Looking at the comments on Ned's post announcing the postponement due to illness... I'm not surprised he's not rushing back to do another livestream and get more negative comments. Even if he has the hide of a rhino, it's not going to have a positive effect on the price of Steem, if every time the CEO makes a public appearance people throw figurative rotten tomatoes.
I've never met Ned, and I've no idea what he's really like as a person. But he co-created Steemit and I didn't. Neither did the people who constantly have a go at him. If there's a better alternative to Steemit, they should go there! Or create a better alternative themselves!
Every now and then I hear about a fantastic new rewards-generating blockchain platform, but whenever I check it out, it seems to be either a copy of Steemit or a get-rich-quick scheme for the founders.
We're in the midst of a big crypto crash, which seems to be the result of an enormous bubble. This may have been inflated by banks and other big financial institutions chasing after Ethereum with its ICO creations. Then that went a bit sour due to ICO scams. ALL cryptos are affected, not just Steem. There is some positivity on the platform and some good ideas for moving forwards, but it seems to get drowned out amid all the whingeing.
OK, rant over. This is not aimed at @pennsif's post by the way, just inspired by the topic. I'm looking foward to tomorrow's broadcast. Great line-up. I'm sure there will be some good ideas and positivity!