"You know how much this is costing me?!?"
I remember hearing that someone who was quite prominent angrily said this when the blockchain was down for about 12 hours, two years ago when it got "DDoS" attacked. Of course at that time, Steem was a little higher than now and was hovering more around the 2 dollar levels, but it reeks of entitlement.
We don't hear this much now because the price drops have removed a lot of the expectation of earnings and, this might be a pretty good thing as people can focus on building their experience and relationships, rather than just their immediate financial outcomes. Having said that, payoff ofsome form or another is always going to be part of the experience.
There are of course many forms of payment that can happen and what I have noticed is that experiences like @Steemmonsters and @nextcolony have become core parts of the user experience for many.
And as you can see from the State of the Dapps site, even after the issues that have plagued after the last week of getting hardforked, Steem still has 3 of the top 10 platforms by ranking and funnily, @Steemmonsters is still sitting in the top20 of users over the last 24 hours. This is because while Steemit.com was down and even though most of the frontends were unusable, Steemmonsters was one of the first back up and running.
However, while most people are talking about how deserted Steem has become, I think that the results are quite indicative of crypto in general. Steem is by far the most used blockchain and most likely, has the most real people interacting upon it each day doingreal things. While EOS is full of gambling application transactions, Steem is full of posts and comments - that is pretty cool and what I consider a good sign for the future of the platform.
This was also noted by blocktrades in the announcement that their wallet is again up and running:
However, due to the sheer amount of data in the Steem blockchain (it's one of the busiest blockchains out there), it has taken a while for the API nodes like our wallet node to replay the data.
There really is a lot of data on the blockchain and one of the things that I heard a few times over the last few days was how people were reading the posts that were still accessible on the blockchain, even though they couldn't post, comment or vote at all. I am hoping that during this time people found a few interesting contributors to support.
I am looking forward to seeing how the data mass grows and changes across timelines, not just in volume but in content type and "temperature" of content. With all of the data being transparent and timestamped, the network of feelings is going to be accessible to view.
It would definitely be interesting to have a personalized view of our Steem blockchain journey from signup to whatever point we choose to view. Through this we would be able to see how we have learned, changed, been affected and perhaps grown - *for better or for worse.
For me, I believe that I am a better person for having committed (immutable) so much content to the Steem blockchain and even though the value to the audience may vary greatly, the intrinsic value for me is steady as what I write on are things that are personally important to me at that time. Some people might hate Steem content, for me it is what aids my learning and continued connection and if I didn't write it, I wouldn't know what I do nor be as positive as I am about the future.
While not necessarily about Steem, I believe this is what everyone should do when developing their content for Steem and that is, to write about what they want to learn about. If the content isn't valuable to you, why create it?
Well, this comes back to the value of the Steem and with the total pool only being worth 190K, it isn't much to write home about with a few hundred thousand accounts drawing on it in some way. Having intrinsic value in what one creates outside of the payout value means that no matter the voting outcomes, personal wealth is generated.
I think the hardest path for a creative on Steem and likely in life, is chasing currency, as one will continually compromise oneself for a result and then even when "winning", may still have very little of personal value. Over the last 2.5+ years, I can say that I am content with my content and am a better person for having spent the time and invested the effort into its creation. It is hard to be negative on the platform when it has enabled me to improve myself.
Maybe that it is this that drives negativity as while some people put a lot of effort into the earning aspect, the spend too little time on the self-development payoffs. If it doesn't improve you, why do it at all?
For me Steem is work, but I see a clear line between what is work - and what is a job.
Taraz
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"though the value to the audience may vary greatly, the intrinsic value for me is steady as what I write on are things that are personally important to me at that time."
I could not have said it better.so much of what I do or plan to do is important to myself even if others do not see that. Simply writing personal narratives has been unspeakably benefitial.
Even when not directly related on topic to what I might be thinking, I use what I write to process various events and thoughts. It is of huge value and hopefully as I process, others get some benefit too.
100% agree on the difference between what is work - and what is a job! These two things are a world apart.
Definitely. Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life... BS. It is the hardest thing you may ever do and, it will likely come without a salary.
but you will reap tenfold the reward <3
Totally agree.
You are so right about it being hard to be negative here. Everyday I learn so many new things, and that is a huge factor in what keeps me coming back. For me it is about the people and their content.
I always ponder how different people look at the same thing and create such world's apart perspectives. There is plenty of room to be critical without falling into negativity, most fail it seems.
I tend to avoid negative people in real life and it is pretty easy to avoid them here, too. The negativity is one of the main reasons I stay away from the Discord chat rooms.
Because I am positive and write about Steem, some negative people are attracted. I have fun all the time, but tend to not waste my time on some people.
I have seen some of the negativity in comments and always admire what a great job you do at responding to it.
Sometimes it amuses me, most of the time I just ignore it. People tend to believe that their thoughts matter to others, because they think they are the most important person in the world. One of the things that the attention economy has created is a great deal of narcissists with delusions of grandeur :)
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Thanks again Taraz for a clear perspective from a real Steemian that writes about Steem in a positive light. Always appreciated.
You are most welcome and while there are plenty of issues to sort, acting as if it is impossible doesn't get the job done.
Options continue to be available as the Dapps and projects continue to expand. I now find myself dividing myself in engaging in different ways with Splinterlands grabbing most of my attention.
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