Steemit is a Lot More Fun... When it is WORKING! Thank You, Developers!
I was going to post something completely different, but I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what a relief it is to have Steemit "working" again, after a couple of weeks of rough seas.
Ready to fly like eagles?
And say "THANK YOU" to the developers and tech staff working behind the scenes to get everything running.
Whereas I have no idea what it takes to run a social content site as the decentralized front end of a blockchain, I can't imagine it's easy... especially when outside forces (DDoS attacks) get in the way.
I'm grateful everything is working well again-- seems faster than ever, even-- and it seems like perfect timing for that, just days ahead of SteemFest in Lisbon. I can't even imagine what it would have done to the mood to have SteemFest with Steemit barely accessible... awful thought.
Communication
I do stand by my post from a few days ago that communication when the shit hits the fan IS really important.
Heart of a purpel flower
I-- and most other people, I'd expect-- don't expect perfection here... but it's nice to not be in the dark. Even if all we get is a dedicated second twitter account for NOTHING other than site status/problem updates... that would be awesome... along with a default landing page that kicks in automatically when the site starts returning above a certain percentage of 50x errors.
Or something. As more and more people find their way to Steemit, we can less and less afford to just "go dark" when things go wrong.
But in the meantime, really glad to have Steemit back!
How about you? Did you "miss" Steemit when the site was slow? Did you keep trying to use the site, or did you go do something else? Did your post volume go down a lot (mine did)? Would you like to see better communication about "site status" when things go wrong? Leave a comment-- share your experiences-- be part of the conversation!
(As usual, all text and images by the author, unless otherwise credited. This is original content, created expressly for Steemit)
Created at 171029 00:52 PDT