Thank You, Steem! It's Been Quite a Ride ๐Ÿ’™

in poweringdown โ€ขย  6 years agoย  (edited)

It takes a heap of licks to strike a nail in the dark.

Turning on the light might help, but what if someone else is comfortably sitting on the switch and you just can't get there?

I will take a break from no longer be creating content on Steem and wish you guys all the best for your future journey.

There's been a lot of great developments and improvements coming out of the community lately, and given that starting point I hope you'll be able to convert this place into a truly decentralized world some day.

My fingers are crossed ๐Ÿคž

On a little side note: I was interviewed about Steem and Steemit by a New Yorker journalist recently, so there's probably gonna be another coverage being published soon. I'll keep you posted on this one anyways.

Til then I'll be most likely paddling into some wave.

Stay steemy, my friends.

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Thanks for the love! ๐Ÿ’™


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admitting that life could be worse ๐Ÿ™ƒ xxx
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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

what a loss for this place.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

๐Ÿ˜ Es war schรถn so lange es gedauert hat.

Thanks for having introduced me to the network back in summer 2016. It's been a great time and I definitely learned for life!

xxx

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I feel you, life is calling out for you...

It doesn't matter... try to give the right answer... and who knows...

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

You have receive an upvote. Thanks for playing moonSTEEM

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thank you, buddy!
So many things are calling ya know...๐Ÿ™ƒ
Keep rockin'

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Schade! Auch wenn wir uns nicht allzu oft รผber den Weg liefen (und irgendwann am Anfang gar eine kleine Auseinandersetzung hatten), teile ich viele deiner Ansichten (hat mich sehr gefreut, dich auf SteemFest 3 persรถnlich kennenzulernen).
Ich fรผhle, dass ich mit dir eine Unterstรผtzerin verliere, die, so wie ich, ebenfalls versucht hat, die Interessen derjenigen zu vertreten, die den Wert einer Plattform in aktiven Usern und gutem Content messen!
Was ich priorisieren wรผrde, schrieb ich in meiner "STEEM-Vision". Vielleicht siehst du das ja รคhnlich?

Um ehrlich zu sein, kann ich mir einen endgรผltigen Abschied deinerseits kaum vorstellen, zu viel Zeit und Engagement hast du bereits investiert (ja, ich sehe nicht nur Menschen, die viel Geld irgendwo reinstecken, als "Investoren"). Mach doch einfach eine erholsame Pause, um etwas Abstand zu gewinnen ... und komm dann wieder zurรผck ... :)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Servus @jaki01! Vielen lieben Dank fรผr Deinen Kommentar und auch den Link zu Deinem (sehr gelungenen!) Artikel. Wir teilen hier mal wieder viele Ansichten, und dieser Satz hat mir besonders gut gefallen:

Decisive for the success of STEEM, however, in my opinion, in the end will be its
ability not only to attract new users, but also to retain them permanently.
Newcomers should feel comfortable here and soon consider our blockchain as their new 'virtual home'.

Diese aktuelle Grafik von @arcange aus seinen Steem Statistiken vom 25.5.2019 belegt leider, dass Steem schon seit sehr langer Zeit ein Retention Problem hat.
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Es ist schade, dass wir alle uns vermutlich zu lange auf Steemit, Inc verlassen haben, und nicht schon frรผher (so wie es jetzt passiert) mehr Dinge selbst umgesetzt haben. Mรถglicherweise ist es nun zu spรคt, da die Marke Steem bereits extrem gelitten hat und im gesamten Crypto Markt einfach รผberhaupt keine Lobby mehr hat. Selbst viele der groรŸen Believer der ersten Stunde haben aufgegeben und widmen sich nun neuen Projekten.

Ich wรผnsche Euch allen von Herzen, dass Ihr das Ruder noch einmal herumreiรŸen kรถnnt. In der Tat habe ich hier viel Zeit investiert, aber ich wurde ja auch fรผrstlich dafรผr entlohnt, insofern war das wohl ein Win Win fรผr alle Beteiligten :-) Ein Comeback wird's nicht geben, da ich schon mit einem FuรŸ im nรคchsten Projekt stecke, aber ich werde vermutlich trotzdem immer mal wieder heimlich rein schauen und gucken wie es so lรคuft.

