<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:40:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[This "Whale-Watching" shit is desperate and needs to STOP!]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the introduction of a working Follow System, we really don't need to be hassling these majestic creatures of the deep Image: magnetictimes.com It's time to stop this fascination with Chasing the Whales.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/this-whale-watching-shit-is-desperate-and-needs-to-stop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/this-whale-watching-shit-is-desperate-and-needs-to-stop</guid><category><![CDATA[publicserviceannouncement]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:38:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8v2PVewVaLWWvJqyr42GFq99Dk6U1f8y7fUtSdzBp999bNGyW7h398bqFaT49?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEM taking a nosedive! What's going on here, and what does it mean for our future?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Noticed STEEM coin taking a rather sharp dive lately, as is the SBD... I'm no expert here but I wouldn't mind someone explaining it... Is this the perfect time to buy in or should we be jumping ship too?]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/steem-taking-a-nosedive-what-s-going-on-here-and-what-does-it-mean-for-our-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/steem-taking-a-nosedive-what-s-going-on-here-and-what-does-it-mean-for-our-future</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:48:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ919Pr3JEAAqFxk2ZgsTXuq4ufrp96Zje3cRM7NLBq4AXtH2bX6eJBRcNFNqMB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torturous Trials and Tribulations - Leaving Home...]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're following the story, you'll know this next 6 weeks is gonna be HELL. Yesterday I left my family and begun the journey... Torturous Trials and Tribulations Leaving Home. Another feelpiece, By]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/torturous-trials-and-tribulations-leaving-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/torturous-trials-and-tribulations-leaving-home</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:14:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ91ULNGgrgVdCMMWHXsSGv2qsByWNxnU6PW2pJHfAWuzfdTBMvZr7RrrmtaEv8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torturous Trials and Tribulations - My next 6 weeks...]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've been reading my posts, you'll know I'm not all that well... Over the course of the next 6 weeks, I'll be undertaking surgery to fix my broken face... Torturous Trails and Tribulations My Next]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/torturous-trails-and-tribulations-my-next-6-weeks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/torturous-trails-and-tribulations-my-next-6-weeks</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 12:26:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8vchnKboFnm4i8VqbBisvYyVAMSF8CPTqqSRzQYPERztmwXdpHTvHnQnYs864?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I love being COMMITTED to the BLOCKCHAIN]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my time here I've done and said some good and bad things... I'm not ashamed of any of it, it's here for all to see... Committed to the Blockchain It's probably no surprise to you that everything we]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/why-i-love-being-committed-to-the-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/why-i-love-being-committed-to-the-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 01:54:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EfcLDC2cS9myfYvPSG1TW5teYoY7xCPYaUrb2ynXDu27nM7upP7T6bx4PtVHanoXdd8QqXBhxzHGSZbs4EbBsNNBQKN1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE VULTURES ARE DESCENDING! Scammers and on-sellers are here to coin!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've all seen those shady websites selling you success... "I made 40k from the comfort of my own home" etc... Here's one I was expecting to see surface sooner or later... On-selling Steemit.com]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/the-vultures-are-descending-scammers-and-on-sellers-are-here-to-coin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/the-vultures-are-descending-scammers-and-on-sellers-are-here-to-coin</guid><category><![CDATA[scam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLbWGvMkBfAfDCGFTrVcHWkciF3kzyU9x3HxTrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit and Manic Depression - A dangerous mix...]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a world where it's possible for anything, anyone, anytime; it's hard to control the negative when it all seems that it's impossible "just for you"... Steemit and Manic Depression - A dangerous]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/steemit-and-manic-depression-a-dangerous-mix</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/steemit-and-manic-depression-a-dangerous-mix</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 15:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8vHdKP2AKo6HnAnogvi9tMaGVg42hJP8TnEWx516wgGn2jRZRaseY79Cg3bbw?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the first Steemit Coffee!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In association with the SteemianFoodNetwork, I'd like to present my new blog Coffee With Bob. (#coffeewithbob) Hello Again, Steemit! Come, have a Coffee with Bob. I'm sure you'll learn some fascinating]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/introducing-the-first-steemit-coffee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/introducing-the-first-steemit-coffee</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 16:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8zpKGTnK5NVceJ2ES932yrvGebU3Em7QgtndF8ReAQUtLpHXbzqa4H7qNNqoJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee - The Myths and Benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coffee is simple, but it's very misunderstood. Here's some things I've learned about it recently... Coffee - The Myths and Benefits. Another Steemit Original By Bob Downlove Foreword Coffee. Who can say]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/coffee-the-myths-and-benefits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/coffee-the-myths-and-benefits</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8zZoQEJkTemg1BCqh3nwwVMtM5riqfpdSjzC66DjPitduvCFkbvVNWTrUQtKD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee - A Brief History]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coffee - A Brief History. Discovery Abyssinia It is likely common knowledge that Coffee as we know it was found in Ethiopia, around 800 AD. The legendary goatherd, Kaldi, noticed his goats behaving rather]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/coffee-a-brief-history</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/coffee-a-brief-history</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:47:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8uLTvoFf2q4DhZEZ5CWBH3BXa6igD6Fz5Xd7DJGgLxrUsZWCoGu3WVRMmULzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar, liar, pants on fire. The "all accounts have been refunded myth" and why the whales don't care.