Steemit Inc owns the Steemit website. If you create you account through Steemit they are by default your trustee which means they can help recover your account if you get hacked. If however you use a third party tool to create your account steemit has zero power over that account. They have censored some people for posting illegal material but even then it is only by blocking it in the front end. Once something is confirmed on the Steem blockchain it is there for good.
Steem itself is software. It can't make rules. The witnesses can change some settings but they can only change the rules by changing the software itself.
To make it simple, the people at steemit inc did build the steem blockchain but no one owns the blockchain.
I wish I still had my Johnny Cash Silver album, because if I did I'd be playing Muddy Waters Rising song. I think I will just sit back and try to enjoy Steemit. No need to add complications or other problems on top of it. Thank both of you for the assistance. Are you @voorash or you @winstonwolfe witnesses? I have only voted for 10 so far so if either of you need a vote let me know, you have both tried to help me, so that is worth a vote.
I am not at the moment a witness. I have considered it but want to make sure I am committed long term before I do.
Hard thing to commit to when it is having this many problems lately. I'd like to think I will be here long term, but that is questionable right now, but not giving up yet, it is still beta after all.
I meant commitment as a witness. Running a server for steem isn't cheap.
I've heard that, and to get a good pay as a witness is not easy either, or so I have heard. Like one of the users on steemit recently blogged about, Making an investment in steemit is a hard decision. Just hit me up on any of my steemmag entries if you ever do decide, and I will vote for you.