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All I know is that the first users of Steemit, the people who put energy into accumulating as much Steem as possible when the competition was still low, made A LOT of money for their efforts.

I see Voice as another opportunity to be an early adopter of an app by a dev in Dan Larimer who seems to have a good track record of putting out products that quickly rise in valuation. I have no loyalty to Steem or Steemit and why should I?

I took the risk on myself when I decided to invest some of my money into Steem and Steem-Power, no one else in here stepped in to take on that risk for me, nor should they have, as I am solely accountable for my decisions. I made that decision knowing that it in no way obligated anyone to be or act in any fashion other than what suits their own wants and needs.

I don't delude myself with thoughts like "the Steemit community is my family" or any other kind of nonsense like that. My actions here have never been about being a part of a tribe. I don't want to waste my valuable time defending a group of people that I've never personally met and, in 99% of cases, don't even have the slightest of impressions.

"My family" are those who have and are willing to take on part of my risks, even if I take on foolish ones, whom will truly suffer with me, and I much doubt that anyone on here fits that bill. "My family" is the limited time and energy that come with this fragile body that I currently identify with as "myself". "My family" is doing what's logically right for my own well-being, not making emotional/ irrational decisions.

Having loyalty to a mostly anonymous community and/or cryptocurrency protocol (in Steem) are not my ideas of worthy efforts, nor of intelligent choices. The right choice is what puts me in a better position to be strong for my real family and, as far as I'm concerned, that comes with hedging my bet on Steem/ Steemit being a success by putting a counter-bet on Voice.

That's not to say that I've given up on Steem. I'm still convinced that it can be a long-term success story and I don't plan on leaving it just yet. But I certainly don't feel in any way obligated to put all my energy into this platform while there is really no reason to feel such obligation when it really doesn't exist in reality and, more importantly, there is every reason to believe that I might be missing out on something big by stubbornly refusing to invest some time/ energy/ money into this competing protocol.

hi @jamesbrown !

thanks you for your so so long & constructive answer ! I will surely not answer you one every point as I'm mainly okay with what you're saying !!

I've no problem with Voice at all, and was just sharing my thoughts about it and wanted to know yours ! (I got it ^^) and I completely understand the idea of being an early adopter and ( who knows ?) will maybe finally join it (??)

Anyway, I was just sharing my personal feelings about the fact not to be linked with my real name (it's like that for all my social medias) and so saying it will be complicate for me to create an account on it without sharing my real identity ! Nothing more !

I appreciated your answer, but no need to give me a lesson about family, loyalty & everything, I think I wasn't that clear and you could misunderstand my "loyalty" word choice, but for me it was mainly about the time I'm spending on Steem that I DON'T have to allocate somewhere else ! I know pretty well who is my family, but thanks ;-)

Finally, just to be said : I respect EVERYONE's own LIBERTY of CHOICE : yours, mine, the one of my step mother and all the people with whom I could disagree too :-))

again thanks you for taking the time to me about that topic !

Stay well & Steem On !

KYC is not for me #kycisnotforme

Voice was suppose to be the steemit killer..
Massive build up to a massive announcement .... and what a let down
No product
KYC
Voice none announcement seems to be the EOS killer with the price dump

Totally agree !

Kyc isn’t for me either ! It’s like that ;-)

We will see the future advancements and will have feedback for those who will try their chance on it !

Thanks for sharing your thoughts @dune69 !

Be blessed !

This is a comment that I left on another post concerning the EOS social media platform that was suppose to destroy Steemit and I'd like to share it here with some minor edits:

“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” - Albert Einstein

I have a lot of respect for Dan Larimer. It was his father, Stan Larimer, that got me interested in BitShares and Steem. Brilliant minds!

I personally do not believe that the developers of EOS, including Dan, have solved the problems of Steemit, because I do not believe they have successfully identified the problems. Steemit was supposed to be an experiment for building a social network on a blockchain, but the builders approached it through a financial and coding perspective. They did not adequately look at human nature, psychology and sociology. Facebook's success was, in part, due to the exploitation of social behavior and human relationships. This also included, in the beginning, the ability to conceal your identity.

A better distribution of our currency is crucial, and this is another problem. This was supposed to be about challenging capitalism, but we have ended up with the same top-heavy model; with just a few Whales having more power than all other users combined!

Maybe VOICE has found a way to solve the economic part of the equation, but as Einstein said above, I believe that the same minds and the same thinking that created Steemit, have created VOICE without really considering things like human nature, human relationships and human expression. It'll soon become a platform dominated by developers and economists.

I personally believe Steem will do just fine, and will even attract those who will end up being rejected by VOICE.

Steem On my Sisters and Brothers!

Thanks for this Heavy answer ! !! I totally agreed that there’s is some distribution problems here on Steem, but I want to think that it could change with time ! The Einstein citation works super well for that case study! I will keep it in mind for sure. Anyway I will look more on this project as it will go further :-)

Again, thanks you, I hope you’re just fine !

@anttn

So what are you saying? You want to keep being anonymous and what does it do with Voice? I'm not even trying it either but maybe for different reasons

Just that I prefer anonymity ! and also that I don’t have so much time left to allocate on an other project ! and you, what are your reasons ? I’m curious !

Well not really going to have time for another project and yeah that I prefer invest my time with family or probably learning and trading.

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I get the same family reason :)

... and probably learn coding too !

stay well dear @raserrano !

Yeah I would be more like to code some projects I've been delaying but if you need help let me know

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I will not hesitate, thanks you for your offer !
I need a bit to learn the basics, but I will try to find a nice app to do that :)

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