Dir alles Gute und nochmals lieben Dank, dass Du hier noch einmal vorbei geschaut hast!
GrรผรŸ Deine zauberhafte Familie von mir :-)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Dann wรผnschen meine Frau (danke fรผr die GrรผรŸe!) und ich dir alles Gute fรผr dein zukรผnftiges Projekt und auch sonst viel Glรผck (und hoffen, ab und zu von dir zu hรถren)!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Sorry to see you go. I suppose that means you won't be at SteemFest 4. :-(

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Yeah, that implies I won't be there. Wishing you a blast in BKK! :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks.
I'm sorry that you and some other older Steemians were made promises that have not been kept.

But for me but I'm very happy after 15 months on Steem earning between $1-10 for posts and seeing amazing functionality like SteemPeak, Partiko, Steem Engine, Steem Keychain, Nitrous, MIRA, Hivemind, Steem Monsters, Next Colony etc etc.
I see that distribution of Steem is gradually becoming less concentrated and my share is increasing.

Maybe Ned promised too much.

But I'm pretty impressed with what so many groups are achieving, includng Steemit Inc under Eli's direction. What they've achieved since the reorg and cutbacks is nothing short of amazing.

I hope you return some day like Obi Wan or Luke Skywalker. Not that I'm suggesting that return should precede your spectacular death. :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

I hope you return some day like Obi Wan or Luke Skywalker. Not that I'm suggesting that return should precede your spectacular death. :-)

Hahaha, I bet you're doing well in the #funny section :-D

You're totally right: there's a lot of developments in the pipeline, and I also touched on that in my post. It may be a great basis for a new beginning.

It's evident that Steem would need a complete makeover in order to succeed, especially with regards to governance. It would also need a huge portion of lobbying in order to reshape the brand perception in the crypto market. Right now most people are smiling at Steem but not taking it seriously as a potential investment. Same happens with media, there is basically zero coverage.

But well you guys know all that already :-)

Keep rocking!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

So sad to see you go @surfermarly; you were one of my first inspirations here, and a major reason why I stuck it out here beyond a few months.

You have new horizons to explore, and I wish you exciting adventures! You're a bright shining star, and don't ever let anyone cast a shadow on your brilliance!

Safe travels!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

The pleasure was mine, @denmarkguy! I always enjoyed our conversations to the max, thanks for your time and wisdom - and the super lovely words you found for this comment :-)

I'll try to be shining as much as I can ๐Ÿ™ƒ

All the best for you, too!!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hey Surfermarly,

I'm sad for Steem and happy for you, there comes a time that it is time to finish a chapter and start a new one.

Best of luck and if check in once in a while!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for your lovely words and wishes, @whatsup!
Give the discord crew a huge hug ๐Ÿ˜˜

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

There's a lack of engagement now and as you said in another comment, the platform only benefits the few now which in a way it always has but this is becoming more pronounced.

The possibility of of it empowering especially the people who needed a boost is what brought me here along with the chance to read great content which has also diminished. There are too many people 'up their own arses' and suggested changes will only make the problem of reward distribution skew even further in the direction of the ever increasingly powerful.

I wish you every happiness and hope you get well soon...I hear jigsaws are pretty safe ;-)

Finally, don't forget that everything we experience is an instantly temporary state.

There will still be a beer here in Bangkok with your name on it.

Stay wet n wild lady

Thank-you

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Nathen! Your comments have always put a smile on my face, and you know that. Big times!

Too many have opted for short term gain instead of long term invest here, and that's why the whole ecosystem doesn't work anymore. There's not enough incentives to produce and reward good content, and those who could make a difference don't want to since they highly benefit from the situation as it is.

A fish rots from the head down.

Talking about engagement: I don't think I have ever received more comments on any of my articles than on this one here, haha. I guess that's quite characteristical.

Enjoy life, Nathen - and that beer with my name on it :-)
Big hugs

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

you are right
Greed leads to perdition in the latter, unfortunately

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

People will never stop being greedy. But you can create an algorithm that incentivizes less greedy behavior, hence more community-oriented action.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I hope so

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

A fish rots from the head down.
@SurferMarly

But, who is the head?

  Who owns #Steem, @Steemit
  Facebook : Zuckerberg :: 
  Google : Pichai :: 
  Alphabet : Page :: 
  Amazon : Bezos :: 
  Steem ::.....

