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I'm simply pointing out the same thing I've been saying all along.
Yes and you've been out of line every time you've said it. Unless it is your money/Steem/whatever, you have no standing or say over what someone does with it. Your opinion about whether it is "too soon" or not is completely irrelevant.
I could just as easily say that that the problem is that you @ats-david, are not buying enough. You are the one so sure that what is needed is to hold on to coins until the site is out of its "beta", so you should go ahead and buy them up and hold them. If you want to arrange a bulk OTC deal, you can find me or some of the other whales on steemit.chat at any time.
Perhaps your gripe is that the 104 week unvest period is too fast. If so, your criticism should be of the designers for not making it longer, not those playing entirely by the rules we bought into.
You probably don't agree with @laonie's suggestion to shorten the holding period, and I don't either, so we agree on that. I, and all the other investors, agreed to 104 weeks, and that's what we're doing.
If you think the problem is that the platform isn't out of "beta" yet, the devs better step up their game and get out of "beta" faster, because the clock is running.
Yep. I agree with you there. I'm wondering what has been taking so long just to implement basic profile features. This place needs a lot of development. I've been saying that all along too.
No. If anything, I think it's probably too long.
As long as the price is plummeting and all of the large stakeholders are selling, I have no reason to buy more than what I already have. I have no confidence in the site right now, even though I'm sticking with it. I'll do my part on the posting and curating side. But you can't expect new investment while current investors are bailing before the development is ready. I don't see how that's out of line for me to say.
I'm not telling anyone what to do. You can do whatever you want. Like I said - I'm simply pointing out that what's being done is contributing heavily to the price action of Steem. And if it continues, all of that powering down and selling will be for naught in a short time. So, you can continue powering down, but if nobody is buying what's available, then the price will continue going lower until it's essentially worthless. Then it won't matter if you're powering down for 104 weeks or not. Steem may be worthless in 5 or 10 weeks.
I don't know why you're taking this as a personal attack. I'm looking at the numbers. User interest is very low. Investor interest is very low. The price of Steem is currently below $0.60 and nothing is stopping it from falling further. Is any of this inaccurate? And how does more Steem being dumped on exchanges increase value or interest in the platform or currency? I'm trying to understand why the selling continues when it's clear that the trend will continue downward. It doesn't benefit anyone, especially those with hundreds of thousands or millions of Steem.
Yes - you can sell off your stake. I'm just pointing out that the platform and the currency are being pummeled because of it. It's not sustainable. How does that benefit you in the long-run?