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glenalbrethsen (68) · 5 years ago

Hey, @janton.

Yeah, I was just officially laid off today, for as long as the Governor's executive order for no dine-in at bars and restaurants continues. She clamped down on more places today, though most of those were unofficially closed or closing on their own, anyway.

I did write about it in a post on HIVE if you want some more details.

I figured you must have some projects. You just had more of a presence online lately so I thought I should check in, what with the coronavirus and all. :)

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janton (71) · 5 years ago (edited)

So is this a nice break for you in a way sir Glen? Being laid off? I guess it depends on how long it lasts!
Thanks for checking in, yes we are very healthy and live in the country so most restrictions don't affect us but Mrs. J. works at the county jail as you know, so she has to go to work like normal.
Ar e you posting in both platforms?

glenalbrethsen (68) · 5 years ago

I haven't posted on STEEM since HIVE started up, but I plan to. I'm just not that keen on duplication even though it appears that previous social norms no longer exist on STEEM, unless those who still have hope for STEEM are enforcing it. Those who have typically done it seem to be over on HIVE. I have been commenting here, though, and upvoting. :)

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janton (71) · 5 years ago

I just wasn't sure what to do or what others were doing. It seemed logical to post in both platforms but didn't want to if it was not socially acceptable. lol.

glenalbrethsen (68) · 5 years ago

I think there will be plenty of people posting on both. I think the definition of what constitutes reward pool on STEEM has gone out the window, or been stretched at the very least. Personally, I agree that logic would dictate that we work both platforms for as long as we can.

STEEM has so far survived the hard fork split and is hovering around $0.19 USD, sort of where it was before the hard fork. I don't know whose investment it is, but there's a bunch who are powering down (more than before), so by the time 13 weeks are up, it will be interesting to see where that price is at.

It will largely depend on what Justin Sun decides to do. If he starts moving quickly (presuming he has the STEEM block devs to do it with), things could change far sooner than 13 weeks, and we might be able to withdraw our stake sooner, if we so choose. That just means an acceleration. He might not be so keen about reducing the power down window now that a good chunk of the userbase has moved over to HIVE. Or he might still want to, given he can't have made Binance and Huobi that happy.

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janton (71) · 5 years ago

Yes sir I agree. Are you going to power down? Do you see this layoff from your job as a relief of sorts for now at least?

glenalbrethsen (68) · 5 years ago

Hey, @janton.

Yes, I am powering down. First week is over tonight. I don't know what I will be doing with the first few weeks though, since blocktrades has STEEM trading down, but I think it might be coming back soon since he's announced a HIVE/STEEM pair, so people can trade between the two.

As far as relief goes, not really. Since I won't really have much income in the interim (maybe some unemployment benefits), it will be tight for a while. Whether I like it or not, want to not, it's tough to concentrate on just posting when the income isn't there. If either STEEM or HIVE bounced up to a $1, that might at least ease things up a little.

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