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hi Marly

I know I've spoken to you privately, but I think an on chain message is needed too.

Thank you for the positive vibes and work you have done for Steem, I understand that if your heart is elsewhere, then you better go follow it.

Take care, enjoy the summer, and keep in touch :) x

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

That's a sweet move, Ash ๐Ÿ˜
Thanks a lot for your lovely words and of course for the AMAZING conversations on- and off chain. It was a lucky break to come to know you here and we'll keep in touch anyways.

Right now my heart is on the tennis court, hehe. So that's where I'll supposedly spend most of my time this summer.

Big big hugzzz & remember: good things come to good people ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ˜˜

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

I'm saddened by the news! This chain without your blogging will be pretty desolate. Hopefully, this doesn't mean you won't be in touch with fellow steemians and stopping by for our discord shenanigans! Either way, its been a ride & you will be missed Marly!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Thanks for your sweet words, QA! I'll be missing you guys, too.
Send some big hugs to those discord shenanigans ๐Ÿ˜˜
The night Eagle, you and I got lost will be unforgettable.
xxx

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I quit posting and powered down about 4 months ago, just this last week I have put up a few posts just to see what would happen, itโ€™s been slow going, nary a comment. Best of luck to you.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Yeah, I've noticed that trend, too. Not quite the ambient we found here when we joined in 2016, right? :-)
All the best to you, too!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Iโ€™m speechless @surfermarley - youโ€™re one of my inspirations in here.

I wish you the very best in your best chapter โœŒ๐Ÿพโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŸโœจ

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for the love, buddy! :-)
I wish you the very best for your journey, too.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Whaat? That's a big hit for steem tbh..you've been one of the best content creators around the block here..Good luck in your next adventures :) Hope to see you back in the future! :)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for the flowers, buddy! You're a great vlogger, I always appreciated your content. Keep it coming :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Wow it feels really really flat here in steemland with so many long term Steemians giving up and moving on. You have been one of the most interesting, inspirational and consistent posters on Steem for o long time. I hope to see you back soon. Ohh and I hope you feel better soon. Youโ€™ve had your share of surfing injuries but I admire youโ€™re tenacity. โœŒ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’— ๐Ÿฆ„ ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™€๏ธ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for your lovely words, Stephen!
Well they've all left for a reason. I've been thinking about that step for a while now. A couple of statements from Steemit, Inc were the determining factor that finally convinced me to go.

Steem is a great idea, but as it is designed today only a handful of people are efectively benefiting from it. I just don't want to support that any longer.

The foot is doing much better. Still green and blue, haha I guess I'll be back in the water by next week.

See you around Stephen ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿค™

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I think that with my travelling over the past 6 weeks iโ€™ve Missed some important changes. I hope that we donโ€™t lose the special ecosystem that has been developed over the past 3 years.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Crossing my fingers for the future of the network ๐Ÿคž

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Can I ask why you're taking a break? Is it due to the accident or something else?

I hope you get well soon! We'll miss you :^)

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Sure you can. I slightly touched on it in the first paragraph of my blog post.
Only a handful of people are efectively benefiting from the system as it is designed now. Since there are no signs that this is going to change at any time, I don't want to support that /them any longer. I've been here for almost three years and have seen how this place changed over time.

You can try to stay positive and motivate people, but then you get to the point where you don't believe yourself anymore. So here I am, ready for some new adventures ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Thanks for stopping by and all the best to you, too!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I do understand that sentiment, and the way the system is designed is a reality.

But... what if communities and/or SMTs are coming? Would you not be the perfect person to be the moderator for a SURF community / token?

If I may ask, will you be joining another project instead or that's not relevant to your decision?

Anyways, good luck!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I'm sure you'll find an amazing blockchain surfer to promote the SURF token that btw was already created on Steem Engine:
https://steem-engine.com/?p=market&t=SURF

The project I'm going to join now is called life :-)

All the best to you, too!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

The plot thickens... :)

Good luck in your life!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I noticed that you have now decided to permanently stop authoring on Steem and also powering down @dreamsoftheocean

I will take a break from no longer be creating content on Steem and wish you guys all the best for your future journey.

Yes, current Steem ecosystem has many flaws but I believe it is going to improve soon and I hope you change your mind and comeback.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I hope one day Steem will become the place you all deserve :-)

Thanks for your support & all the best for your future journey!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Aww, shame. Im still not sure that leaving is the best choice honestly.

