KLYE COMIC #8 - "The Cookie Jar"
You can view the original submission of this post in the blockchain. I've removed the content as I wrote it when my mind was clouded with misplaced anger at a perceived threat to our network by Dan...
Turns out I'm actually just a "slightly" over reactive mongoloid sometimes... that was far out of line in calling Dan the stuff I did in the original submission.
Thank you Dan for handling my misinformed outburst with grace, Sorry for being a dickhead.
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I would call this: transparency and right on opinion on the block chain. Bravo ! Brave man.
I'm sick of being the asshole who has to keep everyone in check but seemingly that's my role on this platform it seems...
Oh well. Still would have been nice of Dan to come in here and atleast give a nod that he'd read it.. Sounds like his last post is non-payout so I guess maybe he did see it.
You see? Progress is here. One step at the time. History will tell who was right and who was wrong.
REPUTATION is The word.
Eh.. I just can't help but feel Dan only going through the motions to get me out of his ass for the time being..
I mean yeah, Fundamentally what I needed him to do seems to be being done... But the fact he'd rather sheepishly read the post and not even so much as give a response leaves me uneasy.
Dan, If you're monitoring this thread man I appreciate the no payout post change but you've reaaaaally got to consider growing out yer bush and coming to talk dude. I promise I'll be civil and friendly... Just as long as you don't start reciting that hippy dippy free money and love for all commie crap. :P
I'm not here to needlessly rip strips off you.. Regardless of how I came off in the post. -_-
Thanks for having the courage to speak up, Klye! I'm new to Steem, so I have no opinion at the moment on the value of Dan's posts. However, if your representation is accurate then this is a well-needed request to Dan and the community to engage with these topics.
I do know from personal experience that power and wealth can change one's moral compass - it has at times for me, and I've needed to be vigilant. And I've seen really good-hearted generous people compromise their morals as they step-by-step slip into the power/wealth sinkhole. I work with kids, and it's super important to me to role-model responsible empowerment with my staff, and encourage them to role-model that with the kids. And, I'm only interested in being part of Steem if the leaders can calmly look at feedback and criticism and respond with humility, self-honesty, and integrity. So thank you for testing the waters of corruption and self-awareness.
I do, however, have feedback for you - I appreciate your passion, frustration, and anger. And this is a fine forum to express it. You know Dan better than I. Is there a chance that he'd respond less defensively and less reactively to your post if you edited it into a calmer piece? For the most part, you do a good job being respectful. But the edge is there ("...acting like a fat spoiled rich kid eating his cake and ice cream too" "set for the rest of this life, with all the lambos stuffed with hookers and blow you could imagine for his next 3 lives"). And judging by repetition and the few typos, it may have benefited from a read-through and editing anyway. Hey - your honest and fearless. Kudos to you! Steemit needs you! (I upvoted you as Witness). But I imagine that your passionate mission to align Steemit is more important than venting, right?
Dan's straight up ignoring this post and hoping this issue goes away.
It's not going to go away. He's systematically been robbing both investors and authors under the guise of the hero for nearly half a year now.
I'm a TERRIBLE writer. Infact probably one of the worse on here. I appreciate you taking the time to decypher my text though. :)
Believe it or not this is a calmer post of mine.. Especially considering the fact one of our main coders is basically robbing the network's value blind..
Sorry again for my terrible typing skills. It's been a long night.
hey - no need to apologize for mis-typing. The most important thing is you are speaking up! And don't be sure he's ignoring the post - it's only 3 hours old! He may not have read it yet. I'm betting he'll come through and dialogue. He'll know that not responding greatly undermines his credibility on the site.
I know dan and when he generally is awake around this time..
He's avoiding this just like every other time someone calls him out on being untrue.
No worries though.. You figure a guy that is a "serial entrepreneur" with a track record of failboating projects would be wiser than to have his home phone and address listed online... Nope. Terrible opsec Dan.
I hate forcing people's hands but this is ridiculous. At the end of the day we've got more options than he does on how to deal with this sort of thing.
A little bit of honesty, transparency and humility goes a long way.. Sadly I'm not seeing much of any of the 3 listed above.. :/
I upvote this and comment without fear of retaliation too.
Well made points @klye, and good advice for @dantheman.
Even I became concerned about how big my slice of the steemit pie was and dropped from posting 3 to 4 times per day to usually only once.
If course I'm no Dan, but if there isn't enough to go around, more users will get fed up and leave.
Thanks for doing this @klye.
I'll gladly throw myself under the bus if it means voicing opinions of the community. I'm not afraid of anyone on here and I've got the backing off a large % of the STEEM community.
I think the biggest issue here in my eyes is that dan's literally masquerading as some form of utopian hero all the while systematically sucking your, mine and other deserving authors rewards away that don't have millions of dollars tucked away in BTC, STEEM and fiat.
I hope at the very least he reads this post above and perhaps looks inside himself to see if this is really what he wants to have his legacy recorded as. :/
As one who used to live on a bus (a long, long time ago in a land far, far away), I can testify that they have a lot of room underneath them, so I am fully comfortable with you throwing yourself under the bus.
But please @klye, I beg you, do not throw yourself under a STEEM Roller...
rofl. Thank you for that insight... All I can picture it "Otto" from the simpsons to be honest.
For your listening pleasure and perhaps a few memories.
Hahahaha. Right in the childhood
<3
Cheers Capt.Pepp!
At the time, that old bus driver song did apply to me:
Thankfully, I no longer drink, cuss, or stink.
I cuss and stink but avoid the hooch as it brings out a terrible bastard that lives inside of me.. I call him Drunk KLYE. He's a dickhead at best and and sort of a pyromaniac.. :D
But how do you really feel?
Like we've been had in a way..?
I dunno, Maybe there is another explanation to this I'm failing to take into consideration...
SOME reply or at least a "Fuck off KLYE"... Something would be welcome rather than just silence.
We're on the the edge of what I can only describe as a critical tipping point of the STEEM network... It can easily go either way at this point
I think we've been here for a while, and it took us a long time to get here. But I agree, these are nervous times. FWIW, the dumping seems to have been orders of magnitude more detrimental than excessive post rewards... not that it's not a problem.
You called it months ago man. I remember this.
God damn shame I didn't have the intelligence to look into what you were saying more and start raising flags and tootin' whistles a while back.
Interesting post my friend @klye, congratulations
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