RE: I'm Back! Sorry to be gone for so long
I just read your message after sending that other initial response. And.. No worries! I wasn't sure what was going on but glad to see you're back!
And.. In regards to stuff changing.. I think the main thing is the RC mana system thingy.. Which is suppose to make it harder for bots and scam/spam accounts to operate, but it also seems to be having a difficult effect on newer users as well. I'm not sure if it will effect you or not, but.. It seems some people with a certain lower amount of rep are able to comment less and stuff like that, which.. I guess is what it is.. They're talking about finding a way to make a work around, so that people with more RC can delegate it to smaller accounts to help sort of.. Perhaps address those issues, and then they could get rid of the spam/scam accounts and still have a way for new users to post more.
Anyways.. I suggest doing some of your own research on it, I try not to get too involved in the technical stuff these days as I'm too busy elsewhere, I just follow enough to try to understand what's going on on a sort of basic level.
Peace man!
I believe I built a good enough rep and voting power (mana) that I can use the platform without any problems. It makes sense what they're doing, but people will always try to create workarounds to the rules, anyways glad to hear from you!
Gonna visit some of the contest stuff and catch up on the winners and stuff when I have time today.
Word buddy! We just had our first champion recently, now it's time to rest and work on the next season! I do have at least a side quest or two planned, though it's been pretty slow recently so we'll see how it goes! I have a feeling the slowness is just temporary and things are going to pick up again in the future. Steem is a longterm game for me, and even though a bunch of people are upset at what's going on on the platform, i have a feeling this will be around for years to come and only get more popular in time.