RE: an open letter to @ned
Thanks for the responses Ned. Good job delegating to zappl too! That's a good move.
I'm sorry if I seem like a huge asshole. That's not my intention.
I get where your coming from though. I respect you, and I want nothing but the best for Steem.
This is a social media platform. So as a social media platform you need to allow anyone who wants to use this social media platform to use it (even Dan, even Tom from Myspace, even mark Zuckerberg, or the LBRY team, whoever). Even if they talk about a competing platform.
People on Steem are constantly poaching people from Reddit and Facebook.
To me this is saying it's ok to go on a social media sites to bring people to Steem, but to come to Steem and encourage a different social media sites is a crime.
Just take the first mover advantage. As well as all the work the community has put in and allow/help it be great. Dtube, dlive, zappl, dmania all community/user created.. all very good for the Steem blockchain.
What I want and I feel like others would want is you and Dan to come as competitors and blockchain enthusiasts and to make EOS and Steem interoperable. Team up with LBRY and make them interoperable too! Golos even. Make the best user interface and user experience, and win that way.. while remaining blockchain inclusive!
Compromise is where both parties walk away unhappy.. and that's what I wish you and Dan could do. Make it so my post here could be put on Golos, and LBRY, and Ong social, and even a future EOS competitor!
yes it doesn’t matter who posts or if they compete—but steem’s ex cto should be frank about competing rather than darkly subversive while plotting the public version of his competitive launch—frankly I’ve done all of us a favor—particularly dan so he can stop being shady about his project and coy about his competitive plan—and us because its well worth competing if there must be competition—frankly his project can’t with quality replicate SMTs and I’m more than ready to compete
I am glad to hear it! You guys are both out on the edge of something new. I believe you both care about liberty and freedom, and you both want to make the world better. It still just sucks that there has to be lines drawn and weapons ready because business is a battlefield.
I will not power down the Steem I have. I would go down on the ship with all the awesome people I've met. I think the clouds will part and it will turn into a cruise ship to the moon.. and I wish you the best of luck captain @ned. I look forward to the Hivemind and SMTs.