It is refreshing to hear you are living a success story. Congratulations.
Yes, but it was opposed by the same people who benefit most from the status quo:
https://github.com/steemit/steem/issues/279
Dan Larimer, Creator Of Bitshares/Steem/EOS: "bytemaster commented on Dec 27, 2016
I still think that the first principles are right on this concept. Unfortunately, having logical first principles and appealing to the masses are two entirely different things."
Not sure how I missed this response! Just looking at it now.. a good capture of what you are talking about, for sure. And "success story" might be a bit of a stretch just yet, but it is certainly making a difference for me. It was a difficult run for a lot of years as a musician and writer!
Well.. happy new year, nonetheless! Let me sing a new year's song for you to welcome 2018 - hoping it's a better year with some changes to the platform that may curtail some of the worst abuses.. maybe I'm super naive, but fingers crossed! xx, Kay
"Not sure how I missed this response! Just looking at it now.."
No worries...I am currently committing an even worse offense!
Steemit is a vortex. We all get a little lost! Lately I've been trying to look at/upvote (where deserved) the blogs of people who upvote and comment my posts, which is great, but now I'm slower and missing out on posting on things like this/keeping up on threads.
And keeping up with posting a song or article every day or so is already lots! lol. Always just a lot..
Hope you're well!
I recommend slowing your pace, or down-sizing the length of your posts, any time you feel overwhelmed. Really helps with burnout.