What i dont understand is why you dont just start a bot service and run for witness? Im sure @therealwolf, @themarkymark or a few others could help you set up everything you need.

A lot of people know you here and i know you did plenty good for the platform.
A top witness makes 35k a year which i think you could reach fairly easily.

Why leave when you can make plenty of money from the greed of others?

And you have a lot of advantage over the other bot owners. Fyrst looks like fat Thor from Avengers End Game. Marky and Wolfie dont really show their face.
(Sarcasm aside)
Its actually a funny thing that those that care the most arent those that we are left with. Those that care the most unfortunately, eventually leave not being able to stomach it any more....

What i wanted to say is... I wish you all the best.... Hopefully you find something that will make you as passionate. If you do... Pls let us know. :)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Hehe, that's an interesting idea. If I was here for the money, it could indeed be an option.

What got me really excited about Steem was its original vision of giving value back to those who create value. It was a true game changer, able to turn the whole attention economy upside down. But now Steem has just become like all the other centralized networks, where a few win and many lose.

Back in 2016 and early 2017 there was a true competition for rewards between content creators, and everybody was truly aiming to become the very best version of themselves. Man, THAT very moment when a whale stopped by and voted your content - what a thrill! Now you can just buy the votes and the attention, and the whole game has completely lost its sexiness.

Time to move on and go live a new sexy adventure.

My business in real life is doing pretty well and I'll be focussing on that now. Let's see if I can become as passionate about it as I was as a content creator :-)

Thanks for the nice comment, it's much appreciated!
All the best for you, too. xxx Marley -

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

@surfermarly I don't blame you which is why I would like to fork this chain. The only thing is how to prevent history from repeating itself. For the time being, I will try to work on improving our ecosystem to fight abuse.

I am with you about giving value to the people. I want to be sure it is to those that are putting in the work. Not just fat cats with money to throw around buying their way onto Trending everyday. That's not the vision I want to build on for too long.

I want it to change.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Good luck on that, @anthonydavisii! Hope you find some like-minded partners on-chain who share the same vision and help you to build the network you all deserve.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

take it ez marlz <3

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Will do BA ๐Ÿ˜Ž Have fun with the discord crew!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Don't be a stranger Marlz, all the best and hope to see you around soon...;)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I even learned something new today, didn't know the expression don't be a stranger before :-)
Thanks for stopping by and for the support you provided, it's been a great time!
Now I gotta move on and live some new adventures ๐Ÿ˜Ž

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

All the best on your adventures hon! Don't be a stranger xxx

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks, sweetie! Both for your lovely words and the huge support provided in the past ๐Ÿ™ƒ
All the best for you and your project!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Do What You Love
Love What You Do!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

ALWAYS ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Oh, Marley, im so sad to read your (last) post, mainly because I will miss your extraordinarily communicative energy and you always present big smile at next SteemFest.

We didn't spent much time together but you are one of those I loved to share a moment with.

I guess it was a hard decision but I truly understand your motivation.

I wish you A quick recovering from your last accident and all the best in your "new" life.

Take care. Big hug!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Oh, thank you so much for your lovely comment @arcange!
The pleasure was mine, I always enjoyed our conversations and it was great to meet in person at Steemfest.

Keep up the gamification, it's what this place needs :-) Gandalf @gtg will be proud of you, hehe

All the best & a big hug back!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I'm sad to see such a bright person as you leave Steem. However, if it's what you need to it's what you need to do. Enjoy everything you're building off-Steem <3 Lots of luck to you!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thank you very much @soyrosa!!! Keep rocking the Steem planet ๐Ÿ™ƒ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Oh @surfermarly, I had no idea you felt this way, enough to up sticks at least.

You mean a lot to this place, and I especially am thankful to you for helping transform my work and motivation in the 60 Second campaign you lunched. It gave me a leg up and boosted my confidence.

I see exactly the reasons you donโ€™t see fairness here anymore.
Itโ€™s something that worries me too.

All the best with your future work and feel free to stop by whenever you like โค๏ธ

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Thanks for your lovely comment, Ash! It's been great to get to know you during the 60 seconds campaign. That project is definitely going to be one of my favorite memories from the whole Steem journey :-) Your video will always be remembered and loved.

