@buckydurddle pointed something out to me that I hadn't realized yet, not having actually signed up for ChainBB at the time of this interview - ChainBB takes 15% of the payout. This is obviously a pretty major slice, I wish it was just the 5% that Esteem takes for instance. 15% may be too much for many users. It changes the calculus for me a little bit, I am not sure I am going to use it for the purpose I mentioned - not sure I can feel great asking folks to upvote with the idea the post payout is going to other authors, when a good chunk will actually go to the platform. I may just split out the payment the old fashioned way through wallet transfers - more work obviously, but 15% is a lot...

Thanks for the kind words and I will definitely check out your band mates and band - thanks for sharing!

Cheers - Carl