There's more than a few reasons why I decided to distance myself a bit from the front lines, and none of them had to do with my ideals changing. The truth is that the drama that goes along with STEEM (now Hive) can cause almost anybody to burn out.
One would think that turning the page, that achieving this great victory over centralization would allow us to tone the drama down, but of course this will never be the case.
The answer has always been staring at me right in the face. We all love drama. I meant, we say we hate it, we say we don't want it, but at the opportunity of diving into it, we hesitate not.
It may be incredibly naive of me to think that writing this, that bringing this detail into light does anything to help, but yet, here I am.
If you are leaving STEEM, as many of us have chosen to do. That's great, power to you, welcome. If you are staying in STEEM, I wish you the same. I think it's a bit presumptuous to state that either HIVE or STEEM are destined to failure for X or Y reason at this point, and it's certainly not helpful commentary.
Does this mean that I agree with Justin Sun's actions? I mean, it must, since I'm not trashing STEEM 24/7 on twitter, right?
This new drama reminds me a bit of BCH in it's infancy. The fights, the destroyed "friendships", the words that can't be taken back, etc. What for? Who won?
I'll promise you this much: Either STEEM or Hive will fork again at some point. Why? Because such is the nature of these experiments. As the ideas mature, differences sprout and mental tribes leave home to settle in what they deem are greener pastures.
I will also say that if you are watching the drama wondering if we are ever going to get over it, then you might as well wait for pigs to fly. It's not going to happen. To this day Roger Ver and Tone Vays never miss an opportunity to throw dirt at each other, and it's been years since the split.
One thing's for sure. Even though it may seem that it's always the same people making all the fuzz, if you somehow convinced them to leave or to stop, others would gladly fill the roles. Why? Because it's part of the social environment, and it will always be.
Best advice I can give anyone, including myself, is to ignore the noise and keep on keeping on. Easier said than done, but nonetheless the sane option that is always on the table.
MenO
