Welcome back Quilldiva/Quillington!
Exactly everything you said. I can't add any more and discussed this a lot with trusted friends making the same points. I've just cracked on with creating music and content as I will do that regardless. Can't really try Voice out as it's for US citizens only at the moment?
I guess you have been away for so long setting up your own witness server? 😁
@nickyhavey,
There he is!!!
Good to hear from you again.
I stopped interacting with Steemit several months ago following HardFork 21. Simply, I could feel my brain coming unglued. Call it a character flaw but I just don't suffer fools gladly and things finally reached the tipping point. I figured I'd just wait for Voice to launch and try again there. (The Voice Beta launch was delayed so things took longer than expected.) I have to admit, though, I really miss the interaction with the Steemit crew, especially the PHC folks. My hope is that we all reconnect again on Voice once it "goes live." I miss tormenting @jaynie. :-)
In any event, when I heard about the Justin Sun buyout (on the same day as the Voice Beta launch), I couldn't help myself but to go check it out. It was like the Dark Side of the Force calling to me: "Quill. Quill ... come hither." Like Anakin, I tried to resist ... but couldn't. Alas, I fear I might now be a Sith Lord.
Anyway, the drama soon began and reminded me why I was a Jedi in the first place.
Arrrgh, what a mess.
Fooling aside, I'm participating in the Voice Beta. It's great, but you're not missing out on anything. Block.One is working out the bugs and we're just the guinea pigs required to stress test the system. When it "goes live," all of our Voice Tokens will be reset to zero so as not to give us an advantage over everyone else. This is perfectly fine by me as I only want a FAIR platform where the only 'advantage' one receives in based upon the quality of the content they create.
Anyway, say Hi to everyone for me ... and do something that gives Jaynie heartburn and tell her it's from me. :-)
Quill
Yea it's a pretty big mess hey. Would you have expected anything less though? 😁
Are the reward pool mechanics and principles the same as on steem then or completely different? I have no idea how Voice works or the differences as I stopped researching when it was US only.
Just so you know, I left PHC around October time so you may have to do the salutations yourself 😉
@nickyhavey,
Hey Nicky.
The Voice model is radically different than that of Steemit ... and it reflects a lot of "lessons learned" from the Steemit experience. Ironically, I'm in the midst of a lengthy 'feedback article' on Voice where I argue for a couple of adaptations to the current model to, in essence, adopt a few of Steemit's features.
In any event, the difference in attitude between the two blockchains is stark. Everything about Voice is being designed to ensure compliance with real world regulatory authorities. No 'flying by the seat of your pants' stuff. The 'professionalism' is palpable. Dan Larimer is not targeting Steemit, he's targeting FaceBook ... and he's spending the money, and taking the time, to do it right the first time around.
Quill