Hi all you awesome Blurtarians from all around the world!
For those of you who don't know me, my name is Tom, I am located in Germany and I am a rank 20 Blurt witness (most likely to soon be dropping out of top 20)...
My node is standing directly here in my company and I have a very experienced admin who has been a friend of mine for over 15 years helping me out with the node.
I am not reliant on any hoster XYZ. That means if there is a problem with the witness node, we can step up to it directly and not have to wait until the hoster solves its problems! The node is protected with an APC Back-UPS against blackouts and powernet fluctuation.
Witness node specs:
Intel Core i7 6700 3,4Ghz
4GB RAM
250GB SSD
Ubuntu 20.04.4 TLS
Located in Germany
What I am reliant on, is your vote! I have no support whatsoever from any regent accounts nor do I have any support from any big witness accounts, I'm on my own and so I am absolutely reliant on YOUR VOTE! For me, every single vote counts!
You can vote for me further on down in the text using the given link ⬇️
The current state of Blurt as I see it:
Well to be honest, I think the atmosphere here at the moment is an absolute catastrophy and users, investors and witnesses alike are beginning to feel this big time!
The Blurt price is falling and falling and falling. I am actually quite sure, that there is a direct connection between the bad vibes here and the continuously dropping Blurt price!
What really shook me, was this post from one of our top investors @mariuszkarowski, where he is complaining that about 100 comments have been muted in the official frontend blurt.blog!
Link to his post:
https://blurtlatam.com/blurt/@mariuszkarowski/blurt-s-ministry-of-truth-over-100-censored-comments-under-one-post#
Now, I read the comments (I am not conform with his language, but I get his point!).That is definitely NOT THE WAY to communicate with top investors!
That is most likely the reason, why we are not seeing any new big investors coming around. When they see the way the ones already here are being treated, they will turn around and go back to where they came from! Period!
You don't have to be a rocket scientist, to recognize this...
If this continues, we definitely will not be seeing any big investors in the near future! And thus the Blurt price will continue to fall...
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I have furthermore taken the time to compare the Hot and Trending pages of both frontends (blurt.blog and blurtlatam.com) and for me the results are absolutely worrying! I can count at least two or three so-called problem bloggers that don't show up at all anymore on blurt.blog! No-one knows what kind of new algorithms are running on these pages at blurt.blog!?
I don't like the direction, that this is going...
...and I personally do not like censorship! That is the reason why I will post solemnly via the frontend https://blurtlatam.com as of this moment and I encourage you all to do the same, so you can always see ALL COMMENTS and thus both sides to a story!
If you like what you read, VOTE FOR ME DOWN HERE! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Thank you so much for your time!
Blurt Witness
Tom
Please take a moment to vote for my witness. It would be much appreciated: https://blurtwallet.com/~witnesses?highlight=outofthematrix
Perhaps if the top investors were to conduct themselves with a more professional approach rather than like an angry child who has never known the smack of a fathers hand on their ass throwing a tantrum they would garner more respect. One doesn't get to just be rude and then cry foul when the ones they are rude to decide they are tired of being on the receiving end.
If one respects property rights then one understands this is a property rights issue. Any and all are free to open their own front ends where this is taking place and run a front end as they see fit, just as highly respected witness and Blurt community leader freakeao has done. It should be noted as well that highly respected developer and witness Tekraze has been an invaluable aid to freakeao in the set up and administration of that front end. I mention this to demonstrate that despite being on the receiving end of several of the tantrums being thrown non stop here, he has continued offering his services to that front end that allows such child like postures to continue unabated.
Folks also need to understand that the price levels we see Blurt at is a result of there being a VERY low daily volume in velocity on exchanges. A couple of hundred dollars a day ensures that the price can swing extremely quickly and that more importantly there isn't a lot of demand for it.
When it rose to the levels it has when many of you came in the last year it had been pushed up artificially by the whales who are now the top complainers. Their many thousands of dollars continuously buying created a demand that has never been seen before or after.
It's unreasonable to blame the fall of Blurt onto anything currently going on. Let me explain why using the above explanation.
Despite their heavy buy in, it would be unreasonable to assume they will just continue buying millions of Blurt week in week out. The ONLY way this could be a long term sustained rise in value is if the average member continued buying and more important newcomers were also buying in at a regular price.
Back to trending from your post.
Each property owner has the right to decide what they wish to be trending on their own front end platforms. If one doesn't like that, they can feel free to use a different front end or fund and set up their own.
It is moronic to cry foul that posts taking very nasty shots at the owner of a front end would wish that to be trending on the site they own. In many areas and times in my life the way free speech is used here would get ones ass kicked severely or stabbed or shot. Free speech comes with the burden of being able to take the hits one gets back. Perhaps if this isn't liked by those being affected, they should stop writing checks their ass can't cash. :)
Oh, and nicely done on the witness and hosting it yourself on your own server.
