I think even the expectation is off base and not realistic. But we live in this world where "investing" more and more resembles gambling; where people expect to triple their money next week,

Thank you!

I remain pretty optimistic, too... but the thing I find important is precisely patience. So many ventures fail not because they are bad ideas, but because the owners/driving forces behind them quit before

Yes, that's a pretty cool development @hivepeople, and I'm hoping it gets expanded beyone just digital goods. I have long felt that one of the things we need to create a really solid and sustainable use

You hit on something significant there... in the past 200 years or so, technological advancement has started moving faster that human (spiritual) evolution. It might sound a bit harsh, but the result it

I guess I lean towards cutting people some slack in the sense that we tend to get bombarded with so much contradictory information that it can become quite exhausting to sift through it all and double

That's basically the version of "the truth" I like to wave under the noses of the many paranoid people I come across... unless you're actually playing with Cold Fusion in your basement, nobody

Hi there @cuddlekitten!

I try to remind myself that way back when, Dan Larimer talked about what was then Steemit as an experiment. I'm content with being part of the experiment, and happy that I occasionally get a coin or two.

No worries, it's a good story. I'm not sure whether I'd be here quite as much, either... perhaps I'd still be giving more time to Farcebook, where I can still get the raw numbers and get a few people to

Ah, the "joy" of self-employment in the era of Covid and Quarantines. You have to work more hours to make fewer sales... all just to break even. Sadly, not as much time for things like Hive and

Hi there @cuddlekitten, thanks for visiting — cute as always!

Thanks for the support @ackhoo, I appreciate it!

You spoke a sad truth there @indigoocean! I don't know if it's simply the result of the squeaky wheel theory, but so many pieces of our history does seem to come back to lay at the feet of some very toxic

Here's that social media #posh thing: twitter:

Thanks @hivebuzz, that's such a cool badge!

I agree, it's a good practice and a good way to build our accounts. I'm here for the very long term (hope there IS one!) and so this all makes sense, a bit like slowly building a pension account.

Great work! It's awesome to see the Leo community grow and develop its own identify and user base!

That's a very beautiful and magical rendition of that song... I'm normally not big on covers, but that was great!

Too close for comfort, but some great shots! The things we do for art... Can't say I have ever seen one here in coastal Western Washington, but we had quite a few of them when I lived down in Texas...