Was anyone expecting a different outcome?

This was the obvious outcome. That people consider this platform as guided by market forces, can only be attributed to those blinded by the promise of getting paid to blog. I've repeated many times that

At this point, Steem / Steemit / Dapps circumstance has become like watching a slow motion train wreck. Far past the point where we should be expecting positive outcomes from owners who only care about

Well, that's because hate crime laws only apply to white people. There's a reason why Trudeau earned himself the nickname of 'jihadi justin'.

That would just be a continuation of the trend; the entire steem ecosystem has been on a downward spiral for years. People keep repeating this mantra that "steemit is not steem", but when you

Whatever hiccups are going on with implementing communities, IMO, this has been the biggest positive change on the platform that I've seen. Something to assist in sorting topics of interest. The tagging

Hi, I enjoyed your analysis, and this raised a number of points that I was not aware, mostly that makes the transition far more dire than I was expecting. Especially when you dug up our new leaders track

Agreed, this is all a power struggle, and that most, if not all, business decisions concerning the platform have been to benefit whales at the expense of the minnows. (While pretending like they give a

Never liked Buffet, but he does have a point. The entire backing of cryptocurrencies are fiat, they only have value because of people's confidence that they possess a value.

Agreed, I know it's not accurate to conflate steem with steemit, dtube and all but you seem to have caught the intent. Though, I believe that Zuck had no interest in an established crypto token that was

I think it's something of a joke to think that Steem could represent a real challenge to Facebook. The minds platform resembles the experience of Facebook much closer, has a similar promise of rewards

Good observation, this site is by the whales for whales, and every decision I've seen from the top has been to benefit the whales, even at the expense of minnows experience with the platform. Then, out

Hi, I appreciate the thoughts to the smaller accounts / newer people joining the platform, encouraging retention and all. Before we get into that, it appears that some have developed the misconception

Won't change anything, but aside from having a place to make a blog that's free hosting that I can link as a reference on platforms that have readers, the site has failed on just about every promise in

That seems to be the standard. Each business decision I've seen made from the platform owners has been poorly planned and or executed. allowing bot vote buying / selling adding advertisements adding a

Migraines are hell, never had one last more than 8-10 hours. Can't imagine. I was told by a neurologist that there is a treatment option, they inject a small amount of botox and apparently it ends the

Been gone from the platform for some time, and was never very active to start. It didn't take long to recognize that everything about the platform is poorly executed (unless you are an owner / investor).

Can't really blame anyone for leaving the platform. The entire system was built to benefit those with the most investment, while creating barriers for noobs to really have a chance to break through. So

Interesting app. How does the AI distinguish fact from fiction? Whoever decided to add "political bias" as a determining factor will lean people TOWARDS propaganda. To be clear; a fact is that

IMO, it's unfortunate how many people will dedicate time and effort to bots like this, while there are fewer and fewer actual people posting.