Wishing you all the best & lots of creative moments!
Big hugs

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Go EOS

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Haha, who knows ๐Ÿ˜Ž

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Good luck with whatever you do next.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thank you!!! It's most likely gonna be fun ๐Ÿ™‚

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

@surfermarly, Have a pleasant journey ahead and hope that this break will just fill you with more abundant ideas for future.

And also it's great to read about your Interview and we are excited to go through from it. ๐Ÿ‘

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Let's see if they still gonna publish it, now that I'm not a real steemian anymore, lol
Thanks for the support and all the best for you, too! ๐Ÿ™‚

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hope that they will publish. Thank you so much for your kind response. Stay blessed.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Nooooooooooooooo! One of my all time favourite Steemian content creators / influencers - so a sad piece of news. But we have 13 weeks to change your mind heh? Will you be keeping posting on twitter so we see what adventures you are on next?

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

๐Ÿ™ƒ Don't be sad, we gonna have that beer with Ocean view anyways, whenever you come back to Canaries, hehe

I guess I'll keep dropping some shots in my Instagram account from time to time: https://www.instagram.com/surfingdonkeys

Big hugs, Chris! It's been a blast.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

That sounds good :) Iโ€™ll definitely be back - maybe in 2020. All the best wishes for the future - and given all your inspirational quotes Iโ€™ve read - I know you are going to have a great time, even if you never get round to seeing a surfing donkey! :)

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Haha, I'm still working on those donkeys :-))
There's actually a true story behind that expression, and two years ago I blog posted about it on Steem. If you want to read it, here's the link :-)
I changed "flying donkeys" for "surfing donkeys" then for the only reason that the username @flyingdonkeys was already taken on Instagram, hehe

I guess there are few life experiences I haven't converted into a Steem post.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I read The Flying Donkey Project a great post. Itโ€™s a Marly classic. Yeah there is no doubt about it you have a big archive of content on here. Hope you can recover from the injury quickly until then you can enjoy the sea view with a beer!

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I hope weโ€™ll see you back, but I have a feeling this is a goodbye...

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

My direction's most likely taking me somewhere else :-)
Thanks for the great time @pele23!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Well, I will check how the MEOS project is going... Still sad to see you leave, you were an example of how it should be done, really!

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Better not take a break too long ๐Ÿ˜‰

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I don't think this is gonna be a break...๐Ÿ˜‰ But don't tell anybody, hehe

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Iโ€™ll just follow your journey on Instagram ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜‚

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

hehe good old centralized mass media ๐Ÿ˜

what about meeting on MEOS ๐Ÿ˜œ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Iโ€™m already going to be on MEOS before you ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿคฃ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Sounds like a bet? ๐Ÿ˜

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Oh I never noticed that you came back from ONO.

GLHF.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Youโ€˜re not really up-to-date, buddy. ONO was my entrance ticket to the EOS core team. Few weeks ago I got married to Dan the Man Larimer and now weโ€™re on our honeymoon - on the moon, as the name implies. Pictures to be published soon on MEOS.... stay tuned ๐ŸคฉโœŒ๏ธ

#GLHF #hangloose #livinglavidaloca

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

surffermarly, to two we have moments in life that we must choose another alternative path that fills us with the hope of a better life, a job, a city, a car, are so many things that we change in life that we almost do not realize that living is changing continuously to evolve, congratulations on your new journey, I will miss you, many successes and take care much, that you recover completely and wherever you are carries that energy and that great heart to continue triumphing.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks a lot for your lovely comment, @marinmex!
I wish you all the best for your future path, too :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

We will miss you! Godbless to you and hoping for the best of your chapters in life! ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks a lot @themanualbot! Wishing you a great time, too :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

We will miss you and good luck! I also wish you a swift recovery ๐Ÿ™

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks a lot @horpey!! Focus is definitely on recovery right now ๐Ÿ™‚

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

please stop negativity against steem

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

!dramatoken

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

you are not a true steemian :(

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 


You're upping the drama to new levels! Have a DRAMA.

To view or trade DRAMA go to steem-engine.com.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

It is really unfortunate that it had to come to this (great content creators leaving steemit) but I agree with you, it is not the same place like it was 2016 when you had to create great content in order to receive up votes. I started to power down a few month ago for exactly the same reason.

