I don't feel I owe anyone an explanation, of course, and maybe nobody cares, but just to allay some potential fear/bad morale this PD may generate, here's why I am doing it:
- I wish to use the SP elsewhere.
- The interface sucks right now, and I don't have time to wait around while the price continues to drop (should this trend continue).
- I need to focus on other cryptos for a second, as I can no longer post as quickly and efficiently as I would like to on this platform.
I have a set number of SP I have chosen to keep in this account, no matter what.
I'm not leaving Steemit by any means. Though, I am posting less (the interface simply won't allow me to post at times) and really want to see @ned and some core team address just what the hell is going on with the website. If anyone knows how to bring their attention to this post, I would be grateful.
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
the gray spinning wheel of death..............
So true!! I try and blame my connection, but sometimes I know it's working great and still the spins ..
Definitely don't have to worry about what people think, I had problems posting last night and was up longer than I hoped to get the post out.
I am hoping the Steem price will go back up again soon and it is just a slight bump in the road again, but good idea to use some of your SP for other Cryptos as you could make quite a bit while you aren't able to post as much mate.
Trading STEEM for other cryptos is perfectly acceptable in my book. STEEM was my entry to this world and I'm not regretting it.
I think the platform has been under attack from what I have heard by random DDOS style attacks which is causing the slow down for everyone.
Honestly, the platform is just eclipsing 500K users. This type of censorship free platform threatens the elite, and their censorship.
The slow down will pass, and the value of this platform and STEEM will be up in due time. Just watch.
I feel the same, Ive even asked many people questions about what is going on but no response. I never get any upvotes any more either, maybe my content sucks or people just aren't as active I dunno :(
Its nice to hear I'm not the only one who is having trouble posting, commenting, and upvoting. Hopefully someone will address it. I fear new users will give up on Steemit too early if this keeps up
No it is a site wide thing. Everyone is experiencing the same thing. Busy.org doesnt seem to have the posting/commenting problems but it is having some voting issues.
Sad but it is something the developers need to overcome.
Nothing worse than a bad interface...no matter how good the idea and the blockchain, the interface can kill the entire project.
I haven't really given busy much of a chance, maybe I should!
You should. I'm a dev who started contributing to Busy the other day and it's way better, particularly the new design we're working on. If you have a problem with the site, there are plenty of ways to get your voice heard and even sometimes see the site updated with a fix pretty quickly.
And if you want to earn SP while reporting bugs or requesting features, @elear's utopian.io is quickly becoming a really great way to do that.
So I tried busy, but I guess the wrong one! So I will try the busy 2 next!
Busy 2 is now the main Busy. Now when you go to https://busy.org, you'll get the shiny new design.
Thanks Ryan, I was slightly confused!
What voting issues have you ran into on Busy?
I feel you man. The flakiness of the website is quite annoying and completely destroys the user experience. No reasons need be given for a power down ever - though it's good to notify the powers that be that they should be prioritising this situation much higher.
I hate the fact i need to try posting something several times and waiting each time, they need to fix this shit. It doesn't give me much hope there are big plans to improve Steemit when you can't even post. I don't have problems like this on 20 year old message board platform, it should be pretty basic function that works 99.9 percent of the time
I am not so much efficient to give you advice friends but I want to tell you that please go through the @exyel post he has always optimistic about steem. Hearing him I had bought some steem yesterday to power up. Thanks.
I also powered up some more steem yesterday. This is a short-term blip as performance gets sorted out.
Thanks, I also think so .
It's your own SP and your own decision. Do whatever suits you best. Powering Down is taken as some sort of treason or sin but I don't know why. It is your own hard earned SP. If you wish to liquidate, great, do it. If you wish to invest that money somewhere else, do that too.
It is your own choice and I wish you best of luck!
Yep. I totally agree. The folks that whine about people powering down are misguided. I normally wouldn’t make such a post but felt compelled to as the decision relates to the performance of the platform as a whole.
The concern for minnows may be the value of upvote that they receive from generous Steemians.
That’s a valid point. Been there myself.
With the price under a dollar, the contrarian would get as much Steem power as possible if they could.
This is also true ;)
This is me! But then I was heavy in another crypto and my portfolio needed to be rebalanced. Good time to buy steem!
Dude, I've made or contemplated making so many posts about this. Unfortunately no one reads or even opens articles that aren't boosted to the tippity top by paid bots.
Steem seems to be in a stage of stagnation. The site and concept was a huge idea and completely blew up both in coin price and userbase.
Now that we've reached a new plateau it's time to make a lot of changes and fully open steem up to the masses.
This might include stuff like; connection issues (all the time), posts not going live, the fact that your account password has to be safely stored/somehow remembered or you'll lose ALL your money/account (that is ABSURD, no way at ALL for mass adoption with something like this), how about the fact that bots control the market and 85% of the userbase is here to either abuse the bot system to make a quick buck or create their own bot to make an even quicker buck. The site was supposed to be a social media revolution and a paradigm shift in how we see value; it's turned into a cesspool of lag and a ponzi scheme-esque system where "proof of brain" really means proof of bot.
Facing problem in posting me too...but I know you will not go in a wrong way....you ofcourse know how to deal with tough time...do what you think best...gud luck...
good decision!
That's kind of discouraging, but everyone has to do what's best for them. Since I've joined I'm learning more and more Steemit isn't the dream platform I was told it would be despite all the encouragement to keep trying...
I totally get that. I feel a little bit like I fell for a pump and dump scam. The enthusiasm of the people here was contagious. Only time will tell but this week I regret a small investment and would have been better off putting it somewhere else. Long turm I hope I'm wrong about what I just wrote.
Yeah, I thought the posting mishaps were just me. I lost a whole post with pictures a couple weeks ago that I had to rewrite and I can't afford to take that sort of time doing that twice. Thanks for sharing.
I have the same frustrations with the site. My best guess is that Ned and Co. are concentrating on the SMTs and not bettering the website. I too worry that newbies will loose interest. Hopefully the can address these issues, while still working on SMTs.
i feel ya and no explaination needed, though it's greatly appreciated. i'm thinking about taking your lead...
Be careful. If you power down to much I might need to power you down.
What?
Yes..we can understand ...Really, we also gets irritated most of the time. And its totally yours decision how you use your SD..But we will always visit your blogs no matter what happens.. All the very best..Good day to you.
In life also we have to face various challenges, likewise in this community also in the way of growing and to uplifting us we have to overcome any of the barrier.. So, hope you to choose the proper way through which the journey may be comfortable and hopeful... Be confident with your own decission... Expect guidance and support from you always... Thanks for sharing your views...
steemit should look into this matter immediately
Totally agree with interface being wack, in comparison to other visual social media platforms this app for me is in the year 2005 it has a lot of catching up to amongst other things!!
Totally agree with interface being wack, in comparison to other visual social media platforms this app for me is in the year 2005 it has a lot of catching up to do!!
Thank you. I earned almost all of my SP solely through blogging here.