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RE: New Lows, and a Late Night Reflection on What I am Doing Here
I love this attitude, and it’s one of the many things that make you such a fantastic author on this platform. I had some similar thoughts a long time ago when a change in the rewards pool essentially cleared it out for a couple weeks and most people stopped writing. I didn’t stop because I understood my motivations were intrinsic, not extrinsic.
Curious, have you ever been to burning man? I published a post about it yesterday you may enjoy.
Thanks Luke!
Good point about "intrinsic vs. extrinsic." I'm a blogger-content creator, and I enjoy this place simply in that capacity. I do remember "7-cent Steem" and I do remember... HF.18(?) when posts pretty much became worthless.
I also look to the greater "story arc" that we're part of building something — a movement, even(?) — towards something that is much bigger than just "Steemit, a social site."
I look at things like SteemMonsters, whose KickStarter is now fully funded with 20 days to go... which will take "something Steem based" to a far greater audience than we've ever had before! Consider the reach of STILL popular "Magic: The Gathering" started in 1993, which has an estimated 25 million players today, with some 40 billion cards out there.
Also keeping an eye on ActiFit. If they play that one well, it's another "broad appeal" project involving the Steem blockchain. This is all exciting stuff!
I'm going to head over and read your Burning Man report next. I have not being to Burning Man, but my wife went in 2015 and considers it a "life changing" experience... she was the executive chef at Sacred Spaces Village, as well as a Temple Guardian. At some point (maybe 2020?) when we get other obligations dialed back a bit, we might go together.
Sounds like a lot of changes in your world! I went and checked your feed a few days back and noticed you have a major move happening, too. Puerto Rico seems like a bit of a "hot spot" at the moment... several friends from our local town and beyond have moved there, in the past 12-18 months.