Hello lucylin.

I've been better, but we all play the hands we are dealt.

A lot has changed in my absence. Will be curious to see if Blurt will make it another year.

I'm surprised that you've stuck around. The quality has dipped a lot in the last year, which is saying a lot considering where the quality was at when I left.

I keep seeing purists thoughts that seem to ensure there will be no large uptake in usage. There's a reason so many prefer 2.0 in real life. It would behoove the purists to determine that there are benefits to 2.0 and merging the two as a bridge might bring folks who are here for more than scraps as so many here are desperate for.

You are indeed correct that the token is the product, Larimer and Scott said as much. I came into Steem years ago with this understanding as I discovered it via Banfield on YouTube. It wasn't until I got there and saw so much under the information war banner that I saw it as more than that as well. I also loved the ability to give to others from my stake without depleting the little in my own pockets.

Godspeed on your website. 2.0 is where it's still at.

It was good to get away from here. A huge time sink, although I'm grateful for both the help I was able to do for others in areas where the fractions of a penny value still has an impact.

I will say though that when I left Hive my cumulative value from years at Steem/Hive came to 500.00 and some change, and in the two years I was here I was able to grow that to almost 3k.

Not really a smart way of spending my time monetarily, and will be avoiding that time sink. I'm back to maybe comment at times, but mostly just vote maybe twice a week and call it a day.

My apologies for taking your opening to ramble so much.

Hope all has been well with you as well.