^{The graphic was made by me and used in an earlier post here.}

SteemIMG.com Is Down

So I've been waiting for steemIMG to come back online since last night. I have some great pictures I want to share and graphics for another two planned posts. When I first logged onto my pc last night steemIMG was online. By the time I finished setting up my post and everything steemIMG was offline. I even took a screenshot to use in this post but then remembered I can't upload it to steemIMG.

Easy Solution

Yea sure, there's an easy solution, use another free hosting site. I could do this. The problem is that once I choose a brand, I tend to stay very loyal to that brand and it takes a lot to sway me. Now I try my best to not be bias. For example; I'm an Xbox guy, have been for nearly 10 maybe 11 years now. I have owned a couple Playstation consoles (they all sh*t the bed), also many Nintendo products (still have NES and N64), I love Sega and thanks to @jbouchard12 I now have a Dreamcast as well. Even with all these systems my personal favorite is still the Xbox. I obviously have nothing against other consoles as I have owned one from nearly every company.

My point is I'll stick with the brand I choose until they screw me. I won't switch to another image hosting site because their doing maintenance. I have all my other graphics and pictures there and they've never done me wrong, so far. If this starts becoming a constant problem then I may consider switching. Until then I will remain loyal.

In Regards To SteemIt

Well, loyalty often gets me damn near no where in life. I find something I like which often takes either a lot of time before I decide I like it or a lot of research. I've stuck with jobs for far too long due to loyalty. I've inconvenienced myself time and time again because of loyalty. I've even gone as far as to put my own life in danger due to my loyalties. In SteemIt's case, I'll be here for a long time. Even if the value of STEEM and/or SteemDollars drops to $0.001, I'll still be here. I like the forum, I like a portion of the content, and most of the people I've conversed with on SteemIt seem to be pretty pleasant people (also I get to make a little coin). Who cares how little STEEM is worth? Unless you've invested your own money that you earned from another job you've lost nothing.

^{This image was made by me and used in an earlier post.}

Here For The Money

If you're here just for the money... well, you're an idiot. STEEM and Steem Dollars aren't meant to make anyone rich (some do argue that specific people made it to get rich, whatever), they're just meant to be an incentive for better content and to not be a jerk to everyone (*co-reddit-ugh*). Yes in order for this to truly work it needs to have some value but how much value does it really need? I'm not worried about the price of STEEM and honestly believe that everyone is putting way too much emphasis on the value of it. This is supposed to be a community where we help each other and produce great ideas. For a time I saw this and now that I've been here a while I'm seeing more of the politics behind the scenes. Thankfully I can just stay out of it all and do my own thing, I just wish more would do the same.

Thanks for reading my multi-directional rant, please let me know what you think in the comments. I do have to work all day today but I'll try my best to respond and keep the conversation going. Take it easy.

Justin