My estimations where off, quite off. I was convinced it would take at least a month or two before @dmania was back in play or at least its developer, but it took less than two weeks. I can't say I'm surprised about it, as much as I'm surprised that I'm surprised, if that makes any sense at all.

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Is this a bad thing?

I don't really know, attempting to strip myself from my bias is hard and this particular situation its even harder. That being said, I completely understand and accept that user experience is probably more important that any "ideals" I may hold for the future of this platform and to attempt to preach some sort "purity gospel" is not only delusional, its pointless.

So in a way, this is a good thing. Typing those words may hurt the tip of my fingers, but I'm willing to accept that my opinion on the value of memes is quite irrelevant in the big picture of things. If thousands of users flock to this platform because of the @dmania that could be a net positive, maybe. At least I'm willing to say I'm willing to consider the arguments made in its defense.

Maybe I just have to look at Steem differently

That might be the trick, as if this is just a "protocol" and the dapps being built on them are the actual products. It would be easier of course, if I too was using a specialized dapp that would filter out all the things that I find less valuable. If we look at arguably the most successful dapp built on this blockchain, Dtube, the algorithm is designed to ignore anything that is not a dtube video, hence an exclusive user of their platform would be complete unaware of the flag wars, the nutella memes and all the things that add a little more bitter flavor to my sugarless coffee.

Not everyone is a blogger and to think of this platform as a blogging platform is to exclude a giant percentage of its potential users. I say this and I still find myself wondering if this view, this opinion, is also incorrect, or to be more accurate, I'm wondering if this path is short lived and myopic.

What happens next...

Well, it's already happening, just today I've seen some memes on my feed. Checking for @dmania's delegation shows that it can still provide some support to its users, even though the giant delegation from Steemit Inc is no longer there. Maybe this organic approach to the idea, the @dmania community getting together to build what they find to be valuable for their experience is exactly how things should have been done in the first place.

What are your thoughts on this matter?

Other posts by yours truly

_{• New to Steem - Tip 3
• The information Seller - Improvised Fictional Story
• The ladies that live in our yard
• The value of Risk - Philosophical Thoughts on Investments?
• For new Steem users - tip 2}