It took me less than 3 hours to realize that Hive is home. Steemit although not dead, is not the place I remember. I'm glad to see familiar faces around here and I'm looking forward to catching up on the changes that have happened. As well as the vision for the future. I loved Steemit, it was a grand experiment. From my little time here on Hive it appears this is where the good parts of the experiment ended up. So I started my power down of Steem. I will keep my hive and try to accumulate. I will also try to add as much value as possible with the little free time I have. Thanks for trying to give us the community we want to everyone involved in the Hive network. All the familiar faces, and the new ones.
I was very active on Steemit for a long time. I talked to people about it, I tried to get people to join and tried to reward people in it for doing good charitable things. I posted often. Not that my posts were good. I tried, it took my time.. and I was rewarded by meeting really good people, and bring able to have good conversations in the comments of my posts as well as other people's posts. However slowly the inner politics kept pulling me in.. all the drama between this Steem group and that Steem group.. between Bernie Sanders and Haejin. It all became too much for me, what was I doing wasting my time downvoting people who I thought didn't have the best interest of the block chain in their minds. Even though I still feel like I was on the right side, that's not what I was here for. I was here to build community, to add what I could, and to encourage people. That all got lost and I pushed it out of my life. I got busy working a new job and didn't have time for the negativity I was seeing on steemit. So I disappeared and I'm sorry to the people who I considered friends here, and to the people who posts I enjoy And I Should have still been here supporting with my small stake. I'm sorry.
Im back now. I will probably never be as active as I was on Steemit at one point. But I will be here posting somewhat regularly. I will be in your comments, watching your game streams, appreciating your art. I feel as though I forgot how to write like I used to. I don't know where I will find to fit in to this new home that feels so old and familiar. Thanks for keeping the lights on here everyone. It's good to be back.