Good to hear from you my friend. Just got your comment so sorry about the delay in reply. You can always feel free to hit me up anytime to shoot the breeze as you well know. From time to time I jump on and check you're blog out. I did notice recently you've been dusting up with folks, and there has been a crazy amount of drama all about. I haven't engaged enough with hive to be in the know on much, but at a glance I figured it's more of the same shit we used to have on steem. ... well if not the same adjacent to it. I did think about picking up 100k worth of hive recently as I've continue to flip what I made during our last btc/eth bull cycle, but then when one is honest when ones self the conclusion is rapidly reached that this isn't a network with stable products. SL is ripe for a regulatory body to swoop on it as it's increasingly looking like a pyramid scheme, loosely abides by kyc, easy to wash funds through, etc. My fear would be it's just going to take the right discord chat screen shots regarding management of leagues and reward distribution, allegation of money laundering, allegations of funnelling money unfairly from new investors to older ones at the newer investors loss, or something along those lines hitting the right inbox at the right desk at the correct agency. Even if the allegations weren't true it could hurt the product thus the investors. I hope that doesn't happen as big players could be liable and I like a lot of folks who play, but SL is a stay away for me to invest anything in again. It just seems one dedicated disgruntled person could easily shake the ecosystem which as far as further investment makes me uneasy. I'm actually still happy I sold when I did despite the rise in value after. It felt nice/relieving to get away from it. Added to which the game isn't that fun. I mainly let the kids play my account now. I made around 4 hundred bucks playing blankos last month with no investment, but I mainly played for fun. Btw that is a fun damn game. You really oughta check it out. It's not ramshackle at all, and the team behind it are the same people who were behind world of warcraft, call of duty, etc. It actually feels like a professional set up rather than a game dragging a block chain behind it. A lot of free nft's to earn and flip on their market place as well. I'm having a blast with it when I get time to play. Anywho.. The blog front of hive has great folks on it like yourself, folks who are in natural medicine, travel, deepdives, the odd short story writer, etc. But there's such a weird culture on here that no serious content creator will stick about long. There's a lot of people I love checking out and consuming the content of, but the crazy side of hive makes a big buy in sorta foolish. I've been running my ass ragged lately (bought woodland, invested in a small fix up property, trading, etc) and hive requires large investment alongside the fact that to many variables to increase that depend on dealing with well... for lack of a better description... weird behaviour from other large stakeholders. Seems like to much work to believe in nowadays. This space could have been a wonderful place once upon a time, but being truly decentralised or a place where good content creators will stick long is a pipe dream. Still great people here though, just not what it claims to be or attractive for large quantities of invested time. Rather than buy hive I bought monero instead, caught the recent rise on SPY, flipped some other decent trades, and just put the cash elsewhere across the board. Less work more return than purchasing hive would involve. I'll still blog from time to time when the mood and free time allow it to take my fancy. Same with curating. Btw, in regards to talking with you when everyone else may be clashing with you... man you know I don't give a shit. I get on with you. You're a stand up guy as far as I'm concerned and the line is always open. If hive is pissing you off to much just wing me an email and holler that way. I ain't concerned if someone takes disgruntlement at me talking to someone they don't like. I'd have to give a shit about their negative opinion, or flag, or whatever. I don't. I mean... it's pretty damn stupid if someone is going to flag you for shooting the shit with a friend on the block chain. Seems f***ing retarded. I like and respect a lot of folks on this site for different reasons and count you among that number. So whenever you post you got my vote if I catch the post in time, and anytime you want to shout then go right ahead. I'll make time to get back to you as soon as I get it.
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