it was
totally unnecessary
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👋