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RE: Well, I did it. I powered down.
I'm not sure why you specifically unfollowed me. It doesn't matter though. This place has a lot of problems, but at least it isn't filled with pedophiles, censorship, and content filtering like Twitter and Fascistbook are. The price of STEEM is on the rise again. If you can do it, I'd hold a bit longer before selling. Perhaps we'll meet up again on another battlefield in the future. Until then... goodbye.
Unfollowing you specifically, wasn't personal. It wasn't for anyone I unfollowed. I pairing down and backing off. And I'm not looking to be on a platform that's a battlefield. I wanted to enjoy myself here and I'm genuinely not enjoying myself here despite my efforts, attempted work-arounds, and joining (and subsequently being overwhelmed and stressed out with Discord -- and then unjoining that). It's just not resonating with me -- maybe it will feel better in the future.
I need a respite from the things I experience IRL on a regular basis. I was hoping this platform would allow that or give me that or something. Maybe I don't even know anymore what I expected. But when I come here, I just feel angst, competition, control, uphill (for lack of better verbiage) -- battles, and manipulation -- just based in how the platform is structured in and of itself.
It forces people to be those things in order to "succeed." I see it. I deal with that in the corporate world, have dealt with it in the past on social medias. I don't want that where there is supposed to be community.
And I thought Steemit was supposed to be the community -- not Discord. Doesn't anybody even hear the irony in the name "Discord"? It's the opposite of harmony.
Unfollowing you wasn't personal.
Before I'm all powered down, I'll probably unfollow the rest too.
I don't really care about the price of Steem. I never have. I just thought it was gravy -- like a little bit you get to go to the movies or buy junkfood like when you did when you were a kid. I never came here to make a full-time living.
Those of us that deal with family court on a regular basis -- can't, unless they can specifically fight with the courts, their lawyers, the opposing parties lawyers and a judge who just isn't in the mood do all the damn math --and convince them that you're account really isn't worth whatever your ex claimed it was on the last round of papers that were filed ---- and afford it --- oh and maybe succeed.
No thank you. That drama is not cost effective for me. So it was never about the Steem.
Unfollowing wasn't meant to offend. I should probably make this a post in case anyone else wants to see it too.
I thank you for your reply. The only real good that has come out of using Discord for me has been GINAbot. That is how I saw that you unfollowed me. I completely agree about Discord. At one point, I was in 20 different servers. That's ridiculous. Everyone had their own little tribe with its own mission. We should have communities and chat on Steemit instead. Maybe the platform cannot support that though.
Sometimes I think the answer is to simply walk away from all of this. This being social media. I just don't see how it is actually helping much. It is too easy for controlled opposition to take the largest group of people down the wrong path. No amount of shouting to those well programmed robots will get them to turn around either.
It just isn't worth the cost to an individual and their family. After all... the time we spend on here is time we are not spending in nature and with our children and loved ones. Really, the only thing that keeps me here is my passion in life, and that's residential security and being a PI. I can't really pursue those things without at least a little engagement online.
Again, thanks for your thoughtful reply. I really appreciate it! Hopefully, things will change in the future, and we'll meet again in better circumstances!