I am interested to find out if MEOS will be better once / if it comes out and hope to meet you there!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

I'll definitely check out MEOS if it will be ever launched. See you there :-)

Thanks for stopping by & have a great Monday

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Liebe liebe Gruesse und alles gute Marly!!!
Have a great life!
Steemitri The Mannequin

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Danke you crazy plastic person!! :-D
Big hugs and all the best for you, too

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Now you will be highly missed

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

๐Ÿ™ƒ Thank you!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

you should check out somee social you might be surprised at what they are doing and you can be an early adopter on a platform that is already in beta and about to go full ham in a couple months rewards just went live and next will be add revenue this p[latform is designed for content creators to make real money from 1 place and your 1 post on the platform can be published on many other social media platforms including steemit

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Sounds interesting, thanks for the hint.
All the best for you @d8niel77

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

im making 10 times more money on that platform than i am on steemit and im posting to a bunch of other platforms at the same time and their add revenue hasnt even gone live yet the money i am making is just from upvotes . therse not many people yet because its still in beta but once ad revenue kicks in and tests out in beta it will scale fast because this platform is designed for content producers to make serious money. for example depending on how many coins you stake you get 10% to 80% of the ad revenue. if you stake 125,000 coin you will get the 80% and you will have choice of the ads that align with your morals and beliefs. this isnt even counting the money you make from people upvoting your content and you upvoting others you have to power up coin just like steem in order to have more influence with votes but the cool thing right now is if you upvote yourself you lose your money that you get from people that upvoted you to eliminate the whales from just upvoting themselves everyday

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

check out most of my steemit posts they all came in from somee

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for the detailed insight! I will have a look at it :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

friend me in there and ill upvote you every time you post i am a mega whale in there my votes right now are worth $7 but if coin goes up to just .50 cents my upvotes are worth $700

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I just joined Somee. Thanks.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

friend me in there ill give good upvotes to you

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

join their telegram if you want to keep up with the developments

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Sehr schade! Wรผnsch dir alles gute und immer schรถne Wellen!

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Danke Dir! Nach denen werde ich jetzt mal Ausschau halten :-)
Dir auch alles Gute!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Bist du denn weiterhin auf discord erreichbar? Evtl surft man ja mal eine Welle zusammen wenn du wieder auf Bali oder ich mal in deiner Gegend bin. ๐Ÿ˜

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Ich werde da sicher ab und zu mal rein schauen ๐Ÿ™ƒ Meld Dich gerne wenn du mal andockst!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Don't go please๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ , I can definitely say you will be back soon again with us , I will be waiting for you ๐Ÿ˜Š , I'm having a feeling that you will be back with us๐Ÿ˜Š

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hehe, you're too sweet. Thanks for your comment and shoutout on Twitter.
Wishing you all the best on your future Steem journey!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

No farewell because I know you will gonna comeback ๐Ÿ˜ญ .
We will be waiting for you mam , you can join us whenever you feel it's the right time and do remember that there are Steem citizens who are ready to help anytime ๐Ÿ˜Š.
We love you 3000 mam โค๐Ÿ˜Š .

Wishing you too all the best on your future steps :) .

There will always be a hope on the Steem Blockchain that, the surfer girl will be back with us very soon ๐Ÿ˜Š, make sure you don't let us to lose that hope๐Ÿ˜ญ.

Instead of Byye , I will prefer to say โ€œMeet soon โ€

โ€œMeet soonโ€ dear

Take care :)

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

You're just the sweetest, hehe ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜
Take care, too!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Dear @surfermarly we are making steem permanently great again and once we achieved that , we will invite you again to join it ๐Ÿ˜Š and then please you have to join us again when we will make Steem great again for permanently , deal ?

In simple sense we are going to solve the problem of Engagements , Earnings and we are going to take Steem value to the moon & beyond again for permanently.

Once we achieved all this (within few months) we will invite you again to join us and please you have to join us , you will right ?

Meet soon ๐Ÿค˜
You too are the sweetest human being on our Steem Blockchain ๐Ÿ˜Š

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Good luck out there ๐Ÿ‘Œ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks a lot, @mantishands! :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Good tactical move, bad human move. gl hf

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Wishing you the same, buddy! :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

@surfermarly BLUE ๐Ÿ’™ ALWAYS HERE !

