HF20 was really...frustrating. I woke up after it was already active, because I was up really late and couldn't really sleep. Then I tried to do my normal curation after I woke up...and I couldn't vote. I couldn't even vote. That's kinda crazy. It's a pretty major blunder when a patch makes it so you can't even vote.
At the same time, my internet was being utterly crap, and I was trying to get it to work so I could trade. So I was already frustrated.
Then I found out I couldn't vote...and I was kinda like "WTF!"
Then I read Steemit's blog post...and I kinda lost it. Here we were, unable to use Steem, similar situation to when the chain had just gone down a few days before, and they were just acting like it was no big deal, and that we all just had to wait for it to fix itself. It didn't feel like they were trying to fix it, like when the chain went down. It felt like they were saying that it was no big deal, and it only effected a few small accounts, and we just had to wait. It was horrible.
I understand that there can be issues with updates...and we can learn to deal with those. But I don't think we should have to learn to deal with a company leading the blockchain that minimized when there is a major issue. It made me feel like Steemit should not be leading the development on the blockchain. It made me feel like we should all be moving towards decentralizing the development of Steem.
Now it's a lot better though. The issues have been patched to a degree. It's getting better. But I don't feel like I can just forget how I felt when I read that post. I felt like there is no future in Steem if it's run by Steemit, when they have a mentality like that.
I believed in Steem. I'm unsure now. Steem perhaps has a future. But it will require a lot of people all working together towards a future. I don't feel like Steem will be behind the internet of the future. I think perhaps similar cryptos and perhaps forks of Steem might be instrumental in the future of the internet. We might need to figure out ways to vote crosschain in that future. I can see something like Steem being used for news to help pay writers but I really lost a lot of faith in Steem with that post.
As for projects to delegate to, I have no idea. I myself delegate to a few MSP bots, because they not only curate, but they give you a vote when you post. That's pretty cool. I often feel like I don't really get a good reward on a lot of posts...especially when I put a lot of effort into them. The only time I get a good reward is when I'm curied. Perhaps you might choose to delegate to curie. They are the only reason some posts get anywhere near what they are worth. Sadly I think they need to consider working on having members comment on those posts as well though, with real comments. It does occasionally feel a little empty when you get that curie upvote.
I've actually never gotten a @curie vote because I post mostly about Steem and they don't vote articles about Steem. They're a great program, though.
All my accounts were locked out until the negative RC were reset. That worried me a little about the sustainability of their RC consumption. Over time I came to realize that the initial RC costs were set way too high, and that was why so many users had negative balances.
I fully agree that Steemit should listen more to the issues next time, before announcing unequivocal success with nobody even able to post a refutation in their comments
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