Who We Are (Part 1)

We're going to do this introduction bit in several parts. @Guiltyparties is a group operation. Since it takes quite a few of us to detail 15+ years of history and it's just one poor sap writing this post, I'll start with what brought me personally to Steemit.

Some of you may recognize the logo. Yeah, we're back.

I heard about Steemit about a year ago from a friend. At the time I was pretty new to actual participation in anything related to cryptocurrency and the blockchain. I also had a lot of work-related shit to tie off since, as we all know, there's nothing more critical than securing that stable bit of employment sucking corporate cock.

I registered this account a week ago. My initial thoughts?

Why won't it get approved? WTF

A few days passed. Approval came. Smart move on not using a throw-away-email as is typical.

Now what?

Someone whose judgment I probably shouldn't trust all that much suggested I drop in on Steemit Chat. It's addictive but there are only a couple of active rooms. Whether it's a good way to learn more about Steemit remains to be seen. Here's what I got from it so far:

Shoutout to @Kryptik for providing us with such a memorable quote.

Took a few days

I took some time to explore the markup before making my first post. Two of us are graphic designers and developers and noobing around with basic markup code isn't acceptable. I learned how to tag. I was originally under the impression that images were to be remotely hosted but noticed that the Steemit platform expanded to allow for uploads, which is excellent.

Steemit, in my view, is a microcosm of society. You've got beggars and other desperate poor vying for "vote4vote". You've got the wealthy that control the 99% of the power and influence. And you've got the middle class who make some extra change along the way. All the topics that anyone cares about are covered and ones no one does are not.

Promoting posts costs an average of $20, or so I'm told. Otherwise you're tossing your pennies into a bottomless pit. I don't have the cash to invest right now but I gotta say "thanks" to @stonedfood who sent me 0.420 Steem just to help a brother out.

Upvoting should be saved for posts written by either friends or the influential wealthy.

Correct me if I'm wrong here. This is my second week actually doing this.

Reason we're here

Fuck Facebook. Closed that account about 9 years ago. Fuck Twitter and it's anti-freedom of speech terrorist agenda. YouTube is owned by big brother Google. None of us can stomach enough chalkboard menus and shitty coffees to make it big on Instagram. None of us trust our respective governments. We do trust the blockchain.

I'm not going to tell you that I think Steemit is some magical platform that will free us all from the shackles of oppression. It's a natural evolution of the anonymous message boards that were once full of life and are now full of Feds. Communities like FuckedCompany (run by a douche named Pud who since retired as I've heard) were eliminated by continuous lawsuits. Their problem? Centralization.

What you'll see from this account

Freedom of speech, survival, off-grid cyber-initiatives and maybe some humor and just maybe, maybe some art and business (un)wisdom that we can impart. Hell, maybe some beer as I'll need it because I personally swear to suffer through every stale IMP and overrated kit so you don't have to.

In all seriousness, however, we will integrate this and other co-accounts with our Guiltyparties re-launch initiative.

Stay tuned

More to come in the next part of the introduction series. In the next few days I'll tell you exactly what Guiltyparties is, was, and was meant to be.