Thank you for this @joanstewart. The sudden spike confused me to no end and I was baffled by the fact that different services reported vastly different prices. Normally they are all in the same ballpark.
It is a bit disconcerting that things and people so far removed from me could have such an impact on an environment where I find such joy.
But I must say, I liked the sight of those prices. I should have taken a screenshot. It is the stuff dreams are made of. I hope we see it again soon in a more general and realistic way.
A screen shot for posterity, not a bad idea... or a goal setter for Steemit community to grow it to those levels in reality.
Glad we are all able to make some sense out of these crazy things that happen @reonlouw
I read some posts about this at the time @joanstewart, and people thought it was that one exchange doing manipulation. Then some others, kind of went along somehow. This worries me to see it. I was not happy that an exchange can do this manipulation. I pulled sbd out right at that time, and I assure you I did not get that great looking price.
I'm here on an older post to ask for help again on a qurator contest. My son @bxlphabet is entered into a qurator contest once again. I’m here to ask you if you can please go to this comment I'm linking and upvote his San Diego photo on the post?
https://steemit.com/qurator/@bxlphabet/re-qurator-qurator-s-toss-up-thursday-8-free-for-all-promotion-competition-or-rules-changed-please-read-20180608t092142902z
This is the Toss Up Thursday contest which happens every two weeks. I was lucky enough to win last time (thank you, even though I remember you were out of commission for that one), so I am not entered. There are two winners and they get a Qurator Tier 5 upvote for 30 days if they win.
Your vote does not need to be large – it can be 1%. They only count the number of votes that come from qurator members and the value is not important. It just counts if you are a member of qurator.
If you end up looking at all the post comments, you will see others with a lot of votes. But they are faking us out by getting non-qurators to vote on them so we will give up early :) There is a lot of strategy in these contests I have come to find out.
Thank you so much for helping if you can. Every little bit helps these days and this is a big vote in the scheme of things. Take care, and thank you for all of the support you give me here. I am so glad we are connected. Sharon