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Can't ever have enough blue in our lives ๐Ÿ’™

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

๊ณฐ๋Œ์ด๊ฐ€ @bluengel๋‹˜์˜ ์†Œ์ค‘ํ•œ ๋Œ“๊ธ€์— ์‹œ์„ธ๋ณ€๋™์„ ๊ฐ์•ˆํ•˜์—ฌ $0.001์„ ๋ณดํŒ…ํ•ด์„œ $0.022์„ ์ง€์ผœ๋“œ๋ฆฌ๊ณ  ๊ฐ€์š”. ๊ณฐ๋Œ์ด๊ฐ€ ์ง€๊ธˆ๊นŒ์ง€ ์ด 4686๋ฒˆ $52.912์„ ๋ณดํŒ…ํ•ด์„œ $59.549์„ ๊ตฌํ–ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. @gomdory ๊ณฐ๋„๋คผ~

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

๋ถˆ๊ธˆ ๊ณฐ๋„๋คผ~โ™ฅ

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

So sad to see you leave...

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

That's a shame. You know about share2steem, right?

It allows your social media accounts to share content to steemit for the upvotes.

But I can understand the need to walk away at times too. Best of luck in your future endeavours.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for stopping by @shaidon :-)
I just lost the excitement for this place and don't want to spend more time being involved. But that doesn't have to stop you guys from making this become an amazing thing.
Keep on rocking & all the best!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I get it. It can happen with anything.
It doesn't make sense to be somewhere that doesn't thrill and excite you.
Thanks for being here as long as you have been. Rock on.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I'm sure you soon back whe steem also back up ;)
So I hope when you back you have lot cool stories and new ideas :)


ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

The STEEM price has never been important to me, I was here when it was at 9 Cents :-)
My ideas are needed somewhere else now... All the best for you!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanx :) ... So soon we see ;)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Wishing you a speedy recovery Marley, take care x

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thank you!! I like to hang at the pool, but surfing is even better ๐Ÿ™ƒ

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

i loves surfing, but time i can't manage time. anyway dear thanks for share your experience.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

:/

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ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Hi @surfermarly,
I only just discovered this post after reading the one with the poll for Dreams of the Ocean. I am shocked and sad to see you go. To me you were one of the 'real' ones from the beginning.
But I understand, if your heart is elsewhere and with another project, you should put all your time and energy there and not divide it.

It was an honour to meet you last year at Steemfest and I want to thank you for all you have done for the platform.
I wish you all the best in your future and with whatever project you are working on.

Much love
@misslasvegas

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Thanks for your lovely words! It was indeed a great pleasure to come to know you personally at Steemfest :-)

All the best for you, too!

Thanks for all your great posts! It was fun while it lasted!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Thanks for letting me know! All the best for you :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

All best on your next chapter Marlene :) #YouCreateYourLife

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks, mate! Have a great one :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thank You @surfermarly .

You create the Steem Promotion Video Contest, which give me a open-eyed chance from chinese steemian to the world.
You are always energetic on your post.

Wish you have a better place to share you sunshine life.

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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

There's many nice places where one can spend time :-)

Thanks for your encouraging words. The 60 seconds campaign was one of my personal highlights, too!

All the best for you :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thanks for mentioning eSteem app. Kindly join our Discord or Telegram channel for more benefits and offers on eSteem, don't miss our amazing updates.
Follow @esteemapp as well!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

The good news is that there are different websites we can post to. Yes, there is Steemit, Busy, Dtube, etc, which stems from Steem.

Alternatives

But there is also some other websites like Steem out there as well. I copy and paste my posts on Steem to places like Weku, Bear Shares, Smoke, Dream Real, and Serey.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

I'll be jumping from one beach to the other now, that's like using several applications - but offline :-D

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Consider me jealous. Offline is the heart of the world lol and some people should probably follow in your footsteps, that is if there are certain offline opportunities awaiting for them, take a leap of faith, dive right in, like a surfer. That reminds me of when I was living in Hawaii. Good times lol. Keep up the good work in your life and everything. Thanks.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย (edited)

Will miss your joie de vivre, Marly
Get well soon.
Go on, celebrate ๐ŸŽ‰ life.
All the very best. @surfermarly
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ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hehe, they're too cute. Thanks for the wishes, @nigelmarkdias!
All the best for your steemy journey! :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hope to see you one day!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