I understand a lot of your points.. But manipulating the hot and trending pages censoring authors and curators is definitely not ok!!!
Hey glad you popped back up in rank. Thank you to whoever made that happen. I know what you stand for here, and your voice is an important one. Keep up the good work my BFAM!
Hey Tom! Thanks for posting about this.
"I have a very experienced admin who has been a friend of mine for over 15 years helping me out with the node."
Hmmmm, maybe I won't be able to witness, after all. I am not technical (beyond basic PC hardware and software use), and I don't have any friends that could be my admin.
Currently my witness vote is divided evenly between you and Dan (WTP). I understand this is how the recent changes to witness voting work. Sorry to hear you are dropping out of the top20, sounds like the competition is heating up!?
"The Blurt price is falling and falling and falling. I am actually quite sure, that there is a direct connection between the bad vibes here and the continuously dropping Blurt price!"
I was talking with Dan about this topic. I think falling prices are causing negative sentiment ("vibes"). Every time the price drops, generally because an investor is pulling out, mood on the chain drops, and we see less posts, less comments, less curation, and less rewards/growth. When the price jumps, we see an immediate spike in content-creation and curation. For insiders to blame BLURT's price on users is not a good look. It reminds me of a couple months ago when the foundation attacked investors and dropped the price by 75%.
I think if Blurt builds it, they will come. In other words, keep the chain from going down, do regular upgrades, listen to the users, fix glitches, and so on. Also, the settings (configuration) of Blurt matters! We set ourselves apart by being different, for example by removing downvoting and reputation. These are the things which bring investors, which raises the price, which encourages content-creation and curation.
As for that tekcraze post, wow, that guy is clueless! He's advocating for censorship, theft, and corruption right out in the open. Deleting people's funds because they haven't logged in recently? Ridiculous! Talk about opening yourself up to a class action lawsuit! This guy is dangerous for Blurt. And shame on him for censoring any comment he doesn't agree with. I have lost any remaining respect I had for tekraze.
I agree with you, this is scaring away investment, dropping the price, and reducing activity/growth. I hope it can be resolved soon because that's not good at all.
Thanks for standing against censorship of any kind!
Is blurtlatam a front end that doesn't allow the "soveriegn blog" concept, where users can be mega-muted on various channels? If so, I will consider doing my Blurting from there from now on. Thanks bro!
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Thank you Tom! 👍
I was very happy with the recent change of how witness voting is calculated and removed several witness votes to give more weight to @world-travel-pro. Later I realized I had enough weight to return Your vote, which I'm sorry I removed.
I appreciate your "Optics" and I especially like the fact that you're a public witness.
I would like to have a conference call with you sometime if you're open to some brainstorming about the current issues... if not, then no worries.
I have high regards for your work!
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Of course we can have a call! That would be awesome! Discord or something else?
I never use discord! Ever!
I am @frankbacon on Matrix:Elements and I do use telegram occasionally.
I want @outofthematrix !!!!! 😂😜 What else do we have?
Skype?
Yes! I have Skype! How can I find you?
Tyroan22 on Microsoft Skype
@frankbacon on element...
I highly recommend element.
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I sent you a hello! 👋🏽😉
Thanks fr speaking up no one owns blurt, it’s open source, we all own blurt and we must all forge the path together. I think a lot of us are on a similar page
i'm definitely in the same bookclub 👏👏👏
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My post is also affected by the fiddling of the hot and trending page algorithm or settings made by the creators of blurt.blog. They filtered the posts voted by MK.
But allowed the vote trail by users of Tomoyan which some are users of Upvu. Now my blogs are invisible to the users of blurt.blog frontend.
So it is frustrating to get victimized by these crossfire. Then the depression of blurt price makes things worse.
It’s pathetic they think ppl investing hundreds and thousands of their own money into this platform are out to ‘attack it’. It’s insane how investors are treated here. Without them blurt is worthless so then content creators will leave too
You hit the nail!
not cool 😐
Ok, so this is obviously even more serious than I thought!!!
Nothing good can come out of this "censorship", some/many leading staff keep defending it and saying this is not censorship, but I can't find another better word to describe it.
It is what it is.
It is nice to meet you my friend. What kind of comments are being muted so that I will know what to do so as to be more careful here
Use this link: Everything is explained there: https://blurtlatam.com/blurt/@mariuszkarowski/blurt-s-ministry-of-truth-over-100-censored-comments-under-one-post#
Also, if you ALWAYS want to read ALL comments, I recommend using the frontend: https://blurtlatam.com !!! There is no muting goin on there...
Do vote @Blurt.Live as your Witness
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thanks so much guys!👍
Thanks for the update and I've been using the Latam frontend.
Me too
You are welcome! I think even more bloggers have vanished due to these new 'measures'... So lots of reasons more to use blurtlatam!