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Liar, liar, pants on fire. The "all accounts have been refunded myth" and why the whales don't care. Don't believe everything you read from the big guns... The leadership here will have you believe]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/liar-liar-pants-on-fire-the-all-accounts-have-been-refunded-myth-and-why-the-whales-don-t-care</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/liar-liar-pants-on-fire-the-all-accounts-have-been-refunded-myth-and-why-the-whales-don-t-care</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdQ5uNohD6i8ZMrsr7pZaeFgXgoc42EGN4tsaEiNyuFjDPkQPATV2usrKdcNH58ZBbsUat94Bm83VHgJf2Mro2FLwa8j4zQgZDGfb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Video reflects the Current State of Steemit.com, from my perspective.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, so I didn't go looking for this. It found me... Sitting here with writer's block and an empty Stackedit, trying to think of something new and dynamic to write about, in an attempt to break thru, maybe]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/original-content-ain-t-working-for-me-time-to-shitpost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/original-content-ain-t-working-for-me-time-to-shitpost</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 03:38:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePb8UVuHxGF3bmEFE3Ze7nnFgDeWneKj7gi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cars and Driving in Rural Australian Bushland.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A taste of things to come... I'm a car nut, and love to talk/write about them, so expect to see a lot of posts related to Australian Motor Vehicles. This post is just a random facet of many more things]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/cars-and-driving-in-rural-australian-bushland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/cars-and-driving-in-rural-australian-bushland</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 14:32:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdbtmEH3RUDMj8vPJ8wJV7suBzi3Wo74RXAwxNzt17x8DJ9PbMpe1f2jNXAGJK61AsNNgyZmZJKeQH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just a quickie...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her ass was up, her face was down, I seen her in the dark. The jig was up, I was out to clown, what a lovely place to park. And so with haste, I did proceed, I opened her up, I had to fill the need. There]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/just-a-quickie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/just-a-quickie</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 06:59:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4W3i2hguUU4gZLfV82eayNzBPX5WsdHXDBKWpFNE6QPhF7mtWiJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bot Takeover]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I was out of Steemit for a little over a week, trying to recover my account. Since I was gone, the bots seem to have taken over... What is their purpose, and how does this fit the greater good? Bots]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/the-bot-takeover</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/the-bot-takeover</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdQ5uNoJ6FTFCdMUhbCb25cMVjfdVA4Wcv3v6HTUf6u9vTcyjpKYsQFM8GuodzEME4HyE8h7cWW7trB3qaDohDk5xz2Q6HhS1EgU7Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm back after the Hack. Now to continue this story...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here I go again... So I've done my #introducemyself, and started telling you all the story about my jaw, and the subsequent effect it's had on my life in the 8 years since, but after having thought long]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/i-m-back-after-the-hack-now-to-continue-this-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/i-m-back-after-the-hack-now-to-continue-this-story</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/x7L2VMmVDP7RGrt1VDGcjMFtUVAUKVBabzrqThmd1VNZ65RQA3G4z7NYJJHhb73rUTqdp2HFFiGYQnJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much is enough?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to buy in, and power up my SP. How much will he enough to give me a bit more weight? Will something small like $50 be a good starter, or because of the compound nature of the system, is it better]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/how-much-is-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/how-much-is-enough</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 06:17:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXLutPnvm6BVwza9LwsUNb2F953VPF9bdnksF5K21ZnPBPvT4bdMQGR2S3PicUvpuh1bZaeuqDdDbVEjAtxtZ8C3r9zWsiXLykLps8ZjH7yvEk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit... How do you guys sleep since discovering it?]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/steemit-how-do-you-guys-sleep-since-discovering-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@bobdownlov/steemit-how-do-you-guys-sleep-since-discovering-it</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdownlov]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4qEixipsxSf1NbXf3traZgrR5Suyr779RGbiJpRAozBAQpXrUqD66fjbVFncTdPaRc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking at Life thru a Straw. Part 1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking at #Life thru a Straw. PT 1. Note: This is 100% true life story, only people's names were changed to protect identities... THIS BLOG DOES CONTAIN SOME COLOURFUL LANGUAGE SO PLEASE BE AWARE! 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