The world is not as big as we think :-)
See ya Aaron ๐Ÿค™

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Goodbyes are always painful, not always painful though when the right decisions are made. Am trusting your move and wishing best of luck, hopeful your wishes for steem community gets to be a reality soon as that's the only way we'll all remain here.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

It actually doesn't hurt to write those lines, I rather go with a big smile on my face.
They say that you gotta quit being at the top, and that's what I did. I don't think I could've come any further here :-)

Wishing you all the best for your own journey!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

The same for me always say I will stop writing
But I'm still here

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Hehe, I had been thinking about leaving for a while now, and this time there is no way to reconsider my decision, since I'm already in the middle of a new project / adventure :-)
All the best for you on planet Steem!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Thank you
Good luck to you =)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

It's pretty sad to see you go. You have done a lot a good stuff here that you can be proud of. 60 seconds of Steem was a lot of fun. Steem needs more people like you and not less.

I wish you all the best.

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Thank you, mate! Yeah #60seconds was indeed a lot of fun :-)
Have a good one!!

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Congratulations @surfermarly!
Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade in the following category:

  • Comments - Ranked 2 with 60 comments
ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

The happy end โค๏ธ

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

sad to see this, wish you all the best!โœŒ

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Thank you! All the best for your, too :-)

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Espero que te mejores, y que vuelvas un dรญa no muy lejano a steemit. Te deseo mucha felicidad :)

Siempre me gustaron tus publicaciones porque transmites mucha energรญa positiva, asรญ que sigue brillando donde quiera que vayas.

ย  ยท ย 6 years agoย 

Muchas gracias por tus lindas palabras!
Que te vaya todo muy bien :-))

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Gracias por todo, especialmente para inspirarme sobre como salir del agua, suerte en la nueva vida y tienes razรณn vamos rumbo al desastre, si algรบn dรญa vienes a El Salvador Centroamerica, aquรญ tienes un conocido.

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Fue todo un placer! Que te vaya bien en la vida @galberto y cuidado en el agua :-)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย (edited)

It was a gift that we met here, Drew! I'm super grateful. And this one here will still be my all-time favorite :-)

Here's what happens when a musician and a surfergirl meet on Steemit and decide to cooperate

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Thanks for the inspiration, mate! We'll keep in touch on the other channels :-)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 


@surfermarly, sorry to see you have less Steem Power.
Your level lowered and you are now a Minnow!
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

You are my source of optimism! I'll miss you!

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Congratulations @surfermarly! You received a personal award!

Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 3 years!

You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking

Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Dear @surfermarly

hope you will decide to come back one day ...

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 


@surfermarly, sorry to see you have less Steem Power.
Your level lowered and you are now a Red Fish!

Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:

The new SteemFestโด badge is ready
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Hey, Sweet Marly,

I've obviously been away from Steemit myself for quite a while... Just a period of "no push" to write, no energy. But I'm feeling more like writing again.

In any case, I've missed you, and now miss you even more, discovering you're "gone." I sure wish you the best, and lots of great waves.

Take care, Sweetie! You're a surfer girl that I'll always be quite fond of... <3

๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜‰

@creatr

P.S. Did you ever finish and publish your cool book? How's your dad? Are you keeping your sinuses clear with silver water?

We surfers have to look out for one another... ;)

ย  ยท ย 5 years agoย 

Congratulations @surfermarly! You received a personal award!

Thank you for the witness votes you made to support your Steem community and for keeping the Steem blockchain decentralized

You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking

Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:

Use your witness votes and get the Community Badge
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
ย  ยท ย 4 years agoย 

Hello @surfer
I just watched the video Steem Park and wanted to say Thank you for your support and contributions to that project; two years later it is still a great project and an inspiration to those on Steemit.

I see you are not currently posting and wanted to invite you to join the Community Flowers and Nature for some lighthearted posting of pictures of flowers or nature, and to invite you to the Community Banking and Finance for articles about the honest topics in cryptocurrency like decentralized finance, decentralized exchanges and the current enterprises on Steemit. If you feel like you need some review of Steemit and our Ecosystem, feel free to visit the Community Steemit Explained for articles to refresh your memory.

I hope this finds you and your family well during these turbulent times and I hope you will soon be posting again.

@shortsegments